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Pirates outlast Southern
Miss
From Electronic and Staff Reports
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All rights reserved.
East Carolina got
double-figure scoring from five players and chalked up a big scoring
advantage at the free throw line in an 82-79 Conference USA win over
Southern Miss Wednesday night in Greenville.
The win snapped a
three-game skid for the Pirates (11-10, 3-5 C-USA) and ended East
Carolina's five-game losing streak to the Golden Eagles (13-8, 3-4).
Sophomore guard Brock
Young scored 17 points for the Pirates. Senior guards Sam Hinnant and
James Legan had 14 apiece, sophomore forward Jamar Abrams added 12 and
freshman forward Darrius Morrow contributed a double-double with 10
points and 11 rebounds.
East Carolina converted 24
of 29 free throws (82.8%), including 10 in a row in the game's final 41
seconds that negated a Southern Miss comeback attempt. The Golden Eagles
had trailed at the half 41-31.
Southern Miss outshot the
Pirates from the floor 49.2% (29-59) to 40.4% (23-57), but East
Carolina's field goals included 12 three-pointers in 29 tries (41.4%).
Senior guard Courtney
Beasley scored 23 points and pulled down 13 rebounds to lead the Golden
Eagles. Senior guard Craig Craft also produced a double-double with 14
points and 10 rebounds.
Sophomore guard R.L Horton
had 18 points and junior guard Jeremy Wise added 16 for Southern Miss.
The Pirates finish a
two-game home stand with a conference game against Central Florida on
Saturday (7 pm). The
Knights (15-7, 5-3) suffered a 97-69 loss to Houston Wednesday night in
Orlando.
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BOX SCORE
EAST CAROLINA 82, SOUTHERN
MISSISSIPPI 79
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 4,
2009
Place: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 4,418
Officials: Terry Davis, Rick Randall, Hal Lusk
Technical Fouls: Southern Miss - TEAM
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
Southern Miss........ 31 48 - 79
East Carolina........ 41 41 - 82
SOUTHERN MISS (13-8, 3-4 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Stephens.......... f 2-3 0-0
0-1 5 4 22
Beasley........... g 8-16 1-2 6-9
13 23 39
Wise.............. g 5-13 0-3 6-6
3 16 32
Horton............ g 7-14 2-4 2-4
2 18 31
Craft............. g 5-11 2-6 2-3
10 14 40
McCauley............ 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 3
Brewer.............. 1-1 0-0
0-0 0 2 14
Lino................ 0-0 0-0
0-0 1 0 11
Smith............... 1-1 0-0
0-0 0 2 8
TEAM................
2
TOTALS.............. 29-59 5-15 16-23 36
79 200
PERCENT............. 49.2 33.3 69.6
EAST CAROLINA (11-10, 3-5 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Morrow............ f 2-3 0-0
6-7 11 10 37
Wynn.............. c 1-1 0-0
0-0 1 2 9
Legan............. g 5-14 4-10 0-0
8 14 32
Hinnant........... g 3-12 2-7 6-6
4 14 34
Young............. g 5-13 2-5 5-5
1 17 33
Turner.............. 3-5 2-2
1-5 3 9 20
Abrams.............. 3-5 2-3
4-4 5 12 22
Sherrod............. 1-4 0-2
2-2 1 4 11
O'Bryan............. 0-0 0-0
0-0 1 0 2
TEAM................
2
TOTALS.............. 23-57 12-29 24-29 37 82
200
PERCENT.............
40.4 41.4 82.8
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02/07/09 08:45 PM.
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