SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Deron Powers led five players in double figures with 15 points and Hampton defeated Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference-foe Savannah State 71-68 Thursday in overtime, snapping the Tigers' seven-game winning streak.
Du'Vaughn Maxwell added 13 points while Aaron Austin, Ke'Ron Brown, and Ramon Mercardo tallied 10 apiece for the Pirates (5-17, 2-6), who have won four straight games -their longest streak of the season.
Louis Arnold had 26 points and 10 rebounds for Savannah State (12-10, 6-2), and Rashad Hassan added 17 points and 10 boards but the Tigers shot just 36 percent (24 of 66)
Hampton trailed 56-50 with just under 4 minutes left in regulation but outscored Savannah State 8-2 over the final 2:48 to send the game into overtime.
The Pirates opened overtime on a 7-3 run. Savannah State rallied to a 70-68 deficit with 13 seconds left in OT but missed a game-tying 3-pointer as time expired.
| Scoreboard | ||||
| Final | 1 | 2 | OT | T |
| Hampton (9-13) « | 28 | 30 | 13 | 71 |
| Savannah State (12-10) | 31 | 27 | 10 | 68 |
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| Hampton Pirates | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Okoroba, F | 35 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| D. Powers, G | 41 | 7-12 | 1-3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| D. Maxwell, G | 40 | 5-9 | 3-7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| A. Austin, G | 36 | 3-6 | 4-6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| K. Brown, G | 30 | 3-7 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Mercado | 28 | 4-9 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| D. Meikle | 13 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| W. Dunning | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-54 | 14-24 | 39 | 10 | 17 | 71 | |
| 50% | 58.3% | ||||||
| Savannah State Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Louis, F | 37 | 8-15 | 8-11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 26 |
| C. Spears, F | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| K. White, G | 34 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Smith, G | 31 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| P. Blackman, G | 30 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Hassan | 35 | 7-14 | 3-4 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 17 |
| R. Burger | 23 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Smith | 16 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| S. Wilson | 10 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| P. Hendley | 5 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Hutchins | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Williams | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-66 | 14-19 | 34 | 10 | 19 | 68 | |
| 36.4% | 73.7% | ||||||
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