GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Maurice Kemp scored 19 points, and East Carolina held Washington & Lee to 33.9 percent (19 of 56) shooting in a 72-50 season-opening victory in both teams' season opener on Saturday.
Kemp shot 7 of 14 from the field and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line. He also had 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals.
Marshall Guilmette, a 6-foot-10 freshman, scored 13 points for the Pirates, and Akeem Richmond added 10.
The Generals, a Division III team coming off a 13-14 campaign, did not help their cause with ball security, committing 16 turnovers, and they shot 18.8 percent (3 of 16) from 3-point range.
Kevin Gill led the Generals with 12 points, and J.D. Ey scored 10 to go along with 10 rebounds.
East Carolina has won its season-opener each of the past 12 seasons. Its last loss came on the road against Robert Morris on Nov. 19, 1999 (58-53).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Washington & Lee (0-1) | 22 | 28 | 50 |
| East Carolina (1-0) « | 35 | 37 | 72 |
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| Washington & Lee Generals | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Ey, F | 31 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| P. O'Connor, F | 20 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| L. Whitaker, F | 20 | 2-3 | 5-6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| K. Gill, G | 25 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| J. McDonald, G | 22 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. McLean | 19 | 3-12 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| J. Adkins | 17 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Kimberly | 15 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| A. Franz | 11 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| K. Buchanan | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Asiyo | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Douglas | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Etling | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Gaeta | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 19-56 | 9-11 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 50 | |
| 33.9% | 81.8% | ||||||
| East Carolina Pirates | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| P. Roberts-Campbell, F | 30 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| M. Kemp, F | 25 | 7-14 | 5-6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| R. Sampson, F | 20 | 1-6 | 0-2 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| T. Armstrong, F | 16 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| C. Gaines, G | 25 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Guilmette | 25 | 4-4 | 5-6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| S. Bowden | 20 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Richmond | 17 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| P. Williams | 9 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Y. Kolo | 6 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| P. Torlak | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Zangari | 2 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| F. Edosomwan | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 26-59 | 14-22 | 41 | 15 | 15 | 72 | |
| 44.1% | 63.6% | ||||||
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