Box Score NORFOLK, Va. – Visiting Maryland Eastern Shore held Norfolk State to 27.9 percent shooting and turned a big edge on the boards into a 60-50 win over the Spartans on Monday night at Echols Hall.

Jessica Long scored 13 points, TeAmber Burke 12 and Moengaroa Subritzky 11 for the Hawks (8-13, 5-6). Rae Corbo led the Spartans (8-14, 7-4) with 17 points, all in the second half after she was limited to five first-half minutes by foul trouble.

Both teams started slowly, but UMES used a 12-3 run midway through the first half to take control. The Spartans shot just 23.5 percent in the first half and were whistled for 13 fouls to UMES' seven. Five NSU players had two fouls in the first half, and Corbo was one of three starters to be limited by foul trouble.

Despite that, NSU started the second half on a mission. The Spartans scored the first 17 points of the second half and eventually led by as many as five, 36-31, after a Corbo layup with 13:40 left. But UMES didn't go away. NSU held a 45-43 lead after a Dominique Harper jumper with eight minutes left, but the Hawks went on a 10-1 run over the next four minutes to seize control. Subritzky and Burke both hit key 3-pointers in the spurt, and NSU couldn't recover.

UMES outrebounded NSU 55-42 and outscored the Spartans 18-4 in second-chance opportunities. Alexis Udoji led the Hawks with 10 rebounds and four blocks. Subritzky added nine rebounds.

Kayla Roberts led all players with 16 rebounds for NSU, but was held to seven points on 1-of-13 shooting. Koryn Lawrence added 13 points, 11 in the first half. 

The Spartans are on the road for their next two games, starting with a 2 p.m. game Saturday at Morgan State.