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CINCINNATI
� East Carolina was held to
27 percent shooting in a
69-48 American Athletic
Conference loss at
Cincinnati on Tuesday night.
The Bearcats went ahead 3-0
on a shot from behind the
arc by Troy Caupain with
18:02 left in the first half
and led the rest of the way. ...
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14, 7 pm
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will be no storybook ending for
these Pirates seniors, again. After
a Central Florida �Hail Mary� ruined
Senior Night in December. East
Carolina�s final attempt to give the
seniors a victorious sendoff fell
just short in the Birmingham Bowl.
The Pirates had plenty of chances,
but problems in the red zone meant a
different and most disappointing
ending. ...
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Audio: The Brian Bailey
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Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at
6:30
p.m. Brian's guest
this week ECU
assistant coach and
recruiting
coordinator Donnie
Kirkpatrick:
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BIRMINGHAM, AL � East Carolina's
lack of production in the red
zone ultimately led to a 28-20
loss to Florida in the
Birmingham Bowl at historic
Legion Field on Saturday.
The final opportunity for the
Pirates (8-5) came on a drive
that started with 3:28 left in
the game from the ECU 42 with
the Pirates needing a touchdown
and a two-point conversion to
tie the score. ...
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Carolina coach Ruffin
McNeill and seniors
Brandon Williams, Justin
Hardy and Shane Carden
met with the media after
Saturday's game
(recorded by W.A.
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TAMPA, FL � Host South
Florida pulled away late to
defeat East Carolina 58-50
on Saturday night and drop
the Pirates to 0-2 in the
American Athletic
Conference. "They finished
off the game," said Pirates
coach Jeff Lebo. " ... We
didn't make the tough plays
you need to finish the game
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By
Al Myatt
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CINCINNATI � East Carolina
was held to 27 percent shooting in a 69-48 American Athletic Conference
loss at Cincinnati on Tuesday night.
The Bearcats went ahead
3-0 on a shot from behind the arc by Troy Caupain with 18:02 left in
the first half and led the rest of the way.
Two free throws by
Cincinnati's Octavius Ellis pushed the margin to 29-18 with 3:10
remaining in the half and the Bearcats maintained a double-digit
advantage the remainder of the game.
Cincinnati led by as
many as 24 points several times in the second half as a crowd of
7,516 looked on at Fifth Third Arena.
Ellis finished with 12
points, nine rebounds and blocked three shots as the Bearcats
improved to 11-3 overall and 2-0 in the AAC.
Freshman B.J. Tyson had
13 points for ECU (7-9, 0-3) to lead all scorers and he also claimed
a team high seven rebounds.
Florida State transfer
Terry Whisnant added 11 points for the Pirates and Lance Tejada
tallied nine.
Marshall Guilmette, who
has been out much of the season with a hip ailment, had five points
in 14 minutes.
ECU had a 29-24 edge in
bench scoring.
The Pirates made 17 of
63 field goal attempts and were five of 22 from 3-point range (22.7
percent).
ECU sank nine of 13 free
throws (69.2 percent) compared to 13 of 23 (56.5 percent) for the
hosts.
The Bearcats had a 47-35
rebounding advantage. Kevin Johnson had 12 points for Cincinnati.
Caupain had 10 points and six assists.
The Pirates have some
time to regroup before Houston visits on Jan. 14 for a 7 p.m. AAC
contest that will be shown on ESPNU.
