Box Score

HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University men's basketball team lost its third straight game on Monday night, dropping its home finale 58-55 to Florida A&M at the HU Convocation Center.

Junior guard Darrion Pellum (Hampton, Va.) had a chance to tie the game at the buzzer, but his deep 3-pointer bounced off the right side of the rim.

Pellum led the Pirates (19-8, 9-5 MEAC) with 17 points on 7-for-17 shooting, while junior guard Kwame Morgan II (Largo, Md.) added 13 points despite shooting 4-for-13 from the floor. Junior forward Danny Agbelese (Lanham, Md.) pulled down a team-high 10 rebounds, and junior center Milade Lola-Charles (Laurel, Md.) blocked a career-high four shots.

Agbelese gave Hampton a 38-35 lead with 11:09 to play after flushing an emphatic dunk and hitting the free throw, but FAMU responded with a 10-3 run to take a 45-41 lead with 5:05 to play when Yannick Crowder hit a jumper.

Pellum hit a trey with 1:57 to play to pull the Pirates within one, 48-47, but Brandon Hosely hit a 3-pointer of his own 37 seconds later to put FAMU up by four, before Rasheem Jenkins hit two free throws to extend the lead to six, 53-47.

Morgan hit a trey with 26 seconds left to pull Hampton to within three, 53-50, but the Rattlers made five of six free throws down the stretch to ice the game.

The Pirates shot 35.0 percent (21-for-60) from the floor and made six of 20 3-pointers.

FAMU (12-15, 7-7 MEAC) shot 35.7 percent (20-for-56) from the floor and out-rebounded the Pirates 40-39. The Rattlers also forced Hampton into 19 turnovers, scoring 19 points off of them.

Hampton led 11-6 with 11:48 left in the first half on a Pellum layup, but FAMU went on a 9-0 run to take a 15-11 lead at the 9:04 mark on a 3-point play by Crowder. The Pirates responded with a 7-0 run, punctuated by a Wesley Dunning (Washington, D.C.) 3-point play at the 7:15 mark, to take an 18-15 lead.

The Pirates would expand that run to 14-0, going up 25-15 at the 2:45 mark on a Pellum jumper. But the Rattlers scored the last five points of the half to go into the locker room down 25-20.

Pellum led the Pirates with nine points at the half.

The Pirates will return to action on Saturday, when they travel to Dover, Del. to take on Delaware State 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.