|
Pirates misfire against
Owls
From Electronic and Staff Reports
©2009 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
Reserve big man Chad Wynn
had the offensive game of his career, but it wasn't enough to save East
Carolina from its otherwise miserable shooting performance in a 76-70
Conference USA loss to Rice Saturday afternoon in Houston.
With his teammates
collectively making only 16 of 54 (29.6%) of their field goal attempts,
Wynn, a 6-10 sophomore center, hit 9 of 10 (90%) from the floor and
scored 21 points to help East Carolina (10-10, 2-5 C-USA) avoid
incurring what might have been a more lopsided defeat.
Senior forward Aleks Perka
scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, career highs in both
categories, to help the Owls (7-14, 2-4) snap a four-game losing streak.
Perka converted 10 of 15 field goal tries.
Junior guard Lawrence
Ghoram had 15 points and freshman guard Connor Frizzelle and senior
guard Rodney Foster added 12 apiece for Rice.
Senior guard Sam Hinnant
scored 17 and freshman guard Brock Young added 11 for the Pirates.
The Owls, who never
trailed, had a 10-point lead with less than a minute to go and led by as
many as 19 in the first half. The halftime margin was trimmed to 44-37
as Wynn made four shots during a 14-0 run by East Carolina.
Rice won the rebounding
battle 44-37.
The Pirates return home
for a conference game with Southern Mississippi on Wednesday (7 pm). The
Golden Eagles (13-7, 3-3) suffered an 87-75 loss at Texas-El Paso
Saturday night despite a career-high 30 points by USM senior guard
Courtney Beasley.
|
BOX SCORE
RICE 76, EAST CAROLINA 70
Date: Saturday, Jan. 31,
2009
Place: Tudor Fieldhouse, Houston, TX
Attendance: 1,429
Officials: Antinio Perry, Andrew Walton, James Hicks
Technical Fouls: None
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
East Carolina........ 37 33 - 70
Rice................. 44 32 - 76
EAST CAROLINA (10-10, 2-5 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Morrow............ f 1-6 0-0
1-4 7 3 26
Abrams............ f 3-8 2-6
0-0 6 8 24
Legan............. g 2-9 2-8
2-2 5 8 36
Hinnant........... g 5-15 4-10 3-5
4 17 33
Young............. g 4-10 3-5 0-0
2 11 32
Turner.............. 0-1 0-0
0-0 0 0 4
Sherrod............. 1-5 0-2
0-0 6 2 17
Wynn................ 9-10 0-0 3-7
3 21 28
TEAM................
4
TOTALS.............. 25-64 11-31 9-18 37
70 200
PERCENT............. 39.1 35.5 50.0
RICE (7-14, 2-4 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Perka............. f 10-15 0-0 1-4
11 21 33
Stanton........... c 1-7 0-0
3-4 10 5 20
Frizzelle......... g 4-10 3-4 1-2
3 12 34
Foster............ g 3-8 2-5
4-4 5 12 37
Ghoram............ g 6-10 0-1 3-6
4 15 28
Herndon............. 2-4 0-0
1-2 2 5 7
Braimoh............. 1-2 0-0
1-1 3 3 15
Beasley............. 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 9
Pflieger............ 1-4 1-3
0-0 1 3 17
TEAM................
5
TOTALS.............. 28-60 6-13 14-23 44
76 200
PERCENT.............
46.7 46.2 60.9
|
PAGE UPDATED
02/01/09 03:10 AM.
©2009 Bonesville.net and
other publishers. All rights rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Game accounts and
statistics may be compiled from various sources, including but not limited
to staff, East Carolina University, opposing team and Conference USA reports.
|
