TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Hampton University men's basketball team had its three-game winning streak snapped on Monday night, as the Pirates fell 62-58 to Florida A&M at the Lawson Center.

Junior guard Kwame Morgan II (Largo, Md.) hit a 3-pointer with 36 seconds left to pull Hampton within three, 58-55, before hitting a free throw with 15 seconds left to cut the score to 60-58. Yannick Crowder and Amin Stevens each hit a free throw down the stretch, and junior guard Christopher Tolson (Laurel, Md.) missed what would've been a game-tying 3-pointer with nine seconds remaining.

Junior guard Darrion Pellum (Hampton, Va.) led the Pirates with 19 points on 8-for-16 shooting, while Morgan added 17 points on 4-for-7 shooting from 3-point range. Senior forward Charles Funches (Jersey City, N.J.) scored 11 points.

Junior forward Danny Agbelese (Lanham, Md.) pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds.

Hampton opened the game on a 15-8 run, before FAMU responded with four unanswered to cut the score to 15-12 at the 7:09 mark on a Rasheem Jenkins 3-pointer. A Pellum 3-pointer with 4:58 left in the half put Hampton (15-5, 5-2 MEAC) back up by seven, 21-14, before the Rattlers scored seven unanswered to tie the game at 21-21 on an Avery Moore trey at the 3:22 mark.

Hampton went into the half up 24-21.

The Pirates led by as many as eight in the second half, going up 39-31 with 11:18 to play on a Morgan layup. But the Rattlers went on an 18-10 run to tie the game at 49-49 with 5:04 to play when Brandon Hosley sank a 3-pointer.

Stevens sank a layup with 4:46 to play to give FAMU its first lead of the game, 51-49. The Pirates went 3-for-8 from the floor in the final 4:46, while going 1-for-5 from the free throw line.

The Pirates shot 32.3 percent (20-for-62) from the floor – just 26.3 percent (9-for-34) in the first half – and went 11-for-21 from the free throw line. The Pirates did force FAMU into 14 turnovers, converting them into 11 points.

Florida A&M shot 34.6 percent (18-for-52) from the floor, while also making 19 of their 25 free throws. The Rattlers also held a 45-41 rebounding edge and outscored Hampton 26-3 off the bench.

Stevens led the Rattlers (7-12, 2-5 MEAC) led the way with 21 points and 16 rebounds.

The Pirates will return to action on Saturday, when they come back to the HU Convocation Center to take on Delaware State at 6 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.