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Pirates dismantle St. Andrews

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Senior guard James Legan scored 20 points to lead a quartet of East Carolina players in double figures as the Pirates' overwhelmed St. Andrews Presbyterian 94-58 on Sunday in Greenville.

Freshman forward Darrius Morrow put together a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds, senior guard Sam Hinnant added 14 points and sophomore forward Daquan Joyner scored 13 to help ECU win its second game in three days. The Pirates opened the season Friday night with a 71-56 victory over Division II Coker.

Senior guards Joseph Gripper and Taiwon Grooms paced St. Andrews with 15 and 12 points, respectively. Sophomore forward Zack Garst had a game-high 11 rebounds for the Knights.

St. Andrews bolted to a 9-3 lead in the game's first five minutes but the Pirates (2-0) stormed back to build a 43-26 halftime advantage.

St. Andrews Presbyterian (0-2) is a Division II school located in Laurinburg.

East Carolina hosts Campbell on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The Fighting Camels are 1-0 after defeating Chowan 79-64 in their opener on Saturday.

BOX SCORE

EAST CAROLINA 94, ST. ANDREWS 58

Date: Sunday, Nov. 16, 2008
Place: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 3,721.
Officials: Kyle Chambers, Brent Barnaky, Tim Clougherty
Technical Fouls: None.

SCORE BY PERIODS     1   2  FINAL
St. Andrews         26  32  -  58
East Carolina       43  51  -  94

ST. ANDREWS (0-2)
PLAYER                  FG   3PT    FT   R  PTS  MIN
Garst............. f  4-11   0-0   0-0  11    8   23
Poe............... g   0-0   0-0   0-0   3    0   22
Grooms............ g  3-11   0-3   6-6   2   12   33
Gripper........... g  6-14   1-4   2-2   5   15   27
Phillips.......... g   3-8   0-0   0-0   4    6   36
Julius..............   1-8   1-7   0-0   1    3   19
Dibenedetto.........   0-2   0-1   0-0   0    0    3
Baines..............   2-4   1-1   0-0   1    5    9
Moffitt.............   0-2   0-1   0-0   1    0    4
Fenderbosch.........   0-0   0-0   0-0   0    0    3
Christian...........   0-0   0-0   0-0   0    0    3
Hearst..............   3-3   0-0   3-4   4    9   18
TEAM................                     5
TOTALS.............. 22-63  3-17 11-12  37   58  200
PERCENT.............  34.9  17.6  91.7

EAST CAROLINA (2-0)
PLAYER                  FG   3PT    FT   R  PTS  MIN
Abrams............ f   3-8   1-2   0-0   5    7   18
Wynn.............. c   2-6   0-0   0-0   2    4   14
Legan............. g   6-8   4-6   4-4   5   20   25
Hinnant........... g   6-9   2-5   0-0   1   14   29
Young............. g   3-8   1-2   2-2   3    9   27
Morrow..............   6-8   0-0   3-4  10   15   27
Kupets..............   0-0   0-0   2-2   1    2    3
Turner..............  4-12   1-4   0-0   4    9   16
Sherrod.............   0-2   0-1   1-3   5    1   17
Sargent.............   0-1   0-1   0-0   0    0    3
Joyner..............   6-7   0-0   1-1   1   13   21
TEAM................                     2
TOTALS.............. 36-69  9-21 13-16  39   94  200
PERCENT.............  52.2  42.9  81.3
 

PAGE UPDATED 11/17/08 03:10 AM.

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