HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - Malcolm Hawkins scored 18 points and Norfolk State evaded disaster, holding off Hampton for its 11th straight victory 62-59 Monday night.
The Spartans (17-10, 12-0 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) led 59-47 with 7:08 remaining, but missed their next seven shots and failed to score for just shy of 6 minutes. The Pirates (10-14, 7-4) ran off 11 straight points, pulling within 59-58 on Du'Vaughn Maxwell's jumper with 2:47 left.
Pendarvis Williams' free throw ended Norfolk State's drought with 1:15 left, and after Hampton's Deron Powers hit a free throw, Hawkins made a layup for the three-point edge and the Pirates missed their last three shots.
The Spartans' winning streak is their longest since winning 14 straight in 1994-95, and their conference mark is their best since beginning 14-0 in Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association play in 1989-90.
Maxwell had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Hampton, which had won five straight.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Norfolk State (17-10) « | 32 | 30 | 62 |
| Hampton (10-14) | 32 | 27 | 59 |
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| Norfolk State Spartans | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Johnson, F | 27 | 1-9 | 0-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| B. Goode, C | 19 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| P. Williams, G | 38 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| M. Hawkins, G | 31 | 6-13 | 5-8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| J. Fuentes, G | 23 | 3-6 | 0-3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Gaston | 25 | 8-10 | 1-3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| K. Brown | 20 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| M. Phelps | 9 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Rogers | 8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Estime | 0 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R. Maye | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Weathers | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-58 | 11-22 | 35 | 7 | 19 | 62 | |
| 41.4% | 50% | ||||||
| Hampton Pirates | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Maxwell, F | 38 | 4-11 | 4-7 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| E. Okoroba, F | 17 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| K. Brown, G | 32 | 3-11 | 4-6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| D. Powers, G | 32 | 3-11 | 3-4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| A. Austin, G | 25 | 4-11 | 1-3 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Mercado | 29 | 5-12 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| D. Meikle | 13 | 0-5 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| W. Dunning | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Price | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-69 | 14-23 | 55 | 8 | 19 | 59 | |
| 30.4% | 60.9% | ||||||
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