DOVER, Del. – Amere May led four Delaware State players in double figures with 14 points as the Hornets dealt Norfolk State its second straight loss, 67-50, on Saturday night at Memorial Hall.

Kyle O'Quinn led NSU (16-8, 8-2 MEAC) with 15 points. But the Spartans committed 16 turnovers against the measured pace of DSU (8-11, 5-3), leading to 24 Hornet points.

NSU held just one lead of the game, at 1-0, after a Chris McEachin free throw at the 17:15 mark of the first half. But DSU scored the next 13 points as NSU suffered a long early field goal drought for the second contest in a row. After going more than 11 minutes with a basket to begin Monday's loss to Coppin State, the Spartans went nearly nine minutes without a field goal Saturday. McEachin broke the dry spell with a layup at the 11:16 mark to cut DSU's lead to 13-3.

The Spartans missed their first nine shots from the floor and hit just 36 percent (8-of-22) in the first half, which ended with DSU leading 30-20.

The second half saw both teams make runs, but NSU could not get over the hump. DSU took a 16-point lead at 45-29 following a Casey Walker 3-pointer with 12:18 left. But the Spartans answered with a 10-0 run thanks to four points apiece from O'Quinn and Marcos Tamares to cut their deficit to six, 45-39, with 8:04 remaining.

But this time DSU responded with a 10-0 spurt of its own to put the game out of reach. Tyshawn Bell made two straight 3-pointers to start the run, and DSU led by as many as 19 points down the stretch to beat NSU for the fourth straight time overall and seventh straight time in Dover.

Jay Threatt added 13 points and game highs of six assists and six steals for DSU, which won its fourth straight. Bell chipped in with 12 points off the Hornets' bench, all coming on four 3-pointers. Marques Oliver also scored 12 points and grabbed a game-high nine rebounds for DSU, which finished with 15 offensive rebounds.

O'Quinn led the Spartans with seven rebounds and three assists. McEachin and Brandon Wheeless contributed 13 points apiece for NSU. Those three combined to score 41 of NSU's 50 points, and just two other Spartans found the scoring column.

The Spartans outshot DSU 42 percent to 41 percent for the game, but the Hornets committed just nine turnovers and hit seven 3-pointers to keep NSU at bay.

The Spartans remain one-half game ahead of second-place Bethune-Cookman and Savannah State (both 7-2) in the MEAC standings heading into Monday's 7:30 p.m. game at Maryland Eastern Shore.