0.0 Hinnant's long range three pointer is on-line but hits the back iron and rims out. The Wave finally finally snap their slide.
4.0 Stith powers his way in and is fouled by Fields. Stith will have two free throws. The first rolls in. Quick timeout called by ECU. The second is good off of the back iron.
34.4 Gomez is called for the foul on Jenkins, who misses the first free throw. The second is good and the game is tied at 75. The Wave will get the last possession of regulation after the timeout.
48.3 Blair's pass is deflected out of bounds by Wheaton and ECU will have a sideout down by 1 and 25 on the shot clock.
58.9 Stith's jumper is short once again and ECU gets the ball.
1:26 Stith misses the jumper but Gomez grabs a big rebound.
1:58 Jenkins hits a big three pointer from the left wing to cut it to 1. All of his made field goals have been from long range tonight, a scorching 8-11 from beyond the arc. Timeout Tulane.
2:11 Vianney is fouled again by Farmer and has a 1 and 1. The front end is good and the second goes in. 75-71 Wave.
2:28 Vianney is fouled driving the lane and has a 1 and 1 opportunity. The first is good as is the second. Wave up 73-71.
2:48 Jenkins is fouled again and will shoot two. The first rolls out but the second is good. Tie ball game.
3:02 Stith is fouled shooting a three pointer and he will have big free throws coming up. The first is good. The second one rattles in to tie the game. The third is nothing but net and the Wave lead 71-70.
3:21 Hinnant is fouled by Wheaton and will have two free crucial free throws. The first is good as is the second. ECU by 2.
3:50 Jenkins rattles in the front end of a one and one. He hits the second free throw to tie it up at 68.
The action's been fast and furious the last 5 minutes with the teams exchanging three pointers. The Wave lead by 2 with just under four minutes remaining. Only a win would be appropriate on Senior Night.
4:24 Vianney hits a three pointer from the baseline and the Wave lead once again, 68-66.
5:00 Hinnant hits a three pointer and ECU leads 66-65.
5:40 Sims hits a layup and is fouled. He completes the three point play to give the Wave a 2 point lead. 65-63.
6:43 Gomez comes right back with a layup to give Tulane the lead at 62-61.
7:03 Legan hits the three pointer to make it 61-60 ECU.
7:23 Wheaton hits the layup and thought he had a 3 point opportunity. Instead, he's called for the charge.
7:56 Farmer hits two free throws to make it a 2 point game. Young then steals it from Sims but misses the layup.
8:13 Stith forces up a shot, grabs the rebound and misses the putback. Gomez grabs the miss and is fouled going back up. He hits one of two free throws to extend the lead out to 4. That was Gomez's first miss from the free throw line today.
8:37 Young is held up by Sims and the Wave will have it as the possession arrow favors them.
8:48 Sims hits two free throws to give the Wave a three point lead.
9:10 Wheaton hits a three pointer from the right baseline to make it 57-56 Wave.
9:25 Farmer hits the layup to give ECU a 2 point lead.
9:38 Gomez hits the jumper but is called for the offensive foul.
9:43 Sims misses the layup but the ball rolls off of ECU. Tulane will have the ball back with a fresh 35.
10:39 Stith tips in a Louisme miss to tie it up again.
11:14 Louisme is fouled as he shoots the right handed hook and will have two free throws. First is no good as is the second. Still a two point game
11:56 Fields tips in a missed three pointer for ECU. Wave down by 2, 54-52.
12:20 Stith hits a jumper from the free throw line to tie the game up once again at 52.
12:52 Louisme follows a missed Stith three point attempt to cut it to 2.
13:19 Puckett fouls Hinnant shooting a three pointer. Hinnant misses the first, hits the second, and makes the third. ECU up by 4, 52-48.
13:31 Fields hits a layup to give ECU a 2 point lead, 50-48.
14:00 Jenkins hits his seventh three pointer of the ball game to tie it up at 48.
14:35 Sims' pass on the fast break is bobbled by Louisme and it rolls out of bounds. It will be ECU ball after the timeout.
14:48 Gomez answers with a jumper of his own to extend the lead out to three once again. 48-45.
15:15 Blair hits a one-handed jumper in the lane to cut the lead to 1.
16:17 Great strip by Puckett as he reaches in and knocks it off of Blair.
17:13 Louisme hits a reverse layup for his 13th point of the game. Wave up three, 46-43
18:06 Stith hits two free throws after being fouled.
18:44 Blair hits a jumper from the baseline and ECU has their first lead of the game, 43-42.
19:11 Jenkins hits a three pointer from the top of the arc to cut it to 1. He's shooting lights out from long range, now 6-7.
Halftime Leaders
Gomez 5-6 FGs, 6-6 FTs 16 points
Louisme 5-9 FGs, 11 points
Stith 6 points, 3 assists
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Great to see Gomez/Stith/Wheaton win on Senior Night after a turbulent four years. Those guys endured a lot of hardship -- Finney being fired, Hurricane Katrina -- but as Dickerson said, they played hard when most teams would fold.
(That last shot was dangerously close to going in, though)
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