GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Joe Jackson scored 26 points and Shaq Goodwin pulled down 10 rebounds to lead Memphis to a 75-68 victory against East Carolina in a Conference USA game Wednesday night.
Geron Johnson had 13 points and seven rebounds, and Chris Crawford scored 11 for the Hoyas (17-3, 6-0), who have won 11 consecutive games since an 87-78 loss to Louisville on Dec. 15.
Ty Armstrong had 18 points and nine rebounds, Miguel Paul scored 15, Maurice Kemp 13 and Akeem Richmond 12 for East Carolina (12-8, 3-4).
Memphis never could quite shake the Pirates, who cut the lead to 51-47 on Paul's layup with 8:08 left and trailed 57-52 on Paul's jumper at 4:24.
Memphis pushed its lead to 11 points at 67-56 at 1:40 and held on for the win.
The Tigers' biggest advantage came from the foul line, making 19 of 28 to the Pirates' 8 of 14.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Memphis (17-3) « | 28 | 47 | 75 |
| East Carolina (12-8) | 27 | 41 | 68 |
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| Memphis Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Thomas, F | 29 | 3-13 | 2-6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| S. Goodwin, F | 27 | 2-9 | 1-1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| J. Jackson, G | 37 | 8-13 | 6-6 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
| G. Johnson, G | 32 | 4-9 | 4-5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| D. Stephens, G | 22 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Crawford | 25 | 3-6 | 4-4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| T. Black | 14 | 4-5 | 1-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| A. Barton | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Wilson | 7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 25-58 | 19-28 | 49 | 18 | 17 | 75 | |
| 43.1% | 67.9% | ||||||
| East Carolina Pirates | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kemp, F | 40 | 6-17 | 1-3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| T. Armstrong, F | 28 | 8-12 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 18 |
| M. Paul, G | 34 | 6-13 | 3-4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| P. Roberts-Campbell, G | 32 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| C. Gaines, G | 18 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Richmond | 27 | 4-13 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| M. Guilmette | 14 | 2-4 | 0-2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| P. Williams | 7 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Totals | 28-68 | 8-14 | 33 | 14 | 20 | 68 | |
| 41.2% | 57.1% | ||||||
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