First Half Blitz Propels Houston By ECU

Sunday, February 25

Houston, Texas

3 P.M.

East Carolina University

10-17, 4-12AAC

109

Houston

22-6, 12-4AAC

ECU

Houston

109

February 25, 2018 | Men's Basketball

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RESULT
HOUSTON ---ECU was blitzed by Houston's perimeter attack in the first half and Cougars cruised to a 109-58 victory at H&PE Arena on the campus of Texas Southern University Sunday. B.J. Tyson led the Pirates with 24 points as the visitors dropped their eighth straight game in the Bayou City.

TURNING POINT
Houston scored 22 consecutive points over a 4:24 stretch of the first half to turn a five-point lead, 10-5, into a 27-point advantage, 32-5, with 11:19 to play in the first half. Armoni Brooks and Rob Gray combined for 35 points as Houston built a 49-point halftime lead, 62-13, en route to its sixth straight win over ECU.

ECU PLAYER-OF-THE-GAME
Tyson surpassed former Pirate Darius Morrow to move into fifth-place on the ECU career-scoring list with 1,529 points. He also moved into third on the school's all-time field goals made list with 553. Tyson posted his sixth 20-point game of the season and third in the last four games.

HOUSTON PLAYER-OF-THE-GAME
Brooks led the Cougars with 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting beyond the 3-point arc. He made his first six attempts from outside the arc and scored 18 first half points.

GAME NOTES
Houston shot 74.2 percent (23-of-31) in the first half, including 75.0 percent (12-of-16) outside the 3-point arc .. The Cougars finished the game shooting 66.7 percent while the Pirates shot 37.3 percent … The Pirates more than doubled their shooting percentage in the second half improving from 21.7 percent in the opening 20 minutes to 47.2 percent in the second … Shawn Williams scored double figures for the ninth time in the last 10 games and made a 3-pointer in his 15^th consecutive game … Williams has made at least one 3 in 15 of 16 conference games this season … Isaac Fleming scored double figures for the ninth straight game.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT
"We knew it would be a difficult challenge for us particularly after the tough loss [Houston] had to Memphis, especially with all they have on the table…. We knew would get a spirited effort from them. We tried to weather the storm early one. They just started making shots and we didn't have an answer for them. It was a tale of two halves. We played them pretty much even in the second half, but the first half really buried us." – ECU Interim Head Coach Michael Perry

UP NEXT
The Pirates return home to play their final home on Thursday, March 1, against Tulsa at 6 p.m.