East Carolina, UCF Postgame Notes
February 08, 2015 | Men's Basketball
EAST CAROLINA 67 (10-13, 3-7), UCF (9-13, 2-9)
Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (Greenville, N.C.)
Attendance: 5,305
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
? Saturday's game was the 21st all-time series meeting with ECU improving to 7-14 against UCF overall and 4-6 at home.
? East Carolina has won the last two meetings against UCF in Greenville and six of the last nine in the series overall.
? The Pirates' 18-point margin of victory was its largest against UCF .
? The margin og victory was also the Pirates' largest in a conference game since beating SMU by 19, 62-43, on Feb. 1, 2012 ? Coach Jeff Lebo improved to 5-4 against UCF.
? East Carolina is 35-6 when holding its opponent under 60 points the past five seasons under coach Lebo.
TEAM NOTES
? ECU improved to 9-3 overall at home this season and 3-2 against American Athletic Conference foes.
? ECU surrender just 22 first half points to UCF, matching the fewest points allowed by the Pirates in a half this season. They also limited Fresno State to 22 first half points.
? East Carolina forced UCF into shooting a season-low 12.5 percent behind the arc (2-16). It was the lowest 3-point field goal percentaage allowed by ECU this year.
? East Carolina improved to 5-0 this year when scoring 40 or more points in the paint. The Pirates posted a Division I season-high 44 points in the paint.
? In each of its last two home games, East Carolina has held its opponent to under 50 points ( Cincinnati 46, UCF 49).
? East Carolina picked up double digit steals for the third time this season with 11 swipes, second-most against a Division I foe this year (12 vs. Florida A&M).
? East Carolina improved to 9-0 this season when leading with five minutes to play.
? East Carolina is 8-2 this season when distributing 15 or more assists. Tonight they finished with 16 assists..
? East Carolina had four players score double figures for the first time since putting five players in double figures against Virginia-Lynchburg on Dec. 20.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
? Caleb White posted his second 20-point game of the season and fifth of his career, scoring 21 points on 9 of 13 shooting. ? White grabbed a career-high tying nine rebounds. He also tied his career highs for field goals made (9) and defenisve rebounds (7) as well as his season-high for minutes played (38). ? White led ECU in scoring and rebounding in the same game for the first time in his career.
? White scored a career-best 14 first half points. It was the second time this season he scored double fiugres in the opening 20 minutes as he posted 12 points in the first hlaf against Fresno State.
? Terry Whisnant sank 3 of 8 3-point attempts to being his career total 3-pointers made to 100. It was the 11th time this year that he made three or more 3-pointers in a game.
? Michael Zangari registered his second double-digit scoring performace of the year, scoring 10 points of 4 of 6 shooting from the field.
? Antonio Robinson recorded multiple steals for the third straight game and collected three of more steals in a game for the sixth time this year. He has a total of 11 steals in the last three games combined.
? Freshman B.J. Tyson scored double figures for the third consecutive game and the 16th time overall this season. With 10 points, Tyson moved into 10th place on the school's single season freshman scoring list with 284 points.
