2003-04 East Carolina Pirate Basketball News

ST. LOUIS — Tom Frericks scored 13 points and pulled down 12 rebounds as Saint Louis beat East Carolina 70-47 Saturday, handing the Pirates their 19th straight Conference USA road loss.

Saint Louis (11-5, 4-1 C- USA) won its sixth consecutive home game and seventh of its past eight games. East Carolina (8-7, 0-5) lost its sixth consecutive game after starting the season 8-1.

The Billikens used a 10-0 run in the first 4:40 of the second half to take control as Josh Fisher and Reggie Bryant each hit 3-pointers.

The Billikens twice built leads of 13 points in the first eight minutes of the half as Saint Louis outscored the Pirates 18-6.

Saint Louis led 50-32 with 9:08 remaining, and the Billikens' largest lead at 68-44 came with 2:49 left.

The first half was closely contested with 10 lead changes and two ties as Saint Louis took a 27-26 halftime lead.

A steal and lay-up by East Carolina's Belton Rivers beat the buzzer — the Pirates' first field goal since the 8:40 mark. East Carolina made just 3-of-18 shots in the final 12 minutes of the half.

East Carolina shot 37 percent in the first half while Saint Louis shot just 33 percent.

All five Saint Louis starters scored in double figures for the first time this season.

Bryant led all scorers with 17 points, Chris Sloan scored 12 points, Fisher had 11 and Izik Ohanon added 10 points.

Derrick Wiley led East Carolina with nine points.

Saint Louis outrebounded East Carolina 41-26. Frericks had seven of the Billikens' 14 offensive rebounds.

The road grind grind doesn't ease up for ECU, which next takes the court Wednesday night at league foe and currently 6th-ranked Cincinnati.

BOX SCORE

Saint Louis 70, East Carolina 47

Records: East Carolina 8-7, 0-5; Saint Louis 11-5, 4-1.

EAST CAROLINA
Player             FG      FT     PTS
Bing              3-8     0-0       7
Badiane           0-0     2-2       2
Rivers            4-8     0-0       8
McNeil            2-5     1-2       6
Wiley            4-12     0-0       9
Robinson          1-3     0-0       3
MacKay            1-5     0-0       2
Rouse             1-3     0-0       2
Cook              3-8     2-2       8
Grindley          0-0     0-0       0
Totals          19-52     5-6      47

SAINT LOUIS
Player             FG      FT     PTS
Ohanon            4-5     2-2      10
Sloan             3-5     6-6      12
Frericks         4-12     5-7      13
Fisher            3-9     2-2      11
Bryant           4-13     5-6      17
Clarke            0-1     0-0       0
Voujoykas         1-2     0-0       2
Drejaj            1-3     0-0       2
Hunt              0-1     0-0       0
Johnson           1-2     0-0       2
Mooney            0-0     0-0       0
Varner            0-0     1-2       1
Bennett           0-0     0-0       0
Totals          21-53   21-25      70

Halftime: Saint Louis 27, East Carolina 26.

3-point goals: East Carolina 4-18 (Bing 1-3, Rivers 0-1, McNeil 1-3, Wiley 1-3, Robinson 1-3, MacKay 0-2, Cook 0-3); Saint Louis 7-24 (Ohanon 0-1, Sloan 0-2, Fisher 3-8, Bryant 4-9, Clarke 0-1, Drejaj 0-2, Hunt 0-1).

Fouled out: Badiane.

Rebounds: East Carolina 26 (Bing 6), Saint Louis 41 (Frericks 12).

Assists: East Carolina 9 (McNeil, Wiley, Cook 3), Saint Louis 18 (Fisher 6).

Total fouls: East Carolina 22, Saint Louis 13.

Technicals:

Attendance: 10,298.