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Pirates ride Rouse to
win over Billikens
By The Associated Press
GREENVILLE — Corey Rouse
had 13 points and 13 rebounds as East Carolina beat Saint Louis 60-53
for its first Conference USA win of the season Wednesday.
The victory snapped a
six-game losing streak for the Pirates (6-13, 1-6).
Mike Cook led the East
Carolina with 15 points. Rouse got his seventh double-double of the year
despite being limited to eight minutes in the first half due to foul
trouble.
Josh King came off the
bench to score 11 points on 3-of-6 shooting from behind the 3-point
line.
East Carolina scored the
first basket, but Saint Louis (5-13, 3-3) scored 10 of the next 12
points and led the rest of the first half, taking a 33-28 lead at the
intermission.
Consecutive baskets by
Rouse to start the second half pulled East Carolina within a point.
Moussa Badiane gave the
Pirates the lead for good on a layup just 61 seconds into the second
half. Badiane finished the game with eight points and blocked three
shots to move within one of the Conference USA career blocks record.
After allowing Saint Louis
to shoot more than 56 percent from the field in the first half, East
Carolina held the Billikens to just 23.1 percent shooting (6-of-26)
after halftime.
The Pirates outrebounded
SLU 48-31, hauling down 18 offensive boards in the process.
Izik Ohanon led the
Billikens with 20 points. Reggie Bryant was the only other SLU player to
reach double figures with 15 points.
ECU's next game is
Saturday when it hosts Charlotte at 1 p.m.
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BOX
SCORE EAST
CAROLINA 60, SAINT LOUIS 53
Records: ECU 6-13, 1-6
C-USA; SLU 5-13, 3-3.
Halftime: Saint Louis 33-28.
SAINT LOUIS
Name FG FT
Pts
Ohanon 9-14
2-2 20
Newborne 0-2
0-2 0
Vouyoukas 3-4
2-3 8
Polk 0-3
0-0 0
Bryant 5-17
4-4 15
Brown 2-4
3-4 7
Drejaj 0-3
3-6 3
Johnson 0-2
0-0 0
Meyer 0-0
0-0 0
Husak 0-0
0-0 0
Totals 19-49 14-21
53
EAST CAROLINA
Name FG FT
Pts
Rouse 6-12
1-3 13
Badiane 2-8
4-5 8
McNeil 1-6
1-2 4
Hammonds 1-9
0-0 3
Cook 6-15
2-4 15
Gagnon 0-2
0-0 0
King 3-6
2-2 11
Hart 1-1
0-1 2
Castro 2-2
0-2 4
Totals 22-61 10-19
60
3-Point goals: Saint Louis
1-12 (Bryant 1-10, Polk 0-2); East Carolina 6-19 (King 3-6,
McNeil 1-2, Cook 1-3, Hammonds 1-5, Rouse 0-1, Gagnon 0-2).
Fouled out: Badiane.
Rebounds: Saint Louis 31
(Vouyoukas 8); East Carolina 48 (Rouse 13).
Assists: Saint Louis 10
(Brown 4); East Carolina 12 (Cook 5).
Total fouls: Saint Louis
20, East Carolina 20.
Technical fouls: Drejaj, Rouse.
Attendance: 4,762.
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02/23/07 10:56 AM
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