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East Carolina 74, Central Florida 62

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Pirates ambush UCF

By Al Myatt
©2011 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.

After coming close but no cigar with a 61-58 loss at Memphis in the first Conference USA road game of the Jeff Lebo coaching era on Jan. 8, East Carolina could fire up a huge stogie in Orlando on Wednesday night after a thorough 74-62 win over Central Florida.

ECU improved to 10-8 overall and 2-2 in C-USA with torrid outside shooting. UCF, which was ranked 23rd until losing a pair of games last week, dropped to 14-3 and 1-3 in the league.

"Give East Carolina credit — those guys hit some big shots early on," said Knights coach Donnie Jones. "They hit their first six threes, which really set the tempo."

After leading UAB by 12 points in the second half at home on Monday night before losing 66-59, the Pirates didn't let this opportunity before 8,044 at UCF Arena slip away.

Jontae Sherrod had 21 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two steals to pace the Pirates. Darrius Morrow, a non-factor against the Blazers, bounced back with 14 points.

Erin Straughn had 12 points and Brock Young added 11 for the ECU.

The loss was UCF's first at home this season.

The Pirates visit Marshall on Saturday at 7 p.m. The Thundering Herd is coming off a huge win of its own, having tripped up No. 21 West Virginia 75-71 on Wednesday night.

BOX SCORE

EAST CAROLINA 74, CENTRAL FLORIDA 62

Date: Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011
Place: UCF Arena, Orlando, FL
Attendance: 8,044
Records: ECU 10-8, 2-2 Conference USA); UCF 14-3, 1-3.

SCORE BY PERIODS        1   2   FINAL
East Carolina          41  33 -   74
Central Florida        36  26 -   62

EAST CAROLINA PIRATES (10-8, 2-2)
 # PLAYER                    FG   3PT    FT  R PTS MIN
01 Darrius Morrow...... f  4-10   0-0   6-9  6  14  36
11 Corvonn Gaines...... g   4-5   1-1   0-2  3   9  33
21 Jamar Abrams........ g   1-6   1-3   0-0  5   3  23
23 Erin Straughn....... g   4-6   4-5   0-0  5  12  20
24 Jontae Sherrod...... g  4-12   2-4 11-16  9  21  33
03 Petar Torlak..........   0-0   0-0   0-0  0   0   2
10 Brock Young...........   4-8   2-3   1-3  1  11  26
12 Robert Sampson........   2-3   0-1   0-0  6   4  17
30 Wakefield Ellison.....   0-1   0-0   0-0  1   0   6
33 Chad Wynn.............   0-0   0-0   0-0  0   0   2
42 Daquan Joyner.........   0-0   0-0   0-0  2   0   2
TEAM.....................                    3
TOTALS................... 23-51 10-17 18-30 41  74 200
PERCENT..................  45.1  58.8  60.0

CENTRAL FLORIDA GOLDEN KNIGHTS (14-3, 1-3)
 # PLAYER                    FG   3PT    FT  R PTS MIN
32 Isaiah Sykes........ f   1-2   0-0   1-6  3   3  16
33 Keith Clanton....... f   3-6   0-1  6-10 10  12  26
41 Tom Herzog.......... c   1-1   0-0   0-0  1   2   5
03 A.J. Rompza......... g   1-6   1-3   2-2  2   5  26
05 Marcus Jordan....... g   3-9   3-5   2-6  0  11  32
10 Dwight McCombs........   1-1   0-0   0-0  1   2  12
11 Isaac Sosa............  6-10   4-8   0-1  1  16  27
12 Taylor Young..........   1-3   1-3   0-0  2   3  14
14 Dogukan Kuzucan.......   0-0   0-0   0-0  0   0   0+
15 Dave Diakite..........   1-2   0-0   0-0  0   2   6
21 P.J. Gaynor...........   2-7   0-2   0-0  7   4  20
25 A.J. Tyler............   1-4   0-2   0-0  1   2  16
TEAM.....................                    5
TOTALS................... 21-51  9-24 11-25 33  62 200
PERCENT..................  41.2  37.5  44.0

Officials: Lee Cassell, Patrick Evans, Ted Valentine
Technical Fouls: None

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