Hampton grinds out 82-79 win over Coppin State
BALTIMORE -- Jermaine Marrow scored 23 points, Malique Trent-Street added 20 with four 3-pointers in the second half and Hampton beat Coppin State 82-79 on Monday night.
Coppin State, which led for 34-plus minutes, had a 61-47 advantage with 11:28 to go but was outscored 19-9 in the final six minutes.
Chad Andrews-Fulton gave Coppin State its final lead at 79-78 and Marrow answered at the other end. After a CSU miss, Kalin Fisher made two free throws at 10.1 for a three-point lead and Lucian Brownlee missed a 3-pointer at the other end.
Marrow was just 6-of-18 shooting from the field but hit 11 of 13 free throws as Hampton attempted 30 at the stripe. Fisher added 10 points for Hampton (13-14, 8-4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference).
Lamar Morgan, averaging 12 points per game, scored a career-high 30 points with eight 3-pointers for Coppin State (5-22, 5-7). He also had nine rebounds. Andrews-Fulton and Adam Traore each added 14 points and Brownlee had 10.
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2018-2019 Big South Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Radford | 10-2 | - | 18-8 |
Winthrop | 9-4 | 1.5 | 17-9 |
Campbell | 8-4 | 2 | 15-11 |
Presbyterian | 8-5 | 2.5 | 16-12 |
Gardner-Webb | 7-5 | 3 | 17-10 |
High Point | 7-5 | 3 | 14-12 |
Charleston Southern | 6-6 | 4 | 12-13 |
Hampton | 5-7 | 5 | 10-15 |
Longwood | 5-8 | 5.5 | 15-13 |
UNC Asheville | 2-10 | 8 | 4-22 |
South Carolina Upstate | 1-12 | 9.5 | 6-22 |
2018-2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Standings
TEAM | CONF | GB | OVR |
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Norfolk State | 10-1 | - | 15-11 |
North Carolina A&T | 9-2 | 1 | 14-11 |
Florida A&M | 8-4 | 2.5 | 11-16 |
North Carolina Central | 7-5 | 3.5 | 12-14 |
Bethune-Cookman | 7-5 | 3.5 | 12-14 |
Howard | 6-5 | 4 | 12-14 |
Savannah State | 6-5 | 4 | 9-16 |
Coppin State | 6-6 | 4.5 | 6-21 |
South Carolina State | 4-7 | 6 | 6-21 |
Morgan State | 3-8 | 7 | 8-16 |
Maryland-Eastern Shore | 2-11 | 9 | 4-24 |
Delaware State | 1-10 | 9 | 4-20 |