Johnson scores 27, East Carolina beats SMU 77-72

AP
Feb 04, 2023

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) Brandon Johnson scored 27 points as East Carolina beat SMU 77-72 on Saturday night.

Johnson had six rebounds for the Pirates (12-12, 3-8 American Athletic Conference). Ezra Ausar scored 19 points and added 13 rebounds. RJ Felton shot 6 for 13 (3 for 6 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free throw line to finish with 18 points.

The Mustangs (8-16, 3-8) were led by Zhuric Phelps, who posted 23 points and two steals. Zach Nutall added 18 points for SMU. Samuell Williamson had 10 points and seven rebounds.

Johnson scored 13 points in the first half for East Carolina, which led 40-32 at halftime. East Carolina used an 8-0 second-half run to erase a one-point deficit and take the lead at 60-53 with 8:29 left in the half. Johnson scored 14 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
SMU
Mustangs
32
ECU
Pirates
40

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Efe Odigie vs. Brandon Johnson (Jaden Walker gains possession)
19:50		RJ Felton turnover (lost ball) (Efe Odigie steals)
19:47	+2	Zhuric Phelps makes two point layup (Efe Odigie assists)	2-0
19:47		Benjamin Bayela shooting foul (Zhuric Phelps draws the foul)
19:47	+1	Zhuric Phelps makes regular free throw 1 of 1	3-0
19:26	+2	RJ Felton makes two point driving layup	3-2
19:08		Efe Odigie misses two point driving hook shot
19:06		Ezra Ausar defensive rebound
18:49		RJ Felton offensive foul (Zach Nutall draws the foul)
18:49		RJ Felton turnover (offensive foul)
18:28		Samuell Williamson misses two point jump shot
18:26		RJ Felton defensive rebound
18:13	+2	Ezra Ausar makes two point reverse layup (Jaden Walker assists)	3-4
17:50		Samuell Williamson turnover (bad pass) (Brandon Johnson steals)
17:35	+3	Brandon Johnson makes three point jump shot (RJ Felton assists)	3-7
17:02		Ezra Ausar blocks Zach Nutall's two point driving floating jump shot
17:00		Mustangs offensive rebound
16:57		Jalen Smith turnover (bad pass) (RJ Felton steals)
16:40	+3	Brandon Johnson makes three point stepback jump shot (Benjamin Bayela assists)	3-10
16:26	+2	Zhuric Phelps makes two point layup	5-10
16:14	+3	RJ Felton makes three point jump shot (Jaden Walker assists)	5-13
16:14		Mustangs 30 second timeout
16:14		TV timeout
15:53		Darius McBride turnover (lost ball) (Benjamin Bayela steals)
15:52		Darius McBride personal foul (Benjamin Bayela draws the foul)
15:38		Brandon Johnson misses two point layup
15:36		Zhuric Phelps defensive rebound
15:19		Benjamin Bayela shooting foul (Zach Nutall draws the foul)
15:18	+1	Zach Nutall makes regular free throw 1 of 3	6-13
15:18	+1	Zach Nutall makes regular free throw 2 of 3	7-13
15:18	+1	Zach Nutall makes regular free throw 3 of 3	8-13
14:53		Jaden Walker misses two point pullup jump shot
14:51		Stefan Todorovic defensive rebound
14:45		Zhuric Phelps misses two point layup
14:43		Ezra Ausar defensive rebound
14:31	+2	Brandon Johnson makes two point fadeaway jump shot	8-15
14:11	+2	Samuell Williamson makes two point alley-oop dunk (Zhuric Phelps assists)	10-15
13:59	+3	Brandon Johnson makes three point jump shot (Jaden Walker assists)	10-18
13:39	+3	Zhuric Phelps makes three point stepback jump shot (Samuell Williamson assists)	13-18
13:04	+3	RJ Felton makes three point jump shot (Jaden Walker assists)	13-21
12:46		Jump ball. Zhuric Phelps vs. Ezra Ausar (Mustangs gains possession)
12:36		Efe Odigie misses two point hook shot
12:34		Keon Ambrose-Hylton offensive rebound
12:32	+2	Keon Ambrose-Hylton makes two point putback layup	15-21
12:10	+2	Quentin Diboundje makes two point turnaround hook shot	15-23
12:00		Ludgy Debaut blocks Jalen Smith's two point layup
11:58		Brandon Johnson defensive rebound
11:50		Jaden Walker turnover (traveling)
11:50		TV timeout
11:31		Keon Ambrose-Hylton misses two point hook shot
11:29		Ludgy Debaut defensive rebound
11:01		Brandon Johnson misses two point layup
10:59		Efe Odigie defensive rebound
10:37		Zach Nutall turnover (bad pass) (Brandon Johnson steals)
10:23		Jump ball. (Pirates gains possession)
10:21		Ludgy Debaut misses two point jump shot
10:19		Jalen Smith defensive rebound
10:11		Zach Nutall turnover (bad pass) (Ludgy Debaut steals)
10:03		Ludgy Debaut turnover (bad pass) (Samuell Williamson steals)
9:44		Zhuric Phelps misses two point jump shot
9:42		Samuell Williamson offensive rebound
9:34		Samuell Williamson misses two point layup
9:32		Brandon Johnson defensive rebound
9:20		RJ Felton misses two point jump shot
9:18		Ezra Ausar offensive rebound
9:14		Ezra Ausar misses two point layup
9:12		Ezra Ausar offensive rebound
9:12		Samuell Williamson shooting foul (Ezra Ausar draws the foul)
9:12	+1	Ezra Ausar makes regular free throw 1 of 2	15-24
9:12		Ezra Ausar misses regular free throw 2 of 2
9:12		Efe Odigie defensive rebound
8:55		Zhuric Phelps misses three point jump shot
8:53		Ezra Ausar defensive rebound
8:44		Jaden Walker misses two point layup
8:42		Efe Odigie defensive rebound
8:36		Zach Nutall misses three point jump shot
8:34		Jaden Walker defensive rebound
8:01		Quentin Diboundje turnover (shot clock violation)
7:50	+2	Zach Nutall makes two point layup (Efe Odigie assists)	17-24
7:24		Quentin Diboundje misses three point jump shot
7:22		Zach Nutall defensive rebound
6:57	+2	Zhuric Phelps makes two point layup	19-24
6:41		Efe Odigie blocks Quentin Diboundje's two point layup
6:39		Samuell Williamson defensive rebound
6:30		Zach Nutall misses three point jump shot
6:28		Ezra Ausar defensive rebound
6:04	+2	Jaden Walker makes two point layup (RJ Felton assists)	19-26
5:40		Efe Odigie turnover (bad pass) (Jaden Walker steals)
5:33	+2	Ezra Ausar makes two point dunk (Jaden Walker assists)	19-28
5:11		Valentino Pinedo shooting foul (Efe Odigie draws the foul)
5:11		TV timeout
5:11	+1	Efe Odigie makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-28
5:11		Efe Odigie misses regular free throw 2 of 2
5:11		Quentin Diboundje defensive rebound
4:50		Stefan Todorovic shooting foul (Quentin Diboundje draws the foul)
4:50	+1	Quentin Diboundje makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-29
4:50	+1	Quentin Diboundje makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-30
4:29	+2	Samuell Williamson makes two point jump shot	22-30
3:58		Quentin Diboundje misses two point jump shot
3:56		Ezra Ausar offensive rebound
3:51	+3	RJ Felton makes three point jump shot (Jaden Walker assists)	22-33
3:37		Samuell Williamson misses two point jump shot
3:35		Samuell Williamson offensive rebound
3:31		Samuell Williamson misses two point layup
3:29		RJ Felton defensive rebound
3:23	+2	Brandon Johnson makes two point jump shot (RJ Felton assists)	22-35
3:04	+3	Zach Nutall makes three point jump shot (Jalen Smith assists)	25-35
2:44		Keon Ambrose-Hylton shooting foul
2:44		TV timeout
2:44	+1	Ezra Ausar makes regular free throw 1 of 2	25-36
2:44		Ezra Ausar misses regular free throw 2 of 2
2:44		Mustangs defensive rebound
2:23		Zach Nutall misses two point jump shot
2:21		RJ Felton defensive rebound
2:10		Samuell Williamson personal foul
2:04		RJ Felton misses two point jump shot
2:02		Zach Nutall defensive rebound
1:46		Efe Odigie misses two point layup
1:44		Brandon Johnson defensive rebound
1:36		Jaden Walker misses two point layup
1:34		Ezra Ausar offensive rebound
1:34		Ezra Ausar misses two point layup
1:32		Ezra Ausar offensive rebound
1:31	+2	Ezra Ausar makes two point layup	25-38
1:13	+2	Efe Odigie makes two point layup (Zach Nutall assists)	27-38
1:04		Ezra Ausar turnover (traveling)
0:55	+2	Jalen Smith makes two point layup	29-38
0:53		Pirates 30 second timeout
0:45		Quentin Diboundje misses two point layup
0:43		Mustangs defensive rebound
0:31		Ricardo Wright turnover (lost ball) (Jaden Walker steals)
0:24	+2	RJ Felton makes two point dunk (Jaden Walker assists)	29-40
0:06	+3	Zach Nutall makes three point jump shot	32-40
0:00		End of period

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Johnson scores 27, East Carolina beats SMU 77-72

1st Half
SMU
Mustangs
32
ECU
Pirates
40

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Johnson scores 27, East Carolina beats SMU 77-72

1st Half SMUMustangs32ECUPirates40

1st Half
SMU
Mustangs
32
ECU
Pirates
40