FINAL SCORE: Norfolk State 94, Hampton 89 (2OT)
RECORDS: Norfolk State 4-5, Hampton 2-5
LOCATION: Norfolk, VA
IN BRIEF: A wild Battle of the Bay with 13 ties and 10 lead changes saw the host Spartans score a 94-89 double overtime win.
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Norfolk State jumped out to its largest lead of the game as a Mastadi Pitt free throw put the hosts up 28-13 with 7:29 left in the half.  That free throw capped a 17-3 run by NSU.
• Hampton chopped that to eight on a pair of Jermaine Marrow free throws with 2:58 left in the half for a 32-24 deficit.  A pair of Austin Colbert free throws with five seconds left in the half put the Pirates down 40-30 at intermission.
• A pair of Alex Long jumpers in the first 40 seconds helped push NSU up 44-31 at the 19:19 mark.  They still held a double digit lead after a Steven Whitley layup with 17:39 left for a 46-35 advantage.  Hampton scored the next 15 points as Marrow got uncorked scoring eight straight in that run.  A three-pointer from Lysander Bracey gave Hampton its first lead at 48-46 at the 14:55 mark.  Marrow capped the run with a jumper to put Hampton up 50-46 with 13:31 left.
• NSU regained control and held a 67-60 lead with 91 seconds left, but Hampton answered with a three-pointer from Greg Heckstall, three free throws from Bracey with 48 seconds left trimmed the lead to 69-66 and then Bracey double clutched a 3-ball with 20 seconds left forcing overtime at 69-all.
• In the first overtime, Hampton held a two-point lead with a minute left on a Heckstall layup, but free throws from Steven Whitley and Nic Thomas put the hosts back up 78-77 with 33 seconds.  Kalin Fisher hit a free throw with 16 seconds left to force double overtime at 78-all.
• The second overtime saw Hampton get within one on several occasions, the last being on a 3-point play by Heckstall with 30 seconds left at 90-89.  That wound up the last points for Hampton as Thomas and Pitt hit a pair of free throws each to ice the win.

BEHIND THE NUMBERS

• In over 130 all-time meetings, this was the second double overtime game and the first since 1995.
• Fisher topped five in double figures for Hampton with 26 points.  Heckstall and Marrow added 17 each, while Bracey had 11 and Akim Mitchell chipped in 10 and a team-high eight rebounds.
• Thomas topped NSU with 25 and Whitley went for 20 and nine boards.

UP NEXT
Hampton hits the home hardwood on Saturday for the first of three straight Saturday matchups hosting Regent University at 4 pm.
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