MANHATTAN, Kan. – Despite 15 points from freshman Jermaine Marrow, the Hampton University men's basketball team opened the Barclays Classic on Sunday with an 89-67 loss to Kansas State in the Bramlage Coliseum.
 
The Pirates are now 1-2 on the season.
 
Marrow went 6-for-17 from the field and made two of his four 3-pointers, while also notching three assists. Lawrence Cooks was the other Pirate in double figures, pouring in 10 points and dishing out a team-high four assists.
 
The Pirates shot 44.1 percent (26-for-59) from the floor for the game – including a 50 percent clip (15-for-30) in the first half. Hampton was also 10-for-18 (55.6 percent) from behind the arc.
 
Charles Wilson-Fisher gave the Pirates an 8-6 lead in the early minutes of the first half, before the Wildcats responded with a 17-2 run to take a 23-10 lead on a Xavier Sneed 3-pointer with 11:56 remaining in the first half.
 
Hampton then scored 19 of the next 30 points to cut the lead to 34-29 after a 3-pointer from Marrow at the 6:01 mark, but K-State ended the half on a 12-7 spurt to take a 46-36 lead at the half.
 
Fourteen of Marrow's 15 points came in the first half.
 
K-State held a double-digit lead throughout the second half, though Wilson-Fisher cut the lead to 55-45 with 15:18 remaining after sinking a pair of free throws. But the Wildcats answered with a 20-4 run, taking a 75-49 lead after a Barry Brown layup at the 7:23 mark.
 
That was K-State's largest lead of the game.
 
Kansas State (3-0) shot 58.3 percent (28-for-48) from the floor, including nearly 61 percent in the first half, and held a 36-28 edge on the glass.
 
Wesley Iwundu led four Wildcats in double figures with 23 points.
 
The Pirates continue the Barclays Classic on Tuesday in Richmond, Va. against the University of Richmond at 12 p.m. For more information on Hampton University basketball, please call the Office of Sports Information at (757) 727-5757, or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.