PIRATES FALL TO CALIFORNIA 80-66

Tuesday, November 13

Berkeley, CA

10:00 PM

Hampton University

1-2

University of California

1-0

Team	1	2	F
Hampton	31	35	66
California	48	32	80

Photo by: Nelson Cheeseman

11.14.18 | Men's Basketball

Box Score

FINAL SCORE: California 80, Hampton 66
RECORDS: Hampton 1-2; California 1-1
LOCATION: Berkeley, Calif.
IN BRIEF: Another second half flurry fell short as Hampton dropped an 80-66 decision to California on Tuesday night in the GotPrint.com Legends Classic presented by Trapper.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Cal jumped out to a 19-10 lead early but Hampton scored seven straight as a Jermaine Marrow layup brought the Pirates to 19-17 with 12:10 left.
The Golden Bears then went on a 16-3 run to take a 35-20 lead on a Justice Sueing layup with 7:14 left in the half.
In the second half the lead grew to 19 points early with an Andre Kelley layup putting the hosts up 53-34 with 18:42 left.
Hampton went on a 19-5 run in the second half to cut the lead to five on an Akim Mitchell layup with 13:17 left. The Pirates were as close as six points with 9:14 left on another Mitchell layup but that was as close as they could get.

BEHIND THE NUMBERS

Jermaine Marrow was the leading scorer with 26 points going 9-of-24 from the floor and 8-of-9 from the foul line. He also had three assists and five rebounds.
Kalin Fisher and Akim Mitchell each added 12 points for Hampton. Fisher shared team-high rebounding honors with Greg Heckstall and Trevond Barnes with seven apiece.
Hampton outrebounded Cal 44-37 after trailing 20-19 on the boards at the half.

UP NEXT
Hampton heads to Detroit-Mercy on Monday night to take on Bowing Green in the subregional round hosted in Michigan at 5 pm.
For more information on Hampton University men's basketball, please contact the Office of Sports Information at 757-727-5757 or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.