(Photo from ecupirates.com)To be honest, there wasn't much that was beautiful about the East Carolina men's basketball team's, 61-46, win at Tulane on Sunday--their first ever at Fogelman Arena.
However, Mack McCarthy's words following his team's ugly victory in the Big Easy aren't surprising given that his club had dropped five straight and seven of eight entering the game with the Green Wave.
"There are a lot of confounding things about this win,” East Carolina
third-year coach Mack McCarthy said after leading the Pirates to
their first-ever win at Tulane’s Fogelman Arena. “(But) it’s still a
dadgum beautiful victory.”
Those confounding things Coach Mack referred to were 23 turnovers, an 8-of-18 effort at the free throw line and 17 offensive rebounds allowed.
The win also came despite the fact the Pirates--who lost 68-53 at Southern Miss on Saturday night-- were playing their second game in less than 24 hours.
Darrius Morrow, who was returning from a three-game suspension, finished with a team-high 17 points.
Freshman Corvonn Gaines continued to play an increased role, as he started both contests. He scored nine points while playing a career-high 32 minutes against USM.
ECU career assist leader Brock Young had eight assists, but nine turnovers.
However, those weren't converted into many points as the cold-shooting Green Wave trailed by 19 on more than one occasion and never got closer than six in the second half despite plenty of chances.
Coach Mack said the win could best be summed up by the old political axiom, which states, "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with B.S."
The Pirates definitely didn't dazzle anyone with their victory over Dave Dickerson's struggling, point guard-less Tulane club; however, I think it's safe to assume Coach Mack and his staff wouldn't mind winning with the same formula against Rice on Saturday.
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