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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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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.
Monmouth | Sunday, 1
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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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BASKETBALL |
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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
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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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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):
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show... |
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By
Al Myatt
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HARTFORD, CT — East Carolina
survived and advanced in the first game of the 2015 American Athletic
Conference tournament with an 81-80 overtime win over Central Florida at
the XL Center on Thursday afternoon.
The Pirates (14-18) used
a balanced scoring attack that included 19 points from freshman B.J.
Tyson, a career high 18 from Marshall Guilmette, 13 each from Michel
Nzege and Caleb White and 11 from Paris Roberts-Campbell.
Regulation play ended
with the score knotted at 76. Kasey Wilson of UCF tied it up on a
follow shot with four seconds left. Roberts-Campbell got a good look
at a three at the buzzer but it rimmed out.
Guilmette's three from
the left put the Pirates ahead to stay at 79-78 with 4:28 left in
the extra period. A bucket by White gave ECU an 81-78 lead with 3:31
remaining.
Wilson made two free
throws with 3:05 left to complete the scoring.
Wilson missed a shot
from the left elbow with Antonio Robinson defending as time was
running out that would have given the Knights (12-18) the victory.
UCF got 22 points from
B.J. Taylor in its third loss of the season to the Pirates. Adonys
Henriquez added 17 points.
ECU trailed 7-2 at the
outset but spurted to a 30-13 advantage with 5:59 left in the first
half. The Pirates were on top 38-30 at the break.
Freshman Lance Tejada
gave ECU a big lift with seven assists and five steals in the first
half as coach Jeff Lebo brought Robinson to the bench with a pair of
fouls.
Nzege and Guilmette
grabbed seven and six rebounds respectively to keep the Pirates
competitive on the boards.
"Well, it was a heck of
a basketball game to open the tournament," Lebo said. "Good
offensive game, a lot of points and we had a great start to the
game, up 17.
"Give Central Florida a
lot of credit, they really battled hard and battled back. I give my
team a lot of credit in the overtime. When a team comes back like
that and ties the game, a lot of times in those overtimes they
mentally have an advantage and physically have an advantage. We
showed some toughness coming down the stretch and made some key
plays.
"It's exciting to be
able to play another day. It's our first American tournament victory
and I know our guys are excited to get a chance to play again
tomorrow against a terrific team."
ECU, seeded eighth in
the 11-team event, meets top-seeded Southern Methodist (24-6), which
had a first-round bye, at noon today (ESPN2). The Mustangs defeated
the Pirates 77-54 in Dallas on Jan. 17.
The Pirates improved to
4-1 in conference tournament openers under Lebo.
