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VCU fights off Pirates
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A three-pointer with 2:29
left by junior guard Brandon Rozzell nudged Virginia Commonwealth into
the lead and launched a 9-0 run that secured the Rams' 82-74 victory
over East Carolina Tuesday night in Richmond.
The outcome spoiled the
homecoming of East Carolina junior forward Jamar Abrams. The alum of
Richmond's Highland Springs High School scored a career-high and
game-high 26 points, making 10 of 15 from the field and 5 of 8 from
three-point range.
Junior center Chad Wynn
had a season-high 17 points and junior point guard Brock Young added 16
for the Pirates.
Junior forward Larry
Sanders scored a career-high 23 points, junior guard Joey Rodriguez
added a season-high 19 and Rozzell had 15 for Virginia Commonwealth.
The Rams led at the half
44-42.
The Pirates conclude their
non-conference slate on Sunday in a 3 p.m. home game against North
Carolina Central. They open Conference USA play on on Wednesday, Jan. 6,
at UAB (8 p.m.)
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BOX SCORE
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH 82,
EAST CAROLINA 74
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009
Place: Siegel Center, Richmond, VA
Attendance: 7,124
Officials: Bryan Kersey, Jeff Nichols, James Barker
Technical Fouls: None
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
East Carolina
42 32 - 74
Virginia Commonwealth 44 38 - 82
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES (5-8)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
01 Morrow............... 3-7 0-0
0-0 9 6 31
10 Young................ 5-11 1-3 5-10
6 16 40
21 Abrams............... 10-15 5-8 1-2
4 26 37
24 Sherrod.............. 3-8 1-4
0-0 2 7 31
33 Wynn................. 7-9 0-0
3-4 8 17 28
11 Gaines............... 0-0 0-0
0-0 1 0 5
23 Straughn............. 1-1 0-0
0-0 1 2 7
30 Ellison.............. 0-1 0-0
0-0 0 0 4
42 Joyner............... 0-0 0-0
0-0 4 0 16
TEAM....................
0
TOTALS.................. 29-52 7-15 9-16 35 74
199
PERCENT................. 55.8 46.7 56.3
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH RAMS (8-2)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
01 Sanders.............. 9-17 1-2
4-6 9 23 27
12 Rodriguez............ 7-14 3-8
2-4 5 19 33
20 Burgess.............. 1-4 1-2
1-2 1 4 16
32 Rozzell.............. 6-11 3-6
0-0 1 15 27
42 Gwynn................ 1-4 0-1
0-0 3 2 21
00 Gavin................ 3-5 2-4
0-0 3 8 14
04 Saintil.............. 0-1 0-0
1-2 2 1 8
10 Theus................ 0-1 0-1
0-0 0 0 8
21 Skeen................ 3-7 0-1
1-3 7 7 24
50 Nixon................ 1-6 1-4
0-0 2 3 22
TEAM....................
2
TOTALS.................. 31-70 11-29 9-17 35 82 200
PERCENT................. 44.3 37.9 52.9
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12/30/09 04:35 AM.
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