Pirates storm back to
hijack UCF
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East Carolina overcame a
14-point deficit in the second half and survived a frenetic,
final-seconds bid by Central Florida to send the game into overtime to
capture its fourth Conference USA victory of the season Tuesday night in
Orlando.
Junior forward Jamar
Abrams sank 6 of 10 3-point shots and scored 20 points to help the
Pirates (10-19, 4-11 C-USA) avenge a
a 67-56 defeat by the Golden Knights in Greenville on Feb. 2.
Freshman guard Erin
Straughn connected on a three-pointer with 13:07 remaining and made a
layup off a steal 46 seconds later to ignite the ECU rally.
The Pirates outscored UCF
18-2 over the next 5:39 to convert a 49-35 deficit into a two-point
advantage. Abrams drilled a trey at the 7:28 mark to push ECU in front
53-51.
East Carolina extended its
working margin to as much as 7 before the Golden Knights (13-16, 5-10
C-USA) mounted a counter-attack in the final four minutes.
Sophomore guard Isaac Sosa
made a three to pull UCF within 2 with 6 seconds left. Knights freshman
guard R.J. Scott then stole the inbounds pass but UCF was unable to get
off a shot in the scramble as the clock ticked down.
Sophomore forward Darrius
Morrow had 14 points and junior guard Jontae Sherrod added 10 to join
Abrams in double figures.
Junior forward A.J. Tyler
scored 16 points and junior guard Taylor Young contributed 10 to pace
the Knights.
Central Florida led at the half
34-25.
East Carolina closes out
the regular season slate on Saturday when it hosts league rival Southern Miss.
The Golden Eagles
thumped the Pirates 68-53 in
Hattiesburg on Jan. 23.
The Pirates will play in
the first round of the Conference USA Tournament on Mar. 10 at the BOK
Center in Tulsa. The top four teams in the 12-team league will have
first round byes.
BOX SCORE
EAST CAROLINA 68, CENTRAL
FLORIDA 66
Date: Tuesday, Mar. 2, 2010
Place: UCF Arena, Orlando, FL
Attendance: 4,644
Officials: Steve Olson, Winston Stith, Mike Wood
Technical Fouls: None
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
East Carolina......... 25 43 - 68
Central Florida....... 34 32 - 66
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES (10-19, 4-11
C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
01 Morrow............. f 4-6 0-0
6-9 6 14 38
10 Young.............. g 4-9 0-2
0-0 5 8 32
11 Gaines............. g 3-6 0-1
3-4 2 9 30
21 Abrams............. g 7-12 6-10 0-0
6 20 31
24 Sherrod............ g 3-8 2-4
2-2 4 10 34
23 Straughn............. 2-4 1-2
0-0 3 5 18
30 Ellison.............. 0-0 0-0
0-0 1 0 4
42 Joyner............... 1-4 0-0
0-0 3 2 13
TEAM....................
4
TOTALS.................. 24-49 9-19 11-15 34
68 200
PERCENT................. 49.0 47.4 73.3
UCF GOLDEN KNIGHTS (13-16, 5-10
C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
25 Tyler.............. f 5-7 0-0
6-9 3 16 31
33 Clanton............ f 3-7 0-1
3-4 7 9 22
03 Rompza......B...... g 2-7 1-4
0-0 1 5 35
05 Jordan............. g 3-7 0-2
0-0 4 6 28
10 Speraw............. g 1-3 1-3
0-0 1 3 11
01 Scott................ 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 0+
11 Sosa................. 1-6 1-5
1-2 1 4 20
12 Young................ 6-10 3-7
0-0 2 15 25
15 Diakite.............. 0-2 0-0
0-0 1 0 7
21 Gaynor............... 4-7 0-0
0-0 6 8 21
TEAM....................
2
TOTALS.................. 25-56 6-22 10-15 28
66 200
PERCENT................. 44.6 27.3 66.7
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