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Pirates blister Central
Florida
From Electronic and Staff Reports
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All rights reserved.
East Carolina shot a
searing 63% from the field, including 62.5% from three-point range, to
capture an 89-75 Conference USA victory over
Central Florida Saturday night in Greenville.
Sophomore forward Jamar
Abrams led the shooting clinic, nailing 5 of 6 shots from behind the
three-point arc and 10 of 12 field goal attempts overall to help the
Pirates (12-10, 4-5 C-USA) defeat the Golden Knights (15-8, 5-4) for the
first time in 10 tries.
East Carolina constructed
a 10-point halftime lead and answered every second half surge by Central
Florida with a counter-surge of its own.
Abrams finished with a
game-high 25 points, senior guard Sam Hinnant scored 18, senior guard
James Legan had 13 and sophomore guard Jontae Sherrod and freshman guard
Brock Young contributed 12 apiece as the Pirates placed five players in
double figures for the second straight game.
Senior guard Jermaine
Taylor matched his league-leading scoring average with 24 points, senior
center Kenrick Zondervan had 19 and junior forward Tony Davis added 13
points and and a game-high 12 rebounds for Central Florida.
East Carolina was red-hot
in all aspects of shooting accuracy, making 29 of 46 from the field,
including 15 of 24 three-point tries, and converting 16 of 19 free
throws (84.2%).
The Knights had far more
shooting opportunities, thanks to dominating the rebounding battle 39-30
and committing only 6 turnovers to the Pirates' 13. But UCF made only
36.8% percent of its shots (28-76).
East Carolina will meet
Tulane for the second time this season Wednesday night in New Orleans (8
pm). The Pirates
edged the Green Wave 69-66 in
Greenville on Jan. 7. Tulane (9-13, 3-6) will be coming into the
rematch off an 89-86 overtime loss at Marshall Saturday night.
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BOX SCORE
EAST CAROLINA 89, CENTRAL
FLORIDA 75
Date: Saturday, Feb. 7. 4,
2009
Place: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 5,559
Officials: J.B. Caldwell, Tim Clougherty, James Barker
Technical Fouls: None
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
Central Florida...... 33 42 - 75
East Carolina........ 43 46 - 89
CENTRAL FLORIDA (15-8, 5-4 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Taylor............ f 9-23 4-9 2-4
8 24 32
Davis............. f 5-14 3-5 0-0
12 13 32
Zondervan......... c 7-14 0-0 5-5
6 19 28
Sosa.............. g 3-8 3-6
0-0 2 9 31
Young............. g 0-5 0-1
0-0 1 0 33
Weathers............ 0-2 0-0
0-0 2 0 11
Baez................ 1-2 0-1
0-0 1 2 14
Tyler............... 3-8 0-2
2-2 2 8 18
Yotio............... 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 1
TEAM................
5
TOTALS.............. 28-76 10-24 9-11 39
75 200
PERCENT............. 36.8 41.7 81.8
EAST CAROLINA (12-10, 4-5 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Abrams............ f 10-12 5-6 0-0
3 25 36
Wynn.............. c 1-3 0-0
0-0 3 2 16
Legan............. g 4-7 3-5
2-2 5 13 21
Hinnant........... g 5-9 5-9
3-3 3 18 37
Young............. g 2-3 1-1
7-8 7 12 33
Morrow.............. 3-6 0-0
1-2 3 7 27
Turner.............. 0-1 0-1
0-0 4 0 11
Sherrod............. 4-5 1-2
3-4 2 12 18
O'Bryan............. 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 1
TEAM................
TOTALS.............. 29-46 15-24 16-19 30 89
200
PERCENT.............
63.0 62.5 84.2
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02/08/09 02:36 AM.
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