HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - Jabari Joyner's 3-pointer with 58 seconds left gave Delaware State a three-point lead, and the Hornets held on for a 53-51 nonconference victory at Marshall Wednesday night.
Delaware State (6-8) led 31-19 with 15 minutes left, but Marshall (7-7) chipped at the advantage and tied the game 41-all on Nigel Spikes' dunk with 3:48 left. The teams exchanged the lead four times in the ensuing 2 minutes, the last Chris Lewis' free throws that put the Hornets up 46-45 with 1:51 left.
Marshall's Kelvin Amayo hit 1 of 2 foul shots for a 46-all tie, then Joyner drained his go-ahead trey for Delaware State's final lead. Marshall twice pulled within a point after that, but the Hornets hit two free throws to re-extend the lead each time.
All five of Joyner's points came in the final minute. Casey Walker led the Hornets with 13 points.
Pittman finished with 17 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Delaware State (6-8) « | 21 | 32 | 53 |
| Marshall (7-7) | 17 | 34 | 51 |
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| Delaware State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Walker, F | 37 | 5-13 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 |
| M. Oliver, F | 32 | 5-8 | 2-4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| B. Oliver, G | 28 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Bowman, Jr., G | 23 | 2-9 | 0-1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| N. Doyle, G | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Bell | 33 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| J. Joyner | 15 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| C. Lewis | 14 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| S. Sill | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Lawson | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Thomas | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-49 | 8-11 | 29 | 12 | 18 | 53 | |
| 38.8% | 72.7% | ||||||
| Marshall Thundering Herd | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Pittman, F | 35 | 4-10 | 7-8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| D. Tinnon, F | 30 | 4-10 | 4-4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| N. Spikes, C | 24 | 3-6 | 0-2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| T. Manning, G | 23 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Scarver, G | 23 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Amayo | 16 | 3-5 | 2-7 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Boykins | 15 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Goff | 14 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| J. Hanner | 11 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C. Martin | 9 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-47 | 13-23 | 38 | 9 | 14 | 51 | |
| 36.2% | 56.5% | ||||||
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