HOUSTON (AP) - Maurice Kemp scored 33 points and Ty Armstrong added 22, helping East Carolina defeat Rice 79-63 on Saturday night.
Kemp was 10 of 15 from the floor and 13 of 16 from the free-throw line. He also gave East Carolina (13-8, 4-4 Conference USA) a boost on the boards with nine.
East Carolina held a slim 29-26 lead at halftime and pulled away in the second half. The team had a 44-32 scoring advantage in the paint and an 18-11 edge in points off turnovers.
Tamir Jackson led Rice (5-16, 1-6) with 19 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals. Austin Ramljak scored 12.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| East Carolina (13-8) « | 29 | 50 | 79 |
| Rice (5-16) | 26 | 37 | 63 |
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| East Carolina Pirates | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Kemp, F | 37 | 10-15 | 13-16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 33 |
| T. Armstrong, F | 21 | 9-11 | 4-6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 |
| M. Paul, G | 35 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| P. Roberts-Campbell, G | 30 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Gaines, G | 23 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Richmond | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Guilmette | 14 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Zangari | 7 | 2-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| S. Bowden | 5 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| P. Williams | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| F. Edosomwan | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Y. Kolo | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27-47 | 23-34 | 35 | 14 | 20 | 79 | |
| 57.4% | 67.6% | ||||||
| Rice Owls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| R. Wilson, F | 25 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| T. Jackson, G | 37 | 7-24 | 5-9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 19 |
| A. Ramljak, G | 34 | 4-7 | 1-3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 |
| J. DeBose, G | 28 | 2-4 | 2-4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| M. Guercy, G | 28 | 4-11 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Washington | 18 | 3-8 | 2-3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| B. Firozgary | 17 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| D. Peera | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| E. Franshaw | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-57 | 14-23 | 29 | 12 | 24 | 63 | |
| 38.6% | 60.9% | ||||||
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