Spring Break
Southern Miss blows by stagnant Pirates
ECU fails to score a touchdown
Hart Holloman
Issue date: 11/18/08 Section: Sports
The second half would prove to be even more fruitless than the first for the anemic Pirate offense. While the defense did its best to keep the Golden Eagles at bay, the offense offered no help, as its inability to keep the ball for any amount of time wore down the ECU defense.
Southern Miss possessed the ball for almost twice as long as the Pirates in the second half and their 14-0 advantage during that time was well deserved.
Still, the Pirates had a chance late in the game. Down 14-3 with five minutes to go, ECU was threatening with the ball on the Southern Miss 21-yard line. But Pinkney's pass was intercepted by Golden Eagle defensive back Justin Wilson on the three-yard line.
The next play would be Davis' record setting touchdown pass that put the game out of reach for the Pirates.
"From an offensive standpoint, the discouraging thing is the point productivity," Holtz said. "I thought we moved the ball a little bit in the first half. A couple areas we struggled in were going 1-for-3 in third-and-one situations and our redzone productivity, which was probably the difference in the football game."
The Pirates will try to bounce back and wrap up the East Division when they travel to Birmingham, Ala. to play UAB this weekend. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be televised by WITN.
This writer can be contacted at sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
Southern Miss possessed the ball for almost twice as long as the Pirates in the second half and their 14-0 advantage during that time was well deserved.
Still, the Pirates had a chance late in the game. Down 14-3 with five minutes to go, ECU was threatening with the ball on the Southern Miss 21-yard line. But Pinkney's pass was intercepted by Golden Eagle defensive back Justin Wilson on the three-yard line.
The next play would be Davis' record setting touchdown pass that put the game out of reach for the Pirates.
"From an offensive standpoint, the discouraging thing is the point productivity," Holtz said. "I thought we moved the ball a little bit in the first half. A couple areas we struggled in were going 1-for-3 in third-and-one situations and our redzone productivity, which was probably the difference in the football game."
The Pirates will try to bounce back and wrap up the East Division when they travel to Birmingham, Ala. to play UAB this weekend. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be televised by WITN.
This writer can be contacted at sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
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