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Demons bedevil Pirates
By The Associated Press
ROSEMONT, IL — Quemont
Greer scored 21 points and Drake Diener and Sammy Mejia had 19 apiece to
lead DePaul to a 77-56 win over East Carolina on Saturday.
Greer, Conference USA's
leading scorer, had 16 points in the second half and Diener hit three
three-pointers to tie the school's career record with 164.
The Blue Demons (12-4,
4-1) have now won four straight. Mike Cook scored 14 points and Moussa
Badiane added 11 points for East Carolina (5-13, 0-6), which lost its
eighth straight.
Coming out flat after
Thursday's stirring 13-point win over No. 25 Marquette, DePaul trailed
26-17 before pulling into a 30-30 halftime tie.
The Blue Demons then
opened the second half with a 10-1 run as Greer made two baskets and
Diener and Mejia hit three-pointers.
After East Carolina closed
to within 54-45 on Tom Hammond's three-pointer, DePaul outscored the
Pirates 23-11 down the stretch.
East Carolina, which was
coming off a 51-point loss at 14th-ranked Louisville Wednesday, shot
just 35.2 percent from the field including 20.7 percent in the second
half.
The Pirates had taken a
26-17 lead with a 9-0 run as Cook made a jumper, a three-pointer and a
lay-in. But DePaul rallied with a 13-4 spurt of its own as LeVar Seals
made three baskets including a three-pointer.
Greer, who entered the
contest averaging 21 points per game, has now scored 20 or more points
in 11 of his last 13 games, including a school-record eight straight
from Dec. 1-Jan. 6.
ECU's next game is
Wednesday when it hosts Saint Louis at 7 p.m.
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BOX
SCORE DEPAUL 77, EAST
CAROLINA 56
Records: ECU 5-13, 0-6;
DePaul 12-4, 4-1.
Halftime: Tied 30-30.
EAST CAROLINA
Name FG FT
Pts
Gagnon 2-3
0-0 6
Rouse 2-8
2-5 6
Castro 1-2
4-6 6
Badiane 5-11
1-1 11
McNeil 0-9
4-4 4
King 0-0
0-0 0
Hammonds 4-8
0-1 9
O'Neil 0-0
0-0 0
Cook 5-13
3-5 14
Totals 19-54 14-22
56
DEPAUL
Name FG FT
Pts
Brumfield 0-1
0-0 0
Greer 8-15
2-4 21
Seals 4-8
0-0 9
Mejia 8-14
1-2 19
Diener 5-8
6-7 19
Malone 0-0
0-0 0
Burns 0-0
0-0 0
Leewood 0-0
0-0 0
Clinkscales 1-3 0-0
2
Nichols 1-4
3-5 5
Heard 0-0
0-0 0
Craigwell 0-1
0-0 0
Thompson 0-1
2-2 2
Totals 27-55 14-20
77
3-Point goals: East
Carolina 4-20 (Gagnon 2-3, Castro 0-1, McNeil 0-7, Hammonds 1-5,
Cook 1-4); DePaul 9-18 (Greer 3-6, Mejia 2-2, Seals 1-4, Diener
3-5, Craigwell 0-1).
Fouled out: Gagnon.
Rebounds: East Carolina 36
(Rouse 13); DePaul 37(Greer 7).
Assists: East Carolina 12
(McNeil 6); DePaul 16 (Diener 4).
Total fouls: East Carolina
19, DePaul 19.
Technical fouls: None.
Attendance: 7,314.
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02/23/07 10:56 AM
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