Final
St. Andrew's 69, East Carolina 74
Dec 20, 2009 - 2:23 AM GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) -- Jontae Sherrod scored 17 points and East Carolina defeated St. Andrew's 74-69 on Saturday night.The Pirates (5-6) opened the second half on a 6-2 run, breaking a 28-28 tie at halftime. Sherrod hit two free throws with 18:40 left to put East Carolina ahead 34-30.
The Division II Knights (5-4) regained the lead, 54-50, on Marvin Jackson's 3-pointer with 9:36 to play, but the Pirates then pulled away.
East Carolina scored 10 straight and Darrius Morrow put the Pirates up 60-54 with 7:14 left to play.
St. Andrew's tied it one more time, 68-68, on Zack Garst's jumper with 1:51 to play. The Pirates then got a layup from Brock Young, forced a turnover, and Sherrod hit a jump shot for a 72-68 lead with 16 seconds left.
Morrow scored 15 points, and Jamar Abrams and Young each had 14 for East Carolina.
Jackson paced the Knights with 18 points.
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FINAL 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTE 28 41 69
EAST CAROLINA 28 46 74 FINAL
HIGH SCORERS: ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN - MARVIN JACKSON 18, KURT FENDERBOSCH 15,
TWO PLAYERS WITH 10
EAST CAROLINA - JONTAE SHERROD 17, DARRIUS MORROW 15,
TWO PLAYERS WITH 14
Dec 19 8:52 PM - 96
roots - 48
roots - 21
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HALFTIME 1ST 2ND TOTAL
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ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTE 28 28
EAST CAROLINA 28 28 HALFTIME
HIGH SCORERS AT HALFTIME
ST. ANDREWS PRESBYTERIAN - KURT FENDERBOSCH 6, ANTONIO MOFFITT 6,
ZACK GARST 4
EAST CAROLINA - JONTAE SHERROD 8, JAMAR ABRAMS 6,
BROCK YOUNG 5
Dec 19 7:43 PM
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