Game Notes

HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Hampton University men's basketball team will hit the road for a non-conference game on Monday, as the Pirates take on James Madison at the JMU Convocation Center at 7 p.m.

The Pirates (6-9), in their third season under head coach Edward Joyner Jr., picked up their second straight win on Saturday at home over Howard 57-55. Senior guard Mike Tuitt (Bronx, N.Y.) led the Pirates with 20 points – including the game-winning 3-point play – while senior guard Darrion Pellum (Hampton, Va.) added 12 points. Senior forward Danny Agbelese (Lanham, Md.) pulled down a team-high 11 rebounds.

The Dukes (7-7) lost their third straight game on Saturday, falling 68-56 at home to Northeastern. Redshirt-junior guard A.J. Davis led James Madison with 14 points, while redshirt-junior guard Devon Moore and freshman forward Enoch Hood each poured in 11 points – and Hood added a team-high 10 rebounds.

The Dukes went 21-12 last season, finishing sixth in the CAA with a 10-8 mark and advancing to the first round of the CBI, falling to Davidson. James Madison, under fourth-year head coach Matt Brady, return four starters and seven letterwinners from last year's squad, and the Dukes were picked to finish fifth in the CAA this season.

Davis is the team's leading scorer with 16.0 points per game, while senior guard Humpty Hitchens is second with an average of 15.5 points a night. Senior forward Julius Wells is the team's leading rebounder, pulling down 5.6 boards per contest.

The Dukes are scoring 67.1 points a game, while giving up 68.7 points a contest.

Since moving up to Div. I in 1995, the Pirates are 0-2 all-time against James Madison. The two teams have not met since the 1996-97 season, when the Dukes beat Hampton 59-58 in Harrisonburg, Va. on Dec. 18, 1996. JMU beat Hampton 88-86 on a neutral court in the teams' first meeting on Dec. 8, 1995.

Hampton is 14-31 all-time against teams currently in the CAA – including a 2-1 mark last season, in which the Pirates defeated Georgia State (60-56 in overtime) and Towson (78-67), while losing to Delaware 55-53. The Pirates opened the 2011-12 season on Nov. 12 with a 71-53 home win over William & Mary.

The Pirates are 1-3 against Delaware; 2-0 against Georgia State; 1-4 against George Mason; 0-2 against James Madison; 2-4 against Old Dominion; 1-2 against Towson; 1-7 against Virginia Commonwealth; and 6-9 against William & Mary.

Hampton has never faced Drexel, Hofstra, Northeastern or UNC Wilmington.

The Pirates went 8-5 on the road last season, winning three of their last four regular-season road games in 2010-11 – including the last two at Delaware State (71-64) and at Howard (83-72). The Pirates dropped their 2011-12 road opener on Nov. 17, falling 72-51 at Richmond before losing 66-52 at Rutgers on Nov. 20 and 54-53 to Fordham on Dec. 5, 74-72 to American on Dec. 7, 74-65 at Liberty on Dec. 17 and 64-54 to Robert Morris on Dec. 20.

For his career as a head coach, Joyner is 14-20 on the road – 0-6 this season.

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.