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Chance to change
fortunes eludes Pirates
From staff and wire reports
Box Score
NEW ORLEANS — East Carolina's matchup with Tulane looked
on paper like a realistic opportunity for the Pirates to break their
Conference USA road jinx and cure their shooting maladies.
But, in spite of the Green Wave's meager 1-4 league
record entering the game, Brandon Spann had other ideas. The senior
guard, a New Orleans native, hit six 3-pointers in a 20-point outing to
lead Tulane to a 67-56 victory over ECU on Saturday.
Waitari Marsh added 19 points for the Wave (9-10, 2-4
C-USA), which had a 37-26 lead by halftime. Wayne Tinsely chipped in 15
points, while Brandon Brown grabbed 11 rebounds.
Travis Holcomb-Faye had 10 points and seven assists to
lead East Carolina (11-8, 2-6), which continued its recent propensity to
fling up bricks. In fact, the Pirates struggled from both the field and
the line, connecting on only 37.7 percent of its field goal attempts and
42.9 percent of its free throws.
Erroyl Bing also scored 10 for ECU, while Belton Rivers
went against the team's shooting trend, hitting 3-for-4 from 3-point
range for nine points.
The Pirates went to the foul line only seven times for
three points.
Tulane scored 13 points at the stripe, where the Green
Wave shot 76.5 percent.
In an odd statistical twist, Tulane shot better from
3-point range (43.5 percent) than from the field overall (42.3 percent).
The loss was ECU's 12th straight on the road in C-USA,
and the Pirates face another road challenge at Memphis on Tuesday before
returning to their home court to host Southern Miss next Saturday.
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BOX
SCORE
Tulane (9-10, 2-4)
67, East Carolina (11-8, 2-6) 56
East Carolina (56)
Player FG
FT PTS
Bing
4-10 2-2 10
Holcomb-Faye 4-15 0-0
10
Wiley
4-11 0-0 9
Rivers
3-8 0-0 9
Mackay
3-6 0-0 7
Mikulas 3-6
1-5 7
Moore
1-2 0-0 2
Rouse
1-2 0-0 2
Badiane 0-1
0-0 0
Totals
23-61 3-7 56
Tulane (67)
Player FG
FT PTS
Spann
6-13 2-2 20
Marsh
7-13 3-4 19
Tinsley 5-9
4-4 15
Brown
3-6 3-5 9
Pjevcevic 1-6
0-0 3
Parker
0-1 1-2 1
Kinzer
0-1 0-0 0
Sinville 0-3
0-0 0
Totals
22-52 13-17 67
Halftime: Tulane 37, East Carolina
26.
3-point goals: East Carolina
7-18 (Rivers 3-4, Holcomb-Faye 2-5, Mackay 1-2, Wiley 1-3, Moore
0-1, Bing 0-3); Tulane 10-23 (Spann 6-9, Marsh 2-5, Tinsley 1-1,
Pjevcevic 1-4, Kinzer 0-1, Parker 0-1, Brown 0-2).
Rebounds: East Carolina 34
(Bing 8), Tulane 39 (Brown 11).
Assists: East Carolina 14
(Holcomb-Faye 7), Tulane 8 (Tinsley 5).
Total fouls: East Caroline 15,
Tulane 12.
Fouled out: None.
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 1,270. |
02/23/2007 10:56 AM
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Bonesville.net contributed to this report.
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