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ECU heads to Memphis off
wins
From Electronic and Staff Reports
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East Carolina made 51
percent of its field goal attempts and led from start to finish in
defeating North Carolina Central 79-62 Saturday night in Greenville.
The win, which wrapped up
ECU's non-conference slate, was the Pirates' second straight heading
into their Conference USA opener this week at second-ranked Memphis. ECU
beat
Coastal Carolina 89-64 Wednesday night.
East Carolina's offensive
effort was paced by sophomore forward John Fields and senior guard Cory
Farmer with 16 points apiece.
Junior guard Sam Hinnant
contributed 11 points and senior guard Darrell Jenkins added 10 points
and a school record-tying 13 assists for the Pirates.
N.C. Central was led by
senior forward Charles Futrell with a game-high 23 points and junior
guard J'Mell Walters with 20 points. Junior guard Bryan Ayala was the
Eagles' only other double-figure producer with 10 points.
East Carolina connected on
25 of its 49 shots from the floor, including 10 of 24 (41.7 percent)
from three-point range, while holding NCCU to 24 field goals on 55 tries
(43.6 percent) and 3 of 9 from behind the arc (33.3 percent).
The victory gives the
Pirates some momentum as they turn their attention to the road trip to
Memphis for the Wednesday night league opener for both teams. The
contest, which may be the toughest game on ECU's schedule, tips off at 8
p.m. and will be televised by CSS.
The Tigers are 13-0 after
drubbing Pepperdine 90-53 Saturday night for a school record 40th
straight home win.
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BOX SCORE
EAST CAROLINA 79, N.C.
CENTRAL 62
Date: Saturday, Jan. 5,
2008.
Site: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC.
Attendance: 4,547.
Officials: Rick Crawfore, Kyle Chambers, Kevin Mathis.
Technical Fouls: NCCU - Ayala; ECU - None.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
N.C. Central 22
40 - 62
East Carolina 41
38 - 79
NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL (1-19)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Vaskys............... 1-3 0-0 0-0
4 2 24
Holloway............. 1-4 0-0 0-0
4 2 23
Futrell.............. 9-20 3-5 2-4
10 23 40
Walters.............. 8-12 0-0 4-5
3 20 32
Ayala................ 3-7 1-2 3-6
3 10 24
Worthy............... 0-5 0-4 1-2
5 1 37
Glasker.............. 1-3 0-1 0-0
0 2 15
Wright............... 1-1 0-0 0-0
0 2 4
McDonald............. 0-0 0-0 0-0
1 0 1
TEAM.................
2
TOTALS...............24-55 4-12 10-17 32
62 200
PERCENT.............. .436 .333 .588
EAST CAROLINA (6-7)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Gagnon............... 1-1 0-0 3-4
2 5 22
Blair................ 3-6 0-0 0-1
7 6 19
Farmer............... 5-8 4-6 2-4
2 16 25
Hinnant.............. 4-8 3-7 0-2
7 11 33
Jenkins.............. 2-6 1-3 5-5
4 10 33
Legan................ 2-6 2-6 0-0
0 6 11
Young................ 0-0 0-0 2-2
1 2 7
Abrams............... 0-1 0-0 0-0
1 0 11
Fields............... 5-8 0-0 6-9
3 16 24
Sherrod.............. 1-3 0-2 0-0
0 2 4
Wynn................. 0-0 0-0 0-0
0 0 4
Evans................ 2-2 0-0 1-1
1 5 7
TEAM.................
1
TOTALS...............25-49 10-24 19-28 29 79
200
PERCENT.............
.510 .417 .679
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01/06/08 02:55 AM.
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