Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Hampton Lady Pirates runover Morgan State, 83-51


CHOICETTA McMILLIAN

JERICKA JENKINS



















BALTIMORE, Maryland – The Hampton University women’s basketball team scored a season-high 83 points on Monday at the Talmadge Hill Field House en route to an 83-51 win over Morgan State.

The Lady Pirates (13-3, 5-0 MEAC) ran their winning streak to four games and handed Morgan State its 12th loss in 13 games. Hampton has won every conference game so far this season by double digits.

Senior guard Choicetta McMillian (Fairfield, Texas) led the Lady Pirates with 22 points, hitting four 3-pointers, while senior guard Jericka Jenkins (Lancaster, Texas) added 16 points and tallied a season-high 12 assists to become the second player if program history to have 500 career assists.

Jenkins now has 511 career assists.

Sophomore guard Nicole Hamilton (Hampton, Va.), the reigning MEAC Player of the Week, added 15 points, while senior forward Melanie Warner (Tallahassee, Fla.) chipped in 13 points and junior forward Ariel Phelps (Virginia Beach, Va.) added 10 points.

Sophomore forward Alyssa Bennett (Hampton, Va.) pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds.

Morgan St hung tough early, taking a 9-7 lead with 15:39 left in the first half after Amarah Williams sank a layup. But back-to-back jumpers from Jenkins and McMillian put Hampton up 11-9 with 14:49 left in the half, and the Lady Pirates never trailed again.


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