Box Score PRINCESS ANNE, Md.- Savannah State made fifty percent of their shots from the floor in the second half but the effort was not enough as Maryland-Eastern Shore shot 64 percent from the field after halftime in a 87-57 win over the Tigers.
 
The loss gives SSU a 0-3 conference mark as they fell to 4-13 overall.
 
Savannah State spotted the Hawks a 4-0 lead but SSU answered with six straight points from freshmen Khalen Pinkett, Jamal Norman and Treyvon Francis for a 6-4 edge.
 
UMES went ahead 10-6 but the Tigers' Terel Hall made a layup and a jumper to knot the game at 10 with 11:41 left.
 
The Hawks led 15-12 with 9:11 on the clock and extended their lead to 29-19 at the 4:54 mark.
 
The crowd of 930 in the Hytche Athletic Center saw the home team lead by as many as 15 in the first period.
 
UMES led 39-25 at the intermission.
 
The Hawks put together a 10-0 run early in the second half to go ahead 51-30 with 15:42 on the clock.
 
Savannah State's deficit reached 24 with 12:26 remaining but a mini-run closed their gap to 58-40 with 10:45 left in the game.
 
With under four minutes left, UMES started a 9-0 run to go ahead 84-52 with 2:08 remaining.
 
The Tigers stopped the bleeding with a 3-pointer by freshman Demarcus Bryant.
 
Bryant, who made all three of his 3-point attempts, led SSU with 13 points. Hall added 12 points as he went 6 for 9 from the field. Brian Pearson had five rebounds for the Tigers.
 
Savannah State ended the game shooting 44.9 percent from the field but were out-rebounded 39 to 23.
 
Maryland-Eastern Shore (10-9) improved to 3-1 in the MEAC.
 
The Hawks shot 54.5 percent from the field.
 
Devin Martin had 23 points for UMES.
 
Former SSU assistant Cliff Reed is in his first year as an assistant at UMES while Savannah native Dominique Ellilot (Groves High School) came off the bench to score eight points and grab eight rebounds in 21 minutes of action for the Hawks.