Warren nets career high as Pirates cap sweep

Russell Dean scored with 1.3 seconds left and Davion Warren smashed his career high with 29 points to lift Hampton University to a 70-68 victory over Charleston Southern on Tuesday night.

Dean’s heroics gave the Pirates (3-4) a two-game sweep on back-to-back nights in the Big South Conference matchup. HU had lost four consecutive games before heading to Charleston Southern.

“It was a definite gut check for us tonight to get a pair of wins on the road,” Hampton coach Buck Joyner said. “This is a great league with strong teams and to get a pair of wins on the road should give us confidence in snapping that losing streak and heading into a tough Gardner-Webb squad.”

Hampton used some defensive pressure in the second half to beat

Charleston Southern 67-55 on Monday, and on Tuesday it was more of the same. The Buccaneers managed just 24.1% shooting from the floor and HU bolted to a 34-18 halftime lead.

Chris Shelton put the Pirates in front by 20 with a 3-pointer with 17 minutes left.

Charleston Southern rallied to close within a point at 59-58 with 4:13 remaining before a tense final few minutes.

Charleston Southern led 62-61 after Phlandrous Flemming Jr.s’ 3-pointer, but Hampton regained the lead on two Davion Warren free throws along with one from Dean and a 3-pointer from Shelton for a 66-62 advantage at the 2:23 mark.

Fleming scored twice to tie it at 68 with 26 seconds left before Dean’s floater in the lane with 1.3 seconds remaining.

Warren finished a career-best 11 of 12 from the foul line and collected eight rebounds. Dean also set career-highs of 19 points and nine rebounds with five assists.

Chris Shelton added nine points on 3-of-6 from behind the arc and Dajour Dickens chipped in with eight points and eight rebounds.

Hampton returns home on Dec. 30 to face Gardner-Webb in a two-game set starting at 2 p.m.

HAMPTON 70, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 68 HAMPTON (3-4) Dickens 2-5 4-4 8, Oliver-Hampton 0-2 0-0 0, Dean 9-20 1-3 19, Shelton 3-6 0-0 9, Warren 7-12 11-12 29, Banister 0-4 0-0 0, Bethea 0-4 0-2 0, Thomas 1-1 0-0 2, Anthony 1-3 0-0 3, Seward 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-58 16-21 70.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN (1-5) Jones 1-8 2-2 4, Fleming 8-17 1-2 19, Florence 1-10 1-2 3, Price 7-10 2-4 16, Moore 1-5 2-3 4, Edwards 8-10 1-1 21, Bowser 0-0 1-4 1, Knox 0-1 0-0 0, Battle 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-62 10-18 68. Halftime_Hampton 34-18. 3-Point Goals_Hampton 8-24(Warren 4-7, Shelton 3-6, Anthony 1-3, Oliver-Hampton 0-1, Bethea 0-2, Dean 0-2, Banister 0-3), Charleston Southern 6-23 (Edwards 4-6, Fleming 2-7, Jones 0-1, Knox 0-1, Florence 0-4, Moore 0-4). Fouled Out_Thomas. Rebounds_Hampton 35(Dean 9), Charleston Southern 37(Fleming 10). Assists_Hampton 9 (Dean 5), Charleston Southern 11(Price 4). Total Fouls_Hampton 19, Charleston Southern 14. A_38(881).