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Rouse records another
double-double in loss
From staff reports
GREENVILLE — Tulane ended
a three-game losing streak by outscoring East Carolina 37-23 in the
second half for a 66-53 Conference USA basketball win in Williams Arena
at Minges Coliseum on Saturday night.
It was the final home game
of the season for ECU (8-18, 2-11 C-USA), which was led by 17 points and
11 rebounds from senior forward Corey Rouse, his 15th double-double of
the season.
"Naturally we are
disappointed that we were not able to send our seniors out with a win,
but give Tulane a lot of credit," said first-year Pirates coach Ricky
Stokes. "I thought they played extremely hard.
"Corey Rouse is a big part
of what we have done, he has had an outstanding year. Maybe we put a lot
of pressure on ourselves to win the game for the seniors, instead of
just relaxing and shooting the basketball."
The Pirates managed a
30-29 advantage at the half as Japhet McNeil's jumper completed an 11-0
ECU run. A 3-pointer by Chris Moore put Tulane ahead to stay with 12:44
remaining. That was part of a decisive 18-5 run by the Green Wave.
ECU Pirates struggled
offensively as it made just 18 of 56 field goal attempts for 32.1
percent. Tulane (10-15, 5-7) connected on 24 of 46 from the floor for
52.2 percent and outrebounded the Pirates 40-28.
There was an even more
pronounced difference in the shooting percentages for the second half
when Tulane dropped 11 of 19 for 57.9 percent while the Pirates were
eight of 29 for 27.6 percent.
David Gomez had 15 points
for Tulane, Quincy Davis scored 13 and Ryan Williams added 11.
The Green Wave defense
this season has held opponents to just 39.8 percent shooting, second in
Conference USA and among the best in the nation. Tulane has held five
opponents below 30-percent shooting and eight teams below 54 points.
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BOX SCORE
TULANE 66, EAST CAROLINA 53
Feb. 25, 2006, Greenville,
NC.
Officials: James Breeding, Jeff Nichols, Larry Ware.
Technical Fouls: None.
Attendance: 5,310.
TULANE
29 37 - 66
EAST CAROLINA 30 23 - 53
TULANE
(10-15, 5-7
Conference USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Stith 26
2-4 0-0 2-2 8
6
Gomez 15
6-8 0-1 3-4 5 15
Davis 19
5-6 1-1 2-2 5 13
Moore 40
3-8 3-6 0-0 1
9
Williams 33 4-10 1-3
2-4 5 11
Garcia 16 1-1
0-0 2-2 3 4
Castine 12 0-1
0-0 0-0 0 0
Tatarunas 16 0-3 0-2
1-2 4 1
Puckett 23 3-5
1-1 0-0 6 7
TEAM
3
TOTALS 200 24-46 6-14 12-16
40 66
PERCENT
.522 .429 .750
EAST CAROLINA (8-18, 2-11
Conference USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Rouse 34 6-15
0-0 5-11 11 17
O'Neil 1
0-0 0-0 0-1 0
0
Castro 2
0-0 0-0 0-0 0
0
Hinnant 32 1-7
0-5 2-4 3 4
Captain 28 1-9
1-6 3-3 0 6
McNeil 24 1-1
0-0 0-0 3 2
Gagnon 12 2-4
0-0 1-1 3 5
Ingram 23 3-8
3-6 0-0 1 9
King 7
0-3 0-2 0-0 0
0
Hammonds 5 0-3
0-3 1-3 1 1
Beale 14
0-0 0-0 0-0 2
0
Hart 18
4-6 0-0 1-2 2
9
TEAM
2
TOTALS 200 18-56 4-22 13-25
28 53
PERCENT
.321 .182 .520 |
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PAGE UPDATED
02/23/07 10:58 AM.
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