East Carolina University
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Pirates Drop Road Contest At SMU
February 17, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 17, 2007
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DALLAS (AP) -Derrick Roberts scored 15 points to lead SMU to a 65-42 win over East Carolina at Moody Coliseum Saturday night.
SMU improved to 14-12 overall and 3-9 in Conference USA. ECU dropped a school record-tying 12th consecutive game and fell to 5-20 overall and 0-12 in conference play.
Dez Willingham added 14 points, including four 3-pointers, for the Mustangs. Ike Ofoegbu, Jon Killen and Donatas Rackauskas each had 11 points, and Ofoegbu grabbed a team-high 15 rebounds for his eighth double-double of the season.
Darrell Jenkins led East Carolina with 13 points. Justin Ramsey added a career-high eight points, while Gabe Blair led the team with 11 rebounds.
The Mustangs made six consecutive 3-pointers to start the game and jumped out to an 18-7. Four different players made the first four 3s before Willingham drilled his second trey of the night. SMU finished the game 11-of-24 from behind the arc, while the Pirates made just 3-of-19 triples.
East Carolina pulled within eight, 20-12, on a 3-pointer by Jeremy Ingram. SMU finished the first half on a 17-8 run and led 37-20 at the break.
The Mustangs built a 28-point lead with 13:17 remaining in the game.
The Pirates struggled from the floor, hitting only 27 percent of their shots, while SMU fared much better shooting 52 percent.
