East Carolina University
11-17, 3-12
Tulane
10-18, 3-12
Tyson and Tejada Lead ECU to Road Win Over Tulane
February 24, 2016 | Men's Basketball
From wire and staff reports
NEW ORLEANS --- B.J. Tyson scored 22 points and Lance Tejada added a career-high 18 as East Carolina beat Tulane 79-73 Wednesday night to snap a six-game losing streak.
The Green Wave had won three straight against East Carolina (11-17, 3-12 American Athletic), but the Pirates have now won each of the last three meetings in New Orleans. Tulane beat East Carolina in triple overtime two weeks ago to end its six-game skid.
Kentrell Barkley scored 14 points and grabbed a team-high seven rebounds, while Michael Zangari netted 12 on 5-of-7 shooting.
The first half featured nine ties and seven lead changes with Tejada burying his fourth of a career-best five 3s for the final alternation of the half with 1:53 left before intermission and the Pirates never trailed again.
East Carolina lead 38-36 at halftime.
After the Tulane (10-18, 3-12) pulled within one at 51-50, ECU went on a 15-3 run as Tyson hit back-to-back 3s and gave the Pirates a 66-54 lead with 10:02 to play. Tulane answered with a 19-9 run and a pair of Louis Dabney 3s made it 75-73 with 1:06 to go. Tyson responded with his fourth 3 of the game with 38 seconds to go to seal it.
The Pirates shot 64.0 percent from the floor in the second half, connecting on 16 of 25 attempts, including 5 of 9 3s. They finished the game shooting 55.6 percent, while holding Tulane to 43.8 percent.
ECU shot 50 percent outside the arc for the second straight game, burying 10 of 20 3-point attempts after sinking 12 of 24 3s at SMU on Sunday.
Dylan Osetkowski scored 18 points and had 12 rebounds for Tulane and Dabney scored 18.
