National Basketball Association
Hampton 82, Delaware State 61
When: 1:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 14, 2015
Where: Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia
Officials:
# Quez Crawford, # Terry Moore, # Jackie Sanders
Attendance:
N/A
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Hampton 82, Delaware State 61: Brian Darden hit four 3-pointers on his way to 20 points to help the Pirates win the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference tournament for the fifth time in Norfolk, Va.
Reginald Johnson also had 20 points for the sixth-seeded Hampton (16-17), which avenged a pair of regular-season losses to the Hornets to earn its first NCAA Tournament berth since 2011. Deron Powers added 16 points for the Pirates, who forced 17 turnovers.
Amere May led fifth-seeded Delaware State (18-17) with 20 points. Tyshawn Bell added 10 points and a career-high 13 rebounds while DeAndre Haywood chipped in 10 points off the bench.
The Hornets hit three early 3-pointers and jumped to a 15-6 lead on May's triple before Hampton got seven points from Johnson during an 11-2 run to tie it with 8 1/2 minutes left in the first half. The teams traded buckets on the way to a 32-32 halftime tie and the game was still tight until Powers and Ke'Ron Brown capped a 13-3 run with back-to-back 3-pointers for a 52-43 Hampton lead with 11 minutes left in regulation.
Jervon Pressley's bucket pushed the lead to 61-51 with 7 1/2 minutes left but the Pirates didn't score for 3 1/2 minutes while May cut Delaware State’s deficit to five on a 3-pointer with 4:40 remaining. Emmanuel Okoroba ended the drought with a jumper and added a three-point play as the Pirates rebuilt a double-digit lead.
Top Game Performances
| Delaware State |
|
Hampton |
|
Amere May 20 |
Scoring |
Brian Darden 20 |
|
Charles Burley 4 |
Assists |
Ke'Ron Brown 3 |
|
Tyshawn Bell 13 |
Rebounds |
Charles Wilson-Fisher 7 |
|
Amere May 4 |
Free Throws Made |
Brian Darden 8 |
|
Tyshawn Bell 1 |
Steals |
Ke'Ron Brown 3 |
|
Kendall Gray 4 |
Blocks |
Charles Wilson-Fisher 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| Delaware State
|
61 |
43.4 |
7-22 |
8-16 |
8 |
29 |
5 |
2 |
17 |
| Hampton
|
82 |
42.9 |
9-23 |
19-24 |
13 |
25 |
1 |
9 |
7 |
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