Pirates Go Down To UNCW By 10

Tuesday, December 20

Wilmington, NC

6:30 p.m.

East Carolina University

7-5

UNCW

11-1

East Carolina

UNCW

Photo by: John Crouch/UNCW Athletics

December 21, 2016 | Men's Basketball

Box Score Box Score Postgame Press Conference

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- Denzel Ingram made six 3-pointers and scored 26 points, C.J. Bryce had 25 points and eight rebounds, and UNC-Wilmington won its eighth straight in an 81-71 victory over East Carolina on Tuesday night.

Deng Riak threw down a dunk to pull ECU within nine points with 6:11 left but Ingram answered with a 3-pointer for a 75-63 lead and the Seahawks led by double figures the rest of the way.

UNCW used a 13-0 run, as ECU went scoreless for two-plus minutes, to take a 25-10 lead. The Seahawks led by 10 points at halftime behind 11 points apiece from Ingram and Bryce. ECU was just 7 of 29 from the floor (24 percent) in the first half.

B.J. Tyson scored 17 points for East Carolina (7-5), which suffered its third straight loss. Jeremy Sheppard, Elijah Hughes and Caleb White scored 12 points each for the visiting Pirates.

It was the 64th meeting in the regional rivalry and the 50th sellout (5,200) in Trask Coliseum history.

IT'S A GAME OF RUNS

UNCW scored the game's first five points and led start to finish.
UNCW used a 16-2 run to take a 25-10 lead with 8:35 left in the first half. Leading 12-10, the Seahawks scored 13 unanswered points in a span of 2:53 and led 35-25 at halftime.
In the first five minutes of the second half, UNCW stretched its lead to 17, 51-34.
ECU trimmed eight points off its deficit and pulled within nine, 63-54, with 10:29 to play; only to have Ingram bury a 3 on UNCW's ensuing possession to push the Pirates' deficit back to double figures.
As previously mentioned, ECU got within nine once more, but Ingram sank another 3 to immediately swing the momentum back in the Seahawks favor.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

ECU posted its highest single-half shooting percentage by shooting 64.0 percent from the field in the second half, making 16-of-25 field goal attempts.
The Pirates tied their season-high for points in a half with 46 second half points. They also scored 46 in the first half against Florida A&M and the second versus Mercer.
ECU also tied its season-high for free throws made with 21, which it also made in the season-opener against Grambling State.
The Pirates got a season-high 32 points from its bench.
Sheppard scored double figures for the fourth straight game, the longest active streak on the team.
Hughes scored double digits for the second in four games played this season, finishing with a season-high 12.
Tyson scored at least 15 points for the fifth time in the last eight games.

NEXT TIP-OFF
East Carolina returns to the court Thursday, Dec. 22, inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum to face Big South Conference foe Presbyterian at 7 p.m.