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Stith's block denies Mount
Olive
By
Al Myatt
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina freshman
Brandan Stith blocked a layup attempt by Mount Olive's Dory Hines as
time was running out to fend off an upset bid and preserve a 77-75
Pirates win on Sunday afternoon in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
A tip by Dominique Reed with 1:27 to
go gave the Division II Trojans a 75-74 lead.
ECU (8-2) did just enough at the free
throw line down the stretch.
Akeem Richmond made one of two at the
line with 1:19 remaining to tie the score at 75. Paris Roberts-Campbell
dropped the first of two chances with 39 seconds left to give the
Pirates a 76-75 lead.
Antonio Robinson dropped the second
of two foul shots with six seconds to go for the final margin.
Story continues after the following
picture...
Freshman forward Brandon Stith
blocks Dory Hines' potential game-tying
layup attempt with a second left to preserve ECU's 77-75 win over Mount
Olive College. (Photo by W.A. Myatt. ©Bonesville.net. All rights
reserved.)
Richmond made 11 of 14 from the line
to lead ECU with 16 points. Robinson was 5-of-7 from the field and
5-of-6 on free throws for 15 points. Stith had 13 points. Freshman Caleb
White contributed 12 points and nine rebounds. Prince Williams had nine
points in 19 minutes. Roberts-Campbell finished with eight points and
five assists.
Guard Dontrell Brite led the visitors
with 30 points.
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ECU guard Akeem Richmond (1) and
forward Brandon Stith (25)
celebrate a close victory over Mount Olive College Sunday afternoon.
(Photo by W.A. Myatt. ©Bonesville.net. All rights reserved.)
"The best thing I can say about that
is that we won," said fourth-year Pirates coach Jeff Lebo. "I thought
they played great.
"Brite was unbelievable. He was
phenomenal. He comes in averaging about 12 points a game. He was at 30
tonight, and he scored every which way — underhand, righty, lefty,
backwards, forwards, sideways, threes, twos. We had our best defender on
him the last 10 or 12 minutes. A guy getting off like that really gave
confidence to their other players."
ECU made just two of 16 attempts from
behind the arc. The Pirates dropped 31 of 46 free throws compared to 15
of 20 for Mount Olive.
"We struggled to score," Lebo said.
"We can't manufacture anything easy inside. We have severe heat on us to
make shots from the perimeter."
The Pirates have lost frontcourt
performers Robert Sampson (transfer), Ty Armstrong (left program) and
Marshall Guilmette (knee injury), who were projected returners from a
23-12 team that won the CollegeInsiders.com Tournament last season.
That has shifted the burden inside to
Stith and Michael Zangari (four points, four rebounds on Sunday).
Stith was able to avert a potential
disaster at the buzzer Sunday going into a break for exams. The matchup
counted as an exhibition for the Trojans.
ECU will host N.C. A&T on Saturday at
5 p.m.
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GAME SUMMARY |
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East Carolina
77, Mount Olive 75 |
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Date: Sunday,
Dec. 8, 2013
Facility: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Attendance: 3,827
Records: ECU 8-2; MOC 0-1
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SCORE BY PERIODS |
1 |
2 |
FINAL |
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Mount Olive |
39 |
36 |
75 |
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East Carolina |
38 |
39 |
77 |
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12/09/13 03:19 AM.
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