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BASKETBALL |
Walk waived in Wave win |
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A photographic trail
indicates that the
outcome of last
Wednesday's East
Carolina-Tulane game
may have been
different if the
officiating crew had
blown the whistle on
a pivotal play by
the Green Wave's
Louis Dabney. The
play in question,
which prevented the
Pirates from winning
in regulation, set
the stage for Tulane
to prevail in extra
periods. ...
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10-frame
animation... |
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Next:
USF at ECU |
Tuesday | 7 pm | TV: ESPN3 |
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BASKETBALL |
Bearcat bigs help
turn back ECU |
CINCINNATI —
Octavius Ellis and
Gary Clark each had
double-doubles to
lead Cincinnati to a
75-60 American
Athletic Conference
win over East
Carolina before
12,513 at Fifth
Third Arena on
Saturday.
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Next:
USF at ECU |
Tuesday | 7 pm | TV: ESPN3 |
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
Howe a prize catch for
Pirates |
Hussein
Howe may not be a football
prodigy, but he certainly
was ahead of his time at
University Christian High
School. Howe was so talented
as an eighth grader at the
private school of about 700
students in Jacksonville,
FL, that coach David Penland
promoted him to the varsity
squad near the end of the
2011 season.
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BASKETBALL |
Green Wave sinks Pirates in
triple OT |
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GREENVILLE — The
East Carolina
basketball team must
have a stout heart
because it got
broken – again – on
Wednesday night. The
Pirates' latest
venture into
disappointment was a
100-92 triple
overtime loss to
Tulane in Williams
Arena at Minges
Coliseum. ECU
slipped to 10-14
overall and 2-9 in
the American
Athletic Conference
despite leading
49-36 with 14
minutes left in
regulation. The
Pirates had a
five-point advantage
in the last two
minutes of the first
extra period.
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Pictured: Tulane's
Louis Dabney had 32
points in the Green
Wave's triple OT win
over East Carolina
Wednesday night,
including this hoop
at the end of
regulation that sent
the game into extra
periods. (Photo by
Al Myatt) |
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
Pirates issue full ride to kicker |
East Carolina's recruiting class of
2016 has expanded to 23 with a
post-signing day letter of intent
from Bremen (GA) High School
kicker/punter Jake Verity. The
Pirates beat out UAB for Verity, who
booted a 63-year field goal last
season. ...
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By
Brian Bailey
©2016 Bonesville.net
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Ice and snow… Freezing temperatures… Welcome to
baseball season at East Carolina!
The Pirates opened game week on Monday with freezing
rain falling, causing treacherous driving conditions all over eastern
North Carolina.
The weather is expected to break later this week, and
surprisingly temperatures in the 60’s should help usher in the baseball
season.
ECU head coach Cliff Godwin begins his second season
with a team that features 17 returning players and 17 newcomers. Getting
those players to blend will be the key to getting off to a good start.
“We have a nice blend,” said Godwin as his Pirates
continued preparations last week. “We have much more depth and we are a
confident bunch.”
A pair of lefties will start this season opening
series for the Pirates.
Evan Kruczynski, minus that head full of hair he
sported last year, will start Friday’s opener. Jacob Wolfe will go for
ECU on Saturday.
The Pirates will wait until the weekend to name
Sunday's starter, but Jimmy Boyd appears set for that role unless he is
needed earlier in the series.
The ECU coaching staff says there are still several
battles for positions taking place this week.
“We do continue to have some battles,” said assistant
coach Jeff Palumbo. “I think they will continue on into the season. If
you look at our opening day starting lineup from a year ago, and compare
it to the one that started the American tournament championship game,
you’ll see it was much different.
"I believe that our lineup will evolve over time. We
want to utilize our depth and so we will play a lot of players.”
Some positions are pretty much locks. Travis Watkins
will be behind the plate. Bryce Harmon will man first base.
Joe Ingle will close. Ingle was named on Monday as
one of 70 players on the initial Stopper of the Year Award watch list.
Garrett Brooks and Parker Lamm will likely take two
of the outfield slots as team captains. But these two will be pushed as
several of the newcomers look to stake their claim to a role with the
squad.
Longwood comes to town this weekend after going 22-34
last season. The Lancers have brought in several junior college
transfers for second year coach Ryan Mau for this season.
“We’ll get on the Internet and check with all of our
contacts on a scouting report,” said Palumbo. “It’s a little tough this
early, but we’ll do some research and be ready.”
For whatever reason, season ticket sales for Pirate
baseball are down heading into the week. That’s a shame, because Cliff
Godwin and company put out a great product that was fun to watch last
year – and that should be better this season.
Godwin’s team has already set marks for team GPA and
for service hours. Godwin preaches culture and those sermons are paying
dividends.
“That’s our baseball culture,” said Godwin. “It took
us a while to get on the same page last year, but now we have guys that
know what we expect.”
“Coach Godwin tells everyone to work on getting
better one percent per day,” added Palumbo. “It adds up. The guys are
working hard and ready to play another color of jersey.”
The Pirates get that first chance on Friday
afternoon.
The weather appears to be cooperating. It should be a
great weekend on the diamond.
We’ll see you at Clark-LeClair Stadium.
BB