Final Stats

NORFOLK, Va. – #Darrion Pellum# scored a team-high 14 points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds for Hampton, but it was not enough as the Spartans' 59.6 percent shooting was enough to complete the season sweep of the Pirates 90-68 in Joseph Echols Hall on the campus of Norfolk State Saturday night.

 

The 22-point win by the Spartans (9-17, 7-7 MEAC) was Hampton's worst to the Spartans since the 1981-92 season, when NSU defeated the Pirates 80-56. Hampton was also swept by the Spartans for the first time since the 2005-06 season.

 

The Spartans would lead the Pirates by as many as 34 points at one point in the second half. Hampton would only get as close as 15 points in the first half, with the score 39-21 in favor of NSU. The Spartans would turn that into a 20-point lead at the break to make the score 51-31.

 

NSU shot an outstanding 74 percent from the floor in the first half, making 20-of-27 shots taken from the floor. Michael Deloach was 7-of-8 from the field and 4-of-5 from beyond the 3-point arc in the first half alone.

 

In the end, the Pirates defense could not quite contain the Spartans, and Deloach scored a game-high 27 points, with 19 of those coming in the first half. Deloach made 10-of-12 shots.

 

Norfolk State finished the game with four players in double figures; Deloach's 27 were followed by James Williams with 14, Kyle O'Quinn with 11 and Kevin Worsley with 10 on the night in the victory.

 

Hampton shot just 39.7 percent from the floor on the night, making just 23-of-58 shots taken, as they were led by Pellum (Hampton, Va.) with 14 points and Donte Harrison (Brooklyn, N.Y.), who scored 10 points on the night.

 

Hampton with get back on the road, as they travel to Greensboro, N.C. to take on the Aggies of North Carolina A&T on Monday night at 8 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.