CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Hampton University senior guard Jermaine Marrow was named the Big South Conference Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday.

Marrow averaged 28.0 points and 6.5 assists in leading the Pirates to a pair of key Big South victories last week.  He opened with 33 points, seven assists and two steals in Hampton's 87-77 home win over Gardner-Webb last Thursday, and followed with 23 points, six assists, four rebounds and a steal in Saturday's 87-81 win at Winthrop.  Marrow is now 37 points from breaking the Virginia Division I All-Time Scoring record entering the week with 2,520 points.

Hampton returns to action on Monday night with the second half of its game at Gardner-Webb starting at 7 pm.  The game was postponed after one half on Jan. 20 when the shot clocks malfunctioned.

The Pirates will be home on Thursday night when they face Radford at 7 pm on ESPNU.

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