Solid effort comes up
short for ECU
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Senior point guard Damier
Pitts, a product of Charlotte Christian High School and Hargrave
Military Academy, scored a career-high 27 points to lead Marshall to a
hard-earned 78-68 Conference USA victory over East Carolina Saturday
night in Huntington, WV.
One of the nation's most
touted prep recruits four years ago, Pitts blitzed the visitors from his
home state for 17 points in the second half, frustrating a sustained ECU
push into the middle of the final frame to seize the momentum.
Pitts was 9-of-17 from the
field with four assists and just one turnover. He got scoring support
from senior guard Shaquille Johnson with 14 points and junior forward
Robert Goff with 11.
Senior guard Miguel Paul
and sophomore forward Robert Sampson scored 19 points apiece and senior
forward Darrius Morrow added 11 points to fuel a solid offensive effort
by East Carolina. Paul had a game-high 11 assists and Sampson pulled
down a game-high 10 rebounds to record double-doubles.
Both teams were on the
mark in their shooting games. Marshall shot 54 percent from the field
including 50 percent from 3-point range, while the Pirates hit 53.5
percent including 52.6 percent from beyond the arc.
There were five ties and
the lead changed hands 10 times before the Herd gained the upper hand
for good. After Sampson nailed a trey to nudge the Pirates in front
52-21 with 10:17 remaining, the Herd answered with an 11-0 run capped by
a 3-pointer by Pitts with 7:13 to go.
Marshall (15-10, 6-5
C-USA) outscored the Pirates 16-2 off turnovers, committing just five
giveaways while the Pirates (12-12, 3-8) gave up 12.
Despite being edged 25-24
in the battle of the boards, East Carolina maintained the advantage
inside, outscoring the Herd 24-18 in the paint.
East Carolina, already
beset by attrition in a season of peaks and valleys, went into the game
further depleted by the absences of junior guard Erin Straughn and
junior forward Maurice Kemp. Straughn was called away for a death in the
family and Kemp was sidelined with a toe injury.
Marshall also lacked its
full complement of players as sophomore guard DeAndre Kane attended his
father's funeral on Saturday.
Marshall led at the half
36-35.
The Pirates will have a
week to regroup before hitting the road for a rematch next Saturday
(7.m.) with Central Florida. ECU was
trounced by the Knights
81-63 in Greenville on Jan. 7. UCF (18-7, 7-4) is coming off a 78-74
Saturday night loss to Southern Miss in Hattiesburg.
BOX SCORE
MARSHALL
78, EAST CAROLINA 68
Date:
Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012
Place: Cam Henderson Center, Huntington, WV
Attendance: 6,447
Records: ECU 12-12 (3-8 Conference USA); MU 15-10 (6-5)
SCORE BY
PERIODS 1 2 FINAL
East Carolina 35 33 - 68
Marshall 36 42 - 78
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES
#
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
......................... .. ... .. . ... ...
01 Morrow, Darrius..... f 5-11 0-0 1-1 4 11 40
12 Sampson, Robert..... f 7-8 3-4 2-4 10 19 31
00 Paul, Miguel........ g 4-11 2-6 9-10 1 19 37
11 Gaines, Corvonn..... g 2-3 2-2 0-0 5 6 30
20 Bowden, Shamarr..... g 2-3 2-3 0-0 1 6 26
03 Torlak, Petar......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 1
22 CAMPBELL, Paris....... 3-7 1-4 0-0 1 7 26
35 Morales, Darius....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 9
TEAM..................... 1
TOTALS................... 23-43 10-19 12-15 24 68 200
PERCENT.................. 53.5 52.6 80.0
MARSHALL THUNDERING HERD
# PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
......................... .. ... .. . ... ...
01 Tinnon, Dennis...... f 3-8 0-0 1-2 8 7 33
02 Goff, Robert........ f 5-6 0-0 1-2 5 11 29
03 Pitts, Damier....... g 9-17 3-7 6-7 0 27 34
10 Pena, Dago.......... g 2-4 2-4 0-0 2 6 32
23 Johnson, Shaquille.. g 4-6 1-2 5-5 3 14 35
00 Martin, Chris......... 3-6 3-6 0-0 1 9 22
04 Hanner, Jamir......... 1-2 1-1 0-0 1 3 3
11 Spikes, Nigel......... 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 1 8
34 Mbao, Yous............ 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 4
TEAM..................... 1
TOTALS................... 27-50 10-20 14-18 25 78 200
PERCENT.................. 54.0 50.0 77.8
Fouled
out: Paul Miguel
Technical Fouls: None
Officials: James Breeding, Jeff Malham, Brent Dugas
PAGE UPDATED
02/12/12 04:56 AM.
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