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Long-term recruiting lands
tackle |
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 A
connection with East
Carolina that didn't
originally pay off for the
Pirates helped produce an
important late addition to
the football recruiting
Class of 2015. Junior
college defensive tackle
Darius Commissiong became
the 19th member of the ECU
Class of '15 ...
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BASEBALL |
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GREENVILLE � East
Carolina scored two runs in
the seventh inning for a 3-2
win over Monmouth on Sunday,
completing a three-game
series sweep of the Hawks.
Reid Love singled to lead
off ECU's half of the
seventh. An error by the
Monmouth first baseman on a
sacrifice bunt by Parker
Lamm put runners at first
and second. A sacrifice bunt
by Eric Tyler moved both
runners into scoring
position. Bryce Harman's
sacrifice fly tied the score
at 2 and an RBI single up
the middle by Travis Watkins
scored Lamm ...
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Campbell | Tuesday,
6:30 pm |
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GREENVILLE � Behind
50 percent field goal
shooting, host Houston
evened its American Athletic
Conference regular season
series with East Carolina by
pulling away to a 72-54 win
Sunday. A layup by Devonta
Pollard, who had 14 points
and 11 rebounds, put the
Cougars ahead to stay at
11-9 with 13:33 left in the
first half. Houston (12-18,
4-14) was on top 35-24 at
the half. ...
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Next: AAC Tournament
No. 8 East Carolina vs. No. 9 Central Florida
Thursday, 3:30 pm |
TV: ESPNU
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The Season
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Tournament Bracket
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BASEBALL |
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Pirates post pair of
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GREENVILLE � East
Carolina defeated Old
Dominion 9-7 on Wednesday as
2,155 made their way to
Clark-LeClair Stadium on a
great afternoon to be
outside. The Pirates (6-5)
scored twice in the seventh
inning to snap a tie score
at 5 and ECU maintained the
lead. ...
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Next: ECU vs.
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FOOTBALL |
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Smith shoulders
responsibility |
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 Rick
Smith had an agonizing 2014
football season and it
wasn't just the heartbreak
of losses to Cincinnati and
Central Florida in the final
seconds that stressed East
Carolina's defensive
coordinator. ...
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Temple wins on ECU's Senior
Night |
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 GREENVILLE
� Temple overcame a fast
start by East Carolina on
Senior Night to take a 70-56
American Athletic Conference
win over the Pirates in
Williams Arena at Minges
Coliseum on Thursday night.
A 3-pointer by Terry
Whisnant gave ECU an 11-3
lead with 17:14 left in the
first half, but the Owls
(21-9, 12-5 AAC) rallied to
go ahead to stay, 30-27, on
a 3-pointer by Will Cummings
with 5:20 left in the first
half. ...
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Pictured: Caleb
White drives to the
basket in a 70-56
loss to Temple
Thursday night. The
sophomore guard led
the Pirates with 13
points. (Photo by
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Pirates enjoy baseball
weather |
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GREENVILLE � East
Carolina defeated Old
Dominion 9-7 on Wednesday as
2,155 made their way to
Clark-LeClair Stadium on a
great afternoon to be
outside. The Pirates (6-5)
scored twice in the seventh
inning to snap a tie score
at 5 and ECU maintained the
lead. ...
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Pack shuts out Pirates |
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RALEIGH � N.C.
State's Logan Ratledge hit a
two-run homer in the bottom
of the fifth inning on
Tuesday afternoon and the
Wolfpack went on to deal
East Carolina its first
shutout of the season by a
7-0 margin at Doak Field.
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Pirates set sights on N.C. State |
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 The
weather has certainly thrown a curve
ball at the East Carolina baseball
season so far. There has yet to be
one of those �beautiful day for
baseball� type days. In fact, the
weather has been much more suited
for duck hunting than diamond
watching. ...
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Audio: The Brian
Bailey Show |
  The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at
6:30 p.m. Brian's
guest this week was
ECU volunteer
assistant coach
Frankie Everitte
(right):
Replay
show... |
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Al Myatt
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HOUSTON � Behind 50 percent
field goal shooting, host Houston evened its American Athletic
Conference regular season series with East Carolina by pulling away to a
72-54 win Sunday.
A layup by Devonta
Pollard, who had 14 points and 11 rebounds, put the Cougars ahead to
stay at 11-9 with 13:33 left in the first half.
Houston (12-18, 4-14)
was on top 35-24 at the half.
The Pirates trailed by
double digits the last 20 minutes as the Cougars won their third
straight.
ECU (13-18, 6-12) got 13
points from Terry Whisnant.
Marshall Guilmette and
Caleb White scored nine points each for the Pirates.
Michel Nzege had a
team-high six rebounds for ECU, which was beaten 39-24 on the
boards.
Antonio Robinson had six
assists for the Pirates, who made nine of 30 shots in the first half
(30 percent) before improving to 11 of 23 in the second half for
47.8 percent.
B.J. Tyson had seven
points in the setback and Paris Roberts-Campbell added six. Tyson
and Whisnant each had three steals.
Jherrod Stiggers of
Houston had 17 points after being limited to five points in a 66-61
loss to ECU in Greenville on Jan. 14. Stiggers scored 14 in the
second half as Houston led by as many as 21 points after
intermission.
The Pirates will be
seeded eighth for the AAC tournament and will meet No. 9 seed
Central Florida (12-17, 5-13) in the opening round at the XL Center
in Hartford, Conn., at 3:30 p.m. Thursday (ESPNU).
The winner of that
matchup advances to take on top-seeded SMU (24-6, 15-3) at noon on
Friday (ESPN2).
