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ECU fifth-year head
coach Jeff Lebo
orchestrates the
action as he guides
the Pirates to
Sunday's comeback
win over Cincinnati.
The triumph was the
program's first over
the Bearcats after
nine matchups dating
back to 1991. (Photo
by W.A. Myatt) |
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Next: ECU at UConn |
Wed., 7 pm |
TV: ESPNU |
The Season |
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BASEBALL |
Homegrown Pirate toured
the bases |
Players
begin at home plate
offensively in baseball and
the objective is to get
around the bases. The goal
is to get back home and that
describes the journey of
Cliff Godwin, East
Carolina's first-year
baseball coach ...
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BASKETBALL |
Memphis holds off ECU rally |
MEMPHIS — East Carolina fell
behind 24-9 in its American
Athletic Conference contest
at Memphis on Wednesday
night and absorbed a 70-58
loss after pulling within
62-58 with 3:50 remaining.
The Pirates were 13 for 27
behind the 3-point arc (48.1
percent) in falling to 8-12
overall and 1-6 in league
play. ...
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Next: ECU vs.
Cincinnati | Sunday,
1 pm
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The Season
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BASKETBALL |
On the cusp of the winning
formula |
Jeff
Lebo's teams always play their best
basketball at the end of the season.
Perhaps we saw a glimpse of that on
Saturday. Tulsa came to town and got
all it wanted from East Carolina
before slipping out of town with a
66-64 win. ...
More
from Brian Bailey... |
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Audio: Brian Bailey
Show |
The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
topic this week was
baseball and his
guests were Rose
High coach Ronald
Vincent, Babe Ruth
League president
Clay Medlin and Hot
Stove League
president Chuck
Humphrey:
Replay
show... |
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BASKETBALL |
Pirates close with win |
It
was good to see Shane Carden
smile at the end of the
Senior Bowl on the NFL
Channel on Saturday. It was
a good memory to close his
college career. The East
Carolina quarterback took a
knee in the final seconds of
a 34-13 win for the North
team. ...
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BASKETBALL |
Pirates just short against
Tulsa |
GREENVILLE — Tulsa remained
unbeaten in the American
Athletic Conference but not
without a battle against
East Carolina in Williams
Arena at Minges Coliseum on
Saturday. The Golden
Hurricane improved to 14-5
overall and 7-0 in league
play as De'Andre Wright
assured the outcome by
hitting two free throws with
three seconds left. ...
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By
Al Myatt
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Post-game Audio: Lebo & players...
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina
scored the last 11 points of Sunday's American Athletic Conference
contest with Cincinnati in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum for a 50-46
win.
Freshman B.J. Tyson led
ECU (9-12, 2-6 AAC) with 18 points as the Pirates halted a
three-game losing streak with their first triumph in nine tries
against Cincinnati (15-6, 6-3).
The Bearcats
had beaten ECU 69-48 on Jan. 6
at Cincinnati.
"It was a great win for
our kids and I'm really happy for them," Pirates coach Jeff Lebo
said. "They've been resilient all year long and they found a way to
win."
The statistics provided
some confounding numbers for the Pirates, whose offense is based on
their outside shooting. ECU was coming off of a 70-58 loss at
Memphis on Wednesday night.
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Junior guard Terry
Whisnant finishes a
key reverse layup
late in ECU's
come-from-behind
conference win over
Cincinnati on
Sunday. (Photo by
W.A. Myatt) |
"Basketball is such an
odd game," Lebo said. "We go 13-of-27 from three against Memphis and
lose by double figures. Today, we shoot 4-of-19 from three at home
against Cincinnati and win. We got outscored by Memphis by about 25
or 30 in the paint, then we outscore Cincinnati in the paint
(26-20). It's just a weird game.
"If you had told me we
had won with Caleb (White) and Terry (Whisnant) going 0-of-9 from
three, no way. But the kids found a way. They've stayed together and
there's nothing harder I think as a coach than trying to keep them
together when they've lost and we've lost some close games."
ECU made just 21.1
percent behind the arc but Cincinnati associate head coach Larry
Davis said his team still had to respect the Pirates' range.
"They can shoot the
three so good," Davis said. "Even though the three didn't beat us,
it forces you to spread out a little bit, and they did a smart
thing. They threw it to the high post, and those guys made shots.
They drove the ball in there, and they have a freshman (Tyson) blow
by us two or three times and make shots."
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B.J.
Tyson hypes up the crowd in the final minutes of the
Pirates' victory over Cincinnati. In his 24 minutes of
play, the Wadesboro product came off the bench to score
18 points on 8-14 shooting, including 2-3 from behind
the arc. (Photo by W.A. Myatt) |
The Pirates were behind
46-39 as a crowd of 4,574 cheered the comeback and a CBS Sports
Network television audience looked on as well.
A jumper by Tyson
brought ECU within 46-41 and Whisnant registered on a tip-in.
Marshall Guilmette had a free throw before a layup by Whisnant tied
the score at 46 with 1:47 to go.
The Pirates took the
lead at 48-46 on a layup by Tyson with 1:02 remaining. White made
two big free throws with nine seconds left.
Antonio Robinson
rebounded a missed three by the Bearcats with three seconds showing.
Robinson didn't score but had four assists and five steals.
Tyson and White each had
five rebounds for ECU. Guilmette netted seven points. Scoring six
points each were Michel Nzege, Whisnant and Paris Roberts-Campbell.
Octavius Ellis led
Cincinnati with 14 points and 14 rebounds.
ECU made 13 of its 28
field goal attempts in the second half for 46.4 percent. The
Bearcats made just seven of 24 (29.2 percent) from the floor after
leading 23-18 at the half.
The Bearcats joined a
list of former NCAA Tournament champions
to lose at ECU that includes Louisville,
Marquette,
N.C. State and
Texas-El Paso.
The Pirates travel to
2014 NCAA champion Connecticut for a 7 p.m. game on Wednesday (ESPNU).
Post-game Audio: Lebo & players...