BALTIMORE, Md. – For the second straight game, the Hampton University men's basketball team came back from a second-half deficit to force overtime. This time, the Pirates only needed one OT session before defeating Coppin State 74-71 on Saturday at the Physical Education Complex.
 
The Pirates improved to 4-3 overall and went to 1-0 in MEAC play.
 
Reginald Johnson, Jr. led three Pirates in double figures with 22 points, going 8-for-18 from the floor, while Quinton Chievous added 21 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season, going 8-for-12 from the floor.
 
Chievous has recorded double-digit rebounds in each of the four games he's played so far this season.
 
Kalin Fisher added a season-high 13 points, and Dionte Adams grabbed a career-high tying 11 rebounds.
 
The Pirates shot 41.3 percent (26-for-63) from the floor – including a 54.2 percent (13-for-24) clip in the second half. Hampton also went 20-for-31 from the free throw line, including 10-for-11 from the charity stripe in the second half.
 
Hampton also held a 49-43 edge on the glass.
 
The Pirates went just 1-for-4 from the floor in the overtime, but also went 4-for-7 from the free throw line.
 
With 7:40 remaining in regulation, Josh Treadwell sank a layup that gave Coppin State a 60-52 lead, before the Pirates scored six of the next seven points – cutting the lead to 61-58 after Chievous sank a layup with 5:56 remaining.
 
Another Chievous layup with 2:08 left in the second half tied the game at 64-64, before Coppin State got a 3-point play from Keith Shivers to take a 67-64 lead with 1:12 left.
 
Johnson hit a layup with 59 seconds left, before Adams hit a free throw with 14 seconds left to force overtime.
 
Coppin State scored the first two baskets of the overtime session – taking a 71-67 lead with 3:28 left in the frame after Treadwell sank a jumper. But those were the Eagles' only field goals of the overtime, and Fisher gave the Pirates the lead after hitting two free throws and hitting a trey with 2:26 left.
 
That bucket put the Pirates up 72-71, before Chievous and Fisher each hit a free throw down the stretch.
 
The Eagles controlled much of the game, including the first half. At one point, Coppin State held a double-digit lead over the Pirates – going up 24-14 with 8:44 left in the frame after a layup from Lucian Brownlee. Treadwell added a trey at the 6:55 mark to put Coppin State up 27-17.
 
Johnson sank a layup as the clock ran out to cut the Eagles' lead to 35-31 at the half.
 
Johnson had 13 points after the first 20 minutes.
 
Coppin State (2-5, 0-1 MEAC) shot 35.6 percent (26-for-73) from the floor and made just four of 19 3-pointers. The Eagles also hit 15 of their 20 free throws.
 
Treadwell led Coppin State with 22 points.
 
The Pirates will return to action on Dec. 17, when they head to Dallas, Texas to take on SMU. 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.