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Saint Louis Brings Pirates Back to Earth
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Drew Diener scored a
career-high 21 points, including 16 in the first half, leading Saint Louis
to an 85-72 Conference USA victory Saturday over East Carolina.
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| East Carolina's Bryan Foxx tries to
shoot while surrounded by Saint Louis' Drew Diener (21), Jason Edwin
(44) and Chris Sloan (33) in the second half Saturday at the Savvis
Center. (AP Photo: Tom Gannam) |
The Pirates (7-10, 1-4) have
lost four of five games since diving into the league schedule, and the
whipping by the Billikens put a damper on the afterglow of ECU's upset win
over Louisville on Wednesday night.
Diener was 4-for-6 from the floor, including 3-for-4 on
3-pointers, and hit 10 of 11 free throws, driving Saint Louis (9-9, 3-2) to
its seventh consecutive home victory. Diener also pulled down three rebounds
and handed out three
assists.
Jason Edwin added 16 points while Kenny Brown and Chris
Braun each added 13 points for the Billikens, who are 3-0 against East
Carolina.
Erroyl Bing led East Carolina with 16 points, while Kenyatta
Brown added 14 for the Pirates.
Marque Perry, the starting point guard for Saint Louis,
missed his third game of the season, still suffering symptoms of a December
29 concussion. The Billikens lost the previous two games he missed.
On Saturday, Saint Louis shot 49 percent (26-for-53) from
the field and made just eight turnovers. From the free-throw line, the
Billikens went 28-for-36.
East Carolina hit just 39 percent from the floor and made 19
of 27 free-throw attempts, while making 20 turnovers. Saint Louis was
outrebounded 45-29.
The Billikens biggest lead in the second half was 22 points
at 74-52 with 5:09 remaining.
Box Score
SAINT LOUIS 85, EAST CAROLINA 72
EAST CAROLINA (7-10)
Bing 5-11 5-6 16, Mikulas 2-5 0-1
4, Badiane 3-6 3-4 9, Brown 4-6 5-7 14,
Holcomb-Faye 2-8 2-4 6, Duckett 0-0 0-0 0, Primus 1-4 1-1 3, Foxx 2-4 3-4 9,
Hawkins 0-3 0-0 0, Boodie 1-4 0-0 3, Moore 3-7 0-0 8. Totals 23-58 19-27 —
72.
SAINT LOUIS (9-9)
Sloan 1-2 2-4 4, Edwin 7-10 0-0
16, Brown 4-7 5-6 13, Fisher 1-6 6-6 8,
Diener 4-6 10-11 21, Pulley 3-10 0-2 6, Hunt 0-1 1-2 1, Varner 1-1 0-0 2,
Seyfert 0-2 1-2 1, Braun 5-8 3-3 13. Totals 26-53 28-36 — 85.
Halftime: Saint Louis 41, East
Carolina 28.
3-Point Goals: East Carolina 7-19
(Bing 1-3, Brown 1-3, Holcomb-Faye 0-1, Primus 0-1, Foxx 2-3, Hawkins 0-3,
Boodie 1-2, Moore 2-3); Saint Louis 5-12 (Edwin 2-4, Fisher 0-1, Diener 3-4,
Pulley 0-2, Braun 0-1).
Rebounds: East Carolina 45 (Bing
10); Saint Louis 29 (Brown 6).
Assists: East Carolina 12
(Holcomb-Faye 7); Saint Louis 16 (Pulley 7).
Total Fouls: East Carolina 27,
Saint Louis 23.
Fouled Out: None.
Attendance: 11,646.
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02/23/2007 10:59:30 AM
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