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USM tarnishes finale
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East Carolina swapped
leads with Southern Miss for more than three-quarters of the game before
the Golden Eagles mounted a final push and spoiled what turned out to be
Mack McCarthy's final appearance as head coach in Williams Arena.
The Pirates (10-20, 4-12
Conference USA) led 33-32 at the half and appeared positioned to make a
bid for the upset until Southern Miss (18-12, 8-8) took a 55-54 lead on
a pair of free throws by Sai'Quon Stone with 6:52 left and then
maintained control the rest of the way to claim a 75-65 league victory
Saturday night.
The game closed out the
regular season for both teams.
McCarthy, ECU's skipper
for three seasons,
announced after the game that he
will relinquish his head coaching duties after this week's C-USA
Tournament to move into a role aimed at helping the program secure an
on-campus practice facility.
R.L. Horton's 14 points
was tops among a quintet of USM players in double figures. Angelo
Johnson and Gary Flowers each had 13, Stone added 12 and Torye Pelham
contributed 10 for the Golden Eagles.
Junior guard Brock Young
scored 15 points, sophomore forward Darrius Morrow recorded 13 and
sophomore guard Daquan Joyner added 10 for the Pirates.
The 10th-seeded Pirates will
face No. 7 seed Houston in
the first round of the Conference USA Tournament on Wednesday at the BOK
Center in Tulsa. The top four teams in the 12-team league — Texas-El
Paso, Memphis, UAB and Marshall — will have
first round byes.
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BOX SCORE
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 75,
EAST CAROLINA 65
Date: Saturday, Mar. 6, 2010
Place: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, NC
Attendance: 3,953
Officials: Tim Gattis, Kyle Neve, Quinton Reece
Technical Fouls: Jamar Abrams
SCORE BY PERIODS 1
2 FINAL
Southern Miss......... 32 43 - 75
East Carolina......... 33 32 - 65
SOUTHERN MISS GOLDEN EAGLES (18-12,
8-8
C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
05 Pelham............. f 5-6 0-0
0-0 9 10 27
01 Bolden............. g 1-3 0-1
6-7 4 8 22
14 Stone.............. g 1-3 0-0 10-12
6 12 38
15 Horton............. g 6-9 0-0
2-2 2 14 40
23 Johnson............ g 5-9 1-2
2-2 3 13 33
03 Ayarza............... 0-1 0-0
0-0 0 0 3
04 Flowers.............. 6-13 1-2
0-0 2 13 26
24 Pennington........... 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 2
25 Awaji................ 1-1 1-1
2-3 1 5 7
32 Stephens............. 0-0 0-0
0-0 0 0 2
TEAM....................
1
TOTALS.................. 25-45 3-6 22-26 28
75 200
PERCENT................. 55.6 50.0 84.6
EAST CAROLINA PIRATES (10-20, 4-12
C-USA)
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
01 Morrow............. f 3-3 0-0
7-10 5 13 27
21 Abrams............. f 2-5 2-3
3-3 3 9 20
03 Sargent............ g 1-1 1-1
0-0 1 3 10
10 Young.............. g 5-11 1-4
4-7 0 15 30
23 Straughn........... g 0-2 0-1
0-0 3 0 23
11 Gaines............... 1-4 0-2
1-2 3 3 24
24 Sherrod.............. 3-11 2-5
1-3 3 9 26
30 Ellison.............. 1-6 1-3
0-0 2 3 16
42 Joyner............... 5-8 0-0
0-1 5 10 24
TEAM....................
4
TOTALS.................. 21-51 7-19 16-26 29
65 200
PERCENT................. 41.2 36.8 61.5
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