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Knights gallop away in second half
From staff and
electronic reports
Josh Peppers was the
catalyst as Central Florida broke open a competitive game with 13
unanswered points midway through the second half, then cruised to a
67-49 Conference USA victory over East Carolina Wednesday night in
Greenville.
Peppers, a senior forward,
scored 24 points, including 14 after halftime, and sophomore guard
Jermaine Taylor contributed 17 points as the Golden Knights improved
their all-time record against the Pirates to 6-0.
Senior guard Courtney
Captain led ECU with 15 points. Freshman forward John Fields recorded 11
points and a career-high 14 rebounds and junior guard Cory Farmer added
10 points for the Pirates.
UCF led at the half 29-26
and was still in a nip and tuck affair with 12:23 remaining after ECU
freshman forward Gabe Blair's three-point play and a layup by Farmer
closed the gap to 36-34.
Then the Knights asserted
themselves, reeling off 13 straight points over the next 5:23 to build a
comfortable 15-point lead and send the Pirates on the way to their ninth
loss in a row and the 16th in their last 17 outings.
With the win, UCF improved
to 17-6 overall, 6-3 in C-USA, while ECU dropped to 5-17 in all games,
0-9 in the league. The Pirates' last victory came on Jan. 6 over Chowan.
East Carolina's next shot
at halting the skid will come Saturday when it plays at Houston (8 p.m.)
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BOX SCORE
CENTRAL FLORIDA 67, EAST
CAROLINA 49
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007.
Site: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC.
Attendance: 3,870.
Officials: John Caldwell, Rick Randall, James Breeding.
Technical Fouls: None.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
Central Florida 29 38 - 67
East Carolina 26 23 -
49
CENTRAL FLORIDA (17-6,6-3
C-USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Payne 18
1-6 0-2 3-3 7
5
Zondervan 20 1-3 0-0
0-0 2 2
Peppers 28 9-10
4-5 2-2 1 24
Noel 27
0-3 0-3 4-4 3
4
O'Donnell 26 1-8 1-6
1-2 2 4
Taylor 26 6-12
3-7 2-2 2 17
Cartwright 18 0-0 0-0
0-0 4 0
Battle 7
1-1 1-1 0-0 0
3
Davis 6
1-2 1-2 0-0 0
3
Billings 11 1-2
0-0 1-1 2 3
Thornton 2 0-0
0-0 0-0 0 0
Gill 3
0-0 0-0 0-0 1
0
Loucks 8
0-1 0-1 2-2 2
2
TEAM
2
TOTALS 200 21-48 10-27 15-16
28 67
PERCENT
.438 .370 .938
EAST CAROLINA (5-17,0-9 C-USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Fields 35 3-6
0-0 5-7 14 11
Blair 32
1-4 0-0 1-1 6
3
Farmer 35 5-10
0-2 0-1 0 10
Captain 35 5-13 4-10
1-3 4 15
Jenkins 35 1-8
1-6 0-0 3 3
Gagnon 14 0-1
0-0 0-0 1 0
Ingram 9
2-4 2-4 0-0 1
6
Evans 7
0-1 0-0 1-2 1
1
TEAM
3
TOTALS 200 17-47 7-22
8-14 33 49
PERCENT
.362 .318 .571
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PAGE UPDATED
02/23/07 11:45 AM.
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