GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Sunday, November 24, 2019

East Carolina Outlasts Connecticut, 31-24; ECU seals win with red zone INT in final seconds…Pirates’ Epic Comeback Falls Short Against Kansas City…No. 19 Cincinnati clinches AAC East, plays for home-field advantage next week at Memphis…Perry Rallies Navy Past No. 21 SMU…49ers make history! Charlotte tops Marshall to become bowl-eligible for the first time…No. 2 Ohio State beats No. 9 Penn State to take Big Ten East

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

Bonesville.net

• Inside Game Day
  Pirates get pick for elusive fourth win
• Inside Game Day Photo Feature
  Game Day Gallery
• Inside Game Day Audio Feature
  Mike Houston Postgame
• Inside Game Day Audio Feature
  ECU Players Postgame
• Inside Game Day Audio Feature
  Jon Gilbert Postgame
• Basketball News
  Furious rally comes up short

ecupirates.com

• Pirates’ Epic Comeback Falls Short Against Kansas City
• Smothering Defense Helps ECU Top UMES 57-42
• East Carolina Outlasts Connecticut, 31-24

Greenville Daily Reflector

• No more 3-9: ECU breaks through barrier with fourth win
• ECU-UConn: Three answers
• ECU hoops falls in second game
• Byrd continues Pirates’ timely tight end play

WNCT 9

• Pirates pick up 4th win, 31-24 over UConn
• ECU falls in Bahamas semi-final against Missouri-Kansas City
• Pirate women win in ‘Diabetes Awareness’ game

WITN 7

• East Carolina pulls out 31-24 victory over UConn
• Whitfield carries UMKC over ECU men’s basketball, 74-68
• Thompson leads ECU women’s basketball to 57-42 win over UMES

October 23rd, 11 p.m. Sports; ECU Football gets fourth win of the season against UConn WCTI 12

Rivals

• East Carolina Tops UConn 31-24
• Slow ECU Start Leads to 74-68 Loss to Kansas City in Bahamas

Chicago Cubs acquire Newport News product Jharel Cotton WTKR

247 Sports

• ECU senior Colby Gore gets his moment, clinches game with pick
• CFB Overtime: Winners, losers from Week 13
• ECU falls to UMKC in second round of Bahamas Showcase
• Pirates leave 3-9 behind them, get win No. 4 at Connecticut

East Carolina pulls out 31-24 victory over UConn Fayetteville Observer

ESPN

• ECU seals win with red zone INT in final seconds
• Ahlers keeps it himself to give ECU late lead
• UConn scores 40-yard TD on 1st play from scrimmage

Hartford Courant

• UConn football falls short in final seconds, drops 31-24 heartbreaker to East Carolina
• Rewind: UConn football falls to East Carolina on Senior Day

ECU, Rice meet in Bahamas Washington Post

Ahlers, Pinnix carry ECU to fourth win The East Carolinian

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Four American Teams Win on Saturday
• Defense Keys Houston’s West Division Win Against Tulsa
• Cincinnati Clinches East Division With Win Against Temple
• No. 18 Memphis Remains Atop West With Win at USF
• Perry Rallies Navy Past No. 21 SMU
• UCF Tops Tulane To Remain Alive In East Race
• ECU Holds Off UConn For East Division Win
• Tulsa Men Place Fifth To Lead American at 2019 NCAA XC Championships
• Top-Seeded Cincinnati Clinches American Volleyball Title Match Berth

No. 19 Cincinnati clinches AAC East, plays for home-field advantage next week at Memphis NBC Sports

The Associated Press

• No. 17 Cincinnati beats Temple 15-13 for AAC title berth
• Houston’s 2 TD returns power 24-14 win over Tulsa
• White throws 2 TD passes, No. 18 Memphis blasts USF 49-10
• Perry leads Navy past No. 21 SMU 35-28

Senior day swoon: USF trampled by No. 18 Memphis Tampa Bay Times

Orlando Sentinel

• UCF holds off Tulane rally, escapes with elusive road victory
• 10 things we learned from UCF’s 34-31 win at Tulane
• UCF QB McKenzie Milton says he is grateful 1 year after severe knee injury

Philadelphia Inquirer

• Temple Owls fall to Cincinnati Bearcats, 15-13
• Josh Pierre-Louis leads Temple in West-Coast win over USC

Hartford Courant

• Freshmen Jack Zergiotis, Cam Ross, Matt Drayton offer hope for UConn football future
• Postgame grades: How UConn’s players, position units performed in a 31-24 loss to East Carolina
• UConn men come up short despite James Bouknight’s splashy performance; face Miami in Charleston Classic consolation game

NOLA.com

• Familiar tune: Too many mistakes cost Tulane a chance to beat UCF
• Walker: Tulane’s loss to UCF shows Green Wave has work to do to make jump from average to elite

Dallas Morning News

• Disappointment surrounds SMU’s loss to Navy as Mustangs miss out on AAC title contention
• Photos: Sonny Dykes barks at official; Navy Midshipmen line the field ahead of game vs. SMU
• In his season debut, Kendric Davis scores 21 to lead SMU past UNLV

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Memphis 49, USF 10: 5 things learned from the Tigers’ 10th win of the season
• Precious Achiuwa scores 25 points, No. 16 Memphis holds off Ole Miss 87-86

Tulsa World

• AAC roundup: Perry leads Navy past No. 21 SMU 35-28
• Houston 24, TU 14: Turnovers, kickoff return doom Hurricane in loss to Cougars
• Houston 24, Tulsa 14: Interception return, kickoff return doom Hurricane in home finale
• View from the field: See the best images as Tulsa plays its home finale against Houston
• TU notebook: Seniors honored; Hurricane turnover streak reaches double digits
• TU Four Downs

UH takes down Tulsa to snap losing streak Houston Chronicle

Annapolis Capital

• Perry heroics lift Navy to Senior Day victory over No. 25 SMU, 35-28
• Navy’s underclassmen work hard to give thanks to their seniors on their special night

After watching his brother play at WSU, Elijah Lufile had ‘chills’ facing Shockers  Wichita Eagle

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Charlotte Observer

• 49ers make history! Charlotte tops Marshall to become bowl-eligible for the first time
• Appalachian State clinches division title; NC A&T captures MEAC title
• UNC is now one win from being bowl eligible. How the Tar Heels got to this point
• Wake Forest runs over Duke, handing Blue Devils fifth consecutive loss
• Five for the Gamecocks, five for the Tigers. Ranking the last 10 USC-Clemson games

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest beats Duke for Big 4 championship
• Evans’ three touchdowns pace No. 24 App State over Texas State
• App State’s Noel Cook grabbed an interception against Texas State. The play changed the course of the game and helped clinch the division

Fayetteville Observer

• Demon Deacons run past Duke
• UNC routs Mercer, sets up showdown with N.C. State for bowl eligibility

Norfolk Virginian Pilot

• Cavaliers rout Liberty, brace for showdown against Virginia Tech
• Scalding Hokies rout Pitt, create winner-take-all division clash with U.Va.
• William & Mary’s old and young savor overtime win in Mike London’s return to Richmond
• ODU falls at Middle Tennessee in 10th consecutive loss

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Bulldogs win again with great defense, just enough offense
• Perfect night for Rodrigo Blankenship, Georgia’s all-time leading scorer
• Georgia Tech’s feel-good win gives Collins another selling point

The Associated Press

• Saturday’s best
• AP Top 25 Takeaways: Race for No. 1; Ducks drag Pac-12 down
• No. 2 Ohio State beats No. 9 Penn State to take Big Ten East
• Sciba sets kicking record, helps Wake Forest beat Duke 39-27
• No. 8 Oklahoma holds on, beats TCU 28-24
• A crosstown rivalry stunner: FIU defeats Miami, 30-24
• Evans, Johnson lead UL Monroe to 45-42 win over Chanticleers
• Harvard-Yale game delayed by student protest; 20-30 arrested
• Hooker’s 2 TD passes lead No. 25 Virginia Tech over Pitt
• Nebraska rips Maryland 54-7 to remain in bowl pursuit
• Defense shines, No. 4 Georgia prevails 19-13 vs Texas A&M