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Meechie Johnson and Myles Stute scored 15 factors apiece and South Carolina held on to beat East Carolina 6862 on Saturday.
GREENVILLE, N.C.: Meechie Johnson and Myles Stute scored 15 factors apiece and South Carolina held on to beat East Carolina 68-62 on Saturday.
B.J. Mack added 13 factors for the Gamecocks (8-1) which shot 43.8% (21 for 48 general). Johnson, Stute and Mack mixed to make 14 of the workforce’s 21-made baskets.
RJ Felton scored 15 factors, Ezra Ausar and Bobby Pettiford Jr. scored 14 factors apiece and Brandon Johnson 10 for East Carolina (6-4).
Mack’s 3-pointer with 1:22 left gave South Carolina a 62-60 lead and it by no means trailed once more. Pettiford tied it after an ECU timeout earlier than Mack made 1 of two foul photographs with 37 seconds left for a 63-62 benefit. On its subsequent possession, Ausar misplaced management of the ball beneath the basket and it went out of bounds. Ta’Lon Cooper made 1 of two fouls photographs on South Carolina’s subsequent possession for a two-level lead. ECU’s Pettiford turned it over on the Pirates subsequent possession and Davis sank two foul photographs with 4 seconds left for the ultimate margin.
East Carolina rallied from a 35-28 halftime deficit and outscored the Gamecocks 12-3 and took its first lead at 40-38 on Ausar’s comfortable layin within the lane.
The Gamecocks turned an 11-10 lead right into a 23-12 margin with 3-pointers coming from Davis, two from Cooper and Morris Ugusuk with every make off an help as South Carolina labored the ball across the perimeter to counter the Pirates’ 2-3 zone.
East Carolina responded with a 12-3 run pushing the tempo to get inside 26-24 with 3:27 earlier than halftime, however South Carolina outscored the Pirates 9-4 and went to intermission up 35-28.
Saturday marked the primary time the Pirates had welcomed a Southeastern Conference opponent to Minges Coliseum since 2002 when ECU beat Ole Miss, 65-58.
The Gamecocks hadn’t visited Minges Coliseum since Jan. 13, 1988, when South Carolina defeated ECU 78-51. The Pirates now are 2-3 in residence video games towards South Carolina.
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