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Heroic home finale for 'Captain Clutch'
From staff and
electronic reports
©2007 Bonesville.net.
Courtney Captain became Captain Clutch in his final home
game,
propelling East Carolina from start to finish and taking matters into his own
hands when the outcome was in doubt to lift the Pirates over Texas-El
Paso 79-78 Saturday night.
The only senior on a squad
that had endured a 13-game losing streak, Captain poured in 29 points
and bowed out of Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum in ultimate style by
nailing a three-pointer with 8.3 seconds left that gave ECU (6-21, 1-13
Conference USA) its first victory since Jan. 6 and its first league win
of the season.
Junior guard Darrell
Jenkins finished with 16 points and 9 assists and freshman forward John
Fields added 15 points and 6 rebounds for the Pirates.
Guard Stefon Jackson
scored 24 points to pace UTEP, which erased a 49-38 halftime deficit and
took the lead 74-73 with 1:55 remaining on a jumper by Jackson. The
Miners (14-14, 6-8) didn't trail again until
Captain sank his game-winning trey from the wing.
Forward Dale Vanwright
scored 17 points, forward Maurice Thomas contributed 13 points and guard
Malik Alvin recorded 12 points for the Miners.
ECU, bedeviled much of the
season by anemic shooting, finally found its touch at UTEP's expense.
The Pirates shot 49.1 percent (27-55) from the field, 45.8 percent
(11-24) from three-point range and 82.4 percent (14-17) from the free
throw line.
The Miners converted 41.8
percent (23-55) of their field goal attempts, 22.7 percent (5-22) from
behind the arc and 81.8 percent (27-33) from the charity stripe.
The competition on the
backboards was even, with each team registering 32 rebounds. UTEP won
the turnovers battle, giving up the ball 14 times while the Pirates were
coughing it up 18 times.
East Carolina closes out
its regular season with road games versus Tulane (Wednesday, 8:05 p.m.)
and Central Florida (Saturday, 7:00 p.m.)
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BOX SCORE
EAST CAROLINA 79, TEXAS-EL
PASO 78
Date: Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007.
Site: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC.
Attendance: 5,505.
Officials: Curtis Shaw, Steve Pyatt, Jeff Malham.
Technical Fouls: UTEP - Thomas; ECU - Jenkins.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
Texas-El Paso 38 40
- 78
East Carolina 49 30
- 79
TEXAS-EL PASO (14-14,
6-8
C-USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Vanwright 35 6-11 3-6
2-2 3 17
Ramalho 15 1-1
0-0 1-2 2 3
Henderson 30 1-9 1-8
1-2 3 4
Jackson 36 8-14
0-2 8-10 8 24
Kilgore 12 0-0
0-0 1-2 1 1
Speight 1 0-0
0-0 0-0 0 0
Alvin 29
4-9 1-1 3-4 6 12
Thomas 24 2-5
0-0 9-9 4 13
Sampson 4 0-1
0-1 0-0 1 0
Clarke 14 1-5
0-4 2-2 0 4
TEAM
4
TOTALS 200 23-55 5-22 27-33
32 78
PERCENT
.418 .227 .818
EAST CAROLINA (6-21, 1-13 C-USA)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Fields 32 4-6
0-0 7-10 6 15
Blair 13
2-2 0-0 0-0 0
4
Farmer 24 2-11
1-4 0-0 3 5
Captain 34 9-16 6-11
5-5 5 29
Jenkins 32 6-13
4-8 0-0 5 16
Gagnon 28 0-1
0-0 2-2 4 2
Ingram 8
1-2 0-1 0-0 1
2
Ramsey 8
0-1 0-0 0-0 2
0
Evans 21
3-3 0-0 0-0 3
6
TEAM
3
TOTALS 200 27-55 11-24 14-17
32 79
PERCENT
.491 .458 .824
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PAGE UPDATED
05/02/07 12:26 AM.
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