Feb. 4, 2006
Box Score
PRINCESS ANNE, MD - The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) Lady Hawks downed the Hampton Lady Pirates, 59-51, in a Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference decision Saturday afternoon at the Hytche Center.
The win completes a regular season sweep of Hampton, the first time in history UMES has ever accomplished such a feat. The victory is also the Hawks' third straight over the Lady Pirates.
UMES (8-10, 6-4 MEAC) got a team high 15 points from Toni Kennedy (Baltimore, Md.) while freshman DeVaughn Hailey (Camden, N.J.) added 13. Kennedy also added a game high five steals while Hailey finished with four. Natalia Benton (Brooklyn, N.Y.) chipped in with a game high nine rebounds.
Rachel Butler led the way for Hampton (3-16, 3-7 MEAC) with 19 points.
The maroon and gray forced 35 HU turnovers and held the Lady Pirates to 18% shooting from beyond the arc. UMES also held Hampton to six field goals the entire second half.
The game was a hard fought contest with neither team going up by more than three points in the first period. A Hailey layup at 10:30 gave the Lady Hawks a 14-11 advantage, but the Lady Pirates climbed back in the game and took a one-point lead with just over four minutes remaining thanks to a lay-up by Linda Rickenbacker.
Monica Rogers' jumper at 1:02 gave HU the slim three point advantage at the half, 24-21.
Hampton pushed their lead to five points thanks to a Butler trey at 17:25, but a Kennedy lay-up capped a quick 10-0 run by the maroon and gray and put the Lady Hawks up by five at 14:12.
UMES took their largest lead of the game at 6:21, as a free-throw by Benton gave the Lady Hawks the nine point advantage, 48-39.
A pair of Butler free-throws closed HU to within three of the lead with a minute and a half remaining, but that is the closest they would get as the maroon and gray walked away with the eight point victory.
The Lady Hawks will battle Norfolk in their next contest. UMES takes on the Lady Spartans this Monday, February 6 in a 5:30 p.m. home contest at the Hytche Center.
