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North Texas holds on
By
Al Myatt
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DENTON, TX — East Carolina made a
closing run but fell short in a 53-51 Conference USA loss at North Texas
on Saturday night.
Prince Williams missed a pair of
jumpers in the final six seconds with the Pirates trailing 52-51. Chris
Jones made one of two free throws for the final margin.
ECU trailed 50-38 after a 3-pointer
by Brandan Walton of North Texas with 9:21 remaining.
Akeem Richmond assisted freshman
Caleb White on a 3-pointer to start an 8-0 run for the Pirates. Williams
fed White for a three that cut the Mean Green's lead to 50-44 with 8:16
to go. A layup by White with 7:44 left drew ECU within 50-46.
North Texas (12-13, 3-8) snapped a
scoreless span of almost five minutes when Alzee Williams dunked for a
52-46 Mean Green lead with 4:36 to play.
Williams made two free throws with
1:29 left to close the gap to 52-48. Richmond's three with 49 seconds
left cut the lead to 52-51 and the Pirates got a final possession with
15 seconds to go on a North Texas turnover.
Williams' jumper with six seconds to
go was blocked by Jordan Williams of the Mean Green but Richmond got the
loose ball. Prince Williams tried a three from the right side that
bounced off the rim. Jones got the defensive rebound and was fouled by
Paris Roberts-Campbell with seven-tenths of a second to go.
White led ECU (13-13, 2-9) with 17
points. He also had seven rebounds. Williams had 15 points and three
assists.
Michael Zangari finished with seven
points and 11 rebounds for the Pirates.
Richmond had six points, well below
his average of 18.6. Paris Roberts-Campbell, who didn't score, had four
steals. Roberts-Campbell was averaging 13.1 points, second on the team.
Vertrail Vaughns paced North Texas
with 13 points.
The contest drew an attendance of
5,352 to The Super Pit.
The Pirates had won the previous two
Saturdays.
ECU returns home to host Louisiana
Tech at 7 p.m. Thursday. The Bulldogs blasted visiting Rice 85-46 on
Saturday night to improve to 21-5 overall and 9-2 in C-USA.
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GAME SUMMARY |
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North Texas 53, East Carolina 51 |
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Date: Saturday,
Feb. 15, 2014
Facility: North Texas Coliseum (The Super Pit)
Attendance: 5,352
Records: ECU 13-13 (2-9 C-USA); NT 12-13 (3-8)
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SCORE BY PERIODS |
1 |
2 |
FINAL |
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East Carolina |
27 |
24 |
51 |
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North Texas |
28 |
25 |
53 |
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02/16/14 07:39 AM.
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