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Pirates take Coker in hoops opener

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Senior guard Sam Hinnant scored 21 points and sophomore center Chad Wynn added 15 as East Carolina opened its 2009-10 basketball campaign with a 71-56 victory over Coker Friday night in Greenville.

Hinnant made 10 of 10 from the free throw line. Sophomore guard Brock Young had 7 points and 9 assists for the Pirates.

The Cobras were led by sophomore guard Vatrick Thompson with 16 points, senior guard Josh Poston with 12 and junior forward Mason Ambler with 11.

East Carolina (1-0) led 32-22 at the half and built a 29-point advantage with a little more than seven minutes remaining.

Coker (0-1) is a Division II school located in Hartsville, SC.

East Carolina hosts Division II St. Andrews Presbyterian on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The Knights, whose campus is in Laurinburg, opened their season Thursday night with a 104-91 loss at UNC-Wilmington.

BOX SCORE

EAST CAROLINA 71, COKER 56

Date: Friday, Nov. 14, 2008
Place: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 4,310.
Officials: Kyle Neve, Jeb Hartness, James Barker
Technical Fouls: None.

SCORE BY PERIODS     1   2  FINAL
Coker               22  34  -  56
East Carolina       32  39  -  71

COKER (0-1)
PLAYER                  FG   3PT    FT   R  PTS  MIN
Bracy............. f   0-2   0-0   0-0   3    0   25
Ambler............ f  5-12   0-0   1-2   4   11   30
Poston............ g  4-12   1-5   3-4   1   12   32
Varga............. g   1-7   0-2   0-1   0    2   28
Hafner............ g   1-2   1-1   0-0   3    3    6
Smith...............   0-1   0-0   0-0   0    0    4
Short...............   1-2   0-0   0-0   2    2    5
Evans...............   3-5   0-0   0-0   2    6   20
Thompson............  7-11   0-3   2-2   3   16   21
Woo.................   0-1   0-0   0-0   2    0    9
Liam................   2-3   0-0   0-0   5    4   11
Sanders.............   0-0   0-0   0-0   0    0    2
Gore................   0-0   0-0   0-0   1    0    7
TEAM................                     2
TOTALS.............. 24-58  2-11   6-9  28   56  200
PERCENT.............  .414  .182  .667

EAST CAROLINA (1-0)
PLAYER                  FG   3PT    FT   R  PTS  MIN
Abrams............ f   2-5   1-3   0-0   6    5   29
Wynn.............. f   5-6   0-0   5-6   3   15   22
Legan............. g   4-8   1-4   0-0   4    9   22
Hinnant........... g  5-11   1-6 10-10   5   21   33
Young............. g   3-6   1-2   0-0   5    7    9
Morrow..............   1-3   0-0   2-6   4    4   24
Kupets..............   0-1   0-0   0-0   0    0    1
Turner..............   0-3   0-1   0-2   2    0   12
Sherrod.............   2-3   1-2   1-2   2    6   12
Sargent.............   0-0   0-0   0-0   0    0    1
Joyner..............   2-3   0-0   0-2   5    4   14
TEAM................                     1
Totals.............. 24-49  5-18 18-28  37   71  200
PERCENT.............  .490  .278  .643
 

PAGE UPDATED 11/15/08 02:11 AM.

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