Wolfpack rallies past
Pirates
From staff and
electronic reports
East Carolina's concerted
bid for a major upset on the road fell short Thursday night as N.C.
State gained control of the game in the final two minutes to defeat the
Pirates 64-57.
Junior Jeremy Ingram
scored 24 points — 18 coming on 6 of 11 shooting from three-point range
— and snared 6 rebounds to propel ECU's effort to beat the Wolfpack for
the first in 17 attempts. All 17 games between the teams have been
played in Raleigh.
Freshman James Dillard,
with 10 points, was the only other Pirate in double figures.
The Wolfpack shot 41.9
percent (18 of 43) from the floor and was outrebounded 34-31. But State
dominated at the free-throw line, making 21 of 31 attempts, while the
Pirates were only 2-of-9.
ECU made 43.6 percent (24
of 55) of its field goal attempts.
Ben McCauley's 20 points
led four State players in double figures. Gavin Grant scored 13, Brandon
Costner contributed 12 and Courtney Fells added 10 points for the
Wolfpack.
McCauley was State's top
producer on the boards, collecting 10 rebounds.
The outcome improved the
Wolfpack to 8-4 and extended ECU's losing skid to six
games. After winning four of their first five games, the Pirates are
4-7 heading into another road game next Monday at Wake Forest (2 p.m.)
East Carolina led at the
half, 36-29, and didn't lose the lead for good until Costner hit 2 of 3
free throws with 1:37 left.
BOX SCORE
NORTH CAROLINA STATE 64,
EAST CAROLINA 57
Date: Dec. 28, 2006.
Place: RBC Center, Raleigh, NC.
Attendance: 16,175.
Officials: Steve Mike Kitts, Terry Moore, Joe Lindsay.
Fouled Out: Blair.
Technical Fouls: None.
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
East Carolina 36 21 -
57
N.C. State
29 35 - 64
EAST CAROLINA (4-7)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Dillard 21 5-5
0-0 0-3 4 10
Farmer 26 2-7
0-2 1-2 2 5
Captain 12 0-1
0-0 0-0 1 0
Ingram 32 9-16
6-11 0-1 6 24
Ramsey 13 0-2
0-0 1-2 1 1
Hinnant 19 3-7
1-5 0-1 1 7
Gagnon 16 1-1
0-0 0-0 1 2
Jenkins 32 2-9
0-4 0-0 4 4
Blair 29
2-7 0-0 0-0 11 4
TEAM
3
TOTALS 200 24-55 7-22
2-9 34 57
PERCENT
.436 .318 .222
NORTH CAROLINA STATE (8-4)
PLAYER MIN FG 3PT FT
R PTS
Fells 40
3-9 1-5 3-6 6 10
Grant 39 4-11
2-8 3-4 6 13
Horner 37 3-5
1-2 2-2 0 9
Costner 38 3-8
3-5 3-6 4 12
McCauley 36 5-9
0-0 10-13 10 20
Nieman 10 0-1
0-0 0-0 1 0
TEAM
4
TOTALS 200 18-43 7-20 21-31
31 64
PERCENT
.419 .350 .677
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02/23/07 11:45 AM.
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