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Marshall squeaks by Pirates
From staff and
electronic reports
©2007 Bonesville.net.
Freshman forward John
Fields' return to the lineup Wednesday night gave East Carolina enough
impetus to be competitive, but not quite enough to reverse its fortunes
on the scoreboard.
In his return to action
after sitting out two games with a knee injury, Fields scored 11 points
and grabbed 13 rebounds to help the Pirates come within reach of victory
before yielding to Marshall 54-51 in Greenville.
Guard Mark Dorris's jumper
with 28 seconds left broke a 51-51 tie and lifted the Herd to the win in
a Conference USA game in which ECU found itself in the uncustomary
position of leading at the half 31-27.
The Pirates have lost a
record 13 games in a row and 20 of their last 21. Their last victory
came on Jan. 6 over Chowan.
Junior guard Darrell
Jenkins scorred10 points and distributed six assists for ECU, while
Marshall sophomore Mark Humphrey scored a game-high 12 points and
collected 10 rebounds. Dorris added 11 points for the Thundering Herd.
Plagued by poor shooting
through much of the season, ECU's offensive attack had been particularly
anemic during Fields' absence, producing only 42 points in each game in
blowout losses to Southern Miss and Southern Methodist.
The Pirates' difficulty
making shots continued against the Herd and ultimately may have been the
difference between victory and defeat. ECU converted only 29.5 percent
of its field goal attempts (18-61) and 15.8 percent from three-point
range (3-19), while Marshall made 37.3 percent from the floor (19-51),
including 23.5 percent from behind the arc (4-17).
On a more positive note,
the Pirates committed 8 turnovers while forcing twice that many from the
Herd.
East Carolina's next
opportunity to halt its losing streak will come Saturday night when it hosts league foe
Texas-El Paso (7 p.m., WITN-TV 7.)
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BOX SCORE
MARSHALL 54, EAST CAROLINA
51
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007.
Site: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC.
Attendance: 4,414.
Officials: Terry Moore, Kelly Self, Kyle Neve.
Technical Fouls: None.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
Marshall
27 27 - 54
East Carolina 31 20
- 51
MARSHALL (11-16,6-7
C-USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Aikens 25 2-5
0-1 0-0 4 4
Humphrey 36 3-11 1-4
5-6 10 12
Bro Grebe 18 2-3 0-0
2-2 3 6
Ross 35
3-5 0-2 3-4 7
9
Dorris 32 4-13
1-5 2-4 7 11
Merthie 10 1-2
0-1 0-0 0 2
Whitted 19 3-7
2-4 0-0 2 8
Jackson 5 0-0
0-0 0-1 0 0
Marshall 3 0-1
0-0 0-0 0 0
Wilkerson 17 1-4 0-0
0-0 6 2
TEAM
6
TOTALS 200 19-51 4-17 12-17
45 54
PERCENT
.373 .235 .706
EAST CAROLINA (5-21,0-13 C-USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Fields 29 4-10
0-0 3-7 13 11
Blair 21
3-4 0-0 0-0 2
6
Farmer 16 1-5
1-4 0-0 2 3
Captain 32 2-13
0-5 2-3 3 6
Jenkins 36 3-12
1-5 3-4 6 10
Gagnon 24 0-1
0-0 4-4 6 4
Ingram 10 1-4
1-3 0-0 1 3
Ramsey 6
0-1 0-0 0-0 0
0
Evans 26 4-11
0-2 0-2 3 8
TEAM
2
TOTALS 200 18-61 3-19 12-20
38 51
PERCENT
.295 .158 .600
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PAGE UPDATED
02/23/07 11:45 AM.
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