NORFOLK, Va. – Chris McEachin and Marcos Tamares combined for 41 points in their last home game at Norfolk State to lead the Spartans to a 66-52 win over Longwood on Monday night at Echols Hall.

McEachin scored 21 points and Tamares 20 for NSU (19-9), which outscored the Lancers (9-18) 40-23 in the second half to pull away.

Antwan Carter scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for Longwood.

NSU hit six of its first nine shots in the first half to take a 19-12 lead. But the Spartans missed 10 straight shots and Longwood rallied to take the lead on a layup by Jan van der Kooij at 24-23 with 3:52 left in the half. Martiz Washington gave LU a 29-24 edge with a 3-pointer just 51 seconds before the half, and the Lancers led 29-26 at the break. NSU shot just 8-of-30 (27 percent) from the floor in the opening stanza.

But NSU stormed out of the second half and went on an 18-0 run. McEachin hit three of his five treys in the spurt and Tamares hit three jumpers, the last of which gave NSU a 44-29 lead at the 14:41 mark.

The Lancers scored six straight points, the last four coming on a pair of jumpers by Carter, to slice the Spartans' lead back into single digits, at 46-37. But McEachin answered with yet another triple to extend NSU's edge back into double digits, where it would remain the rest of the game. NSU hit 53 percent from the floor in the second half (16-of-30) and held the Lancers to 36 percent accuracy for the game.

McEachin and Tamares, who combined for just nine points in the first half, scored 16 apiece after the break. They hit 14-of-18 from the floor in the final 20 minutes.

For the game, Tamares hit 9-of-14 from the floor en route to the second-highest point total of his career. McEachin hit 5-of-11 from behind the 3-point line and added four assists. Kyle O'Quinn, another of NSU's five seniors who were honored during pre-game ceremonies, scored just six points, but grabbed 16 rebounds and blocked two shots.

McEachin and Jamel Fuentes tied for team-high honors with four assists, while Fuentes tied his career-high with seven rebounds. NSU outrebounded Longwood, 43-35.

NSU hits the road for three MEAC games to close the season, beginning with a 4 p.m. game at Bethune-Cookman on Saturday.