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Pirates shock George Mason
From staff and
electronic reports
©2007 Bonesville.net.
Junior guard James Legan
scored a game-high 18 points, including a three-pointer with 1:05
remaining that gave East Carolina the lead for good in a stunning 68-65
victory over George Mason in the BB&T Classic Sunday night at the
Verizon Center in Washington, DC.
Senior guard Darrell
Jenkins added 11 points and 10 assists for the Pirates, who won for the
first time this season against a Division I opponent.
Going into the game,
George Mason had victories over South Carolina, Kansas State and Dayton,
among others, under its belt. The only blemish on the Patriots' record
had been an 84-76 loss to Villanova on Nov. 23.
Senior guard Cory Farmer
had 9 points and sophomore forward Gabe Blair and freshman guard Brock
Young contributed 8 apiece for ECU. Blair hauled in a game-high 12
rebounds as the Pirates won the battle of the boards 38-37.
East Carolina (3-4) bolted
to a 35-23 halftime lead and managed to retain its poise when the
heavily-favored Patriots (6-2) wiped out the margin in the second half
and surged ahead by as much as five with 7:38 left in the game.
The Pirates outscored GMU
16-8 down the stretch to seal the win.
George Mason got 16 points
from junior guard Dre Smith, all in the second half. Senior forward Will
Thomas had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and sophomore forward Louis
Birdsong added 12 points and 8 rebounds for the Patriots.
East Carolina returns home
for a Wednesday night matchup with Clemson at 7 p.m. (TV: CSS).
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BOX SCORE
EAST CAROLINA 68, GEORGE
MASON 65
Date: Sunday, Dec. 2,
2007.
Site: The Verizon Center, Washington, DC.
Attendance: 12,085.
Officials: Donnee Gray, Duke Edsall, Mike Wood.
Technical Fouls: None.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
East Carolina 35 33
- 68
George Mason 23
42 - 65
EAST CAROLINA (3-4)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Gagnon............... 1-1 0-0 0-0
3 2 13
Blair................ 3-7 0-0 2-2
12 8 29
Farmer............... 4-13 1-5 0-0
0 9 33
Hinnant.............. 1-6 1-4 1-2
2 4 22
Jenkins.............. 3-6 2-4 3-5
4 11 31
Legan................ 6-10 4-7 2-2
2 18 16
Brock Young.......... 2-2 0-0 4-5
2 8 12
Abrams............... 1-4 0-1 0-0
4 2 17
Fields............... 3-7 0-0 0-0
7 6 23
Sherrod.............. 0-1 0-1 0-0
0 0 4
TEAM.................
2
TOTALS...............24-57 8-22 12-16 38
68 200
PERCENT.............. .421 .364 .750
GEORGE MASON (6-2)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Birdsong............. 5-8 0-0 2-6
8 12 36
Thomas............... 6-8 0-0 2-9
11 14 24
Campbell............. 1-6 0-3 0-0
3 2 13
Carter............... 1-6 0-0 2-3
3 4 29
Vaughan.............. 3-11 0-4 3-3
8 9 38
Smith................ 5-9 4-7 2-2
0 16 25
Long................. 2-4 0-1 2-2
1 6 16
Tate................. 0-1 0-1 0-0
0 0 2
Fleming.............. 0-2 0-0 0-0
0 0 3
Moldoveanu........... 1-3 0-2 0-0
3 2 14
TEAM.................
0
TOTALS...............24-58 4-18 13-25 37
65 200
PERCENT.............
.414 .222 .520
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12/03/07 06:44 PM.
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