ATLANTA, Ga. – The Hampton University women's basketball team won its first game of the Georgia State Invitational on Wednesday, beating Troy 61-43 at the GSU Sports Arena.

The Lady Pirates (7-4) have won six straight games.

Senior forward Quanneisha Perry (Decatur, Ga.) led four Lady Pirates in double figures with 15 points to go along with a team-high 17 rebounds, while junior guard Jericka Jenkins (Lancaster, Texas) scored 13 points and dished out a team-high six assists.

Junior forward Melanie Warner (Tallahassee, Fla.) poured in 11 points and junior guard Choicetta McMillian (Fairfield, Texas) recorded a double-double with 10 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.

Perry is 25 points shy of 1,000 for her career.

DeAngela Sword led Troy (2-11) with 16 points.

The Lady Pirates never trailed, opening the game on a 7-2 run. Ieva Nagy hit a jumper with 5:42 left in the first half to cut Hampton's lead to 16-12, but the Lady Pirates closed the half with a 14-4 run to take a 30-16 lead into the intermission.

Troy never got closer than within 11 in the second half, and the Lady Pirates led by as many as 18, going up 56-38 with 3:29 to play after a pair of Warner free throws.

The Lady Pirates shot 30.3 percent (23-for-76) from the floor, also going 10-for-14 (71.4 percent) from the free throw line. Hampton trounced Troy on the boards with a 53-38 rebounding edge, and the Lady Pirates forced Troy into 22 turnovers, converting them into 27 points.

Hampton scored 22 second-chance points, thanks to 24 offensive rebounds.

The Lady Pirates will face tournament host Georgia State, which beat Mississippi Valley State 91-65 on Wednesday, in the championship game on Thursday at 4 p.m. For more information on Hampton University basketball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.