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Joseph Allen
62
Elizabeth City St. ECSU 2-5
79
Winner Chowan CU 5-0
Elizabeth City St. ECSU
2-5
62
Final
79
Chowan CU
5-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Elizabeth City St. ECSU 28 34 62
Chowan CU 45 34 79

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Vikings Come Up Short at Chowan

Shyheid Petteway leads Viking offensive attack with 20-point effort.

MURFREESBORO, N.C. – Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association conference rival Chowan University jumped out to a 17-point first half lead and never looked back as they defeated Elizabeth City State University in a non-conference matchup, 79-62, on Wednesday night.
 
THE BASICS
 
FINAL | Chowan 79, Elizabeth City State 62
 
RECORDS | Chowan 5-0, Elizabeth City State 2-5
 
LOCATION | Murfreesboro, N.C. (Helms Center)
 
INSIDE THE BOXSCORE
 
ECSU was led offensively by Shyheid Petteway who scored 20 points for the evening on 6-of-11 shooting from the field and a perfect 6-of-6 from the free throw line. Joseph Allen was the only other Viking to score in double figures with 10 for the contest. The Vikings were doomed by challenges shooting in the first half as the Hawks limited ECSU to 37.5 percent shooting. The Vikings were able to rebound in the second half and keep pace offensively with Chowan on 50 percent shooting from the field. ECSU won the turnover battle by forcing Chowan into 14 turnovers and the Vikings turned those 14 turnovers into 20 points.
 
Chowan had five scorers reach double figures, led by Robert Grubbs with 18, Gus Rowland with 15 and Demetrius Sanders, Timothy Bing and Michael Kelly all scored 14 for the Hawks.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
 
First Half:
 
Chowan jumped out to a 16-4 lead in the first five minutes of play as the Hawks connected on six out of their first nine field goal attempts. The Hawks lead ballooned to 19 on a Michael Kelly jumper with 10:19 left to go in the first half before the Vikings, led by Petteway, started to chip away at that lead cutting it to 12 on a Shyheid Petteway 3-pointer with 6:18 left in the first half. The Hawks would extend the lead to the halftime margin following a 3-pointer at the halftime buzzer by Timothy Bing.
 
Second Half:
 
The Vikings and the Hawks would go back and forth as the Hawks were never able to extend their lead over 20 in the second half but the Vikings were not able to cut to within 12 in the second half. ECSU was able to close the night on a 3-point basket from Jonari Hill to close the final gap to 17.
 
UP NEXT
 
Elizabeth City State will return home to face off against CIAA newcomer Claflin on Monday, December 3rd for a 7:30 p.m. tilt.  
 
Follow Elizabeth City State Athletics via its official website at: www.ecsuvikings.com to get pre and post-game stories and updates. Like us on Facebook at: ECSU Athletics and follow us on twitter at: @ECSUVikings.
 
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