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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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