Small scores 21, East Carolina defeats Coppin State 84-75

AP
Dec 11, 2022

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) Javon Small's 21 points helped East Carolina defeat Coppin State 84-75 on Sunday.

Small added five rebounds, 10 assists, and three steals for the Pirates (7-4). Ezra Ausar scored 18 points while shooting 9 of 12 from the field and 0 for 4 from the line. Brandon Johnson was 5 of 11 shooting, including 1 for 6 from distance, and went 4 for 4 from the line to finish with 15 points.

Sam Sessoms led the Eagles (4-8) in scoring, finishing with 22 points, five assists and three steals. Nendah Tarke added 19 points, six rebounds and three steals for Coppin State. In addition, Justin Steers had 12 points, two steals and two blocks.

Small scored 10 points in the first half and East Carolina went into the break trailing 42-37. East Carolina outscored Coppin State by 14 points in the second half. Johnson led the way with 13 second-half points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
COPP
Eagles
42
ECU
Pirates
37

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Luka Tekavcic vs. Ezra Ausar (Pirates gains possession)
19:39		Brandon Johnson misses three point jump shot
19:37		Ezra Ausar offensive rebound
19:33	+2	Ezra Ausar makes two point layup	0-2
19:15		Luka Tekavcic misses two point layup
19:13		Malik Battle offensive rebound
19:11	+2	Malik Battle makes two point jump shot	2-2
18:53		Luka Tekavcic shooting foul (Ezra Ausar draws the foul)
18:53		Ezra Ausar misses regular free throw 1 of 2
18:53		Ezra Ausar misses regular free throw 2 of 2
18:53		Luka Tekavcic defensive rebound
18:30		Sam Sessoms misses two point jump shot
18:28		Javon Small defensive rebound
18:18		RJ Felton misses three point jump shot
18:16		Nendah Tarke defensive rebound
18:14		Malik Battle misses three point jump shot
18:12		Malik Battle offensive rebound
17:58		Luka Tekavcic misses two point layup
17:56		Brandon Johnson defensive rebound
17:36		Javon Small turnover (bad pass) (Malik Battle steals)
17:28		Kam'Ron Blue misses three point jump shot
17:26		Luka Tekavcic offensive rebound
17:12		Nendah Tarke misses three point jump shot
17:10		Ezra Ausar defensive rebound
16:56	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot (RJ Felton assists)	2-5
16:40	+2	Sam Sessoms makes two point layup	4-5
16:16		Ezra Ausar turnover (lost ball) (Sam Sessoms steals)
16:10	+2	Sam Sessoms makes two point layup	6-5
15:43	+2	Ezra Ausar makes two point layup (Javon Small assists)	6-7
15:43		Luka Tekavcic shooting foul
15:43		TV timeout
15:43		Ezra Ausar misses regular free throw 1 of 1
15:43		Nendah Tarke defensive rebound
15:32		Sam Sessoms misses three point jump shot
15:30		Javon Small defensive rebound
15:19	+3	Javon Small makes three point jump shot (Saxby Sunderland assists)	6-10
14:54		Nendah Tarke misses two point layup
14:52		Javon Small defensive rebound
14:46		Ezra Ausar misses two point dunk
14:44		Ezra Ausar offensive rebound
14:42		Ezra Ausar turnover (lost ball) (Nendah Tarke steals)
14:22		Jaden Walker shooting foul (Justin Steers draws the foul)
14:22		Justin Steers misses regular free throw 1 of 2
14:22	+1	Justin Steers makes regular free throw 2 of 2	7-10
14:01		Alex Rojas personal foul
14:00	+2	Ludgy Debaut makes two point layup (Javon Small assists)	7-12
13:40		Saxby Sunderland personal foul
13:27	+3	Alex Rojas makes three point jump shot (Nendah Tarke assists)	10-12
13:05		RJ Felton misses two point jump shot
13:03		Justin Steers defensive rebound
12:57		RJ Felton blocks Sam Sessoms's two point layup
12:39		Ezra Ausar blocks Kam'Ron Blue's two point layup
12:37		Jaden Walker defensive rebound
12:32	+3	Benjamin Bayela makes three point jump shot (Jaden Walker assists)	10-15
12:18		Benjamin Bayela personal foul
12:02		Justin Steers turnover (out of bounds)
11:46		Mike Hood personal foul
11:46		TV timeout
11:41		Jaden Walker misses two point layup
11:39		Benjamin Bayela offensive rebound
11:37		Justin Steers blocks Benjamin Bayela's two point layup
11:35		Justin Steers defensive rebound
11:35		Benjamin Bayela personal foul
11:25		Nendah Tarke turnover (traveling)
11:13	+2	Brandon Johnson makes two point layup (Javon Small assists)	10-17
10:58	+2	Nendah Tarke makes two point layup	12-17
10:33	+2	Javon Small makes two point jump shot	12-19
10:20		Ezra Ausar shooting foul (Justin Steers draws the foul)
10:20	+1	Justin Steers makes regular free throw 1 of 2	13-19
10:20	+1	Justin Steers makes regular free throw 2 of 2	14-19
10:04	+2	Ezra Ausar makes two point layup	14-21
9:44	+2	Nendah Tarke makes two point layup (Sam Sessoms assists)	16-21
9:37	+2	Ezra Ausar makes two point layup (Javon Small assists)	16-23
9:17	+3	Nendah Tarke makes three point jump shot (Kam'Ron Blue assists)	19-23
9:16		Eagles 30 second timeout
8:58		Nendah Tarke personal foul
8:53		RJ Felton misses three point jump shot
8:51		Jaden Walker offensive rebound
8:48		Alex Rojas personal foul
8:41		Javon Small misses three point jump shot
8:39		Pirates offensive rebound
8:16	+2	Ludgy Debaut makes two point dunk (Javon Small assists)	19-25
8:06		Jaden Walker personal foul
7:53	+2	Nendah Tarke makes two point layup (Sam Sessoms assists)	21-25
7:32		Saxby Sunderland misses three point jump shot
7:30		Justin Steers defensive rebound
7:30		Ludgy Debaut personal foul
7:30		TV timeout
7:30	+1	Justin Steers makes regular free throw 1 of 2	22-25
7:30	+1	Justin Steers makes regular free throw 2 of 2	23-25
7:15		Brandon Johnson misses three point jump shot
7:13		Kam'Ron Blue defensive rebound
7:03		Sam Sessoms turnover (lost ball) (Ludgy Debaut steals)
6:58	+2	RJ Felton makes two point layup (Saxby Sunderland assists)	23-27
6:28		Malik Battle misses three point jump shot
6:28		Ludgy Debaut defensive rebound
6:28		RJ Felton misses three point jump shot
6:26		Kam'Ron Blue defensive rebound
6:19	+3	Kam'Ron Blue makes three point jump shot (Sam Sessoms assists)	26-27
5:56		Javon Small turnover (bad pass) (Sam Sessoms steals)
5:53	+2	Sam Sessoms makes two point layup	28-27
5:51		Pirates 30 second timeout
5:17	+2	Quentin Diboundje makes two point layup (Javon Small assists)	28-29
5:02	+2	Nendah Tarke makes two point layup (Sam Sessoms assists)	30-29
5:02		Ezra Ausar shooting foul (Nendah Tarke draws the foul)
5:02		Nendah Tarke misses regular free throw 1 of 1
5:02		Jaden Walker defensive rebound
4:37		Brandon Johnson misses two point jump shot
4:35		Kam'Ron Blue defensive rebound
4:14	+3	Kam'Ron Blue makes three point jump shot (Nendah Tarke assists)	33-29
4:01		Javon Small turnover (lost ball) (Justin Steers steals)
3:56	+2	Malik Battle makes two point jump shot (Justin Steers assists)	35-29
3:21	+2	Jaden Walker makes two point jump shot (Brandon Johnson assists)	35-31
2:51		Nendah Tarke misses two point layup
2:49		Kam'Ron Blue offensive rebound
2:47	+2	Kam'Ron Blue makes two point layup	37-31
2:45		TV timeout
2:29		Malik Battle personal foul
2:29	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 1 of 2	37-32
2:29	+1	Javon Small makes regular free throw 2 of 2	37-33
2:03		Sam Sessoms misses two point layup
2:01		Nendah Tarke offensive rebound
2:01	+2	Nendah Tarke makes two point layup	39-33
1:39		RJ Felton misses two point layup
1:39		RJ Felton offensive rebound
1:39	+2	RJ Felton makes two point layup	39-35
1:28	+2	Sam Sessoms makes two point layup	41-35
1:28		RJ Felton shooting foul (Sam Sessoms draws the foul)
1:28	+1	Sam Sessoms makes regular free throw 1 of 1	42-35
1:16		Sam Sessoms personal foul (Quentin Diboundje draws the foul)
1:16	+1	Quentin Diboundje makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-36
1:16	+1	Quentin Diboundje makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-37
1:03		Justin Steers misses two point jump shot
1:01		Brandon Johnson defensive rebound
0:57		Kalib LaCount turnover (bad pass) (Nendah Tarke steals)
0:51		Nendah Tarke misses two point layup
0:49		RJ Felton defensive rebound
0:49		Malik Battle personal foul (RJ Felton draws the foul)
0:49		RJ Felton misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:49		Brandon Johnson offensive rebound
0:48		Brandon Johnson turnover (lost ball) (Nendah Tarke steals)
0:41		Sam Sessoms turnover (traveling)
0:25		Kalib LaCount misses three point jump shot
0:23		Brandon Johnson offensive rebound
0:04		Javon Small turnover (bad pass)
0:04		Justin Steers turnover (bad pass) (Quentin Diboundje steals)
0:01		Quentin Diboundje misses three point jump shot
0:00		End of period

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Small scores 21, East Carolina defeats Coppin State 84-75

1st Half
COPP
Eagles
42
ECU
Pirates
37

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Small scores 21, East Carolina defeats Coppin State 84-75

1st Half COPPEagles42ECUPirates37

1st Half
COPP
Eagles
42
ECU
Pirates
37