HAMPTON, Va. (AP) - Ramon Mercado scored 18 points and three others scored in double figures to help Hampton rally and beat Florida A&M 77-68 Saturday, snapping the Rattlers two-game winning streak.
Dwight Meikle and Deron Powers scored 16 points apiece and Du'Vaughn Maxwell added 12 for the Pirates.
Markee Teal paced Florida A&M (8-20, 5-8 Mid-Eastern Athletic Association) with 22 points and 11 rebounds. The Rattlers leading scorer Jamie Adams was held to 3-of-13 shooting but still managed 20 points behind 14-of-17 free throw shooting.
Florida A&M opened on a 15-7 run, but Mercado hit three 3-pointers over the next 8 minutes as Hampton (13-15, 10-4) went on top 23-21. The Rattlers hit a free throw to cut it back to one but Aaron Austin made a layup, Wesley Dunning converted a 3-pointer and Meikle hit two free throws to send Hampton into the break up for good, 30-23.
Florida A&M committed 18 turnovers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida A&M (8-20) | 23 | 45 | 68 |
| Hampton (13-15) « | 30 | 47 | 77 |
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| Florida A&M Rattlers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Teal, F | 29 | 8-14 | 6-7 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 22 |
| J. Bradshaw, F | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| J. Adams, G | 37 | 3-13 | 14-17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| R. Lewis, G | 30 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| T. Kellum, G | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Davis | 26 | 2-7 | 0-1 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| D. Bullard | 24 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| M. Abdul-Aleem | 14 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| O. Odi | 13 | 0-2 | 3-4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals | 21-62 | 23-30 | 44 | 8 | 18 | 68 | |
| 33.9% | 76.7% | ||||||
| Hampton Pirates | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Okoroba, F | 24 | 0-7 | 1-2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| D. Maxwell, F | 22 | 4-8 | 4-4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| D. Powers, G | 34 | 3-13 | 9-11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 |
| A. Austin, G | 31 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| K. Brown, G | 24 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Mercado | 31 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 |
| D. Meikle | 18 | 5-6 | 6-6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| W. Dunning | 16 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| D. Adams | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Jackson | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Price | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-63 | 21-25 | 41 | 14 | 23 | 77 | |
| 38.1% | 84% | ||||||
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