TATE-DeFREITAS, LUPOE LEAD LADY PIRATES TO BLOWOUT

Saturday, February 28

Washington, D.C.

5 p.m.

Hampton University

12-216-11| MAEC

106

Howard

3-123-25 | MEAC

Team	1	2	F
Hampton	45	61	106
Howard	25	32	57

Photo by: Mark Sutton

2.28.15 | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Sophomore guard Malia Tate-DeFreitas and freshman forward Kaylah Lupoe each had career performances on Saturday evening in Burr Gymnasium, leading the Hampton University women's basketball team to a 106-57 win over rival Howard.

The Lady Pirates (16-11, 12-2 MEAC) won their sixth straight game overall and their 15th in a row over Howard. It also marked the first time since Feb. 12, 2001 (a 104-71 win over Coppin State) that the Lady Pirates scored 100 points in a game.

Tate-DeFreitas (Harrisburg, Pa.) registered her third 30-point game of the season, dropping a career-high 39 points on 16-for-24 shooting. Lupoe (Phoenix, Ariz.) added a career-high 20 points while also grabbing a career-high 13 rebounds.

Lupoe went 9-for-16 from the floor.

Junior guard Ryan Jordan (Manassas, Va.) added 16 points, while redshirt junior forward Brielle Ward (Baltimore, Md.) grabbed 10 rebounds to go along with eight points.

The Lady Pirates shot 51.9 percent (42-for-81) from the floor – including a 64.1 percent clip (25-for-39) in the second half – while hitting five of their 17 3-pointers and scoring 35 points off of 27 Howard turnovers.

Hampton also out-scored Howard 64-22 in the paint.

The Lady Pirates opened the game on an 11-4 run, taking that lead with 15:40 left in the first half following a pair of free throws from Ward.

The Bison cut Hampton's lead to 16-13 with 11:53 left in the first half, but the Lady Pirates went on a 16-6 run, taking a 32-19 lead at the 6:01 mark after a jumper in the paint from Lupoe. In fact, Hampton out-scored Howard 29-12 to end the half after the Bison had cut the lead to three.

In fact, the Lady Pirates led by 20 at the break, taking a 45-25 lead after senior guard Kenia Cole (Silver Spring, Md.) hit a pair of free throws with 24 seconds left.

Tate-DeFreitas had 12 points at the break.

The Lady Pirates opened the second half on a 15-3 run, picking up right where they left off and taking a 60-28 lead after a fastbreak layup from Tate-DeFreitas with 16:37 left to play. Another layup from Tate-DeFreitas at the 13:58 mark put Hampton up 68-30.

Jordan gave Hampton its first 50-point lead of the game with 9:17 remaining, hitting a trey to put the Lady Pirates up 85-35.

The Lady Pirates led by as many as 56 on two occasions – going up 99-43 with 5:40 left to play following a layup from Ward, and taking a 101-45 lead with 4:25 remaining after a layup from Lupoe.

Howard (3-25, 3-12 MEAC) shot 31.5 percent (23-for-73) from the floor, but hit just two of 21 3-pointers. The Bison shot just 28.6 percent (12-for-42) from the floor in the second half. Howard also struggled at the free throw line, going just 9-for-20 (45.0 percent).

Gonzales led the Bison with 25 points and 15 rebounds.

The Lady Pirates will be in Dover, Del. on Monday to take on Delaware State at 5:30 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.