|
Pirates streaking in wrong
direction
From staff and
electronic reports
The three-game winning
streak that East Carolina was riding two weeks ago has gone south. The
Pirates are now on a three-game skid after Saturday night's 65-52 loss
to South Florida in Greenville.
Melvin Buckley scored a
game-high 20 points and Solomon Bozeman added 16 to pace the Bulls, who
led at the half 28-23.
Junior Darrell Jenkins
scored 16 points, freshman John Fields recorded 13 points and 7 blocked
shots and senior Courtney Captain contributed 12 points for the Pirates.
As was the case in road
losses over the last week to
Liberty and
UNC-Wilmington,
ECU was hindered by poor shooting. The Pirates converted only 19 of 58 from
the floor (32.8 percent), 4 of 14 from three-point range (22.7 percent)
and 9 of 16 from the free throw line (56.3 percent.)
USF, meanwhile, inflicted
substantial damage from behind the arc, connecting on 7 of 14 (50.0
percent.) The Bulls made 20 of 54 field goal attempts overall (37.0
percent) and 18 of 24 from the foul line (75 percent.)
The shooting differential
was only part of the statistical deficiency for ECU. South Florida
dominated the backboards 51-28.
East Carolina will not
return to action until Monday, Dec. 18, when it plays at Morgan State (7
p.m.) The Pirates
defeated the Bears 86-67 on Nov. 11 in Greenville.
|
BOX SCORE
SOUTH FLORIDA 65, EAST
CAROLINA 52
Dec. 9, 2006, Greenville,
NC.
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum;
Attendance: 4,672.
Officials: Doug Shows, Tim Clougherty, James Breeding.
Technical Fouls: none.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
South Florida 28 37
65
East Carolina 23 29
52
SOUTH FLORIDA (6-1)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Buckley 39 7-17
4-8 2-2 8 20
Mattis 38 3-12
0-0 3-4 14 9
Williams 33 4-9
0-0 1-6 10 9
Capko 28
2-3 1-2 2-2 2
7
Bozeman 35 2-10
2-4 10-10 5 16
Richardson 7 1-1 0-0
0-0 2 2
Rubens 0
0-0 0-0 0-0 0
0
Lovett 1
0-0 0-0 0-0 0
0
Saaka 19
1-2 0-0 0-0 4
2
TEAM
6
TOTALS 200 20-54 7-14 18-24
51 65
PERCENT .370 .500 .750
EAST CAROLINA (4-4)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Fields 35 3-7
0-0 7-12 5 13
Blair 35
1-4 0-1 0-0 5
2
Hinnant 25 1-7
1-4 0-0 2 3
Captain 31 5-14
1-5 1-2 6 12
Jenkins 39 7-16
2-7 0-0 4 16
Farmer 22 2-8
1-4 1-2 3 6
Gagnon 4
0-0 0-0 0-0 0
0
Ramsey 5
0-1 0-0 0-0 0
0
Evans 4
0-1 0-1 0-0 0
0
TEAM
3
TOTALS 200 19-58 5-22
9-16 28 52
PERCENT
.328 .227 .563
|
PAGE UPDATED
02/23/07 11:45 AM.
©2006 Bonesville.net and
other Publishers. All rights rights reserved. This material may not be
published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Game accounts and
statistics may be compiled from various sources, including but not limited
to staff, East Carolina University, opposing team and Conference USA reports.
|
