DOVER, Del. (AP) - Ramon Mercado scored 12 points in 15 minutes off the bench and Hampton edged Delaware State 57-50 Monday night in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference play.
Deron Powers added 11 points and Emmanuel Okoroba 10. Both grabbed seven rebounds apiece for the Pirates, who managed a 38-27 rebounding advantage.
Hampton (12-15, 9-4) trailed 26-22 at halftime but outscored Delaware State 35-24 in the second half to complete the rally.
The Pirates outshot Delaware State 40 percent (21 of 52) to 31 percent (18 of 58) and held the Hornets (12-15, 7-6) to just three 3-pointers on 20 attempts.
Marques Oliver and Justin May scored 11 each for the Hornets, who also fell to Hampton 85-84 on Feb. 11. Oliver was strong defensively, posting eight blocks and two steals.
Hampton has won six of its last eight games, with both loses coming by a combined 10 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Hampton (12-15) « | 22 | 35 | 57 |
| Delaware State (12-15) | 26 | 24 | 50 |
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| Hampton Pirates | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Okoroba, F | 38 | 3-5 | 4-5 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| K. Brown, G | 33 | 3-5 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| A. Austin, G | 31 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| D. Powers, G | 28 | 3-14 | 5-6 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 11 |
| D. Maxwell, G | 15 | 3-7 | 3-4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Meikle | 21 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| R. Mercado | 15 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| W. Dunning | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| R. Price | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Adams | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Jackson | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-52 | 12-17 | 43 | 10 | 14 | 57 | |
| 40.4% | 70.6% | ||||||
| Delaware State Hornets | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Oliver, F | 37 | 4-7 | 3-3 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| J. Lawson, F | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. May, G | 20 | 3-10 | 4-5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| M. Bowman, Jr., G | 8 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Oliver, G | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Tate | 28 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| T. Bell | 27 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Walker | 26 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| A. Thomas | 19 | 3-8 | 3-4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| C. Thomas | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| K. Gray | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Joyner | 4 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 18-58 | 11-14 | 31 | 9 | 15 | 50 | |
| 31% | 78.6% | ||||||
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