Hampton Lady Pirates Pressure Way To Huge Win Over North Carolina A&T

GREENSBORO, North Carolina -- The Hampton Lady Pirates scored a huge road win on Saturday as Ashley Bates and Monnazjea Finney-Smith each scored 13 points and Mikayla Sayle scored 10 in a 63-51 win at N.C. A&T in the Corbett Sports Center.

With the win, Hampton snapped an eight-game winning streak for the Aggies and knocked them out of a first-place tie with Bethune-Cookman in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

Hampton hit the Aggies with a 9-0 run over a three-minute span of the first period to take a 19-8 lead on a Dejane' James layup with 3:34 left. In the second, the Aggies trimmed the lead to 26-23 on a pair of Alexus Lessears free throws with 7:04 remaining. Hampton closed the quarter on an 11-3 spurt to lead 37-26 on a layup by LaShayla Wright-Ponder.

The Lady Pirates opened the third quarter on a 13-4 run to push the advantage to 50-30 on a layup by Finney-Smith with 3:04 left. N.C. A&T made a run scoring the final 10 points of the third to bring the margin to 50-40.

In the fourth, the Aggies got as close as seven points, but Sayle scored eight of her 10 points in the final period to help keep the hosts at bay.

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Hampton (10-11/6-2) shot 23-of-54 from the floor (42.7%) and out-rebounded N.C. A&T 36-35. K'lynn Willis had five assists and five steals, while Allina Starr added seven points, six rebounds and six assists. The Lady Pirates forced the Aggies into 23 turnovers and held them to under 33% from the field.

Hampton now visits N.C. Central on Monday for a 4pm start in Durham.

For more information on Hampton University women's basketball, please contact the Office of Sports Information at 757-727-5757 or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.

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