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Next: South Florida
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Howe a prize catch for
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 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 |
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Green Wave sinks Pirates in
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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
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Next: ECU at Cincinnati |
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Pirates issue full ride to kicker |
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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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BASEBALL |
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Pirate baseball opens with
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 For
the second straight year it was my honor to serve as emcee for the East
Carolina Pirates baseball banquet, held this past Saturday at Williams
Arena. Some 400 fans packed the arena to get set for the upcoming
baseball season. ...
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Brian Bailey...
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Memorabilia at ECU's Baseball
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By
Al Myatt
©2016 Bonesville.net
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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.
The 6-feet, 10-inch
Ellis presented matchup problems with16 points and 11 rebounds as
the Bearcats improved to 19-7 overall and 9-4 in the league.
Clark, a 6-7 product of
Clayton (NC) High School, finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds.
Ellis and Clark each had
four assists as the scoring load was shared on both teams.
Five players scored in
double figures for Cincinnati and four reached double digits for ECU
(10-15, 2-10).
Kevin Johnson scored 13
points in the win. Troy Caupain had 12 points and six assists for
the Bearcats. Jacob Evans added 10 points.
The Pirates were led by
senior point guard Prince Williams, who had 15 points and five
rebounds. Caleb White came off the bench for 13 points. B.J. Tyson
had 12 points, three assists and three steals.
Freshman Kentrell
Barkley contributed 11 points, five rebounds and four assists for
ECU.
Mike Zangari had seven
points and a team-high six rebounds in the losing cause. Clarence
Williams contributed two points and five rebounds in 18 minutes.
The Pirates were coming
off
a 100-92 triple overtime loss
to Tulane at home on Wednesday night but regrouped to battle
effectively until the hosts expanded a five-point lead to as many as
17 points over the last 6:41.
"We did some good things
on the road in a tough environment against a really-good team that
is really hard to score on," said ECU coach Jeff Lebo. "We got good
play from our perimeter players. We went nose-to-nose with them at
those spots. We were just a little out-manned there at the four and
five spots. They took advantage of us there."
Cincinnati held a 37-30
rebounding advantage. The Bearcats made 29 of 60 field goal attempts
for 48.3 percent, including eight of 27 behind the arc for 29.6
percent. Ellis was seven of nine from the floor and Clark hit six of
eight from the field. The hosts made nine of 12 free throws (75
percent).
ECU was 22 of 58 overall
on field goal shooting (37.9 percent), offsetting that by going nine
of 22 on threes (40.9 percent). The Pirates were seven of 11 at the
line for 63.6 percent.
ECU committed 12
turnovers to 10 for Cincinnati, which will visit the Pirates on Feb.
27.
ECU hosts South Florida
on Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Bulls are 5-20 overall and 2-10 in the
league going into a matchup at Temple (15-8, 9-3) at 3 p.m. today.
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this week was
ECU
offensive
coordinator Tony Petersen: