Lady Pirates Use Balanced Attack To Rout Delaware State
DOVER, Del. -Hampton used a balanced attack to upend Delaware State 72-33 Monday evening at Memorial Hall.
The Lady Pirates (17-4, 9-1 MEAC) picked up their second straight win and recorded a season low in points allowed. Over half of Delaware State's points came at the free throw line, as the Lady Hornets managed just eight field goals all game.
Junior forward Keiara Avant led five Lady Pirates in double figures with a career-high 19 points to go along with eight rebounds, while senior guard Choicetta McMillian added 14 points and senior forward Melanie Warner poured in 12 points.
Senior guard Jericka Jenkins and junior forward Ariel Phelps each added 10 points. Jenkins, who leads the nation with 7.8 assists per game coming into Monday's contest, also had 10 assists.
The Lady Pirates shot 48.3 percent (29-for-60) from the floor, thanks to a 17-for-29 effort (58.6 percent) in the second half. Hampton also had a 37-25 edge on the boards, while also recording a season-low five turnovers.
Hampton forced 19 Delaware State turnovers, scoring 16 points off of them.
Delaware State (4-18, 1-8 MEAC) shot just 23.5 percent (8-for-34) from the floor and missed all five of its 3-point attempts - marking the first time this season the Lady Pirates have held an opponent without a 3-pointer.
Tierra Hawkins led the Lady Hornets with 17 points.
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Lady Rattlers Ride Sparkman To 14th Consecutive Win Against Aggies
TALLAHASSEE,FL (Feb.6) - The Lady Rattlers eeked out a 68-63 win to win their 14th straight and remain a perfect 10-0 in the MEAC. With this win the Lady Rattlers improve their hold on the No.1 spot in the conference .
Kimberly Sparkman, would provide all the spark the Lady Rattlers would need in the first half, rattling off 16 points on 6-of-13 shooting, including 4-of-7 from the three-point arc. As a team the Rattlers shot 15-of-40 for 37.5 percent from the field. They were also 5-13 from the three-point line, shooting 38.5 percent.
The Aggies were paced in the first half by Amber Calvin who pumped in 13 points on 3-of-9 shooting, including 3-of-5 from the three-point line. Ariel Bursey would chip in seven in the half, as the Lady Aggies went 13-of-32 from the field .
Tameka McKelton would get into the action scoring 13 points, while Sparkman ended with 19 for the game. Qiana Donald would be a force on the boards as she grabbed 15 rebounds, with eight of them being offensive boards.
Calvin would lead the Aggies with 19 points for the game. JaQuayla Berry scored 10 for the Aggies, while bursey ended the game with 11 points. Tiffanie Adair grabbed nine rebounds to lead the Aggies.
Antonia Bennett, a prime contact for MEAC Player of the Year eclipsed the 1,500 point mark in the second half of the game.
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UMES Storms Back to Down NSU, 62-58, in OT
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. - UMES ended the second half on a 17-2 run to force overtime, and the Hawks prevailed in the extra session, 62-58, over Norfolk State at the W.P. Hytche Athletic Center.
NSU (9-13, 4-7 MEAC) had a comfortable 15-point lead midway through the second half and looked to be headed to its second win in a row before UMES (8-13, 5-4) stormed back. The Hawks held the Spartans to just one field goal in the last 10 minutes of regulation, and no points in the last six and a half minutes of play, giving UMES just enough time to mount a comeback.
Despite that long scoring drought by the Spartans, the Hawks still had to erase a 10-point deficit in the last two minutes of play. Kwinnyata Mercer got things going for UMES with a 3-pointer, and Adobi Agbasi hit a free throw and a layup to get the Hawks to within four with 1:28 left. Jessica Long and Chelsea Sanders then hit back-to-back buckets five seconds apart, the latter with just 39.6 seconds left, in between an NSU turnover to tie it up at 52-52.
The Spartans failed to convert on their end of the floor and survived to advance to overtime only after Amber Cook missed both free throws with 3.4 seconds left in the second half. After those two misses, NSU lost control of the ball out of bounds at half court with 0.9 seconds but maintained possession. Recca Trice's heave from out-of-bounds found Whitney Long streaking into the paint. Long caught the pass in the middle of the lane, turned and fired up a shot, which bounced off the rim several times before falling away, sending the contest to overtime.
At that point, UMES had all the momentum, as Sanders, who had a game-high 25 points, completed a 3-point play to open up the scoring in the extra session. Down by six with time ticking away, sophomore Rae Corbo's basket cut the deficit to four, 60-56, and then senior Tyisha Bridges hit a pair of free throws with 49.0 seconds left to get to within two. Sanders, though, again played hero, hitting a jumper with 20.1 seconds to go to ice the win.
Bridges and Long were the only two players in double figures for the Spartans with 12 points each. Trice added nine points, eight rebounds, eight assists and three steals, while sophomore Rachel Gordon contributed nine points and nine rebounds on the night.
Agbasi added 22 points, 11 rebounds and eight blocks, while no other UMES player besides Sanders and Agbasi had more than five points. Cook tallied eight assists, and Mercer contributed nine boards and three assists but was just 1-of-10 from 3-point range. The Hawks had the rebounding edge for the game, 54-41.
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Bethune-Cookman Buzzer Beater Results In 61-63 NCCU Loss
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (www.NCCUEaglePride.com) - The Lady Eagles sixth series meeting with the Lady Wildcats of Bethune-Cookman was one of the best MEAC contest of the season, as B-CU hit a shot at the buzzer to defeat North Carolina Central 63-61 in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Monday, Feb. 6 in Moore Gymnasium.
Maroon and gray senior Blaire Houston, who matched her three-time career-high record, propelled the squad with 18 points and five assists, while sophomore Tenika Neely notched an 11-point outing and sophomore Lakisha Evans dropped eight points on the loss. Junior Jasmine Alston, who returned to action during the Florida excursion, made her first start of 2012 and finished the night shooting 2-of-4 from the long range, while Evans, who supplied the game tying free throws, wrapped up the night with a perfect 4-of-4 from the charity stripe.
With 10 seconds left on the clock, Evans sinked two free throws to tie the contest 61-61. By the three second mark, B-CU scoring leader Demetria Frank shot a three pointer in hopes of sealing a victory, but off her missed shot, Cleniece Roberts snatched the offensive rebound and tipped in the basketball for a buzzer-beating basket and a 63-61 win over NCCU.
Jasmine Elum, Frank and Jalisa Isaac guided the Lady Wildcats offense. Elum finished the night with a team-high 20 points, while Frank amassed 18 points and Isaac dropped 11 points. Frank also led B-CU with three assists and five steals, as Isaac tallied the only block of the game.
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Lady Tigers down Longwood University
Savannah, Ga. - The Savannah State University Lady Tigers struggled to gain ground in the first half of a non-conference matchup with Longwood University, Monday, at Tiger Arena, but took control late in the second half to seal up a 53-41 win in front of 655 fans.
The Lady Tigers shot 17.3 percent from the floor in the first half, while the Lancers shot at a 50 percent clip. Savannah State fared better in the second half increasing their shooting percentage to 43.8 percent.
Longwood opened the second half still in control of the lead. Crystal Smith sank a jumper at the 15:18 mark to give the visitors an 11-point lead, 33-22, their largest of the game.
The Lady Tigers quickly answered as Shawanda Hanton sank a layup to start a 10-0 run that cut Longwood's lead down to one point with 12:50 on the clock.
Savannah State held the momentum shift and never relinquished the lead again. Jasmine Norman nailed a jump shot with 49 seconds remaining to set the final score.
Ezinne Kalu led the Lady Tigers with 19 points, while Norman added 11, and Zadous Pollard sank 10. Rikiah Gatlin led in rebounds with 8. Chelsea Coward led Longwood with 12 points and 7 rebounds. Mieke Elkington and Smith followed with 8 points each.
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