HARRISONBURG, VA. – Malia Tate-DeFreitas and Kaylah Lupoe each recorded double-doubles for Hampton on Friday night but the Lady Pirates dropped a 71-50 decision to James Madison at the JMU Convocation Center.

Tate-DeFreita opened the game with a 3-pointer from the left corner as Hampton opened the game with a flurry.  Their lead grew to 11-6 on a Kaylah Lupoe layup with 6:04 left in the first.

JMU closed the quarter on a 7-1 spurt as a Kamiah Smalls layup to lead 13-11 with 53 seconds.  A Tate-DeFreitas free throw closed the quarter with Hampton down 13-12.

To start the second, JMU continued its run pushing the advantage to 37-21 with a 3-pointer by Aneah Young with 24 seconds left in the half.   Tate-DeFreitas closed the half by pulling up from half-court and draining a 3-pointer as Hampton trailed 37-24 at intermission.

In the second half, Hampton made a couple flurries cutting the deficit to nine points twice.  A Tate-DeFreitas layup with 6:13 left in the third capped a 6-0 run to make it 41-32, but that was as close as it got.

???????Tate-DeFreitas finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds, while Lupoe added 17 and 12 boards to lead Hampton.   Jephany Brown was next with eight points and a season-high three blocked shots.  As a team, Hampton was 17-of-63 from the floor (27.0%), 2-of-11 from 3-point range (18.2%) and 14-of-27 from the line (51.9%). 

Kamiah Smalls paced JMU with 18 points and Precious Hall added 16.   Da'Lisha Griffin had nine points and a game-high 14 boards.  JMU out-rebounded Hampton 50-44. 

Hampton will play its first home game of the season on December 7 when they host the Temple Owls at 5:30 pm at the Hampton University Convocation Center.

For more information on Hampton University women's basketball, please contact the Office of Sports Information at 757-727-5906 or visit the official Pirates website at www.hamptonpirates.com.