HAMPTON, Va. – Jermaine Marrow led three players in double figures Monday night as the Hampton University men's basketball team got back into the win column with a 77-65 victory over Coppin State at the HU Convocation Center.
 
The Pirates improved to 7-13 overall and 4-3 in MEAC play.
 
Marrow dropped 22 points on 7-for-18 shooting, while also hitting two 3-pointers and going 6-for-6 from the free throw line. He also grabbed a team- and career-high eight rebounds. Lawrence Cooks scored 17 points off the bench, while Kalin Fisher added 14.
 
The Pirates shot 42.4 percent (28-for-66) from the floor, despite shooting just over 36 percent in the first half. Hampton also went 7-for-22 (31.8 percent) from the free throw line and made 14 of its 15 free throws.
 
Hampton also held a 42-33 edge in rebounding.
 
Coppin State held an early 11-4 lead, before the Pirates scored the next 13 points to take a 17-11 lead on a tip-in from Branden Aughburns with 8:31 left in the half. The Eagles then scored the next seven points to take an 18-17 lead on two Chas Brown free throws at the 5:55 mark.
 
But the Pirates answered that run with a 9-0 spurt of their own, going up 26-18 on a Trevond Barnes three at the 4:46 mark.
 
Hampton led 30-25 at the half; Cooks had 12 points at the break.
 
Keith Shivers cut Hampton's lead to 32-29 with 18:57 left to play, before the Pirates scored the next seven points to take a 39-29 lead following an Akim Mitchell layup at the 16:51 mark. Both teams were hotter in the second half, and Terry Harris cut the lead to 43-40 with 14:39 left with a layup.
 
But the Pirates stretched it out again, using a 14-5 spurt to open up a 57-45 lead with 8:40 to play after Cooks sank a fastbreak layup. From there, the Eagles chipped away at the lead until a Brown free throw at the 3:18 mark made it a 64-60 game.
 
The two teams began exchanging free throws, and Dejaun Clayton hit a pair with 1:51 remaining to cut the lead to 67-63. But a Charles Wilson-Fisher dunk 11 seconds later sealed the deal, and the Pirates ended the game on a 10-2 run.
 
Barnes and Fisher each had dunks in the closing seconds.
 
Coppin State (5-18, 4-4 MEAC) shot 40.0 percent (24-for-60) from the floor and made six of 19 threes. The Eagles turned the ball over 15 times, leading to 20 Hampton points.
 
Clayton led Coppin State with 20 points.
 
The Pirates will wrap up their homestand on Wednesday at 7 p.m. against Maryland Eastern Shore. 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.