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Aiken, 49ers dish more road misery to Pirates
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CHARLOTTE — Curtis Withers
did his part Saturday night to make sure East Carolina's
futility at every stop it makes
on the Conference USA travel circuit would continue.
A sophomore forward from
Charlotte, Withers had 22 points and 10 rebounds to lead Charlotte to an
81-65 win over the Pirates.
Derrick Wiley had 15
points while Japhet McNeil added 13 and Gabriel Mikulas 12 for ECU (8-4,
0-2 C-USA), which lost its third straight and dropped to 0-17 in league
road games since joining Conference USA.
Brendan Plavich added 14
points on 4-of-10 3-point shooting and Demon Brown scored 13 for the
49ers (10-3, 2-0), who forced 22 turnovers in winning their fourth
straight game.
Charlotte raced to a 15-2
lead on Withers' jumper with 14:30 left. The Pirates slowly fought back,
getting to within 42-37 on Wiley's goaltended shot with 18:47 left in
the game. But Brown hit a 3-pointer to spark a 15-2 run to put Charlotte
ahead 55-39 with 14:34 left.
ECU would get no closer
than 13 points the rest of the way as it lost to its in-state rival for
the sixth straight time.
East Carolina starting
guard Belton Rivers left the game with a dislocated finger.
A sellout crowd of 9,105
watched the game, drawn by pop singer Clay Aiken, a Charlotte alumni who
sang the national anthem and performed at halftime. Many of the Aiken
fans left at halftime and missed Withers record his Conference
USA-leading eighth double-double.
ECU's next action will be
at home but the challenge isn't expected to be any easier. No. 10
Louisville will saunter into Williams Arena on Thursday for a
nationally-televised bout (9 p.m., ESPN2).
Charlotte won't have
another game until next Saturday when it tangles with Memphis at the
Pyramid.
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BOX
SCORE Charlotte 81, East
Carolina 65
Records: East Carolina 8-4
(0-2), Charlotte 10-3 (2-0).
EAST CAROLINA
Player FG FT
PTS
Mikulas
3-4 6-6 12
Badiane
2-4 2-5
6
Rivers
1-4 0-0
3
Wiley
7-12 1-4 15
Cook
3-9 3-4
9
Robinson 1-1
0-0 2
McNeil
5-8 2-2 13
MacKay
0-0 0-0
0
Rouse
1-1 1-2
3
Bing
1-3 0-1
2
Grindley 0-0
0-0 0
Totals 24-46
15-24 65
CHARLOTTE
Player FG FT
PTS
Withers 7-12
8-9 22
Basden
3-6 3-4
9
Iti
3-7 0-0
6
Plavich 4-10
0-0 12
Brown
4-11 2-2 13
Pigford
1-2 0-2
2
Johnson
0-3 0-0
0
Snyder
0-2 0-0
0
Baldwin
1-2 2-2
4
Sager
2-3 0-0
6
Clemmons 2-4
3-4 7
Gordon
0-0 0-0
0
Totals 27-62
18-23 81
Halftime: Charlotte 42-33.
3-point goals: East Carolina
2-9 (Rivers 1-2, McNeil 1-2, Wiley 0-2, Bing 0-2, Cook 0-1);
Charlotte 9-27 (Plavich 4-10, Brown 3-8, Sager 2-2, Snyder 0-2,
Johnson 0-2, Withers 0-2).
Fouled out: Mikulas.
Rebounds: East Carolina 29
(Cook, Robinson, Bing 4); Charlotte (Withers 10).
Assists: East Carolina 10
(McNeil 4); Charlotte 19 (Withers, Basden, Brown 4).
Total fouls: East Carolina 21,
Charlotte 19.
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Attendance: 9,105. |
02/23/07 11:00 AM
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