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East
Carolina football coach Scottie Montgomery
put the finishing touch on his inaugural
full-time staff on Monday with the hiring of
Vanderbilt graduate assistant Ryan Anderson
as inside linebackers coach.
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PHILADELPHIA — Despite trailing by 11 points
in the first half, Temple rallied for a
78-60 American Athletic Conference win over
East Carolina before 4,524 fans at the
Liacouras Center on Saturday night. Quenton
DeCosey was five of eight behind the arc to
lead the Owls (8-6, 3-1 AAC) with 24 points.
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Prolific prep coach joins Pirates |
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New East Carolina football
coach Scottie Montgomery continued the
building of his staff on Friday with the
hiring of one of the most successful high
school coaches in North Carolina as running
backs coach. Antonio King will take charge
of the Pirates' runners after guiding Durham
Hillside to six straight PAC-6 titles ...
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Shelby Shrine Bowler picks ECU |
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 Linebacker
Aaron Ramseur of Shelby Crest High
School's 16-0 state championship
team has charted a path to join East
Carolina's recruiting class of 2016.
Coming off an appearance with the
victorious North Carolina Shrine
Bowl team, Ramseur becomes the first
commitment for ECU since Scottie
Montgomery took command of the
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FOOTBALL: SPECIAL TWO-PART SERIES |
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Part 1: Getting to know Coach Mo |
 It's
commonly accepted that
people are products of
their heredity and
environment. During his
first official week on
the job, new East
Carolina football coach
Scottie Austin
Montgomery (right)
talked about his family
and factors that shaped
him. ...
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Part 2: Measured change is in the air |
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Scottie
Montgomery (left) may
not have head coaching
experience but that
hasn't stopped him from
conducting business like
a seasoned veteran at
the outset of his career
at East Carolina. He has
put together an
impressive set of
coordinators and
assistants thus far.
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Coach Mo's staff expands by two |
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Scottie Montgomery's staff
continued to grow on Tuesday as East
Carolina's first-year head coach announced
the hiring of Middle Tennessee State
assistant Geep Wade and Duke staffer Ethan
Johnson ...
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Fast start lifts Tulsa |
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TULSA, OK — East
Carolina struggled
early at Tulsa on
Tuesday night and
absorbed a 55-43
American Athletic
Conference loss. The
Pirates made just
six of 33 field goal
attempts and
committed 12
turnovers in the
first half
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By
Brian Bailey
©2015 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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East Carolina’s first half at Temple on
Saturday night showed just how good this basketball team can be.
Unfortunately, the Pirates couldn’t put together two halves and
lost to the Owls, 78-60, at the Liacouras Center in
Philadelphia.
The Pirates shot almost 60 percent from the field in that first half,
hitting 6 of 9 three pointers. East Carolina built an 11-point first
half lead and appeared to be in control with just 1:44 to play in the
half.
ECU started to unravel in that final 1:44. The 11-point lead dwindled
quickly to just five after Devin Coleman hit a couple of threes for
Temple. That was part of a 15-0 run that ended the first half and opened
the second half for the Owls.
Still, that first half sends hope. The Pirates had 10 assists against
just 3 turnovers in that first stanza.
Other positives included Clarence Williams scoring 10 of his career high
12 points in the first half.
It was certainly a loss that ECU head coach Jeff Lebo can build on.
Things don’t get any easier though.
Southern Methodist comes to town on Wednesday night as one of two
undefeated teams in the nation. The other is South Carolina. The
Mustangs moved up to 10th in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 after
beating Central Florida this weekend.
For Coach Lebo, Wednesday night is a “Tar Heel” reunion with SMU and
former Tar Heel great Larry Brown.
The 75-year-old Brown missed the season’s first nine games because of
NCAA sanctions. Those sanctions will also keep a very good SMU team out
of the postseason this year.
Brown also missed the second half of Sunday’s 88-73 win over UCF with
vertigo-like symptoms.
The Hall of Fame coach told reporters afterwards that he would be fine.
He told them that dehydration and worries over junior guard Keith
Frazier were the reasons behind his sickness. Frazier missed his third
game while dealing with what is described as personal issues.
SMU simply crushed UCF in that win on Sunday. They took control of the
game with an early 15-0 run that included a trio of three pointers in
the span of 57-seconds. The Ponies also had a total of eight dunks in
the win.
Wednesday night’s matchup is a tremendous opportunity for East Carolina
to shine in the national spotlight. SMU will bring a tall, athletic and
very talented squad to Williams Arena.
The Pirates have had success against top ten 10 teams. Who could ever
forget the two wins over 9th-ranked Marquette in consecutive seasons at
Williams Arena in 2001 and 2002?
Hopefully, Williams Arena will be rocking on Wednesday night.
And hopefully we’ll see the Pirate team we saw in the first half of the
Temple game from Saturday night.
BB
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this week was
ECU AD Jeff Compher
(right):