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Beam us up, Scottie |
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 I never was a big Star Trek fan but the headline phrase ran through my
mind when Scottie Montgomery was named football coach at East Carolina. There was some degree of urgency oftentimes when Captain Kirk asked to
be returned to the Enterprise on the television show.
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Pirates overtake UNCW |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina trailed
UNC-Wilmington 38-27 after a dunk by
Chris Flemmings of the Seahawks with
2:37 left in the first half, but the
Pirates came back for a 78-73 win
Wednesday night in Williams Arena at
Minges Coliseum. B.J. Tyson scored a
game-high 21 points for ECU (7-4)
and Caleb White added 20 points.
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Montgomery taking the helm |
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East Carolina's
nine-day search for a football coach officially came to an end on Sunday
with an announcement from ECU athletic director Jeff Compher that Duke
offensive coordinator Scottie Montgomery will assume command of the the
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GREENVILLE — B.J. Tyson scored 21
points as East Carolina returned
from an exam break to defeat North
Carolina A&T 71-60 on Sunday
afternoon before a crowd of 4,151 in
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
The Aggies (4-8) came in with a
four-game winning streak
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Staff Report
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HARRISONBURG, VA — After
taking a 61-60 lead on two free throws by B.J. Tyson with 2:48
remaining, East Carolina didn't score the rest of the way in a 67-61
nonconference loss at James Madison on Sunday afternoon.
Poor shooting plagued
the Pirates (7-5), who made just 21 of 61 field goal attempts for
34.4 percent.
ECU's leading scorer
Caleb White had 20 points on six of 13 shooting behind the arc but
the Pirates were 11 of 37 as a team on threes, 29.7 percent.
Neither team got to the
line with any frequency. ECU hit eight of 10 free throws while the
Duke (9-3) dropped six of eight.
Kanu Aja had 12 points
and nine rebounds for the Pirates. Tyson had seven rebounds.
Tyson and Prince
Williams each had nine points.
White and Lance Tejada
each had three assists.
JMU got 23 points from
Ron Curry, 13 from Shakir Brown and 11 from Dimitrije Cabarkapa.
The hosts made 14 of 26
shots from the floor in the second half for 53.8 percent.
A three by Curry with
1:34 left put the Dukes ahead to stay at 63-61.
The Pirates host South
Carolina State (5-7) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Brian's guest this week was new East
Carolina
football coach Scottie Montgomery
(right):