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Tulane too much for Pirates
From staff and
electronic reports
East Carolina had
promising starts in both halves but lost momentum both times as
Conference USA foe Tulane asserted enough control to claim a 65-56
victory Wednesday night in Greenville.
With freshman forward John
Fields having a career night with 17 points, the Pirates (5-11, 0-3
C-USA) led by as much as six points in the first frame and scored the
first seven points after intermission.
Tulane (8-7, 1-2) more
than offset each of those efforts with counter-surges that sent ECU to
its ninth defeat in its last 10 games.
Donnie Stith finished with
15 points and 11 rebounds, David Gomez added 12 points and and Matt
Wheaton grabbed 11 rebounds for the Wave.
Stith's three-pointer with
about seven minutes left in the first half gave Tulane the lead for good
and began an 18-9 run that produced a 33-25 halftime advantage.
After the Pirates bolted
to within one to start the second half, the Wave reeled off 10 straight
points — including six by Gomez — and never let its lead drop below six
for the remainder of the game.
Junior guard Darrell
Jenkins and freshman guard Brandon Evans each scored 10 points for East
Carolina. Freshman forward Gabe Blair was ECU's top rebounder with
eight.
The Pirates now turn their
attention to C-USA powerhouse Memphis, which pays a visit to Williams
Arena at Minges Coliseum Saturday night (6:00 p.m., CSTV.)
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BOX SCORE
TULANE 65, EAST CAROLINA 56
Date: Jan. 17, 2007.
Site: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC.
Attendance: 4,010.
Officials: Steve Olson, Terry Davis, Doug Simmons.
Technical Fouls: None.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
Tulane
33 32 - 65
East Carolina
25 31 - 56
TULANE (8-7,
1-2
C-USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Gomez 30 4-10
0-2 4-4 5 12
Puckett 18 2-5
2-3 1-2 2 7
Louisme 10 2-3
0-0 0-0 0 4
Garcia 30 1-4
0-2 2-2 7 4
Wheaton 23 3-4
1-2 2-2 11 9
Sims 26
1-10 0-6 6-7 2
8
Moore 22
2-8 2-4 0-0 2
6
McQueen 9 0-2
0-0 0-0 1 0
Stith 32
4-8 2-3 5-6 11 15
TEAM
2
TOTALS 200 19-54 7-22 20-23
43 65
PERCENT
.352 .318 .870
EAST CAROLINA (5-10, 0-2 C-USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Fields 33 8-13
0-0 1-1 6 17
Blair 25
1-6 0-1 0-0 8
2
Farmer 20 2-3
0-0 2-3 4 6
Captain 25 1-8
0-4 2-2 5 4
Jenkins 40 3-12
0-3 4-4 4 10
Dillard 19 2-4
0-0 0-2 1 4
Gagnon 2
0-0 0-0 0-0 0
0
Ingram 14 1-5
1-3 0-2 0 3
Evans 22
3-8 2-2 2-4 2 10
TEAM
5
TOTALS 200 21-59 3-13 11-18
35 56
PERCENT
.356 .231 .611
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02/23/07 11:45 AM.
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