Big men lead Pirates past
Tulane
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After struggling much of
the season to hold its own against deeper, more experienced foes, East
Carolina's frontcourt exerted itself Saturday night, dominating Tulane
inside to claim a 66-49 Conference USA road victory and nail down a No.
10 seed in this week's league tournament.
Junior forward Maurice
Kemp had 22 points and 10 rebounds and junior pivotman Darrius Morrow
scored 19 points and grabbed 7 boards as the Pirates took the lead eight
minutes into the first half and maintained the advantage from that point
on for their second straight win. East Carolina celebrated its Senior
Day last Wednesday by
springing a 69-68 upset
on Marshall.
Kemp was 8-of-16 from the
floor and 6-of-6 from the free throw line, while Morrow made 6-of-8
field goal attempts and 7-of-8 from the charity stripe.
East Carolina won the
rebounding battle 39-22, including an 11-5 advantage on the offensive
boards. The Pirates outscored Tulane in the paint 30-22 and flattened
the Wave 12-1 on second chance points.
Freshman guard Ricky
Tarrant, with 16 points, was the only player in double figures for
Tulane, which was celebrating its own Senior Night. The outcome marked
the Green Wave's first Senior Night defeat in eight years.
East Carolina led at the
half 26-22. The game's final 17-point margin represented the Pirates'
biggest lead of the night.
The Pirates and No. 7 seed
Rice will open the C-USA Tournament with a 1 p.m. matchup on Wednesday
at the FedExForum in Memphis. ECU
knocked off the Owls
82-68 in Greenville on Feb. 4.
The Green Wave, which was
relegated to the No. 12 seed with the loss, will go up against No. 5
seed UAB at 10 p.m. in the opening day finale.
Regular season champion
Memphis and top seed Memphis is the tournament host. The Tigers along
with second-seed Southern Miss, No. 3 Tulsa and No. 4 Central Florida
have first round byes and will see their first action on Thursday.
The schedule for this
week's Conference USA Tournament with game times (Eastern) and
television information:
Wednesday, March 7:
1:00 pm —
(7) Rice vs. (10) East Carolina (TV: CSS)
1:30 pm — (6) Marshall vs. (11) Southern Methodist (TV: CSS)
7:30 pm — (8) Texas-El Paso vs. (9) Houston (TV: CSS)
10:00 pm — (5) UAB vs. (12) Tulane (TV: CSS)
Thursday, March 8:
1:00 pm —
(2) Southern Miss vs. Rice/ECU winner (TV: CBS Sports Network)
3:30 pm — (3) Tulsa vs. Marshall/Southern Methodist winner
(TV: CBS Sports Network)
7:30 pm — (1) Memphis vs. Texas-El Paso/Houston winner (TV:
CBS Sports Network)
10:00 pm — (4) Central Florida vs. UAB/Tulane winner (TV: CBS
Sports Network)
Friday, March 9:
4:00 pm —
Semifinal # 1 (TV: CBS Sports Network)
6:30 pm — Semifinal # 2 (TV: CBS Sports Network)
Saturday, March 10:
11:35 pm —
Championship Game (CBS)
BOX SCORE
EAST
CAROLINA 66, TULANE 49
Date: Saturday, Mar. 3, 2012
Place: Fogelman Arena, New Orleans, LA
Attendance: 2,712
Records: ECU 14-15 (5-11 Conference USA); TU 15-15
(3-13)
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 FINAL
East Carolina 26
40 - 66
Tulane
22 27 - 49
ECU PIRATES
#
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
......................... .... ....
.... .. ...
...
01 Morrow, Darrius..... f 6-8
0-0 7-8 7 19 31
12 Sampson, Robert..... f 2-4
1-3 0-0 6 5 28
00 Paul, Miguel........ g 2-6
1-3 1-1 2 6 30
11 Gaines, Corvonn..... g 2-5
0-0 0-2 6 4 32
23 Straughn, Erin...... g 1-2
1-2 0-0 2 3 13
02 Kemp, Maurice......... 8-16 0-3
6-6 10 22 31
03 Torlak, Petar......... 0-1
0-0 0-0 1 0
1
22 Campbell, Paris....... 3-8
1-4 0-0 2 7 29
35 Morales, Darius....... 0-0
0-0 0-0 0 0
5
TEAM.....................
3
TOTALS................... 24-50 4-15 14-17 39
66 200
PERCENT.................. 48.0 26.7
82.4
TU GREEN WAVE
#
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
......................... .... ....
.... .. ...
...
00 Davis, Josh .........f 4-9
0-2 1-3 8 9 39
05 Callahan, Jordan.... f 3-10 1-4
1-2 1 8 34
20 Thomas, Kevin....... f 0-0
0-0 0-0 0 0
8
02 Tarrant, Ricky...... g 3-13 1-7
9-11 0 16 34
03 Rogers, Trent....... g 1-4
1-3 0-0 0 3 25
21 Monckton, Dan......... 1-1
0-0 0-1 4 2 12
24 Hook, Jay............. 1-4
1-4 0-0 1 3 15
25 Nwogbo, Lotanna....... 2-2
0-0 0-1 0 4
8
34 Drye, Tre............. 2-2
0-0 0-0 7 4 25
TEAM.....................
1
TOTALS................... 17-45 4-20 11-18 22
49 200
PERCENT.................. 37.8 20.0
61.1
Fouled out: Paris Roberts-Campbell
Technical Fouls: None
Officials: Darron George, Rod Dixon, Brent Hampton
PAGE UPDATED
03/04/12 09:11 PM.
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