PRINCETON, N.J. – The Hampton University men's basketball team lost its first game after the holiday on Wednesday afternoon, falling 77-49 to Princeton at the Jadwin Gymnasium.
 
The Pirates fell to 2-10 on the season.
 
Freshman Jermaine Marrow was the only Pirate to score in double figures, pouring in 16 points on 5-for-16 shooting and hitting two of his five 3-pointers. Marrow has scored in double figures in 11 of his first 12 career games.
 
Charles Wilson-Fisher grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
 
The Pirates shot 34.1 percent (14-for-41) from the floor for the game, and they also struggled behind the arc – hitting four of 14 3-pointers (28.6 percent). Hampton was 17-for-22 (77.3 percent) from the free throw line and held a 32-29 rebounding advantage.
 
The first half was a tight affair, despite just one lead change and two ties in the frame. Princeton opened the game on a 9-2 run, ending in a Spencer Weisz 3-pointer, before the Pirates answered with an 8-2 run to cut the lead to 11-10 on a Kalin Fisher free throw at the 14:02 mark.
 
Amir Bell gave the Tigers a 25-15 lead with 9:49 left in the half, but the Pirates went on a 16-7 run to cut the lead to 32-31 after Wilson-Fisher hit a pair of free throws with 2:30 left in the half.
 
A Trevond Barnes free throw with 46 seconds left in the half tied the game at 33-33, but an Alec Brennan tip-in as time expired gave Princeton a 35-33 lead at the break.
 
Marrow had nine points at the half.
 
Five unanswered points to open the second half gave the Tigers a 40-33 lead, before the Pirates used a 5-1 spurt to cut the gap to 41-38 with 14:22 remaining after a Marrow three. But Princeton answered with a 13-2 run to open up a 54-40 lead on a Weisz three at the 10:32 mark.
 
Akim Mitchell hit two free throws with 8:17 left to cut the lead to 58-44, but the Tigers scored the next 14 points to take a 72-44 lead with 3:28 remaining after a Richmond Aririguzoh layup.
 
A Mike LeBlanc trey with 1:18 left gave Princeton its largest lead of the game, 77-46.
 
Princeton outscored Hampton 42-16 in the second half.
 
Princeton (6-6) shot 46.0 percent (23-for-50) from the floor – including a 50.0 percent clip in the second half – while making 14 of 31 3-pointers (45.2 percent) and 17 of 21 free throws (81.0 percent).
 
Weisz led four Tigers in double figures with 17 points.
 
The Pirates will return home on Friday to take on Coker at 7 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.