The Pirates (5-5, 2-0 MEAC) won their third straight game.
It was Hampton's largest margin of victory since March 4, 2010, when the Pirates defeated Howard 90-42 – also at the Convocation Center.
In all, 10 Pirates found the basket Monday night.
Redshirt-freshman guard Lawrence Cooks (Charlotte, N.C.) led four Pirates in double figures with a career-high 17 points, while redshirt-sophomore guard Reggie Price (Charlotte, N.C.) added a career-high 16 points off the bench.
Senior forward Du'Vaughn Maxwell (Manhattan, N.Y.) added 12 points and six rebounds. Sophomore guard Deron Powers (Williamsburg, Va.) had 11 points and four assists.
The Pirates shot 50.0 percent (14-for-28) from the floor and made five of their 12 3-pointers in the first half, and Hampton led 11-2 after a trey from sophomore guard Brian Darden (Hampton, Va.) at the 16:53 mark. In fact, Darden scored nine of Hampton's first 11 points, hitting three treys to open the contest.
Bethune-Cookman closed the gap to 11-8 with a 6-0 spurt, and the Wildcats later closed the gap to 18-12 at the 8:21 mark. But Hampton answered with an 18-0 run, going up 36-12 at the 4:20 mark after a layup from Powers.
Price scored on a tip-in with 44 seconds left in the half to put Hampton up 44-23, and sophomore guard Miles Jackson (Silver Spring, Md.) ended the half with a fadeaway jumper in the final second to send the Pirates into the locker room with a 47-25 lead.
Price had 10 points at the break. Darden and Maxwell had nine each.
The Pirates opened the second half on a 17-8, taking a 64-33 lead with 10:55 to play on a 3-pointer from Powers. His basket followed putbacks from junior center Emmanuel Okoroba (Garland, Texas) and Cooks.
Cooks and Jackson later added baskets to put the Pirates up 68-33 with 9:27 left to play.
Okoroba added a 3-point play with 7:34 to play to give Hampton a 71-36 lead, converting a layup in transition despite having a defender draped over his jersey. Cooks added a trey with 6:32 left in the game to put Hampton up 74-38.
Freshman guard Gregory Hayden (Dallas, Texas), seeing his first action of the season, hit a couple free throws with 5:01 left to give the Pirates a 77-42 lead.
From that point on, it was simply a matter of running out the clock.
The Pirates shot a season-best 51.9 percent (27-for-52) from the floor and hit eight of their 19 3-pointers (42.1 percent). Hampton was also 23-for-33 (69.7 percent) from the free throw line, and the Pirates turned 16 Bethune-Cookman turnovers into 23 points.
The Wildcats (2-10, 0-2 MEAC) shot just 27.1 percent (16-for-59), a season-low for a Hampton opponent, and made only three of 18 3-pointers. Bethune-Cookman did hold a 43-34 edge on the glass.
Barry Smith led the Wildcats with 12 points.
The Pirates will be back in action on Wednesday, Dec. 18, when they head to Highland Heights, Ky. to take on Northern Kentucky at 7 p.m. For more information on Hampton University basketball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5811, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.
COURTESY HAMPTON UNIVERSITY SPORTS INFORMATION
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