UNC-Asheville holds off Pirates
By
Al Myatt
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GREENVILLE — UNC-Asheville's Andrew
Rowsey stands 5 feet, 10 inches but he was huge on Sunday afternoon.
Rowsey, a sophomore, scored 28 points
to lead an 83-79 nonconference basketball win at East Carolina.
"Congratulations to UNC-Asheville,"
said fifth-year Pirates coach Jeff Lebo. "I thought they played well and
they had the best player on the floor, no doubt about it, in Rowsey.
He's a terrific player and watching him play last year and this year,
you really get a great appreciation of how tough he is, how smart and
crafty he is. He's got everything in his game, except what God hasn't
given him is any size. He dominated the game."
The Pirates (1-1) surged back after
trailing 58-42 with 10:16 remaining to get within four points. The
Bulldogs (1-1) made 10 of 12 free throws down the stretch.
The visitors were 28 of 34 at the
line for the game.
Five players scored in double figures
for ECU, led by sophomore Caleb White, who tied his career high with 24
points. Freshmen Lance Tejada and B.J. Tyson added 14 and 12 points,
respectively. Transfer Terry Whisnant scored 11 and Marshall Guilmette
tallied 10.
White kept ECU within striking
distance with a pair of 3-pointers in the final 29 seconds.
The Pirates were beaten 43-27 on the
boards.
"Rebounding is going to be an issue
for us all year," Lebo said. "Our best offensive team is our poorest
rebounding team, so when we got down we had to put the best offensive
guys out there and it's not a terribly good rebounding team because
we're so small."
ECU made 16 of 29 field goal attempts
in the second half after trailing 38-28 at the break.
"We shot much better in the second
half," Lebo said "Fifty-five percent is certainly a winning percentage.
We had some odd fouls off the ball at crucial times when we had some
momentum and that took that momentum away from us. I thought we battled
to the end, extended the game very well and had chances at the end if we
could have gotten a stop or two. If they had missed a foul shot or two
we would have maybe had a different outcome. Give them credit. They were
better than us tonight."
The Pirates host Virginia-Lynchburg
on Thursday at 7 p.m.
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11/17/14 01:48 AM.
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