SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - Hampton University junior guard Kwame Morgan hit a 3-pointer with 0.8 seconds remaining to lift the men's basketball team past Colorado State 77-75 on Saturday in the final day of the Hilltop Classic at War Memorial Gym.

It was Morgan's second game-winning trey of the season; he also hit the game-winner in the closing seconds on Dec. 22 against Liberty. Morgan (Largo, Md.) scored a career-high 29 points on 8-for-19 shooting and 6-for-14 from 3-point range in keying Hampton's fourth win in its last five games.

Hampton's win also snapped Colorado State's six-game winning streak.

Junior guard Darrion Pellum (Hampton, Va.) scored 17 points and dished out a team-high four assists. Senior forward Charles Funches (Jersey City, N.J.) and junior guard Christopher Tolson (Laurel, Md.) each added 10 points, with Funches adding a team-high eight rebounds.

Travis Franklin sank a free throw with 14 seconds left to give the Rams a 75-74 lead. A 14-5 run by the Rams cut Hampton's lead to 61-60 with 7:51 left to play on a pair of Andy Ogide free throws. Wes Eikmeier hit a jumper at the 7:38 mark to put the Rams up 62-61, but Funches sank a jumper to give the lead back to the Pirates.

Hampton opened the game on a 14-4 run over the first six minutes and went on to extend the lead to 29-16 with 7:53 left in the first half on a Funches layup. The Rams trailed by as many as 17 in the first half, but they did go on a spurt to close out the half, scoring the last five points before the intermission.

Hampton led 39-31 at the break.

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