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Lady Pirates Fall To Houston, 54-45, In First Home Conference Game
 
Cherie Mills Records Her 15th Consecutive Double-Digit Game Of The Season

 
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Jan. 13, 2006

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GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's basketball team snapped its four game-winning streak Friday night at Minges Coliseum as the fell to Conference USA foe Houston, 54-45.

Opening their home conference schedule, ECU was lead by junior Cherie Mills who netted a team-high 14 points while collecting 10 boards for her sixth double-double of the season. Fellow Pirate Jasmine Young added 12 points and was the other Pirate to score in double-figures.

The Pirates (10-5, 2-2) trailed by one, 42-41 after Mills connected on a pair of free throws with 5:30 left in the game. But key free throw shooting down the stretch coupled with a pair of 10-foot jumpers from Sha'Ratta Hawkins and Emily Fritters helped seal the Cougars (6-8, 3-0) victory.

ECU jumped out to an early 7-2 in the first two-and-half minutes of play when Mills connected on a three-point play. Coming back from a time-out, Houston's Ryan Meyers netted five straight points to tie the game, 7-7, at the 14-minute mark.

Jasmine Young hit pair of 11-foot jumpers to put ECU up four, 11-7, with 11:46 remaining until the intermission, but the Pirates, who shot a season low 16.7 percent from the floor, would never regain the lead, pulling even only once in the second half 32-32.

 

 

Tye Jackson, a transfer from Purdue, netted six of the last 10 Cougar first half points to take a five-point lead at intermission.

The Pirates shooting woes continued in the second half, falling behind by as much as eight points, 32-24, in the first five minutes.

Over the next three-and-half minutes, ECU would draw even, 32-32, behind a pair of Mills jumpers and a Young lay-up, but would never get over the hump as they trailed by 10, 51-41, with three minutes remaining in the game.

ECU will be back in action next Friday night, Jan. 20, when they travel to Hattiesburg, Miss., to face Southern Miss.

Game Notes:

  • For the fourth consecutive game the Lady Pirates started: Cherie Mills, Jasmine Young, Impris Manning, Jessica Slack and LaToya Horton.
  • ECU's 19 first-half points is the lowest since scoring 19 against Marshall (Dec. 16, 2005). The 16.7 first-half shooting percentage was a season low.
  • ECU has out-rebounded their opponents in nine games this season and has reached the 40-plus barrier eight times.
  • Cherie Mills has reached double-figures in all 15 games she and the Pirates have played this season with her 14 against Houston. It is the longest streak since Courtney Willis posted double-figures in 26 consecutive games during the 2003-04 season.
  • Mills recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 14 points and 10 rebounds.
  • Impris Manning set a career-high with 10 rebounds on the night.
  • LaToya Horton snatched season-high 14 boards on the night marking the second consecutive game that she has had double-digit rebounding performances.
  • Jasmine Young netted 12 points, her fifth consecutive game in double-figures and ninth of the season, while playing a team-high 37 minutes.