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Tigers roar at crunch time
Box Score
ECUPirates.com Game Story
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GREENVILLE — Beast No. 3
of Conference USA's three-headed monster roared through Greenville
Wednesday night and met stiff resistance. But as was the case when its
other emanations appeared in Williams Arena, the monster prevailed.
Memphis, which entered the
game
knocking on the door of the Top 25
and tied for the league lead with No. 9 Louisville and No. 13
Cincinnati, ultimately went to its best player, guard Antonio Burks, to
overcome
aggressive opposition by East Carolina
and pull ahead for keeps in the game's latter stages for an anything but
easy 79-73 win.
In many ways, it was an
encore of the disappointment the Cardinals and Bearcats left in their
wake when they whipped through town in January.
Burks took control of the
game in the second half and finished with 25 points. Also scoring
double-digits for the Tigers (17-4, 8-2, C-USA) were Sean Banks and
Anthony Rice with 13 points apiece and Jeremy Hunt with 11.
Banks also grabbed nine
rebounds and went 7-for-7 from the foul line for Memphis.
Two players for East
Carolina posted double-doubles. Derrick Wiley led the Pirates (9-11,
1-9) with 21 points and 11 rebounds, hitting 10-of-11 from the foul
line. Moussa Badiane produced 19 points and 11 rebounds, his second
straight double-double.
Belton Rivers came off the
bench to score 12 points for the Pirates and Mike Cook added 10.
Next up for ECU is a
Saturday game at league foe UAB. Tip-off is 8:30
p.m., with the Pirate Radio 1250 live audio stream on Bonesville.net
beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Pirates
lost their league opener to the visiting Blazers 71-68 on
Jan. 7.
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BOX
SCORE Memphis 79,
East Carolina 73
Records: East Carolina 9-11, 1-9
C-USA;
Memphis 17-4, 8-2.
MEMPHIS
Player FG FT
PTS
Burks
9-16 3-5 25
Hunt
2-13 7-8 11
Rice
4-8 2-4 13
Lopez
2-4 0-0
4
Banks
3-11 7-7 13
Carney
2-6 1-2
7
Erwin
2-6 0-0
4
Diarra
0-1 0-0
0
Barclay
0-1 2-2
2
Totals
24-66 22-28 79
EAST CAROLINA
Player FG FT
PTS
Robinson 0-1
3-4 3
Badiane
4-8 11-15 19
Wiley
5-14 10-11 21
Bing
3-8 1-3
7
Cook
4-6 2-2 10
Rivers
3-7 4-4 12
McNeil
0-4 0-0
0
Rouse
0-2 1-4
1
Totals
19-50 32-43 73
Halftime: Memphis 30-27.
3-point goals: Memphis 9-21
(Burks 4-6, Rice 3-5, Carney 2-4, Hunt 0-3, Banks 0-3); East
Carolina 3-12 (Rivers 2-5, Wiley 1-2, Robinson 0-1, McNeil 0-2).
Fouled out: Erwin, Cook.
Rebounds: Memphis 41 (Banks 9);
East Carolina 44 (Badiane, Wiley 11).
Assists: Memphis 14 (Burks,
Rice 5); East Carolina 5 (Rivers 2).
Total fouls: Memphis 31, East
Carolina 25.
Technical fouls: Memphis.
Attendance: 4,862. |
02/23/07 11:01 AM
From Associated
Press reports with Bonesville.net staff contributions. Copyright 2004. All
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