East Carolina Edges UTEP, 79-78
February 24, 2007 | Men's Basketball
Feb. 24, 2007
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Courtney Captain scored 29 points and pulled down five rebounds to lead East Carolina to a 79-78 victory Saturday night over Texas-El Paso.
The Pirates (6-21, 1-13 Conference USA) had 16 points and five rebounds from Darrell Jenkins and 15 points and six rebounds from John Fields.
Stefon Jackson scored 24 points and had eight rebounds for the Miners (14-14,6-8) while Dale V scored 17 points, Maurice Thomas had 13 points and Malik Alvin scored 12 points and had six rebounds.
East Carolina was ahead of UTEP 49-30 at the half, but the Miners narrowed the lead by outscoring the Pirates 40-30 during the second half.
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