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Marshall suppresses Pirates

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Poor shooting played a part in keeping East Carolina winless in Conference USA as the Pirates lost to Marshall 56-52 Wednesday night in Huntington, WV.

ECU shot an anemic 28.8 percent (17-59) from the field in falling to 0-7 in the league, 5-15 overall. The Thundering Herd converted 40.9 percent (18-44) and improved to 3-4 in C-USA, 8-13 in all games.

Markel Humphrey scored 17 points and had seven rebounds to pace Marshall, which also got double-figure scoring from Mark Dorris with 12 points.

Courtney Captain led the Pirates with 18 points while Darrell Jenkins added 13 and Cory Farmer scored 10.

It was East Carolina's seventh straight loss and the 14th loss in its last 15 games.

East Carolina will be on the road again Saturday for an 8:05 p.m. conference contest at Rice.

BOX SCORE

MARSHALL 56, EAST CAROLINA 52

Date: Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007.
Site: Cam Henderson Center, Huntington, WV.
Attendance: 3,347.
Officials: Kyle Neve, Brent Hampton, Tim Gattis.
Technical Fouls: None.

SCORE BY PERIODS   1   2  FINAL
East Carolina     17  35  -  52
MARSHALL          23  33  -  56

EAST CAROLINA (5-15, 0-7 C-USA)
PLAYER      MIN    FG   3PT    FT   R  PTS
Ramsey       15   0-1   0-0   0-0   2    0
Dillard      17   1-5   0-0   0-0   5    2
Farmer       23  3-11   2-6   2-2   5   10
Captain      37  7-19  4-11   0-2   8   18
Jenkins      40  4-13   1-6   4-4   3   13
Gagnon        7   0-2   0-0   0-0   1    0
Ingram       15   1-3   1-3   1-2   3    4
Fields       15   0-0   0-0   1-4   3    1
Sargent      0+   0-0   0-0   2-2   0    2
Blair        25   1-4   0-0   0-0   5    2
Evans         6   0-1   0-0   0-0   1    0
TEAM                                8
TOTALS      200 17-59  8-26 10-16  44   52
PERCENT          .288  .308  .625

MARSHALL (8-13, 3-4 C-USA)
PLAYER      MIN    FG   3PT    FT   R  PTS
Aikens       30   0-4   0-3   1-2   6    1
Bro Grebe    23   2-4   0-0   0-0   1    4
Ross         34   2-5   1-2   0-0   4    5
Humphrey     33  7-13   1-4   2-3   7   17
Dorris       23   4-6   3-5   1-2   3   12
Merthie      13   0-4   0-2   1-2   1    1
Whitted      16   0-4   0-3  8-11   3    8
Jackson       2   0-1   0-0   0-2   0    0
Marshall     11   1-1   0-0   1-1   1    3
Wilkerson    15   2-2   0-0   1-2   4    5
TEAM                                1
TOTALS      200 18-44  5-19 15-25  31   56
PERCENT          .409  .263  .600

PAGE UPDATED 02/23/07 11:45 AM.

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