Pirates stage comeback, beat Morgan State in overtime
BALTIMORE, Md. -- Two MEAC games so far this season, two times the Pirates have gone to overtime.
The Hampton University men’s basketball team trailed for much of the game Wednesday night at Talmadge Hill Field House, but a late run forced overtime before the Pirates escaped with an 83-80 win over Morgan State.
The Pirates (6-7, 2-0 MEAC) have now won four straight over the Bears.
Quinton Chievous led four Pirates in double figures after turning in a monster game, racking up a game-high 28 points and grabbing 18 rebounds. He went 11-for-19 from the floor and made two of his three 3-pointers.
Chievous, who also had three assists and three steals, grabbed eight boards on the offensive end. He has four double-doubles this season and seven in his last 14 games.
Brian Darden dropped 23 points after hitting five 3-pointers and going 8-for-11 from the free throw line, while Kalin Fisher added a season-high 14 points.
Reginald Johnson, Jr. added 13 points and four assists.
Morgan State (2-12, 0-1 MEAC) shot 42.2 percent (27-for-64) from the floor, but hit just four of 15 3-pointers (26.7-percent).
Donte Pretlow led four Bears in double figures with 20 points.
The Pirates will return to the HU Convocation Center on Saturday to take on Bethune-Cookman at 6 p.m.
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Benton records double-double as NCCU gets first 2016 win
DURHAM, N.C. – North Carolina Central University junior forward Kyle Benton recorded his first career double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds as the Eagles earned a 78-70 victory over Johnson & Wales University at McDougald-McLendon Arena on Wednesday.
Dante Holmes had a great night as well with a career-high six assists to accompany 12 points and eight rebounds. Jeremiah Ingram led NCCU in scoring with a game-high 18 points and five boards.
NCCU will finish the regular season by playing only conference opponents, beginning with South Carolina State University this Saturday, Jan. 9 in Orangeburg, South Carolina.
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Howard comes up short in loss to Cornell
WASHINGTON, D.C.—James Daniel, III scored a team-high 22 points, Damon Collins added 17 and Keon Hill tallied a career-high 14 points but it was not enough to offset the scoring of Rodney Hatter, who poured in a game-high 27 points and Matt Morgan, who added 19 as Cornell held off Howard University, 84-81 in a non-conference men’s game at Burr Gymnasium.
With Cornell focusing its defensive efforts on stopping Daniel, the nation’s leading scorer at 29 points per game coming into the game, Collins made them pay by scoring 12 of his 17 in the second stanza. The 6-5 junior from Dallas, Texas recorded a double-double with 10 rebounds. He also had three assists and three steals.
Daniel, the nation’s leading scorer at 29 points per game, finished with 22 points on 6 of 16 shooting from the field. The 5-foot-11 junior from Hampton, Va. dealt out six assists.
Hatter led all scorers with 27, Morgan with 19, Darryl Smith 10 and David Onuorah with seven points and 11 rebounds.
The Bison host Coppin State on Saturday at 4 pm in Burr Gymnasium.
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