Pirates take advantage of four turnovers, beat Tigers

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• East Carolina Crushes Memphis, 38-19

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	25	23
Total Yards	497	397
Passing	222	313
Rushing	275	84
Penalties	9-89	7-49
3rd Down Conversions	5-13	6-14
4th Down Conversions	1-1	0-1
Turnovers	1	4
Possession	33:13	26:47

Air/Ground Leaders
East Carolina Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Pinkney 14/26 216 1 1 Jordan 1/1 6 0 0	Memphis Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hudgens 33/48 313 2 1 Team 0/1 0 0 0
East Carolina Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Lindsay 22 139 0 21 Ruffin 14 87 1 19	Memphis Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Steele 15 79 0 16 Pitts 6 22 0 9
East Carolina Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Freeney 5 116 1 31 Harris 5 56 0 24	Memphis Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Calhoun 9 91 0 22 Rucker 5 89 1 43

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	TD	10:34	Patrick Pinkney 3 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick)	7	0
	FG	06:17	Matt Reagan 26 Yd	7	3
	TD	04:27	Dwayne Harris 8 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick)	14	3
SECOND QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	TD	12:02	Patrick Pinkney 23 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick)	21	3
	TD	00:43	Carlos Singleton 14 Yd Pass From Will Hudgens (Matt Reagan Kick)	21	10
THIRD QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	FG	08:42	Matt Reagan 45 Yd	21	13
	TD	04:30	Giavanni Ruffin 19 Yd Run (Ben Hartman Kick)	28	13
	TD	00:28	Darryl Freeney 31 Yd Pass From Patrick Pinkney (Ben Hartman Kick)	35	13
FOURTH QUARTER				ECU	MEM
	TD	12:42	Marcus Rucker 43 Yd Pass From Will Hudgens (Pat Blocked)	35	19
	FG	09:59	Ben Hartman 48 Yd	38	19

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Quarterback Patrick Pinkney ran for two touchdowns to help East Carolina beat Memphis 38-19 on Tuesday night.

Dominique Lindsay ran for 139 yards for the Pirates (5-3, 4-1 Conference USA), who warmed up for a game against No. 14 Virginia Tech by rolling up nearly 500 yards on one of the country's worst defenses.

The Tigers, who rank 106th in total defense, fumbled twice to set up early scores for East Carolina.

Will Hudgens completed 33-of-48 passes for 313 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers, who turned the ball over four times.

Pinkney completed 14-of-27 passes for 216 yards and a touchdown, and was picked off once. His only carries were scoring runs of 23 and 3 yards.