Women's Basketball Starts Two-Game Home Week Hosting Apprentice School Monday Night

WHO	Hampton (0-2) vs. Apprentice School (3-0)
WHEN	7 p.m. - Monday
WHERE	Hampton Convocation Center
SERIES RECORD	Hampton 1-0
LIVE STREAM	FloCollege
LIVE STATS	here
GAME NOTES	Hampton

HAMPTON, Va. (Nov. 4, 2026) … The Hampton University hits the home hardwood of the Convocation Center for the first time in the 2026-27 season as they entertain The Apprentice School on Monday night at 7 p.m.
The game will be on FloCollege and will have live stats available.
ABOUT HAMPTON

Hampton plays its first home game of the season after dropping a tough 66-54 decision at SMU on Thursday morning in front of 3,300 at Moody Coliseum.
This will be the second all-time meeting with Apprentice School as Hampton won 105-21 in last season's opener.
Kiki McElrath scored a career-best 33 points, the fourth-most in a season-opener game in the country, in the loss at Houston on Nov. 2.
Against SMU, the Pirates were 15-of-15 from the foul line marking the third highest total made without a miss in a game in school history.

ABOUT APPRENTICE SCHOOL

Apprentice School is coached by Ieshia Small Gainey who is in her second year at the helm.
The Builders, members of the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, opened their season with a 67-36 win over Regent on Nov. 4 and then a pair of wins at the Penn State Beaver Tipoff defeating the hosts 67-47 and then Penn State DuBois 49-40 this past weekend.
Daja Linton-Robinson and Joy Wright lead the Builders in scoring averaging 12.7 points per game, while Mariah Igus is averaging 10.3 points per game off the bench.

MCELRATH BROKE 1,000 POINTS WITH FLAIR
Senior Kiki McElrath entered the opener at Houston needing four points for 1,000 in her collegiate career. She got that mark in the first half on a driving layup with 3:08 left for a 33-29 margin. In the second half she exploded for 28 points, 20 of those in the fourth quarter, to end up with a career-best 33 points in the 73-65 loss to the Cougars.
She expanded on that with her 19-point performance at SMU on Thursday with an 8-for-8 performance from the foul line. McElrath is now at 1,048 points in her collegiate career.

HEY – YOU LOOK FAMILIAR
That might be the line said between the two coaches for Hampton's trip to SMU last Thursday as Tamisha Augustin was an assistant at Arizona to Adia Barnes as the Wildcats made the Final Four in 2021. She was on staff at Arizona from 2019-2021.

KENNEDY OUT OF THE GATE
Redshirt freshman Kennedy Hall joined the Pirates this year after playing two games at Boston College before an injury sidelined her. She saw very little rust in her first action scoring eight points and hauling in seven boards while going 4-for-4 at the foul line at Houston.

COACH COOP FLASHBACK
Assistant Coach Josh Cooperwood had some good memories as he walked back into the Fertitta Center for the women's opener against Houston. While as a member of the Tennessee State men's basketball team, playing in then named Hofheinz Pavilion, Cooperwood recorded 15 points on 6-of-12 shooting from the floor and dished out four assists for Tennessee State in a loss to the Cougars.

TEXAS SIZED TURNOVERS
In their opening two games, the Pirates got back into their contests on the heels of a stifiling defense. Hampton forced 21 turnovers in Houston and 20 at SMU to help aid their comeback efforts.

RIVERA MAKES DEBUT – IN FRONT OF FAMILY
Freshman Nilah Rivera made her collegiate debut and converted a three-point play early in the opening quarter in Hampton's loss to Houston. In her debut she had three points and three rebounds in 18 minutes of action.
Following the game she was pleasantly surprised by the appearance of her uncle Louis and his wife Dawn who came out to support her in her opener. The couple flew from New York, to Los Angeles for one of the final concerts of the rock group Aerosmith, and then hit Houston for the game.

HU-APPRENTICE CONNECTION
Current Director of Strategic and Broadcast Communications Jim Heath served as the Sports Information Director for The Apprentice School from 2000-2015 before coming to Hampton for his first stint from 2015-2022. He was inducted into The Apprentice School Hall of Fame in 2023. Hampton hosts Apprentice School on Monday night in women's action and Tuesday night in men's action in what's been dubbed by some as the Jim Heath Classic.

PIRATES IN NOVEMBER
Through 52 years of Hampton University women's basketball, the Pirates are 106-122 in the month of November. The Pirates have played five games on November 9 in history and are 3-2. Hampton has wins over Georgetown, at Southern Miss and at Chattanooga, while losing at Columbia and last season at Wake Forest. Head Coach Tamisha Augustin guided the Pirates to a 5-8 mark in November during her two seasons.

TRIPLE-DOUBLE LIST
The Pirates have had three triple-doubles in the NCAA Division I Era (1995-present). LaShondra Dixon had the first one on Feb. 12, 2001 against Coppin State as she had 18 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Almost two years later, also against Coppin State, Lynetta Sullivan had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists on Jan. 13, 2003.
The last triple-double for Hampton University was done by Malia Tate-DeFreitas on Jan. 9, 2016 against Bethune-Cookman as she had 13 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

PLAYED THEM TIGHT
Into her third season, Hampton head coach Tamisha Augustin has seen her Pirates sport a 12-22 in games decided by 10 or fewer points. In her first season, Hampton was 7-11 and had seven of their last 10 games decided by 10 or fewer points. In the 2025-26 season, Hampton was 5-10 including wins at Norfolk State (57-55) and over Buffalo in Puerto Rico (58-56).
The 2026-27 season started the same way as Hampton dropped a tough 73-65 decision at Houston.

OH CAPTAIN – MY QUAD-CAPTAINS
The Hampton Pirates named quad-captains for the 2026-27 season in Kayla Lezama, Kiki McElrath, Arlisha Boston and Maya Woodson.

NEXT UP
Hampton returns to the Convocation Center on Saturday at 6 p.m. when they host Norfolk State in the Battle of the Bay.

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Players Mentioned

Arlisha Boston

Kennedy Hall

Kayla Lezama

Kiki McElrath

Nilah Rivera

Maya Woodson

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