Cold Shooting Hampers ECU In Loss To College Of Charleston

Thursday, December 15

Greenville, N.C.

7 p.m.

East Carolina University

7-4

College of Charleston

8-3

College of Charleston

East Carolina

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

Cold Shooting Hampers ECU In Loss To College Of Charleston

December 15, 2016 | Men's Basketball

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GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) --- Joe Chealey scored 14 points and had six rebounds and Jarrell Brantley added 11 points and eight boards as College of Charleston beat East Carolina 53-35 on Thursday night.

The two teams combined to shoot 31 for 107 from the floor (29 percent). Charleston (8-3) was 20 for 60 and East Carolina (7-4) was 11 for 47.

A free throw by the Pirates' Kentrell Barkley with almost three minutes gone by was the first basket of the game. Andre Washington's jumper almost a minute later gave East Carolina its last lead at 3-2.

Grant Riller's jumper with 3:55 before halftime finished a 14-3 run for the Cougars giving them a 17-5 lead. Charleston led 23-13 at the half.

Jeremy Sheppard led East Carolina with 11 points, four rebounds and four assists, Washington had 12 boards and 10 points and Caleb White added 10 points.

IT'S A GAME OF RUNS

CofC held ECU without a field goal for nearly 13 minutes (12:50) in the first half to build a double digit lead. White made a 3-pointer just before the first half buzzer sending the Pirates into the locker room facing a mere 10-point deficit, 23-13.
Charleston scored the first 19 points of the second half to build a 29-point lead, 42-13.
East Carolina scored 13 unanswered points to cut its deficit to 16, 42-26, with 7:56 to play. It used a 22-4 run to pull within 11, 46-35, but were unable to get the Cougars' lead under double figures.
College of Charleston answered with seven straight points to push its lead back to 18 with 1:47 to play before posting a 53-35 victory.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

ECU's 35 points were its fewest in a game in the shot clock era (since 1985-86) and its 13 first half points matched the second lowest scoring output in a half during the same time period.
The loss snapped the Pirates' 19-game non-conference home winning streak and dropped their all-time record against College of Charleston to 1-3.
East Carolina has held all seven of its opponents at home to less than 40 percent shooting this season.
Freshman Elijah Hughes made his first appearance since the second game of the season. Hughes had missed the previous eight games with a foot injury.
Washington recorded his second double-double of the season. He also posted his third five-block game of the season.
Sheppard scored double figures for the third consecutive game, the longest active streak on the team.
White was credited with a season-high two blocks, which equaled his career-best.

THEY SAID IT

It was a tough game for us on the offensive end of the floor. I give Charleston credit. They're a a very good defensive team but I was really pleased [with my team] defensively on that part of the floor. I have no qualms with my team. [We put up] winning numbers on the defensive side of the ball, but the offensive side of the ball it just was a rough night for our three best players. - ECU Head Coach Jeff Lebo

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