Tigers pounce on ECU for
20th win
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Sophomore guard Will
Barton recorded 25 points and nine rebounds and Memphis applied a
smothering second half defense as the Tigers mauled Conference USA
opponent East Carolina 70-47 Wednesday night at the FedExForum.
The victory, combined with
Southern Mississippi's 76-68 double overtime loss Wednesday night at
Texas-El Paso, lifted Memphis into sole possession of first place in
C-USA with three games left in the regular season.
There were four ties and
three lead changes in a first half in which East Carolina led 27-26 with
5:36 left before intermission. That's when a free throw and a dunk by
Barton moved Memphis into the lead for good.
The Tigers built the
advantage to 37-32 by halftime, then took off on a 10-2 surge to start
the second frame. Barton capped off the run with a dunk and a layup and
the rout was on.
Memphis held the Pirates
to only 15 second-half points on 6-for-27 field goal shooting (22.2
percent).
Sophomore guard Joe
Jackson had 13 points and sophomore guard Antonio Barton, brother of
Will, added 11 for Memphis, which picked up its 20th win of the season.
Junior guard Miguel Paul
scored 20 points, junior guard Shamarr Bowden had 13 and sophomore
forward Robert Sampson hauled in a game-high 10 rebounds for East
Carolina.
The Pirates (12-14, 3-10
C-USA) committed 26 turnovers, including eight by Paul and six by junior
forward Maurice Kemp.
Memphis outscored East
Carolina 48-12 in the paint and 25-5 on fastbreaks.
The loss was East
Carolina's second to the Tigers (20-8, 10-3) in two weeks. Memphis
visited Greenville on Feb. 8 and was able to
hold off a second half ECU rally
to defeat the Pirates 70-59.
The Pirates will return
home to host UAB on Saturday (5 p.m.) before heading into regular
season-ending matchups with Marshall (home, Wednesday, Feb. 29) and
Tulane (away, Saturday, Mar. 3).
BOX SCORE
MEMPHIS 70, EAST CAROLINA 47
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012
Place: FedExForum, Memphis, TN
Attendance: 15,744
Records: ECU 12-14 (3-10 Conference USA); UM 20-8
(10-3)
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
East Carolina 32
15 - 47
Memphis
37 33 - 70
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES
#
PLAYER
FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
......................... .... ....
.... .. ... ...
01 Morrow, Darrius..... f 1-8
0-0 2-2 2 4 32
12 Sampson, Robert..... f 1-5
0-1 0-0 10 2 21
00 Paul, Miguel........ g 5-10 3-5
7-9 2 20 34
11 Gaines, Corvonn..... g 1-4
1-2 0-0 4 3 30
20 Bowden, Shamarr..... g 5-9
3-4 0-0 1 13 28
02 Kemp, Maurice......... 1-6
0-1 3-5 5 5 19
03 Torlak, Petar......... 0-1
0-0 0-0 2 0
8
22 Campbell, Paris....... 0-4
0-4 0-0 0 0 19
23 Straughn, Erin........ 0-2
0-1 0-0 2 0
9
TEAM.....................
4
TOTALS................... 14-49 7-18 12-16 32
47 200
PERCENT.................. 28.6 38.9
75.0
MEMPHIS TIGERS
#
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
......................... .... ....
.... .. ...
...
00 Hall, Ferrakohn..... f 0-0
0-0 2-6 2 2 19
10 Black, Tarik........ f 4-8
0-0 1-2 9 9 21
01 Jackson, Joe........ g 5-10 1-2
2-2 5 13 32
02 Barton, Antonio..... g 3-4
1-2 4-6 5 11 31
05 Barton, Will........ g 10-16 0-1
5-7 8 25 35
03 Crawford, Chris....... 0-5
0-2 0-0 1 0 21
11 Witherspoon, Wesley... 2-7
0-2 0-0 1 4 21
14 Tsafack, Hippolyte.... 1-1
0-0 0-0 0 2
2
23 Holt, Charles......... 0-1
0-0 0-0 1 0
2
30 Stephens, D.J......... 1-3
0-0 2-2 5 4 14
32 Simpson, Stan......... 0-1
0-1 0-0 0 0
2
TEAM.....................
1
TOTALS................... 26-56 2-10 16-25 38
70 200
PERCENT.................. 46.4 20.0
64.0
Fouled out: None
Technical Fouls: Shamarr Bowden
Officials: Tom O'Neill, Darron George, John Hampton
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02/23/12 09:23 PM.
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