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| ECU junior
guard Uye Edosomwan gets the Pirates pumped up
before their home game with Charlotte Thursday
night. (Photo by W.A.
Myatt. ©Bonesville.net) |
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By
Al Myatt
©2014 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
Lebo, Richmond &
Robinson
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GREENVILLE — There was still
some fuel left in Akeem Richmond's tank for his Senior Night in Williams
Arena at Minges Coliseum.
Richmond drained eight
3-pointers and scored 27 points to lead East Carolina to a 75-68
Conference USA win over Charlotte on Thursday night.
Fellow senior Petar Torlak
also started for the Pirates as they completed a 3-0 homestand and
improved to 16-13 overall with a 5-9 league mark.
The pattern of the game was
similar to
a
67-55 win over Rice on Saturday as ECU built a
sizeable early lead and then held off a challenge by the visitors.
Richmond scored the first
points of the game with a three and the Pirates jumped out to a 21-2
lead. The 49ers pulled within 32-24 at the half and forged ties at 50,
52 and 54.
A three by Richmond put ECU
ahead to stay at 57-54 with 6:48 to go.
After the 49ers had cut the
lead to 61-60 with 4:13 remaining, Richmond hit a three from the right
corner to start a crucial 7-0 Pirates run. Prince Williams and Richmond
each hit a pair of free throws to give ECU a 68-60 lead with 2:53 in the
game.
Charlotte (14-13, 5-9) got
no closer than five points the rest of the way.
Antonio Robinson made five
of six free throws in the last 41 seconds and finished with 15 points.
Freshman Caleb White had 14 points. Prince Williams had seven points and
five assists. Michael Zangari had six points, five rebounds and two
steals. Paris Roberts-Campbell contributed four points, five rebounds
and four assists.
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On a night
when he fueled the offense with 27 points, ECU senior guard
Akeem Richmond shows emotion after a defensive play in which
he forced a Charlotte turnover. (Photo by W.A. Myatt. ©Bonesville.net) |
Robinson also had a
team-high six rebounds, three assists and two steals.
Richmond made eight of his
14 3-point attempts and three of four free throws. He also garnered five
rebounds and three steals.
The Pirates made 12 of 27
from beyond the arc for 44.4 percent and 21 of 28 free throws for 75
percent.
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ECU junior
guard Antonio Robinson finishes a layup over Charlotte's Ben
Cherry during the Pirates' Senior Night win. Robinson scored
15 points, including five on free throws in the game's final
minute. (Photo by W.A. Myatt. ©Bonesville.net) |
Pierria Henry had 20 points
in the losing effort. Terrence Williams and Denzel Ingram scored 11 each
for the 49ers, who dropped their sixth straight game.
The contest was televised
nationally on Fox Sports 1.
The Pirates visit Marshall
for a 2 p.m. tipoff on Sunday. The Thundering Herd (9-20, 3-11) is
coming off of a 70-63 loss at Old Dominion on Thursday night.
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GAME SUMMARY |
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East Carolina 75, Charlotte 68 |
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Date: Thursday,
Feb. 27, 2014
Facility: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Attendance: 5,248
Records: ECU 16-13 (5-9 C-USA); UNCC 14-13 (5-9)
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SCORE BY PERIODS |
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2 |
FINAL |
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Charlotte |
24 |
44 |
68 |
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East Carolina |
32 |
43 |
75 |
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