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NORFOLK, Va. – Monnazy Finney-Smith’s career-high 25 points helped Hampton complete a season-sweep of the Norfolk State women’s basketball team with a 77-65 victory over the Spartans on Monday at Hampton Universitie’s Convocation Center.
Gabrielle Swinson recorded a career-high 19 points to lead the Spartans (14-14, 9-7 MEAC) in their final regular season game. Making her first start since Nov. 30 at High Point, Swinson led the team in points, rebounds, assists and steals. She dropped seven dimes and grabbed six rebounds to match career high’s in both categories and registered a game-high five steals as well. Rae Corbo was the last time a Norfolk State player to lead the team in all four categories, when she accomplished the feat on Nov. 23, …show more content…

However, Roberts made two free throws to start another 7-0 run for the Spartans and Swinson made two layups to cut the deficit to 44-38 with 6:21 left in the third quarter. Consequently, that would be the closest Norfolk State would get the remainder of the game. Heading to the fourth, Hampton led 54-44, after closing the period by outscoring the Spartans 10-6.
Once again, the Lady Pirates opened a period with a run. In the fourth, Jephany Brown made a layup and a triple, followed by a deep three from DeJane James to open up an 18 point lead at 62-44, with 7:10 left in regulation. Norfolk State turned up the pressure in the full court and went on a 10-4 run of its own over the next 3:27. The Spartans trailed 66-54 with 3:43 remaining.
None the less, Hampton pushed the lead out to its largest at 19, when Finney-Smith made a layup with 1:57 left, giving the Lady Pirates a 75-56 lead. The Spartans answered one final time by outscoring the Lady Pirates 9-2 the rest of the …show more content…

Entering the game Roberts was 27 points shy of becoming the 22nd Spartan to reach the 1,000 point plateau in their career. She tallied nine points and will enter the Mid-Easter Athletic Confernence tournament 18 points shy. She was also, 10 rebounds short of moving into 10th place all-time in school history in rebounds. Saddled with two early fouls, she registered zero rebounds for the first time in her 85-game career and remains 10 rebounds

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