MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Hampton University women's basketball team wrapped up its three-game, season-opening road trip Friday night with a 66-46 loss to Kansas State at Bramlage Coliseum.
 
The Lady Pirates fell to 0-3 on the season.
 
Sophomore guard Malia Tate-DeFreitas (Harrisburg, Pa.) recorded her third straight 20-point effort to open the season, leading the Lady Pirates with 20 points. Senior guard Jackie Marshall (Hackensack, N.J.) came off the bench to add 11 points behind three 3-pointers.
 
Tate-DeFreitas and junior guard Areana Davis (Virginia Beach, Va.) each grabbed a team-high five rebounds.
 
The Lady Pirates shot 25.9 percent (15-for-58) from the floor and hit nine of 31 3-pointers (29.0 percent). Hampton also went 7-for-10 (70.0 percent) from the free throw line.
 
A 3-pointer from Tate-DeFreitas at the 17:49 mark of the first half cut Kansas State's lead to 6-5, before the Wildcats scored the next 15 points to take a 21-5 lead with 8:39 left in the half following a 3-pointer from Shaelyn Martin.
 
Tate-DeFreitas ended the run at the 8:23 mark with a trey, cutting the lead to 21-8.
 
A layup from Erica Young with 3:42 left in the half gave Kansas State its largest lead of the opening 20 minutes at 27-12, before senior guard Kenia Cole (Silver Spring, Md.) hit back-to-back treys to cut the lead to 27-18 at the 2:57 mark.
 
Kansas State held a 32-20 lead at the half.
 
Kansas State opened the second half on a 17-4 run to take a 49-24 lead at the 13:49 mark, before the Lady Pirates scored the next four points to cut the lead to 49-28 with 12:27 to play after a trey from Tate-DeFreitas.
 
The Wildcats jumped back out to a 53-28 lead, before back-to-back 3-pointers from Marshall cut the lead to 53-34 with 8:20 left to play. A free throw from senior guard Lauren Johnson (Cairo, Ga.) with 4:28 left cut the lead to 59-41.
 
Tate-DeFreitas hit a jumper at the 2:20 mark to cut Kansas State's lead to 62-43.
 
Kansas State (3-0) shot 41.3 percent (26-for-63) from the floor and went 10-for-27 (37.0 percent) from behind the arc. The Wildcats also held a 50-32 edge on the glass.
 
Breanna Lewis led Kansas State with 13 points, while Haley Texada added 11.
 
The Lady Pirates will hold their home opener on Tuesday, taking on Washington 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.