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DePaul fends off gutsy Pirates
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GREENVILLE —
Injury-depleted East Carolina conceded nothing to visiting DePaul
Saturday night, giving the Blue Demons a run for their money from start
to finish before grudgingly succumbing 70-65.
Drake Diener scored 21
points and Andre Brown had 19 points and eight rebounds to help DePaul
overcome a lead ECU —
without two of its prominent frontcourt players
— had constructed early and held for much of the game.
Diener made 6 of 8 shots
from the field, including 6 of 7 from 3-point range. Brown shot 7 of 10
from the field, helping DePaul (11-7, 4-3 Conference USA) shoot 49
percent.
Mike Cook had 17 points
and six assists for the Pirates (8-9, 0-7), who led 36-32 at halftime.
East Carolina shot 35 percent from the field in the second half and 39
percent for the game.
Erroyl Bing finished with
15 points and Moussa Badiane had nine rebounds and two blocks for the
Pirates.
ECU, which lost senior
forward Gabriel Mikulas for the season to a broken arm two weeks ago,
was also without the services of sophomore forward Corey Rouse, who
suffered a concussion in practice earlier this week.
Pirates coach Bill Herrion
cited his team's diminished depth as a factor in the outcome but had no
complaint about the effort exerted by his players under the adverse
circumstances.
"I think our kids played
hard," Herrion said. "I don't even think that is an issue. DePaul is a
good team."
The Pirates, who began
their season 8-1, have lost eight games in a row, while the Blue Demons
have won four of their last five. DePaul also has captured all five
meetings in the all-time series between the two schools.
Next up for ECU is an
opportunity to deep-six its string of 20 consecutive C-USA road losses
when it plays at
shorthanded South Florida on
Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Bulls, who began the season with only 10
scholarship players, have since lost one player to injury while another
has quit the team.
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BOX
SCORE DePaul 70, East Carolina
65
Records: East Carolina 8-9, 0-7;
DePaul 11-7, 4-3.
DEPAUL
Player FG FT
PTS
Brown
7-10 5-8 19
Hollan
0-6 4-6
4
Mejia
2-4 0-1
6
Diener
6-8 3-4 21
Greer
3-6 0-2
7
Smith
0-2 6-6
6
Seals
2-3 1-2
5
Heard
1-4 0-0
2
Thompson 0-0
0-0 0
Brumfield 0-0
0-0 0
Totals
21-43 19-29 70
EAST CAROLINA
Player FG FT
PTS
Robinson 3-8
0-0 7
Badiane
3-6 1-2
7
Wiley
1-9 4-4
7
Bing
5-13 4-6 15
Cook
8-14 1-1 17
Rivers
1-3 0-0
3
McNeil
0-2 0-0
0
Mackay
3-7 0-0
9
Gindley
0-0 0-0
0
Totals
24-62 10-13 65
Halftime: East Carolina 36-32.
3-point goals: DePaul 9-17
(Diener 6-7, Mejia 2-3, Greer 1-1, Holland 0-2, Heard 0-3); East
Carolina 7-24 (Mackay 7-7, Rivers 1-2, Wiley 1-2, Robinson 1-3, Bing
1-5, McNeil 0-2, Cook 0-3).
Fouled out: Greer.
Rebounds: DePaul 33 (Brown 8);
East Carolina 35 (Badiane 9).
Assists: DePaul 14 (Mejia 6);
East Carolina 13 (Cook 6).
Total fouls: DePaul 14; East
Carolina 23.
Technical fouls: DePaul (Team).
Attendance: 5,329. |
02/23/07 11:01 AM
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