inside The Box Score - At Marshall - East Carolina University Athletics

Jan. 23, 2011

Player of the Game
Darrius Morrow scored a career-high 33 points on 11-of-17 shooting from the floor and 11-of-21 at the free throw line. He scored 21 points in the second half and finished with a game-high eight rebounds. Morrow scored the first six points of the game for the Pirates and also scored seven straight points during a three-minute stretch in the second half. After missing 10 of his first 18 attempts at the foul line, Morrow made his final three. His 11 made field goals were a career-best.

"I just followed the game plan and did what I had to do," Morrow said. "I wish I had made a few more free throws."

Morrow raised his scoring average (12.0 ppg) by more than a point in the game and improved his scoring average in Conference USA game to 16.0 ppg, second overall and in league games behind Jontae Sherrod.

Play of the Game
With nine seconds to go, Jontae Sherrod missed a 3 only to have Darrius Morrow grab the offensive board, score and complete the 3-point play with five seconds to go.

Turning Point of the Game
Jamar Abrams 3-pointer brought the Pirates within two, 81-79, with 1:19 to play as they scored five points in 26 seconds after Damier Pitts put the Herd up by seven with 1:45 to play. DeAndre Kane then missed two free throws with 25 seconds to play to leave the door open for ECU to complete the comeback.

Stat of the Game
East Carolina made 21-of-32 free throw attempts (65.6 percent), while Marshall converted just 13-of-25. The Pirates made 5-of-5 free throws in the final six minutes with the Herd missing three of its five attempts in the game's final minutes.

Young Breaks Free Throw Record
Senior Brock Young became the school's all-time free throws made leader, breaking Gabriel Mikulas' mark of 381. Young entered the game with 380 conversions at the charity stripe. He finished the game 8-of-9 at the foul line to bring his career total to 389.

Additional Game Notes

East Carolina snapped a five-game losing streak to Marshall and earned its first-ever win in Huntington (1-7).

The Pirates improved to 3-2 in Conference USA, giving them their first-ever winning record through five games in C-USA play.

ECU scored over 80 points in a conference game for the first time since scoring 91 in an overtime win against Rice on Feb. 14, 2009 (26 games).

The Pirates shot a season-high 55.1 percent from the field (27-of-49).

East Carolina rallied from a 15-point first half deficit to complete the fifth-largest comeback at the school since 1981. It also overcame a 12-point halftime deficit, marking the third-largest halftime deficit overcome at ECU since 1968.

The Pirates improved to 2-1 in one-point games this season and 2-3 in games decided by three points or less.

After leading for over 19 minutes Wednesday night at UCF, the Pirates led for just five seconds Saturday night at Marshall.

Junior Darrius Morrow's 33 points were the most ever scored by an ECU player in a Conference USA game and most since Corey Rouse dropped in 35 against N.C. A&T in 2005. His 33 points were also the second-most by any Conference USA player in a league game this season (Randy Culpepper of UTEP had 34 against UAB).

Morrow became the fifth player in ECU history to make 300 career free throws (304) and ranks fourth on the all-time list.

Senior Jontae Sherrod tied his career-high for 3-point field goals made with five and became the 14th player in school history to make 100 3-pointers in his career (104).

Sherrod scored double figures for the eighth time in the last nine games, scoring 19 or more five times.

Senior Brock Young handed out a season-high eight assists. He also moved into 16th-place on the ECU all-time scoring list with 1,107 points.

Freshman Robert Sampson made his first career start and the Pirates used their fifth different starting line-up of the season. Sampson matched his season-high for minutes played with 23.

inside The Box Score - At Marshall

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