Good makes good
By The Associated Press
GREENVILLE — Bobby Good
bounced back from two dropped passes in the first half to finish with a
career day.
Good and quarterback James
Pinkney hooked up on three touchdown passes to help East Carolina beat
Army 38-28 Saturday, ending the Black Knights' first winning streak in
seven years.
``I took my eyes off the
ball,'' said Good of the drops.
After the miscues, he
would go on to set new personal bests with eight catches for 118 yards.
`` ... I definitely was
not going to let this affect the rest of my game," he said. "So I had to
put it behind me and get ready for the second half.''
Army (2-5, 2-4 Conference
USA) snapped a 19-game losing streak earlier this month with a victory
over Cincinnati, then beat South Florida before taking a weekend off.
Last year, the Black Knights set an NCAA record for futility by losing
all 13 games.
But Army couldn't make it
three in a row. The Pirates (2-5, 2-3) piled up 462 yards of offense and
forced two clutch turnovers in the second half to bounce back from a
51-10 loss last week to No. 25 Southern Mississippi.
``You have to give credit
to East Carolina, they came out and played well,'' Black Knights coach
Bobby Ross said. ``I was worried about that, to be very honest, because
when you look at them on film, you can see they have some talent.''
Pinkney finished 26-for-36
for 285 yards and made East Carolina coach John Thompson a winner for
only the third time in 19 games.
The Pirates forced three
turnovers, including interceptions by Zach Baker and Kyle Chase.
``I think we got to their
quarterback a little bit,'' Thompson said. ``I think we were 3-0 in
turnovers. That's how you win. You win by stopping the run, running the
football and winning the turnovers.''
Army's Zac Dahman was
17-for-30 for 230 yards, but he was intercepted twice. D.J. Blackledge
returned a kickoff 69 yards for a TD for the Black Knights early in the
fourth quarter.
``We came out today and
just didn't play the way we have to play to win,'' Ross said.
Carlton Jones had a 4-yard
touchdown run in the third quarter to give the Black Knights their final
lead at 14-10, before Chris Johnson capped a 68-yard East Carolina drive
by bulling in from the 5 to make it 17-14.
Pirates cornerback Donald
Whitehead then recovered an Army fumble near the end of the third
quarter. Pinkney's second TD to Good, this one a 19-yarder, made it
24-14.
``We were able to run the
ball a little bit better today and open up the pass,'' East Carolina
wide receiver Kevin Roach said. ``It just seemed like we were clicking
on all cylinders.''
02/23/2007 10:53 AM
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