By
Al Myatt
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GREENVILLE —
Texas-El Paso used its size advantage to outrebound East Carolina 42-17
on Thursday night as the Miners took a 58-47 Conference USA basketball
win in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
UTEP (17-6, 7-1 C-USA) got
15 points and three assists from C.J. Cooper. Julian Washburn, the son
of former N.C. State player Chris Washburn, added 14 points with his dad
looking on. John Bohannon had 12 point and 14 rebounds for coach Tim
Floyd's club.
The Pirates led 11-4 on
Caleb White's layup with 14:10 to go in the first half. The Miners
responded with an 11-0 run and maintained the upper hand the rest of the
way after a jumper by Cedric Lang put the visitors ahead 12-11 with
10:43 left in the first half.
UTEP had a 27-18 lead at the
half.
The Pirates started the
second half on a 10-5 run to pull within 32-28 on one of six 3-pointers
on the night by Akeem Richmond.
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ECU senior guard Akeem
Richmond broke his own school record for threes in a
season, draining six against UTEP in a 20-point effort. (W.A. Myatt
photo)
The Miners subsequently
expanded the second half lead to 13 points.
Richmond made six of 10
behind the arc to lead ECU with 20 points. Paris Roberts-Campbell had 12
points. Prince Williams came off the bench to add eight points. Brandan
Stith contributed a team-high five rebounds in a reserve role.
The Pirates made nine of 20
3-point attempts for 45 percent but just four of eight free throws (50
percent). ECU converted 17 of 48 field goal attempts overall for 35.4
percent.
UTEP made 26 of 50 field
goal tries for 52 percent.
The Miners visit Old
Dominion on Saturday. ECU hosts Texas-San Antonio at 5 p.m. Saturday.
The Roadrunners lost 69-61 at ODU on Thursday night.
GAME SUMMARY |
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Texas-El Paso 58, East
Carolina 47 |
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Date: Thursday,
Feb. 6, 2014
Facility: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Attendance: 4,764
Records: ECU 12-11 (1-7 C-USA); UTEP 17-6 (7-1)
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SCORE BY PERIODS |
1 |
2 |
FINAL |
Texas-El Paso |
27 |
31 |
58 |
East Carolina |
18 |
29 |
47 |
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