Old Dominion grinds down Pirates

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Redshirt freshman guard Dimitri Batten scored a game-high 18 points, grabbed 9 rebounds and converted a pair of clutch free throws with 9 seconds left to help Old Dominion prevail over East Carolina 63-58 Tuesday night in Norfolk.

The Monarchs led 25-23 at the half after both teams struggled to put the ball in the basket. ODU shot 37.0 percent from the floor and and 44.4 percent from the charity stripe before intermission, while the Pirates hit only 28.6 percent of their field goal attempts and 33.3 percent from the free throw line.

ECU moved ahead 32-30 on a pair of free throws by junior guard Corvonn Gaines a little more than three minutes into the second frame and increased the margin to 42-35 on a jumper by junior guard Shamarr Bowden with 12:01 remaining.

Then the Pirates went cold and the Monarchs responded with a 15-2 run to take a 50-44 lead at the 7:51 mark.

ECU fought back within two on three occasions, the last time on two free throws by senior forward Austin Steed that closed the gap to 59-57 with 48 seconds left.

After ODU senior guard Marquel De Lancey scored a driving basket with 17 ticks remaining, junior guard Miguel Paul converted one of two free throws to pull the Pirates within three with 11 seconds left.

Batten was fouled two seconds later by freshman guard Paris Roberts-Campbell and put the game out of reach by converting both free throws.

Redshirt junior forward Nick Wright and senior forward Chris Cooper joined Batten in double figures with 12 points apiece. Cooper led the Monarchs in rebounding with 11.

Bowden came off the bench to lead the tenuous ECU offensive effort with 14 points. Senior forward Darrius Morrow had 11 points, Paul added 10 points and 7 assists and Steed recorded 11 rebounds for the Pirates.

East Carolina returns home for a 5 p.m. matchup on Saturday with Charlotte.

BOX SCORE

OLD DOMINION 63, EAST CAROLINA 58

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011
Place: Ted Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, VA
Attendance: 7,295
Records: ECU 4-2; ODU  4-3

SCORE BY PERIODS     1   2  FINAL
East Carolina       23  35  -  58
Old Dominion        25  38  -  63

EAST CAROLINA PIRATES
 # PLAYER                    FG   3PT    FT  R PTS MIN
01 Morrow, Darrius..... f   4-6   0-0   3-4  5  11  30
12 Sampson, Robert..... f   1-5   0-2   0-0  7   2  14
23 Straughn, Erin...... f   1-2   1-2   0-0  3   3  17
00 Paul, Miguel........ g  4-19  1-10   1-2  2  10  35
11 Gaines, Corvonn..... g   0-2   0-1   2-6  2   2  18
02 Kemp, Maurice.........   1-3   0-2   1-2  3   3  15
20 Bowden, Shamarr.......   5-6   4-5   0-0  0  14  21
22 Campbell, Paris.......   3-8   2-5   1-1  2   9  22
25 Steed, Austin.........   0-6   0-0   4-7 11   4  24
35 Morales, Darius.......   0-0   0-0   0-0  0   0   4
TEAM.....................                    3
TOTALS................... 19-57  8-27 12-22 38  58 200
PERCENT..................  33.3  29.6  54.5

OLD DOMINION MONARCHS
 # PLAYER                    FG   3PT    FT  R PTS MIN
01 Wright, Nick........ f   2-8   0-0  8-14  7  12  35
20 Cooper, Chris....... f   5-7   0-0   2-6 11  12  31
04 Batten, Dimitri..... g  7-14   2-5   2-2  9  18  30
15 Iliadis, Trian...... g   3-7   1-5   0-0  5   7  36
24 Bazemore, Kent...... g   2-8   1-6   0-0  2   5  29
00 Pimentel, Jason.......   2-5   0-0   2-3  4   6  13
10 Key, Breon............   0-1   0-1   1-2  0   1   6
22 De Lancey, Marquel....   1-2   0-1   0-2  2   2  20
TEAM.....................                    2
TOTALS................... 22-52  4-18 15-29 42  63 200
PERCENT..................  42.3  22.2  51.7

Fouled out: Sampson, Cooper
Technical Fouls: None
Officials: Patrick Adams, Ray Perone, Brian Sheye

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