Box Score

DALLAS, Texas – Junior Laura Lewis recorded her first career double-double, but it wasn't enough as the Hampton University women's basketball team fell 84-71 to Southern Methodist Friday night at Moody Coliseum on the first day of the SMU Hoops For the Cure Tournament.

Lewis (Dallas, Texas) scored a career-high 18 points on 6-for-15 shooting and a 5-for-7 effort on the free throw line, while also pulling in a career-high 12 rebounds. She joined two other Lady Pirates who scored in double figures; sophomore Jericka Jenkins (Lancaster, Texas) poured in 17 points behind the strength of five 3-pointers, while Bernadette Fortune (Virginia Beach, Va.) added 13.

Brittany Gilliam led five Mustangs who scored in double figures with 20; Jillian Samuels added 14 points and Christine Elliott added 13, while Haley Day and Alisha Filmore each chipped in 10 points. Gilliam also had a team-high nine rebounds.

SMU shot 48.1 percent (25-for-52) from the floor, while also making four of its 12 3-point attempts. The Lady Pirates shot 33.3 percent (24-for-72) from the floor, making eight of 25 3-pointers (32.0 percent). The Mustangs out-rebounded Hampton 48-41, though the Lady Pirates forced SMU into 18 turnovers, while only committing 14 turnovers on the offensive end.

SMU led by as much as 28 points, when Heidi Brandenburg hit a layup with 8:14 to play to put the Mustangs up 68-40.

Hampton (2-2) never led, as SMU jumped out to an early 6-1 lead when Alice Severin hit a jumper with 17:32 left in the half. The Lady Pirates got their first field goal of the game at the 17:14, when Jenkins hit her first 3-pointer of the night. SMU would respond with an 8-0 run in the middle of the half.

The Mustangs (5-0) closed the first half on an 11-2 run to go into the intermission up 39-26.

Gilliam led all scorers with 11 points in the first half, as the Mustangs shot 11-for-27 (40.7 percent) in the period. The Lady Pirates shot 26.7 percent (8-for-30) from the floor in the first half, led by nine points from Jenkins.

Lewis had six of her rebounds in the first half.

The Lady Pirates will play again on Saturday, taking on Fresno State at 6 p.m. EST in the tournament's consolation game at Moody Coliseum. 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.