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ODU sinks Pirates in league debut
By
Al Myatt
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GREENVILLE — Old Dominion pulled away
from a tie at 37 at halftime for an 81-70 basketball win at East
Carolina on Saturday night in the Conference USA opener for both
programs.
Guard Keenan Palmore of the Monarchs
(7-9) made 11 of 13 field goal attempts to lead all scorers with 23
points.
Aaron Bacote had 18 points, six
assists and two steals in ODU's first C-USA contest ever.
Dimitri Batten scored on a jumper
with 19:46 remaining to put the Monarchs ahead to stay at 39-37. Batten
finished with 12 points.
ECU (11-5) had four players in double
figure scoring with Paris Roberts-Campbell leading the way with 21
points. Akeem Richmond hit four of his 11 attempts from behind the arc
as he scored all 14 of his points in the second half.
Petar Torlak came off the bench to
hit four of six from deep as he totaled a career high 12 points.
Michael Zangari had 11 points and
five rebounds in 18 minutes.
Prince Williams scored nine points
and had five assists.
ODU outrebounded the Pirates 36-28 as
Roberts-Campbell led ECU on the boards with seven caroms. Brandan Stith
had six grabs off the glass for ECU.
The Monarchs made 31 of 55 field goal
attempts for 56.4 percent. ECU was 22 of 55 from the field for 40
percent. The Pirates made just 10 of 29 after the half for 35.5 percent.
ODU had a 50-24 advantage on points
in the paint.
A crowd of 5,328 saw ECU commit just
seven turnovers.
The Monarchs extended their lead in
the series to 37-14 with their fifth straight win over the Pirates.
ECU visits Florida Atlantic for a 7
p.m. tipoff on Thursday and continues league play at Florida
International on Saturday at 5 p.m.
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GAME SUMMARY |
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Old Dominion 81, East Carolina 70 |
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Date: Saturday,
Jan. 11, 2014
Facility: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Attendance: 5,328
Records: ECU 11-5 (0-1 C-USA); ODU 7-9 (1-0)
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SCORE BY PERIODS |
1 |
2 |
FINAL |
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Old Dominion |
37 |
44 |
81 |
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East Carolina |
37 |
33 |
70 |
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01/12/14 01:50 AM.
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