PRINCESS ANNE, Md. -- The University of Maryland Eastern Shore men's basketball team (2-7) picked up its second home win of the season defeating the Naval Academy (3-5) 59-46 Wednesday. Three Hawks tallied double figures in its win. Ishaq Pitt had a game-high 19 points for UMES.

Pitt posted his second consecutive double figure outing this season. He was 8-of-13 (.615) from the floor and better than 3-of-4 (.750) at the free-throw line. Pitt finished with four assists and snagged two steals. With 13-minutes remaining in the first half, Pitt scored a lay-up in the paint to give the Hawks a seven-point (12-5) lead.

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Turnovers Doom Spartans in 69-57 Loss to ECSU

NORFOLK, Va. - Norfolk State committed a season-high 34 turnovers leading to 27 Elizabeth City State points as the visiting Vikings upset the Spartans 69-57 on Wednesday night at Echols Hall.

Marquie Cooke scored 18 points and Angelo Sharpless had 17 for ECSU (4-1). Kyle O'Quinn had 18 points and 15 rebounds for his sixth straight double-double for the Spartans (4-3).

In the teams' first meeting since NSU moved to Division I in 1997, NSU jumped out to a 14-2 lead, hitting its first four shots. Three of the four field goals were 3-pointers, and the other was a layup that O'Quinn converted into a traditional three-point play with 14:45 left in the half.

But those would be the last points NSU would score for 9 minutes, 5 seconds. Meanwhile, ECSU scored the next 24 points to take a 26-14 lead. NSU's next field goal did not come until an A.J. Rogers layup at the 4:31 mark, some 10:14 since O'Quinn's bucket.

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