W&M Men’s Basketball Wins at Hampton, 70-60

Rookie Calvin Baker Leads Tribe with 21 Points

11/22/05 9:51PM

HAMPTON, VA - William and Mary freshman guard Calvin Baker (Newport News, VA) scored a career-high 21 points, and junior guard Adam Payton (Burlington, NJ) added a career-high 18 to lead the Tribe to a 70-60 non-conference victory over local-rival Hampton Tuesday night at the Hampton University Convocation Center

Baker shot 7-for-14 from the field and dropped 17 of his 21 in the first half to give W&M (2-1) its second straight victory over the Pirates (0-2) and third in their last four meetings. Payton finished a nearly flawless 5-of-6 from the field and 7-of-9 from the free throw line.

The Tribe opened an 11-point lead on Payton’s coast-to-coast lay-up with 13:40 remaining, before Hampton’s Adrian Woodard cut the deficit to 53-46 on a steal and fast-break lay-in with 11:18 to go. Freshman forward Peter Stein (Houston, TX), who finished with a career-high seven points, pushed the lead back to 11, 61-50, with 9:08 on the clock.

That was the Tribe’s only field goal, however, for nearly a six-minute stretch, as the Pirates slowly chipped away, pulling within 63-57 on a pair of free throws by Matthew Williams at the 3:57 mark.

On W&M’s next trip down the floor, Payton ended the drought with an emphatic baseline dunk, pushing the lead back to eight. Refusing to give in on its home floor, Hampton pulled back within five, 65-60, on Bruce Brown’s dunk with just under two minutes left, but Baker sank a pair of free throws with 1:46 remaining, and Payton’s three-pointer with 54 seconds remaining set the final margin at 70-60

Sophomore forward Laimis Kisielius (Vilnius, Lithuania) joined Baker and Payton in double figures with 11, along with eight rebounds. Senior center Brian Hutt (Denver, CO) made the most of his first start of the season, leading the Green and Gold with nine rebounds, to go with two blocked shots and four points, The Pirates were led by Brown ‘s 13 points and a game-high 10 rebounds, while Jeff Granger added 12 points for Hampton.

W&M out-rebounded Hampton, 45-33 and shot 49.0 percent from the floor, including 50.0 percent (6-12) from beyond the three-point line. The Pirates made 36.9 percent of their shots from the field and were hurt by 37.5 percent shooting (6-16) from the foul line.

The Tribe returns home this Saturday to host Campbell at 7:00 PM in Kaplan Arena.

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