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Southern Miss shakes off
Pirates
From Electronic and Staff Reports
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Sophomore guard R.L.
Horton scored 20 points and junior guard Jeremy Wise had 17 points and
10 assists to help Southern Mississippi end its five-game losing streak
with a 69-59 Conference USA victory over East Carolina Wednesday night
in Hattiesburg.
The Golden Eagles (14-11,
4-7 C-USA) scored the game's first 11 points, constructed a 40-25
halftime lead and spent the rest of the game keeping the Pirates at bay.
After intermission, East
Carolina (13-12, 5-7) outscored Southern Miss 28-10 to cut the lead to
53-50 with 8:28 remaining.
But a three-pointer by
Wise sent the Golden Eagles on a 16-3 run over the next 7:11 to put the
game away.
Horton and Wise got
significant support from senior guard Courtney Beasley, with 13 points,
and senior guard Craig Craft, with 11 points and 12 rebounds.
Senior guards Sam Hinnant
and James Legan scored 12 points apiece, sophomore wing Jamar Abrams
added 11 and sophomore center Chad Wynn contributed 10 for the Pirates.
East Carolina will stay on
the road for its only regular season meeting this season with Tulsa on
Saturday night (8:05
pm ET). The Golden Hurricane (17-9, 7-4) lost a 74-72 thriller at
Central Florida last Saturday and will be idle until hosting the Pirates.
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BOX SCORE
SOUTHERN MISS 69, EAST
CAROLINA 59
Date: Tuesday, Feb. 17,
2009
Place: Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg, MS
Attendance: 3,664
Officials: Steve Olson, Tom O'Neill, Hal Lusk
Technical Fouls: None
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
East Carolina........ 25 34 - 59
Southern Miss........ 40 29 - 69
EAST CAROLINA (13-12, 5-7 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Wynn.............. c 5-7 0-0
0-0 7 10 33
Legan............. g 4-9 3-7
1-1 4 12 30
Hinnant........... g 4-11 4-8 0-0
2 12 31
Young............. g 2-8 0-2
5-5 2 9 30
Abrams............ g 4-6 2-4
1-2 6 11 28
Morrow.............. 2-4 0-0
1-2 3 5 19
Turner.............. 0-2 0-1
0-0 1 0 13
Sherrod............. 0-2 0-0
0-0 0 0 15
Sargent............. 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 1
TEAM................
4
TOTALS.............. 21-49 9-22 8-10 29
59 200
PERCENT............. 42.9 40.9 80.0
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (14-11, 4-7 C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT
R PTS MIN
Beasley........... f 6-12 1-1 0-0
3 13 36
Stephens.......... f 1-3 0-0
0-0 2 2 14
Wise.............. g 5-12 0-1 7-7
2 17 40
Horton............ g 7-11 2-3 4-5
4 20 38
Craft............. g 5-10 1-3 0-1
12 11 35
McCauley............ 1-2 0-1
2-2 1 4 22
Lino................ 1-2 0-0
0-0 2 2 15
TEAM................
3
TOTALS.............. 26-52 4-9 13-15 29
69 200
PERCENT.............
50.0 44.4 86.7
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02/22/09 02:40 AM.
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