Game Notes

HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University men's basketball team will square off against Norfolk State in search of its sixth straight win on Monday at 7 p.m. at the HU Convocation Center. The game will be televised live on ESPNU.

The Pirates (10-13, 7-3 MEAC), in their fourth season under head coach Edward Joyner Jr., won their fifth straight game on Monday, defeating Delaware State 85-84 in double overtime. Junior guard/forward Du'Vaughn Maxwell (Manhattan, N.Y.) led the way with a career-high 29 points and 10 rebounds, while freshman guard Ke'Ron Brown (Savannah, Ga.) added a career-high 17 points. Sophomore center Emmanuel Okoroba (Garland, Texas) added 14 points.

The Spartans (16-10, 11-0 MEAC) picked up their 10th straight win on Monday, beating Maryland Eastern Shore 85-63. Junior guard Pendarvis Williams led the way with 17 points, while redshirt-junior guard Malcolm Hawkins added 16 points and junior center Brandon Goode chipped in 12 points and grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds.

The Spartans went 26-10 last season, finishing second in the MEAC at 13-3 and taking the MEAC tournament title for the first time in program history, before upsetting No. 2 seed Missouri in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Norfolk State, in its sixth season under head coach Anthony Evans, returns just one starter from last season. The Spartans were picked to finish fourth in the MEAC in 2012-13.

Williams is the team's leading scorer, pouring in 14.0 points per game, while Hawkins is averaging 12.5 points per game. Freshman forward Rashid Gaston is the Spartans' top rebounder, pulling down 6.1 boards a contest coming off the bench.

The Spartans are averaging 67.5 points a game on offense, while giving up 67.0 points per contest.

Since moving up to the Div. I level in 1995, the Pirates are 19-17 against Norfolk State, though the Spartans won the first meeting this season with a 74-67 victory at Echols Hall. Hampton has won four of the last seven meetings overall, though, and the Pirates are 9-6 against the rival Spartans at home.

Hampton is 206-122 all-time as a Div. I program (since 1995) against teams currently in the MEAC, including a 6-10 mark in the conference last season. So far this season, Hampton is 7-3 in MEAC play and sits fourth in the conference. The Pirates have faced every team currently in the MEAC at least once, including newcomers North Carolina Central and Savannah State.

Since joining the MEAC in 1995, the Pirates have won two regular-season conference titles (2000-01, 2001-02) and four MEAC Tournament crowns (2001, 2002, 2006, 2011).

For his career as a head coach, Joyner is 25-17 at home, and the Pirates were 6-5 at home last season – beating William & Mary, High Point, Howard, South Carolina State, Morgan State and Maryland Eastern Shore, while losing to Savannah State, Norfolk State, Coppin State, Delaware State, and North Carolina Central.

Hampton defeated Howard 58-50 in its 2012-13 home debut, before falling 66-54 to Robert Morris on Dec. 8, beating American 72-65 on Dec. 18, falling 54-52 to Northern Kentucky on Dec. 20, beating James Madison 69-65 on Jan. 7, beating Quinnipiac 70-64 on Jan. 14, falling 80-78 to Morgan State on Jan. 19, falling 67-65 in overtime to Coppin State on Jan. 21, and beating Delaware State 85-84 in double overtime on Monday for a 5-4 home mark.

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.