Hampton's Big Three Keys 78-65 Win Over Dominican
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Darrion Pellum, Kwame Morgan and Charles Funches combined for 68 of the Pirates' 78 points as they rolled past the Penguins of Div. II Dominican (Calif.) University in the second game of the 2010 Hilltop Classic at War Memorial Gymnasium on Wednesday.
The Pirates improved to 10-2 on the season with their third straight win, while the Penguins dropped to 0-8 on the season.
Pellum scored a career-high 34 points on 11-for-20 shooting, going 9-for-13 from 3-point range, while Funches, the reigning MEAC Player of the Week, added 14 points and a team-high 16 rebounds for his third double-double of the season. Morgan added 20 points on 7-for-14 shooting.
The Pirates shot 48.1 percent (26-for-54) from the floor, making 10 of their 25 3-pointers. Hampton also out-rebounded Dominican 38-29, and the Pirates scored 13 points off of 20 Dominican turnovers.
The Penguins shot 44.3 percent (27-for-61) from the floor. Leon Hart led Dominican with 17 points, while Killian Larson added 16 points and a team-high six rebounds.
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Second-Half NCCU Surge Holds Off Rangy Buffaloes
DURHAM, N.C. (www.NCCUEaglePride.com) - North Carolina Central men's basketball head coach LeVelle Moton had some strong words for his team at intermission with the Eagles needing a late rally to tie the halftime score at 46-46 against NAIA visitor Milligan College.
Whatever the second-year head coach said, it worked. Powered by a dominant second-half performance by junior forward Nick Chasten, NCCU held off the sharp-shooting Buffaloes for a 99-91 victory on Wednesday night inside McDougald-McLendon Gymnasium.
Chasten, who took the blunt of Moton's halftime remarks after going scoreless with four rebounds in the opening 20 minutes, responded with 18 points and 14 boards in the second stanza for a career-best 18 caroms and his sixth career double-double.
NCCU junior transfer Landon Clement also answered his coach's challenge by netting 16 of his game and season-high 25 points after the break, shooting 10-for-17 from the field with three trifectas and a pair of free throws on the night. Eagles senior guard C.J. Wilkerson contributed 21 points, reaching double-figures in scoring for the 34th time in the past 40 games.
Milligan remained close with the Division I Eagles thanks to 51.5 percent shooting from the field, including 10 long-range baskets. The Buffaloes also boasted a pair of 20-point scorers, as sophomore guard Justin Sylvester recorded a team-best 24 points with seven rebounds and junior guard Hudson Fricke added 22 points with five 3-pointers.
NCCU improves to 4-0 at home for the first time in six seasons. The Eagles are now 5-6 overall, while Milligan falls to 3-9.
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Aggie Men Lose To Arkansas
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., -- Thomas Coleman posted his eighth double-double of the season, but the North Carolina A&T men's basketball team shot just 27.8 percent from the field in an 89-57 loss to Arkansas Wednesday night at Bud Walton Arena.
Coleman finished with 16 points and 15 rebounds. Junior Marc Hill added 16 points for the Aggies. The Razorbacks began to pull away from the Aggies at the five-minute mark of the first half. After two Coleman free throws cut the Razorbacks lead to four at 21-17, Arkansas went on a 16-2 run that included three 3-pointers by Marcus Britt.
The Aggies never mounted a serious threat toward the Razorbacks after that point. Rotnei Clark's 24 points led Arkansas. Britt finished with 12 on 4-for-5 shooting from 3-point range.
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UMES Inconsistent in 92-65 Loss at Colorado
BOULDER, Colo. - Maryland Eastern Shore showed a lot of fight but were overcome by inconsistency as they fell, 92-65, to the University of Colorado Wednesday night at the Coors Events Center.
Redshirt junior Hillary Haley tallied 18 points in the loss on 7-of-12 shooting from the field. Haley also chipped in four rebounds and a steal on the night. Senior Kevin White added in 12 points while junior Dishawn Bradshaw had 11 of his own. Tonight's game marks the third consecutive double-figure scoring effort by both Bradshaw and Haley.
The Hawks (3-9) were led in rebounding by junior Tyler Hines, who had seven in the contest (five defensive).
Austin Dufault tallied a game-high 18 points on 7-of-9 shooting in addition to grabbing seven rebounds for the Buffaloes.
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