The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
0-1
East Carolina
2-0
Ole Miss Falls To East Carolina, 65-58
11/24/2002 | Men's Basketball
Nov 24, 2002
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - East Carolina used balanced scoring to rally from a halftime deficit to beat Mississippi 65-58 on Sunday.
Erroyl Bing, Gabriel Mikulas and Derrick Wiley each scored 11 to lead the Pirates (2-0), while Travis Holcomb-Faye added 10. Bing hit 5-of-5 shots and had six rebounds.
Aaron Harper had 15 points and seven rebounds for Mississippi (0-1) before fouling out. Derrick Allen and Justin Reed had 11 apiece and David Sanders added 10.
Mississippi led 27-24 at halftime after leading by as much as six in the first half.
Jonathan Moore hit a 3-pointer at 15:33 to tie the score at 32 and Moussa Badiane hit a lay-up at 14:43 to give East Carolina the lead for good, pushing ahead by as much as 9.
Badiane had 7 points, five blocks and five rebounds.
