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Pirates shanghaied in Boiling Springs

From staff reports and electronic dispatches

East Carolina visited an out of the way neighborhood Tuesday night — and got mugged.

The Pirates, flying the colors of one of college basketball's power leagues, sailed confidently into the exotic port of Boiling Springs for a rare excursion onto the homecourt of a lower mid-major conference foe and were ambushed, bludgeoned, hijacked and plundered.

Tim Jennings scored a career-high 20 points as Gardner-Webb of the Atlantic Sun Conference beat ECU 90-60, the Bulldogs' first win against a Conference USA opponent.

The unexpected drubbing was one that Pirate coach Bill Herrion won't soon forget.

"I'd like to apologize to everyone who was at the game or listened to it on the radio," a flabbergasted-sounding Herrion said in an interview aired over the Pirate Sports Network after the game.

"I don't believe I've had a game like this in 14 years as a head coach," Herrion said. "We got outplayed, we got out-coached and we got out-scrapped."

Brian Bender and Simon Conn led the Gardner-Webb assault with 18 points apiece.

East Carolina trailed by 41-31 at halftime, then went icy cold in the second half, making just 8-of-28 shots from the field and 1-of-10 from behind the 3-point line.

At the same time, the Bulldogs (2-0) got hot, connecting on 7-of-11 3-point tries and making 53 percent of its shots from the floor to stretch their lead.

The Pirates (2-2) also couldn't get a handle on the ball and turned the ball over 19 times to just nine for Gardner-Webb.

Herrion was particularly displeased with his team's failure to mount a challenge as the rout materialized.

"What I'm concerned about," he said, "when we got down 15 or 20, we stopped fighting ... Tonight was just very disappointing."

Mike Cook led East Carolina with 15 points before fouling out. He was 7-of-20 from the field and made just 1-of-6 3-point attempts.

Corey Rouse had 13 points and 11 boards.

ECU's next game is Sunday, when the Pirates host Belmont Abbey at 4 p.m.

BOX SCORE

GARDNER-WEBB 90, EAST CAROLINA 60

Records: East Carolina 2-2; Garner-Webb 2-0.
Halftime: Gardner-Webb 41, East Carolina 31.

EAST CAROLINA
Name      Min     FG   3Pt    FT  Off  Reb   A  TO  Stl  Blk  PF  Pts
McNeill    30    1-3   0-1   2-6    1    4   4   4    2    1   1    4
Hammonds   11    1-2   0-0   0-0    1    1   0   1    0    0   3    2
Rouse      18    4-8   0-0   5-9    6   11   0   1    0    0   3   13
Badiane    22    4-6   0-0   4-4    2    5   1   1    1    2   3   12
Cook       27   7-20   1-6   0-0    0    1   0   6    0    0   5   15
Kilgore    21    1-4   1-3   2-2    0    2   1   3    1    0   5    5
Gagnon      3    0-0   0-0   0-0    0    0   0   0    0    0   0    0
King       27    2-9   1-7   0-0    0    4   2   0    0    0   0    5
Hart       22    2-2   0-0   0-0    1    1   0   0    0    0   3    4
O'Neil      2    0-0   0-0   0-0    0    0   0   0    0    0   0    0
Castro     17    0-4   0-2   0-0    4    7   1   3    0    1   1    0
Totals    200  22-58  3-19 13-21   15   36   9  19    4    4  24   60
Percentages:    .379  .158  .619   Team Rebounds: 4

GARDNER-WEBB
Name      Min     FG   3Pt    FT  Off  Reb   A  TO  Stl  Blk  PF  Pts
Jennings   37   6-14   3-6   5-6    1    5   4   2    3    0   0   20
Manning    13    3-5   1-1   0-0    0    1   2   1    2    0   3    7
Gash       31   5-12   2-6   0-0    2    3   2   1    3    0   2   12
Bender     38    4-9   3-5   7-7    2    8   0   0    2    0   2   18
Jones      19    3-7   0-0   3-6    6    9   0   4    0    0   4    9
Noonan      1    0-0   0-0   0-0    0    0   0   0    0    0   0    0
Chiles      8    0-2   0-2   0-0    1    1   0   0    1    0   0    0
Cantwell    1    0-0   0-0   0-0    0    0   0   0    0    0   0    0
McCullough 26    1-4   0-1   1-2    0    4   6   0    1    0   2    3
Conn       23   7-13   0-0   4-5    4    7   0   1    1    0   2   18
Graham      1    1-1   1-1   0-0    0    0   0   0    0    0   1    3
Didion      1    0-0   0-0   0-0    0    0   1   0    0    0   0    0
Jelinic     1    0-0   0-0   0-0    0    0   0   0    0    0   2    0
Totals    200  30-67 10-22 20-26   16   38  15   9   13    0  18   90
Percentages:    .448  .455  .769   Team Rebounds: 3

Technical Fouls: East Carolina - Cook 1.
Officials: Names not available.
Attendance: 3,982.

 

02/23/07 10:56 AM

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