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From hot to cold, from
lead to loss
From Electronic and Staff Reports
©2008 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
East Carolina built a
four-point halftime advantage on hot shooting but lost its touch in the
second half, opening the door for Southern Mississippi to capture a
72-62 victory Saturday night in Greenville.
Junior guard Courtney
Beasley scored 17 points and sophomore guard Sai'Quon Stone added 16 as
the Golden Eagles overcame the deficit to complete a season sweep of the
Pirates. USM
routed East Carolina 92-69 on
Feb. 2 in Hattiesburg.
Sophomore guard Jeremy
Wise contributed 12 points and freshman guard R.L. Horton had 11 for
Southern Miss.
The Pirates shot better
than 52.2 percent (12-23) from the field in the first half, including a
torrid 58.3 percent (7-12) from three-point range. But after extending
their lead to 38-32 on a basket by sophomore forward Gabe Blair 11
seconds into the second half, field goal conversions became the
exception rather than the rule for East Carolina.
The Pirates cooled down to
4-25 shooting (16 percent) in the second half, 2-11 (18.2 percent) from
behind the arc, while Southern Miss seized and maintained the momentum
on 14-28 field goal accuracy (50 percent). USM had made 11-24 (45.8
percent) in the first half, good enough to stay within striking distance
until ECU lost its hot hand.
The Golden Eagles moved in
front 45-44 on a basket by senior center Gjio Bain with 12:49 left and
maintained the lead the rest of the way.
Senior guard Darrell
Jenkins scored 13 points and junior guard James Legan added 10 for East
Carolina.
Blair hauled in a
game-high 10 rebounds for the Pirates, but ECU lost the battle of the
boards to USM 37-29.
Southern Miss improved to
13-11 (5-5 C-USA), while the Pirates fell to 8-15 (2-8) on their third
loss in a row.
East Carolina will have a
chance to break its skid when it challenges Central Florida Wednesday
night on the road.
Tip-off is slated for 7 p.m. UCF
edged the Pirates 71-66 in
Greenville on Jan. 19.
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BOX SCORE
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 72,
EAST CAROLINA 62
Date: Saturday, Feb. 16,
2008.
Site: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC.
Attendance: 4,812.
Officials: David Maracich, Bret Smith, Kyle Neve.
Technical Fouls: None.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
Southern Miss 32 40
- 72
East Carolina 36 26
- 62
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (13-11, 5-5 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Stephens............. 0-3 0-0 3-4
1 3 17
Bain................. 4-4 0-0 0-0
5 8 28
Beasley.............. 6-9 0-1 5-5
6 17 28
Wise................. 5-16 1-7 1-2
4 12 37
Horton............... 4-9 1-1 2-2
4 11 27
Stone................ 5-5 0-0 6-10
6 16 28
Craft................ 1-6 0-2 3-4
6 5 28
Dotson............... 0-0 0-0 0-0
0 0 7
TEAM.................
5
TOTALS...............25-52 2-11 20-27 37
72 200
PERCENT.............. .481 .182 .741
EAST CAROLINA (8-15, 2-8 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Abrams............... 2-2 0-0 0-0
2 4 19
Blair................ 1-6 0-0 3-4
10 5 24
Legan................ 2-8 2-7 4-7
3 10 25
Farmer............... 2-8 1-4 2-2
1 7 20
Jenkins.............. 5-8 3-4 0-0
0 13 28
Hinnant.............. 2-10 2-6 2-2
1 8 27
Young................ 0-1 0-1 1-2
0 1 12
Gagnon............... 1-2 1-1 0-0
1 3 14
Fields............... 0-1 0-0 9-14
4 9 23
Sherrod.............. 0-1 0-0 0-0
1 0 5
Evans................ 1-1 0-0 0-0
1 2 3
TEAM.................
5
TOTALS...............16-48 9-23 21-31 29
62 200
PERCENT..............
.333 .391 .677
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02/28/08 12:52 AM.
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