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Hinnant, Pirates overtake Herd

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Sam Hinnant scored 24 points, including a four-point play that ignited a second half comeback, to lead East Carolina to a 75-62 victory over Marshall Wednesday night in Greenville.

The Pirates were trailing 48-40 when Hinnant converted a three-point shot and was fouled with a little over 15 minutes remaining. The junior guard sank the free throw, cutting the deficit to 4, and ECU was on its way to a 23-8 surge and control of the game.

Over the course of the contest, Hinnant connected on 7 of 11 field goal attempts, including 6 of 10 from behind the arc, and made all 4 of his free throw opportunities.

Senior guard Darrell Jenkins scored 14 points and freshman guard Brock Young added 12 for the Pirates, who evened their Conference USA record at 1-1.

Junior guard Darryl Merthie with 16 points and senior guard Mark Dorris with 15 were the only Thundering Herd players in double points.

Marshall, which fell to 1-2 in league play, led at the half 37-35.

East Carolina will remain at home to host C-USA foe Central Florida Saturday night at 7 p.m.

BOX SCORE

EAST CAROLINA 75, MARSHALL 72

Date: Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008.
Site: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC.
Attendance: 4,111.
Officials: Dan Chrisman, Kyle Neve, Randy Heimerman.
Technical Fouls: None.

SCORE BY PERIODS     1   2  FINAL
Marshall            37  25  -  62
East Carolina       35  40  -  75

MARSHALL (9-6, 1-2 C-USA)
PLAYER                  FG   3PT    FT   R  PTS  MIN
Humphrey............. 4-10   0-1   1-4   7    9   29
Baines...............  2-4   0-0   1-2   3    5   24
Walls................  3-5   2-3   0-0   1    8   32
Altidor Cespedes.....  2-3   1-1   0-0   3    5   24
Dorris............... 5-12   2-6   3-4   2   15   32
Merthie..............  3-8   1-4  9-12   2   16   28
Jackson..............  1-1   0-0   0-0   4    2   10
Williams.............  0-0   0-0   0-0   1    0    4
Wilkerson............  1-1   0-0   0-1   3    2   17
TEAM.................                    2
Totals.............. 21-44  6-15 14-23  28   62  200
PERCENT.............. .477  .400  .609

EAST CAROLINA (7-8, 1-1 C-USA)
PLAYER                  FG   3PT    FT   R  PTS  MIN
Gagnon...............  0-0   0-0   0-0   3    0   15
Blair................  1-2   0-0   0-0   5    2   11
Farmer...............  0-4   0-2   0-0   2    0   18
Hinnant.............. 7-11  6-10   4-4   3   24   30
Jenkins..............  3-8   0-0   8-8   3   14   31
Legan................  3-8   3-6   0-0   1    9   15
Young................  2-6   0-0  8-10   2   12   23
Abrams...............  2-5   0-1   0-0   3    4   20
Fields...............  2-2   0-0   2-7   2    6   18
Wynn.................  2-2   0-0   0-0   3    4   16
Evans................  0-0   0-0   0-0   0    0    3
TEAM.................                    3
Totals.............. 22-48  9-19 22-29  30   75  200
PERCENT.............  .458  .474  .759
 

PAGE UPDATED 01/17/08 03:28 AM.

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