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Morrow powers Pirates past
Marshall
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Darrius
Morrow |
Darrius Morrow was a thorn
to Marshall from start to finish, but it was his three-point play with 5
seconds left that was the dagger that finished off the Thundering Herd
and sealed an 82-81 Conference USA victory for East Carolina Saturday
night in Huntington, WV.
The 6-8, 255-pound junior
forward from Atlanta scored a career-high 33 points, including 12 in the
first half, and muscled down 8 rebounds to help the Pirates (11-8, 3-2
C-USA) claim their second road triumph in a row and their third win in
four games.
It was Morrow's final
rebound that set the stage for the dramatic finish.
Marshall (13-6, 1-3) held
an 81-79 lead when East Carolina's Jontae Sherrod hoisted a three-point
try with 9 seconds remaining. Morrow seized the rebound, scored a basket
in close and was fouled at the 5-second mark.
Morrow's conversion of the
free throw gave the Pirates their first and only lead of the contest —
and it stuck as the Herd was unable to respond at the other end.
Senior guards Sherrod and
Brock Young had 19 and 16 points, respectively, for East Carolina.
Senior forward Tirrell
Baines scored 21 points, junior forward Dago Pena had 17, freshman guard
DeAndre Kane added 15 and junior guard Damier Pitts contributed 10 for
Marshall.
The Thundering Herd scored
the game's first 7 points, led 50-38 at halftime and built the advantage
to as much as 13 in the second frame before the Pirates began to turn
the tide.
The victory comes in the
wake of East Carolina's 74-62 C-USA win at Central Florida last
Wednesday and sets the stage for the Pirates' return home for
challenging league matchups against Southern Mississippi (Wednesday, 7
p.m.) and Houston (Saturday, 6 p.m.).
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BOX SCORE
EAST
CAROLINA 82, MARSHALL 81
Date: Saturday, Jan.
22, 2011.
Place: Cam Henderson Center, Huntington, WV.
Attendance: 6,709.
Records: ECU 11-8, 3-2 Conference USA; Marshall 13-6, 1-3.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
East Carolina 38
44 - 82
Marshall
50 31 - 81
EAST CAROLINA
PIRATES (11-8,
3-2
C-USA)
# PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
01 Darrius Morrow...... f 11-17 0-0 11-21 8
33 34
12 Robert Sampson...... f 3-4 1-2
0-0 6 7 23
11 Corvonn Gaines...... g 0-3 0-1
0-0 0 0 18
23 Erin Straughn....... g 0-2 0-1
0-0 4 0 24
24 Jontae Sherrod...... g 6-11 5-8
2-2 1 19 35
10 Brock Young........... 4-6 0-1
8-9 1 16 33
21 Jamar Abrams.......... 3-5 1-2
0-0 5 7 20
30 Wakefield Ellison..... 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 4
33 Chad Wynn............. 0-1 0-0
0-0 1 0 9
TEAM.....................
2
TOTALS................... 27-49 7-15 21-32 28 82 200
PERCENT.................. 55.1 46.7 65.6
MARSHALL THUNDERING
HERD (13-6, 1-3 C-USA)
# PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
11 Nigel Spikes........ f 2-4 0-0
0-0 2 4 25
30 Tirrell Baines...... f 7-9 0-0
7-9 8 21 29
03 Damier Pitts........ g 3-11 2-5
2-2 1 10 33
23 Shaquille Johnson... g 3-6 2-4
1-5 6 9 30
24 DeAndre Kane........ g 5-9 3-5
2-5 6 15 36
04 Johnny Higgins........ 0-1 0-1
0-0 0 0 2
10 Dago Pena............. 6-7 5-6
0-0 2 17 21
21 Orlando Allen......... 1-3 0-0
0-1 3 2 13
25 Aundra Williams....... 1-1 0-0
1-3 1 3 11
TEAM.....................
3
TOTALS................... 28-51 12-21 13-25 32 81 200
PERCENT.................. 54.9 57.1 52.0
Officials:
Brent Dugas, Tim Gattis, Jeff Smith.
Technical Fouls: None.
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01/23/11 03:21 AM.
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