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The Season |
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ECU makes history against
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 GREENVILLE
� East Carolina and Houston
came into Wednesday night's
matchup with winless records
in the American Athletic
Conference but the Pirates
emerged with a 66-61
victory, their first league
triumph since moving to the
AAC this season. "That was a
big win for our kids," ECU
coach Jeff Lebo said. ...
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Pictured: ECU's
Antonio Robinson scores a
layup against Houston. The
senior guard had 8 points
and was a perfect 3-3 from
the floor with 4 assists. (Photo by W.A.
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FOOTBALL |
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Opportunity summons Lincoln
Riley |
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 OOOOk-lahoma,
where the wind comes sweepin' down
the plain,
And the wavin' wheat can sure smell
sweet, When the wind comes right
behind the rain�
East Carolina offensive coordinator
Lincoln Riley is singing a new tune
today.
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Brian Bailey... |
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Audio: The Brian Bailey
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The Brian Bailey
Show airs on Pirate
Radio
 1250
on
 Mondays
at 6:30 p.m. Brian's
guests this week
were ECU assistant
basketball coach Ken
Potosnak (right) and
Farmville Central
football coach Scott
Gardner (left):
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show... |
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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ECU taps Texas for scholar/lineman |
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 In the
football-crazed town of
Corinth, Texas, which is
part of the Dallas-Fort
Worth metro area, they're
known for producing college
quarterbacks. In fact, the
last three signal callers at
one of Corinth's local high
schools, Lake Dallas, have
gone on to earn college
scholarships. ...
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BASKETBALL |
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Lebo on AAC: 'Quite a jump' |
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 Jeff Lebo had no delusions
about what membership in the
American Athletic Conference
would mean. 'We've moved up
two notches in basketball,"
said Lebo of the competitive
upgrade. ...
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Pirates 'steal' sack artist in
Olenga |
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Emmanuel
Olenga is short on football
experience, but long on
talent and potential. And,
oh yeah, he's 6-foot-5 and
250 pounds of talent and
potential. That was more
than enough to create a
ripple of excitement in the
East Carolina football
program on December 22 when
Olenga made a verbal
commitment ...
More from Sammy Batten... |
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By
Al Myatt
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DALLAS � Five Southern
Methodist players scored in double figures as the host Mustangs took a
77-54 American Athletic Conference win over East Carolina on Saturday
afternoon.
Terry Whisnant of the
Pirates scored 24 points and teammate Caleb White added 14 but it
was not enough to offset the balanced effort by SMU (14-4, 5-1 AAC).
Nic Moore scored 14
points to lead the Mustangs. Markus Kennedy tallied 12. Ben Moore
and Ryan Manuel had 11 points each. Sterling Brown finished with 10
points.
A crowd of 7,001 was on
hand at Moody Coliseum.
Michel-Ofik Nzege had
eight points and 10 rebounds for ECU (8-10, 1-4), which trailed
31-29 on the boards.
White and freshman B.J.
Tyson had five assists apiece for the Pirates. Michael Zangari
blocked three SMU shots. White and Tyson each controlled five
rebounds.
The Mustangs took the
lead 21 seconds into the game and maintained the upper hand the rest
of the way.
SMU led 34-22 at the
half. Its biggest lead was 33 points with 8:22 left to play.
ECU's next game is at
home at noon Saturday, Jan. 24, against Tulsa (12-5, 5-0), which won
75-58 at South Florida on Saturday. The game is scheduled to be
shown on the ESPNews network.