Final
Young, East Carolina hold off Coker 69-63
Dec 6, 2009 - 3:05 AM GREENVILLE, N.C.(AP) -- Brock Young scored all 16 of his points in the second half and Jamar Abrams also scored 16 points as East Carolina held off Coker College 69-63 on Saturday night.The Pirates (4-5) led 63-52 with 4:13 remaining after two free throws by Young, but the Cobras (3-4), a Division II team, got within 65-62 with 1:36 to play on a dunk by Derek Bailey.
East Carolina's Jontae Sherrod was fouled with 1:15 left and made both free throws for 67-62. After Coker's Vatrick Thompson made 1 of 2 free throws to cut the lead to four, Abrams was fouled with 25 seconds left and made both for the final margin.
East Carolina fell behind 9-3 barely 3 minutes into the game but ended the half with a 32-27 lead. Sherrod scored nine of his 11 points in the half.
Thompson led Coker with 18 points, while Mason Ambler had his sixth double-double of the season with 15 points and 11 rebounds.
- NCAA BB
COKER 63
EAST CAROLINA 69 FINAL
Dec 5 8:41 PM - NCAA BB
HALFTIME 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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COKER 27 27
EAST CAROLINA 32 32 HALFTIME
HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME
COKER - VATRICK THOMPSON 12, LIAM KYLE 6,
DELONTE DOLES 5
EAST CAROLINA - JONTAE SHERROD 9, JAMAR ABRAMS 6, ERIN
STRAUGHN 5
Dec 5 7:43 PM
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