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BAILEY'S TAKE
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From the Anchor Desk
Tuesday, November 17, 2008
By Brian Bailey |
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Bucs in harmony with
Tulsa time
By
Brian Bailey
©2009 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
Living on Tulsa time,
Living on Tulsa time,
Gonna set my watch back
to it,
Cause you know that I’ve
been through it.
Living on Tulsa time.
Eric Clapton
The members of the East
Carolina defensive unit
have certainly made it
their business living on
Tulsa time.
Last year in the
Conference USA title
game, the Pirates forced
seven turnovers
including five
interceptions in
a 27-24 victory
at Tulsa.
Sunday night, the
defense stepped it up
another notch. The
Pirate “D” forced four
Golden Hurricane
turnovers, of which
three were returned by
Pirate defenders for
touchdowns.
That’s Pirate time in
Tulsa!
The Pirates led just
23-17 early in the
fourth quarter when
Emmanuel Davis stepped
in front of a G.J. Kinne
pass and sprinted
42-yards for the
touchdown. That proved
to be the backbreaker,
but a couple of other
Pirate defensive players
still had a shot to
shine.
Safety Levin Neal picked
off Kinne and sprinted
57-yards for a score
with just over two
minutes to play. Then,
big Jay Ross scooped up
a fumble and had just
enough gas in the tank
to make it to the end
zone for the final
points in a weird game
that developed into
a 44-17 rout.
The Pirates bolted out
in the first half with
over 400 yards of
offense. The Pirates
were dominant on the
line of scrimmage, as
Dominique Lindsey rushed
for 150 yards in those
first two quarters.
Still, the Pirates led
just 20-7 at halftime.
Things got tighter as
Tulsa pulled to within
23-17, and the Golden
Hurricane had the
football.
That’s when the East
Carolina defense went on
the offensive, reeling
off three touchdowns to
complete the blowout.
The Pirates put
themselves in great
position in the league
race with two home games
remaining. Beating UAB
and especially Southern
Miss won’t be an easy
assignment.
History won’t be on the
Pirates side against the
Golden Eagles, but the
Pirates will cross that
bridge next week. CBS
College Sports likes the
matchup so much that it
announced on Monday that
it would carry the game
live with a kick-off of
1:30 p.m.
This week it’s a short
week to get ready for
the much improved
Blazers.
Thankfully, the Pirates
will play on Saturday
from here on out.
Nationally-televised
games really help the
program, but college
football games should be
played on Saturday!
Hoops: ECU at Campbell
East Carolina’s
basketball squad hits
the road tonight to take
on Campbell.
The Pirates opened the
season by
beating UVa-Wise
on Friday night, and
then
lost in Greensboro
to Wake Forest on
Sunday.
East Carolina coach Mack
McCarthy had said in the
preseason that this
would be a work in
progress. He said he
knew his club would be
much better in February
then it is in November.
“We learned more about
ourselves against Wake
Forest then we did on
Friday night,” said
McCarthy. “They have a
very good basketball
team and can do a lot of
things.”
Brock Young led East
Carolina with 17 points
in the 89-58 loss to the
Demon Deacons.
Even though Wake Forest
was much taller and more
athletic, the Pirates
actually won the battle
on the boards. In fact,
the Pirates missed
several early
three-point looks that
would have made the game
much closer in the first
half.
The Pirates are on the
road tonight, visiting
Campbell. Then it’s off
to the Virgin Islands
where ECU will play
three games, starting
with Tennessee on
Friday.
“Campbell likes to get
on you on defense,” said
McCarthy. “They like an
up tempo style but
hopefully we can take
advantage of that and
turn it into some 4 on
3’s, 3 on 2’s or 2 on 1
breaks.”
Lady Pirates go 2-0
East Carolina’s women's
basketball team is off
to a great start. Sharon
Baldwin-Tener’s squad
rolled by Charlotte in
the opener, and then
beat Western Carolina on
Sunday.
Even Coach Baldwin-Tener
seemed surprised about
her team’s blowout win
over the Lady 49ers in
the opener. The Lady
Pirates were polished
and unselfish in the
85-61 victory over the
2009 Atlantic 10 champs
from the Queen City.
Ashley Clarke scored 22
points in the opener and
poured in 20 more
against Western on
Sunday.
The Lady Pirates are
back in action on
Thursday night, hosting
UNC-Wilmington and
looking for a 3-0 start.
BB
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