LADY PIRATES WRAP UP ROAD SWING WITH LOSS AT PRINCETON

Sunday, January 3

Princeton, N.J.

2 p.m.

Hampton University

3-11

Princeton

11-3

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Hampton	13	17	13	12	55
Princeton University	24	16	13	26	79

Photo by: Mark Sutton

1.3.16 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Hampton University women's basketball team's four-game, one-week road trip ended on Sunday afternoon with a 79-55 loss to Princeton in the Jadwin Gymnasium.

After their non-conference finale, the Lady Pirates are 3-11 on the season.

Junior guard Malia Tate-DeFreitas led all scorers with 20 points, despite 8-for-26 shooting, while also grabbing five rebounds and dishing out two assists. Senior guard Ryan Jordan added 12 points and seven rebounds, while freshman guard Dejane' James added a season-high eight points off the bench.

Sophomore forward Kaylah Lupoe grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.

The Lady Pirates shot 30.4 percent (21-for-69) from the floor and made five of their 19 3-pointers (26.3 percent). Hampton also went 8-for-12 (66.7 percent) from the free throw line.

Hampton had an 8-0 edge in fastbreak points.

Princeton opened the game on a 10-2 run, before the Lady Pirates cut the deficit to 10-6 on a jumper from junior guard Chanel Green and Jordan. But the Tigers took an 18-6 lead after a layup from Alex Wheatley, and later led 20-8 after a Vanessa Smith layup.

The Tigers led 24-13 after the first quarter.

A Michelle Miller jumper with 7:59 left in the second quarter gave Princeton a 31-16 lead, the Tigers' largest lead of the half. Tia Weledji hit a jumper at the 3:48 mark to put the Tigers on top 37-22, before the Lady Pirates scored the next six points, cutting the lead to 37-28 after a pair of Tate-DeFreitas free throws.

Princeton led 40-30 at the half. Tate-DeFreitas had 11 points at the break.

Hampton responded in the third quarter, using much of the frame to go on a 13-5 run, cutting Princeton's lead to 50-43 with 1:42 left in the frame following a layup from junior forward Shaleise Boyd. But Taylor Williams hit three of four free throws to end the run and send Princeton into the fourth quarter with a 53-43 lead.

The Tigers blew the game open in the final frame, at one point leading 63-45 after a Miller trey. Hampton cut that lead to 63-48 after a Tate-DeFreitas layup with 5:45 left to play, but Princeton scored the next seven points to go up 70-48.

A layup from Taylor Brown with two seconds left pushed the game to its final margin.

Princeton (11-3) shot 42.9 percent (27-for-63) from the floor and hit seven of its 14 3-pointers. The Tigers also hit 18 of 21 free throws (85.7 percent) and held a 53-33 advantage in rebounds.

Miller led four Tigers in double figures with 17 points to go along with 10 rebounds.

The Lady Pirates will return to the HU Convocation Center on Saturday to take on Bethune-Cookman at 4 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.