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Veterans + newcomers = win in Tennessee

Box Score

MURFREESBORO, TN (AP) — A bit of the old and a dab of the new were just enough to help East Carolina grab a double dose of success Friday night.

Junior Gabriel Mikulas and freshman Belton Rivers supplied the big guns as the Pirates not only prevailed in the season opener, but also claimed their first victory on the road since a win at Old Dominion back on February 16, 2001.

Mikulas scored 15 points and hit a game-winning jumper with 21 seconds to play Friday as ECU beat Middle Tennessee State 65-63 in the first game of the regular season for both teams.

Middle Tennessee's Keith Connor missed a 3-pointer with six seconds to play. East Carolina's Erroyl Bing got the rebound, one of his game-high eight. Bing missed his free throw but the Blue Raiders lost the ball on the rebound.

A jumper by Derrick Wiley with 14:58 to play in the second half put East Carolina up by four points, the largest lead of the game for either team.

For East Carolina, Belton Rivers scored 12 points, and Wiley and Holcomb-Faye both added 11.

The Blue Raiders were led by John Humphrey with 16 points. Tommy Gunn added 14 and Connor 10.

BOX SCORE: East Carolina 65, Middle Tennessee State 63

East Carolina (65)
Player         FG      FT     PTS
Mikulas        7-13    0-0    15
Rivers         2-9     6-6    12
Wiley          4-11    3-4    11
Holcomb-Faye   4-8     3-5    11
Badiane        3-5     2-2     8
Bing           1-2     2-6     4
MacKay         1-1     0-0     3
Rouse          0-0     1-2     1
Totals         22-49   17-25  65

Middle Tennessee (63)
Player         FG      FT     PTS
Humphrey       5-10    4-4    16
Gunn           5-10    2-2    14
Connor         3-7     2-2    10
Pippen         3-7     1-2     7
Robinson       1-4     2-2     5
Rhodes         1-5     2-5     4
Jackson        2-7     0-0     4
Parham         1-5     1-2     3
Mitchell       0-0     0-0     0
Totals         21-55   14-19  63

Halftime: Middle Tennessee 34, East Carolina 32.

3-point goals: East Carolina 4-13 (Rivers 2-6, Wiley 0-1, Holcomb-Faye 0-2, Mikulas 1-3, MacKay 1-1); Middle Tennessee 7-22 (Connor 2-5, Pippen 0-3, Robinson 1-3 Gunn 2-4, Jackson 0-2, Parham 0-1, Humphrey 2-4.).

Fouled out: None.

Rebounds: East Carolina 36 (Bing 8); Middle Tennessee 34 (Humphrey 7).

Assists: East Carolina 13 (Holcomb-Faye 4, Rivers 4); Middle Tennessee 6 (Robinson 2, Jackson 2).

Total fouls: East Carolina 20; Middle Tennessee 19.

Technicals: None.

Attendance: 2,417.

02/23/2007 10:56 AM

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