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CHI ALPHA SIGMA WELCOMES 14 NEW MEMBERS

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Saturday, 13 April 2013 00:56

HAMPTON, Va. – Fourteen Hampton University student-athletes were inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma during a ceremony held at McGrew Towers Wednesday evening.

Volleyball had three inductees, while football, softball, women’s golf, bowling, and women’s track & field each had two inductees. Men’s track & field also saw a new inductee.

The inductees are:

Bowling

Rebecca Glazier (Criminal Justice)

Pamlea Kettler (Psychology)

Football

Travis Champion (Criminal Justice)

Michael Staton (Criminal Justice)

Men’s Track & Field

Stefano Nardini (5-year MBA)

Softball

Shine Huwe (Psychology)

Margaret Wilkins (Sports Management)

Volleyball

Ioana Kalfinova (Accounting)

Petra Parros (5-year MBA)

Andjela Petrovic (Accounting)

Women’s Golf

Crystal Smitherman (Biology)

Maria Stewart (Electrical Engineering)

Women’s Track & Field

Rachel Burrell (Kinesiology)

Devyn Thompson (Psychology)

Dr. Eric Claville, Esq., the Interim Assistant Dean in the School of Liberal Arts, was the guest speaker.

Chi Alpha Sigma is a non-profit organization established to recognize student-athletes who earn a varsity letter in at least one sport while maintaining a 3.4 GPA or higher throughout their junior and senior years.

The governing body represents all levels of the NCAA and the NAIA.

Chi Alpha Sigma encourages and rewards high academic scholarship of student-athletes, while also encouraging good citizenship, moral character, and friendship. The organization also mentors and provides leadership to other student-athletes.

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PIRATES’ COMEBACK FALLS SHORT AGAINST NCCU

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Saturday, 09 March 2013 07:51

HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University men’s basketball team staged a furious comeback in the second half Monday night at the HU Convocation Center, but North Carolina Central held on for the 68-64 win in both teams’ regular-season finale.

The Pirates (14-16, 11-5 MEAC) head into the MEAC Tournament having won nine of their last 12 games.

Junior guard/forward Du’Vaughn Maxwell (Manhattan, N.Y.) and freshman guard Dwight Meikle (Baltimore, Md.) each led the way with 16 points, while Maxwell added nine rebounds. Sophomore center Emmanuel Okoroba (Garland, Texas) added 15 points.

The Pirates found themselves down by as many as 20 points in the second half, but a late 18-2 run had Hampton back in it following a Meikle jumper with 1:12 to play to cut the Eagles’ lead to 60-58. Jeremy Ingram stopped the bleeding for the Eagles, though, hitting a 3-pointer from the wing with 41 seconds left, ending the Pirates’ run and giving NCCU a 63-58 lead.

Okoroba answered with a layup with 29 seconds to go to cut the lead to 63-60.

But Ray Willis put the game out of reach with a free throw with 27 seconds left to put NCCU up 64-60. After a floater from freshman guard Deron Powers (Williamsburg, Va.), Willis hit two free throws with 20 seconds left to give the Eagles a 66-62 lead.

Stanton Kidd added two more free throws to ice the game.

The Pirates led 6-5 with 15:49 left in the first half after back-to-back dunks from Maxwell, before NCCU fought back to take a 14-10 lead at the 11:09 mark on a Stanton Kidd layup. Hampton took a 21-19 lead at the 6:33 mark after Meikle hit two free throws.

But an 8-3 NCCU run gave the Eagles a 29-24 lead with 1:37 left in the half, and the Eagles led 31-26 at the half.

NCCU opened the second half on a 19-4 run, taking a 50-30 lead with 12:35 left in the second half after Kidd hit a jumper. The Pirates scored the next five points and cut that lead to 50-35 with 10:52 left after Okoroba converted a 3-point play.

But NCCU scored five of the next eight points to take a 55-38 lead with 9:56 to play on a Kidd layup. After Okoroba hit two more free throws, Emmanuel Chapman hit a 3-pointer with 9:09 to play to put the Eagles up 58-40.

Meikle scored four straight points, including a trey, to cut the lead to 58-44 with 7:07 left, then hit another 3-pointer at the 6:27 mark to cut NCCU’s lead to 60-47. Meikle hit another jumper at the 4:52 mark to cut the Eagles’ lead to 60-50.

In all, Meikle scored nine out of 10 points for the Pirates during that stretch.

Maxwell hit a stickback with 3:51 left to extend Hampton’s run to 12-2 and cut NCCU’s lead to 60-52. Another Maxwell stickback with 2:58 left cut the Eagles’ lead to 60-54 and forced NCCU to call a timeout.

The Pirates shot 39.7 percent (23-for-58) from the floor and made four of their 13 3-pointers (30.8 percent) and 14 of their 20 free throws (70.0 percent). Hampton out-rebounded the Eagles 41-39 and out-scored NCCU 39-8 off the bench.

NCCU (22-8, 15-1 MEAC) shot 39.3 percent (24-for-61) from the floor and hit six of 15 3-pointers (40.0 percent). The Eagles were just 14-for-22 (63.6 percent) from the free throw line.

Kidd led the Eagles with 21 points.

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MERCADO, MAXWELL EARN MEAC WEEKLY HONORS

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Monday, 04 March 2013 23:34

NORFOLK, Va. – Hampton University junior guard Ramon Mercado was named Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Player of the Week, while junior guard/forward Du’Vaughn Maxwell earned MEAC Defensive Player of the Week honors, the conference office announced on Monday.

Mercado (Hollywood, Fla.) averaged 15.0 points in the Pirates’ wins over Delaware State and Florida A&M this past week, including an 18-point, 7-for-14 performance on Saturday against the Rattlers – a game in which he also grabbed six rebounds and had two steals.

On Monday at Delaware State, Mercado had 12 points and a career-high nine rebounds.

Maxwell (Manhattan, N.Y.) had six rebounds and four blocked shots on Saturday against FAMU, a game in which he also scored 12 points.

He also had nine points and four rebounds at Delaware State.

Rashid Gaston of Norfolk State was named MEAC Rookie of the Week.

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SECOND-HALF COMEBACK LIFTS PIRATES OVER BETHUNE-COOKMAN

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Monday, 04 March 2013 23:15

HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University men’s basketball team needed a second-half comeback Monday night against Bethune-Cookman, but that’s exactly what the Pirates got as they stormed back to beat the Wildcats 75-66 at the HU Convocation Center.

The Pirates (14-15, 11-4 MEAC) have won nine of their last 11 games and three in a row.

Freshman guard Deron Powers (Williamsburg, Va.) led the Pirates with 17 points, while sophomore center Emmanuel Okoroba (Garland, Texas) and senior guard Wesley Dunning (Washington, D.C.) each added 11 points.

B-CU cut Hampton’s lead to 62-61 with 5:21 to play on an Adrian Coleman layup, before the Pirates extended that lead to 65-61 after a pair of Powers free throws with 4:36 remaining.

The Wildcats then made it a one-possession game with 4:21 left, but freshman guard Dwight Meikle (Baltimore, Md.) hit two free throws with 2:17 to go to give the Pirates a 67-63 lead. Senior guard Aaron Austin (Newport News, Va.) then hit two free throws with 0:00 left to put Hampton up 69-63.

Dunning gave Hampton a 71-63 lead with 1:31 left with a pair of free throws, then freshman guard Ke’Ron Brown (Savannah, Ga.) hit a free throw with 1:09 left to put Hampton up 72-63.

As the Pirates continued hitting free throws in the closing minutes, the Wildcats went cold from the floor; B-CU went nearly five minutes between field goals, before a 3-pointer from Ricky Johnson cut Hampton’s lead to 73-66 with 48 seconds left.

Powers put the game away with 27 seconds left, hitting two free throws to put Hampton up 75-66.

The Pirates led 9-8 after a Powers layup with 15:15 left in the first half, before a 6-2 Bethune-Cookman run gave the Wildcats a 14-11 lead with 12:37 left in the half after a layup from Coleman. Hampton answered with a 6-2 run of its own, taking a 17-16 lead after a layup from Austin at the 10:36 mark.

The Wildcats went on an 8-2 run to take a 24-19 lead with 7:13 left in the half after an Alex Smith layup, then led 30-25 after a jumper from Allen Dempster with 5:13 left in the half. Four straight Hampton points – including a behind-the-back dunk from Maxwell – cut the lead to 30-29 at the 4:21 mark.

B-CU closed the half on an 8-3 run to take a 38-32 lead into the half.

The Wildcats opened the second half on a 7-2 run, taking a 45-34 lead on a Smith layup with 17:14 remaining. Brown stopped the run with a pair of free throws at the 16:55 mark, cutting the lead to 45-36.

Those free throws kicked off a 7-2 Pirates run, as Powers hit a 3-pointer to cut the Wildcats’ lead to 47-41 with 15:16 left to play.

After the Wildcats took a 49-41 lead on a Dempster layup with 14:44 left, the Pirates scored seven unanswered points, cutting that lead to 49-48 after Dunning nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 11:58 to play.

Dunning then gave the Pirates a 50-49 lead with a putback with 11:15 left.

Javoris Bryant stopped the run with a jumper with 10:46 to go to give B-CU a 51-50 lead, but Powers gave the lead right back to the Pirates with a layup off the glass with 10:19 to play.

Junior guard Ramon Mercado (Hollywood, Fla.) then hit a trey with 9:51 left to put the Pirates up 55-51.

All told, since B-CU took a 49-41 lead, the Pirates went on a 16-4 run, taking a 57-53 lead with 9:11 to play after a Dunning layup.

The Pirates shot 44.2 percent (23-for-52) from the floor and made five of their 15 3-pointers. Hampton was also 24-for-37 (64.9 percent) from the free throw line. The Pirates scored 18 points off of 16 B-CU turnovers.

Both teams pulled down 39 rebounds.

B-CU (12-18, 7-8 MEAC) shot 37.7 percent (23-for-61) from the floor, but made just three of its 16 3-pointers (18.8 percent). The Wildcats also went 17-for-24 (70.8 percent) from the charity stripe.

Coleman led B-CU with 15 points.

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BALANCED EFFORT LEADS PIRATES PAST FAMU

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Monday, 04 March 2013 01:18

HAMPTON, Va. – The Hampton University men’s basketball team withstood a late Florida A&M rally on Saturday evening, beating the Rattlers 77-68 at the HU Convocation Center.

The Pirates (13-15, 10-4 MEAC) have won eight of their last 10 games.

Junior guard Ramon Mercado (Hollywood, Fla.) led the Pirates with 18 points on 7-for-14 shooting, while freshman guards Deron Powers (Williamsburg, Va.) and Dwight Meikle (Baltimore, Md.) each added 16 points.

Junior guard/forward Du’Vaughn Maxwell (Manhattan, N.Y.) chipped in 12 points.

After Maxwell gave the Pirates a 5-2 lead at the 17:58 mark of the first half, Florida A&M went on an 11-0 run to take a 13-5 lead with 11:49 left in the half after a layup from Walter Davis. The Pirates then went on a 13-2 run of their own, taking an 18-15 lead after a pair of Maxwell free throws at the 4:59 mark.

Jamie Adams tied the game at 21-21 with a free throw with 3:21 left in the half, but Hampton closed the half on a 9-2 run. Meikle gave the Pirates a 23-21 lead with 3:09 left in the half, and his free throws with three seconds left sent Hampton into the locker room up 30-23.

Mercado led all scorers with nine points in the first half.

FAMU shot just 25.0 percent (9-for-36) from the floor in the first half.

The Pirates opened the second half on a 12-5 run to take a 42-28 lead with 16:06 left to play after Maxwell converted a layup. The run ultimately extended to 15-7, as Hampton took a 45-30 lead with 14:14 left after another Maxwell layup.

D’Andre Bullard hit a jumper with 11:55 to play to cut Hampton’s lead to 48-37, before Powers hit two free throws with 11:30 left to put the Pirates up 50-37.

A 3-pointer from senior guard Wesley Dunning (Washington, D.C.) gave the Pirates a 55-39 lead with a trey at the top of the key with 10:50 left, then Mercado slammed down a transition dunk with 10:04 to play to give the Pirates a 57-39 lead.

Mercado then capped a 9-0 run with a breakaway layup with 9:44 left to put Hampton up 59-39.

Powers added a jumper at the 7:31 mark to give the Pirates a 65-45 lead, but the Rattlers scored the next eight points to cut the lead to 65-55 after a Markee Teal jumper with 5:04 to play.

Mercado hit a layup with 4:57 left to stop the run and put Hampton up 67-55, kicking off a 6-2 run that gave the Pirates a 71-57 lead after a Meikle layup with 2:17 to play.

Reggie Lewis hit a trey with 1:25 left to cut the lead to 71-60.

The Pirates made six straight free throws down the stretch to clinch the win.

Hampton shot 38.1 percent (24-for-63) from the floor and hit eight of its 18 3-pointers (44.4 percent), as well as 21 out of 25 free throws (84.0 percent). The Pirates turned 18 FAMU turnovers into 20 points and out-scored the Rattlers 40-16 off the bench.

FAMU (8-20, 5-9 MEAC) shot 33.9 percent (21-for-62) from the floor and hit just three of 13 3-pointers (23.1 percent). The Rattlers hit 23 of their 30 free throws (76.7 percent).

Teal led FAMU with 22 points, while Adams added 20.

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