Hampton withstood a late rally from Maryland Eastern Shore on Monday at the William P. Hytche Athletic Center before escaping with a 63-59 bounce-back win.

The Pirates (11-14, 8-4 MEAC) have won six of their last seven games.

Sophomore center Emmanuel Okoroba led the Pirates with 13 points on 6-for-7 shooting, while freshman guard Deron Powers added 12 points and a team-high six assists.

Freshman guard Ke'Ron Brown had a team-high seven rebounds.

Okoroba gave the Pirates a 57-47 lead with 2:47 to play after converting a 3-point play, but the Hawks answered with a 9-0 run, cutting that lead to 57-56 with 1:00 left after a fastbreak layup from Troy Snyder.

Powers hit two free throws with 22 seconds left to put Hampton up 59-56, before redshirt-freshman guard Dwight Meikle sank a fastbreak layup with 10 seconds to go to give the Pirates a 61-56 lead. Powers added two more free throws with four seconds left to cap a 6-0 Pirates run and give Hampton a 63-56 lead.

Dominique Cowell hit a 3-pointer in the closing seconds, but the Pirates held on for the win.

The Pirates shot a season-best 55.1 percent (27-for-49) from the floor. Despite making just two of their nine 3-point attempts, the Pirates went 7-for-9 (77.8 percent) from the free throw line. Hampton held a 34-28 edge in points in the paint, and the Pirates scored 22 points off of 17 UMES turnovers.

Both teams had 28 rebounds.

UMES (2-21, 2-10 MEAC) shot 43.1 percent (22-for-51) from the floor and hit five of its 12 3-pointers (41.7 percent). The Hawks shot 10-for-14 (71.4 percent) from the charity stripe.

Snyder led UMES with 17 points, while Mays added 15.

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