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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Countdown to Signing Day |
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LATEST UPDATES: Added
thumbnails for Lambert (GA)
HS OT SEAN BAILEY,
Bakersfield (CA) College OT
JARRED DORTON, Plymouth (NC)
HS ILB RAEQUAN PURVIS,
Carver (GA) HS S JAVONTAY
SMITH, University Christian
(FL) HS TE ANTHONY WATLEY
and Blythewood (SC) HS TE
ERIC WEBER ...
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BASKETBALL |
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Houston finds help in
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GREENVILLE �
After Houston's Rob Gray Jr.
scored 31 points before leaving
Saturday's American Athletic
Conference game at East Carolina
with a left ankle injury, the
Cougars got 11 points in two
overtimes from Wes VanBeck in a
97-93 win.
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Pictured: Houston's
Rob Gray Jr. is surrounded by
Pirates. Gray had a game-high 31
points before going out of the
game with an ankle injury. The
Cougars didn't miss a beat in
his absence as backup Wes
VanBeck was the difference-maker
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BASKETBALL |
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Pirates making progress |
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Carolina's basketball fortunes have
changed significantly since the
Pirates took an 0-6 record in the
American Athletic Conference into
Sunday's 84-83 win at Memphis.
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Freshman Barkley lifts Pirates |
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GREENVILLE � East Carolina freshman Kentrell
Barkley played 40 minutes in a 64-61
American Athletic Conference win over Temple
in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on
Wednesday night. He boosted the Pirates down
to the final second when his offensive
rebound and 3-point play gave ECU its first
hoops victory over the sixth-winningest
program in NCAA Division I.
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Late push sways Georgia
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D'Ante Smith's journey to play
college football in North Carolina
took a detour to the East last week.
The offensive lineman from
Grovetown, Georgia accepted a
scholarship offer last July to play
in the western edge of the state for
Appalachian State
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Audio: The Brian
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Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's topic this week
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Hot Stove baseball with guests
Chuck Humphrey, Chad Tracy and
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Pirates shock Memphis, 84-83 |
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MEMPHIS, TN � In a situation where a win
seemed beyond the realm of realistic hope,
East Carolina stunned host Memphis 84-83 on
Sunday afternoon at the FedEx Forum.
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By
Brian Bailey
�2016 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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East Carolina's
double-overtime loss to Houston on Saturday looked just like an
old-fashioned, western shootout.
The Pirates were riding a two-game winning streak when the Cougars came
to town. Wins
over Memphis on the road
and Temple at home seemed to have given this ECU
basketball team a brand new sense of confidence.
The Pirates played well against the Cougars.
Jeff Lebo showed the pride in his face afterwards.
"That was a heck of a college basketball game,� said Lebo. "If you are a
fan of college basketball you will not get much more exciting to watch
than that. I'm disappointed for my team that we came up short.�
ECU
came up short on the scoreboard, but the effort was
certainly winning in nature. Had it not been for a couple of incredible
performances by a couple of Cougars, the Pirates would have come home
with the win.
�We battled and I am not sure how we got it to overtime, but we showed
resilience,� said Lebo. �[Houston's] Rob Gray (31 points) was absolutely
terrific out there; he looked like Akeem Richmond shooting balls. [Wes]
VanBeck comes off the bench and hits a couple of dagger shots.�
Gray�s 31 points tied his career high. VanBeck came in cold and fired in
a trio of triples that ultimately won the game for Houston.
"When everybody is bringing it, everybody is very close on any given
night,� said Pirate junior Caleb White. �Any player can go off for 20
points � as you can see today, it was for 30. Teams are good and teams
are complete, so we have to compete every day."
Lebo said he had a hurting group in his locker room after the loss. This
team has improved immensely over the last month. That improvement is
sometimes hard to see because the competition is so very difficult.
East Carolina certainly had an emotional, roller-coaster ride of a week.
"Every game has been a thriller, so we have to step up to the plate like
we did today,� said Pirate senior Prince Williams. �We came up short. I
am still proud of our guys and it has been a good week for us. Now we
need to go back to the drawing board and go to UConn."
Connecticut has had its share of struggles this season. The Huskies are
14-6 on the season, but just 4-3 in league play. The Pirates are just
1-7 on the road this season, but that win was last week�s stunner at
Memphis. That�s your early viewing choice for Super Bowl Sunday on the
CBS Sports Network.
The Pirates now certainly have sights set on a strong finish and moving
up in the American Athletic Conference standings for the conference
tournament.
Saturday�s loss was disappointing but the atmosphere and effort by the
squad made the day one to remember.
ECU basketball doesn�t have a rich history, but the double-overtime loss
to Houston will go down as one of the best games ever in Williams Arena.
BB
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this was
Fayetteville Observer and
Bonesville recruiting analyst
Sammy Batten: