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Golden Eagles duck
East Carolina upset bid
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Offensive rebounding
helped Southern Mississippi survive a second half East Carolina
rally Wednesday night and extend its winning streak to 10 games with
a 78-76 Conference USA victory in Hattiesburg.
Junior guard LaShay
Page connected on 6-of-11 3-point shots and helped USM (14-2, 1-0
C-USA) build what looked to be a comfortable 12-point margin before
the Pirates (9-5, 0-1) went on a 12-0 second half run that knotted the teams at
64-64 with 5:52 left.
The ECU surge was
fueled by two baskets from senior forward Darrius Morrow and a pair
of 3-pointers from freshman guard Paris Roberts-Campbell.
Junior forward
Jonathan Mills hit one of two free throws to nudge the Knights back
in front 65-64 at the 5:37 mark and the Golden Eagles fought to hold
on the rest of the way.
Leading 74-72 with 15
seconds remaining, USM sidestepped a bullet when junior guard
Rashard McGill grabbed an offensive rebound after a missed free
throw by sophomore guard Neil Watson.
The Golden Eagles
dodged a second bullet when McGill, who was fouled on the play,
missed his own chance from the charity stripe and then watched as
teammate senior forward Torye Pelham snatched an offensive carom.
In the closing
seconds, USM went 4-of-4 from the free throw line to negate a
conventional three-point play and a free throw by ECU junior guard
Paul Miguel.
Southern Miss won the
battle of the boards 35-25, including a dominating 15-5 advantage on
the offensive glass.
Page led the Golden
Eagles with 20 points, senior guard Darnell Dodson came off the
bench to score 17, Watson recorded 11 and senior forward Maurice
Bolden contributed 10.
Morrow scored 23
points, Paul had 19 and junior forward Maurice Kemp added 14 to pace
the Pirates.
East Carolina
continues its conference schedule with a home matchup against
Central Florida on Saturday at 5 p.m. The Golden Knights will come
into the contest without head coach Donnie Jones, who was suspended
by the school for the team's first three league game in the wake of
an NCAA investigation.
UCF is 11-3 (1-0)
after knocking off Tulane 60-53 Wednesday night in Orlando.
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BOX
SCORE
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI 78, EAST CAROLINA 76
Date:
Thursday, Jan. 4, 2012
Place: Reed Green Coliseum, Hattiesburg, MS
Attendance: 2,889
Records: ECU
9-5 (0-1 Conference USA); USM 14-2 (1-0)
SCORE BY PERIODS 1 2 FINAL
East Carolina 37
39 - 76
Southern Miss 41
37 - 78
EAST
CAROLINA PIRATES
#
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
......................... ..
... .. . ... ...
01 Morrow, Darrius..... f 7-12 0-0
9-9 5 23 37
02 Kemp, Maurice....... f 5-9
0-0 4-4 6 14 26
00 Paul, Miguel........ g 7-14 3-8
2-3 2 19 36
20 Bowden, Shamarr..... g 2-4
0-1 0-0 0 4 18
23 Straughn, Erin...... g 2-4
0-1 0-0 5 4 28
11 Gaines, Corvonn....... 0-1
0-0 0-0 1 0 13
12 Sampson, Robert....... 1-1
1-1 0-0 1 3 14
22 CAMPBELL, Paris....... 3-6
3-5 0-0 1 9 25
25 Steed, Austin......... 0-0
0-0 0-0 1 0 3
TEAM.....................
3
TOTALS................... 27-51 7-16 15-16 25
76 200
PERCENT.................. 52.9 43.8
93.8
SOUTHERN
MISS GOLDEN EAGLES
#
PLAYER FG 3PT FT R PTS MIN
......................... ..
... .. . ... ...
01 Bolden, Maurice..... f 2-3
0-0 6-6 4 10 23
15 Pelham, Torye....... f 3-4
0-0 0-1 10 6 21
00 Page, LaShay........ g 6-13 6-11
2-2 4 20 40
12 McGill, Rashard..... g 1-2
0-0 0-1 2 2 14
23 Johnson, Angelo..... g 4-9
0-4 0-0 2 8 38
02 Dodson, Darnell....... 5-8
0-2 7-8 6 17 21
05 Watson, Neil.......... 3-11 1-4
4-5 2 11 28
24 Mills, Jonathan....... 1-5
0-0 2-5 4 4 15
TEAM.....................
1
TOTALS................... 25-55 7-21 21-28 35
78 200
PERCENT.................. 45.5 33.3
75.0
Fouled
out: None
Technical Fouls: None
Officials: Doug Sirmons, Patrick Adams, Terry Davis |
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01/06/12 02:30 AM.
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