After trailing much of the contest, Delaware State rallied in the final two minutes for an 82-75 win over Morgan State in MEAC men’s basketball on Saturday evening at Memorial Hall.

The victory in the Hornets’ season finale gave DelState (1-11 MEAC, 3-16) its first conference win of the winter as well as its first win over an NCAA Division I opponent. The Hornets also snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Bears (7-5 MEAC, 12-7 overall).

DelState took the lead for good at 74-73 on a jumper from Myles Carter with 1:42 remaining. Carter then hit a three-pointer with 38 seconds left to give the Hornets a 77-73 advantage.

All told, DSU out-scored the Bears, 50-39, in the second half.

Carter, a senior, collected 24 points and 11 rebounds in his finale for the Hornets, who aren’t eligible for this year’s MEAC Tournament. John Stansbury (16), Dominik Fragala (12) and Ameer Bennett (10) also reached double figures.

Lacrosse

MEN, Delaware 17, Fairfield 9: Junior Tye Kurtz tallied the most points for a Delaware player in 22 years as the Blue Hens bested Fairfield.

Junior Tye Kurtz finished with 11 points on five goals and six assists for Delaware (4-1). The last Blue Hen with 11 points in a contest was John Grant who did it against North Carolina in 1999.

Sophomore Mike Robinson added four goals and three assists. Charlie Kitchen chipped in with five goals and two assists.

Senior goalie Matt Kilkeary made nine saves for the Hens, who scored on four extra-man opportunities.

The fourth quarter was all Delaware, as the Hens didn’t allow a goal and Kitchen scored three of the five goals.

WOMEN, Georgetown 14, Delaware 8: The Blue Hens fell to 1-3 with the loss on Friday.

Juniors Kendra Schweizer, Danika Swech and Meghan Johnson scored two goals apiece for Delaware, while sophomore Eleanor Farris netted her first collegiate goal.

Baseball

UMBC 20, Delaware State 8: The Hornets (0-2) fell to the Retrievers, who collected 21 hits and scored nine runs in the fifth inning.

Delaware State put up four runs in its half of the first, including two on a double by Trey Paige, and still led 5-3 after the second. But UMBC scored the next 15 runs to pull away.

Dover High grad Dmitri Floyd drove in a pair of runs for the Retrievers.

Softball

Hornets earn split: Delaware State bounced back from a 9-0 loss to edge UMBC, 4-3, and earn a split of their doubleheader on Saturday.

Freshman Madison Burnite singled and scored on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 3-3 tie for the Hornets (2-2).