Pirates Defeat Panthers 68-64 at Home
HAMPTON, Va. - The Hampton University men's basketball team had to wait until the final possession to seal away a 68-64 win over High Point Tuesday night at the HU Convocation Center.
The Pirates improved to 3-3 on the season with their second straight win, while the Panthers fell to 2-4.
In the final minutes, the Panthers got within six points following a 3-pointer by Nick Barbour, but Darrion Pellum answered with a jumper to put the Pirates back up by eight points, 63-55, with 1:51 remaining in the game.
The Panthers pulled within one, 65-64 with 14 seconds left in the game after Xavier Martin made his second of two free throws. Pellum put the game away when he made two final free throws before the final attempt by High Point fell short when Martin's 3-point attempt rimmed out.
The Pirates opened the first half on a 12-2 run on their way to scoring 30 first-half points behind the hot hand of Pellum, who scored 13 points in the first half, while going 3-for-5 from behind the arc.
Hampton shot 42 percent (12-for-28) from the floor, while also forcing eight turnovers. High Point would stay in the game and get a lead that was once as high as 15 down to as low as six points at one point in the first half behind the shooting of Barbour, who scored six points in the first half.
Read more at HamptonPirates.com
American University Outlasts Howard in Foul Shooting Contest
Washington, DC - Riley Grafft came off the bench to score a game-high 21 and lead four players in double figures as American University pulled away to a 77-66 win in a foul-plagued game at Bender Arena.
The Eagles (5-2) won their fifth straight by converting 35 of 44 from the charity stripe in a game that featured 84 free throw attempts.
Grafft connected on 7 of his 8 shots from the field and was a prefect 6 of 6 from the free throw line. Teammates Charles Hinkle (14) cashed in on 11 of his 12 attempts and Troy Brewer got into the act, knocking down 9 of 10 for American, which connected on 80 percent.
The Bison (2-4) had their share of attempts, but they missed 12 of their 40 chances as neither team shot the ball especially well. American shot 39 percent (18 of 46) while Howard shot 31 percent (17 of 54).
American came out strong and appeared ready to put the game away early when it bolted out to a 12-1 lead during the first six minutes. Grafft , Hinkle and Brewer, all seniors, set the tone, combining for 24 of their team's 32 first half points.
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North Florida Slips Past Bethune-Cookman
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - That first road victory of the season continued to elude Bethune-Cookman Tuesday as North Florida scored the final six points and defeated the Wildcats 61-56 at UNF Arena.
David Jenue and Parker Smith combined to hit UNF's final six free throws as the Ospreys (4-4) held the Wildcats (2-5) scoreless after Garrius Holloman's drive gave B-CU a 56-55 lead with 3:26 remaining.
Free throw shooting proved to be the difference. UNF was 21-31 from the line compared to B-CU's 9-21.
Holloman finished with a career-high 24 points and scored 18 of B-CU's 27 second-half points. He also had nine rebounds.
Read more at Bethune-Cookman.com
Team Effort Propels NCCU to Third Straight Win
DURHAM, N.C. - Tuesday night inside McDougald-McLendon Gym, the Eagles of North Carolina Central University used a complete-team effort with six student-athletes scoring in double figures to roll past a feisty Southern Wesleyan University 94-60, earning their third straight win on the season.
The Warriors of SWU proved to be a formidable opponent early in the contest, as they led 5-3 after the first two minutes, but the Eagles answered with an 11-0 spurt of their own that included an outside shot from Emanuel Chapman and two Dominique Sutton dunks to put NCCU ahead at 14-5 with 15:43 remaining in the first stanza.
Southern Wesleyan swung back to cut the deficit to three at 14-11 with 13:46 left, but NCCU quickly returned the favor with a 9-2 run to stretch the margin back out to double figures at 23-13 on the heels of a momentum swinging three-pointer from Ebuka Anyaorah with 10:25 to go.
Anyaorah followed that act with a couple more buckets from the outside to widen the margin out to 12 at 26-14 with 9:28 to go.
His third three of the first half with 7:25 left gave NCCU a 31-14 lead, moments later sophomore Jeremy Ingramwho played in his first game after injuring his hand in the preseason, drained a three of his own to put the maroon and gray up by 20 at 34-14 with 6:30 left in the first half.
NCCU took a 47-30 lead into the locker room as its lead grew to as wide as 21 points, and the Eagles scored 18 points off of 13 Warrior turnovers.
SWU scored the first five points of the second half to challenge LeVelle Moton's squad, but the Eagles proved to be too much as the maroon and gray shot a scorching 16-of-25 (64 percent) from the field that included a ridiculous 6-for-7 (85.7 percent) from the outside to run away with the 94-60 victory.
Read the complete story at NCCUEaglePride.com
Additional Men's Basketball Scores:
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Georgia State
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85
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South Carolina State
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54
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North Carolina Central
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94
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South Wesleyan
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60
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Delaware State
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57
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Eastern Kentucky
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43
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