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ECU's season, Herrion's
tenure end in Big Easy
From wire reports with
staff contributions
NEW ORLEANS — Ivan Pjevcevic scored a
career-high 24 points to lead Tulane to a 77-71 win over East Carolina
on Saturday night that extended the Green Wave's season, ended the
Pirates' campaign and finalized the tenure of ECU coach Bill Herrion.
Pjevcevic was 9-of-13 from
the floor and 6-of-9 from the 3-point range. Taylor Rochestie scored 12
points and Quincy Davis added 9 for the Green Wave.
The teams finished the
regular season tied for 12th place in the
Conference USA standings, but
the win gave Tulane the head-to-head tiebreaker for the final spot in in
the Conference USA tournament. The 14-team league invites only 12 squads
to the tournament, which this year will be conducted Mar. 8-12 in
Memphis, TN.
The Pirates' failure to
make the cut for the tournament also means the end of Herrion's 6-year
stint as the team's coach. Herrion was informed
by ECU officials on Feb. 22 that he would be not be
retained as coach but would be offered a reassignment to another
position within the school's athletic department.
Tulane (10-17, 4-12 C-USA)
led the Pirates 40-28 at the halftime on 62.5 percent shooting from the
field for the first half.
In the second, East
Carolina (9-19, 4-12) picked up its shooting percentage and rallied. The
Pirates pulled to within 71-68 on a layup by Corey Rouse with 1:32 to
go. But Davis scored on a putback for a 73-68 lead with 36 seconds left
for Tulane.
Mike Cook, who leads the
Pirates with 14.9 points per game, scored 20 points and Corey Rouse
added 16. Moussa Badiane, the team's only senior, had 12 points and 13
rebounds.
East Carolina outrebounded
Tulane 48-30 while the Green Wave led in assists, 19-9. Both teams had
11 turnovers.
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BOX
SCORE TULANE
77, EAST CAROLINA 71
Records: ECU 9-19, 4-12
C-USA; Tulane 10-17, 4-12.
Halftime: Tulane 40-28.
EAST CAROLINA
Player FG FT
Pts
Hammonds 3-10
2-3 8
Rouse 7-11
2-6 16
Badiane 4-14
4-7 12
King 1-5
0-0 3
Cook 7-21
5-7 20
McNeil 2-4
2-2 7
Gagnon 2-3
0-0 5
Hart 0-1
0-0 0
Castro 0-1
0-0 0
Totals 26-70 15-25
71
TULANE
Player FG FT
Pts
Benfield 2-5
0-0 5
Pjevcevic 9-13 0-0
24
Davis 4-10
1-1 9
Rochestie 3-9
5-6 12
Kinzer 1-3
5-6 8
Moore 1-1
0-0 2
Stith 2-4
0-0 4
Gomez 2-3
1-1 5
Castine 2-3
2-2 6
Wheaton 0-1
2-2 2
Totals 26-52 16-18
77
3-Point goals: East
Carolina 4-19 (Gagnon 1-2, McNeil 1-3, King 1-4, Cook 1-6,
Hammonds 0-4); Tulane 9-22 (Pjevcevic 6-9, Kinzer 1-3, Benfield
1-4, Rochestie 1-5, Wheaton 0-1).
Fouled out: Rouse, Davis.
Rebounds: East Carolina 48
(Badiane 13); Tulane 30 (Davis, Rochestie 5).
Assists: East Carolina 9
(McNeil 4); Tulane 19 (Kinzer 8).
Total fouls: East Carolina
15, Tulane 25.
Technical fouls: Rouse, Stith.
Attendance: 1,787.
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02/23/07 10:56 AM
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