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product Terry Whisnant puts up a three-point
attempt against Virginia-Lynchburg. The junior
guard made 4 of 7 from long range and led all
scorers with 16 points in East Carolina's 92-51
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American Football
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SATURDAY |
SMU at UCF, 12 pm (ESPNN)
Tulsa at Houston, 3 pm (ESPN3)
Tulane at ECU, 3:30 pm (ESPN3)
USF at Memphis, 4 pm (ESPNN)
Cincinnati at UConn, 8 pm (CBSSN) |
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FOOTBALL |
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Losses set stage for
Tulane's arrival |
Saddled with a two-game
losing streak under adverse
conditions in the rugged
American Athletic
Conference, East Carolina's
football team has been
looking forward to returning
to competition following a
layoff from a Thursday night
game at Cincinnati on Nov.
13. ...
More from Al Myatt... |
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FOOTBALL SPECIAL
FEATURE |
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Fifteen Questions for B.J.
Tyson |
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 Bunyon
Devell (B.J.) Tyson, Jr., is
off to a good start in East
Carolina's basketball
program. Two games into the
2014-15 season, the 6' 3"
freshman is averaging 17.0
points, 5.5 rebounds and
leads the Pirates in steals
with seven. He is playing
23.5 minutes per game. Tyson
has hit nine of his 10 free
throws (90 percent) and 12
of 22 field goal attempts
(54.5 percent), although he
has made just one of seven
behind the arc. ...
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Myatt... |
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Pictured: Freshman
guard B.J. Tyson has
hit the court
running after
attending East
Carolina for a year
before joining the
roster this season.
The Wadesboro
product leads the
team in steals and
is second in
scoring. (ECU Media
Relations photo) |
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FOOTBALL |
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Justin Hardy deserves better |
Justin Hardy has been
snubbed. East Carolina's spectacular
receiver will most likely set the
all-time NCAA record for career
receptions this week when the
Pirates host Tulane. Hardy needs
just four catches to break the
record set by Ryan Broyles of
Oklahoma in 2011. ...
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from Brian Bailey... |
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MULTIMEDIA |
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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
guests were prep
football coaches
David Wojtecki,
Bobby Curlings, Paul
Cornwell, Sport
Sawyer, Scott
Gardner:
Replay
show... |
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Audio: Coach Ruff Weekly
Presser |
 ECU
coach Ruffin McNeill spoke
with the media at his weekly
press conference on Monday
as the Pirates prepare to
host Tulane on Saturday
(courtesy of Pirate Radio
1250; file photo):
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clip... |
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BASKETBALL |
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UNC-Asheville holds off
Pirates |
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GREENVILLE — UNC-Asheville's
Andrew Rowsey stands 5 feet,
10 inches but he was huge on
Sunday afternoon. Rowsey, a
sophomore, scored 28 points
to lead an 83-79
nonconference basketball win
at East Carolina. ...
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BASKETBALL |
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Pirates cruise in hoops
opener |
 GREENVILLE
— East Carolina
rolled past North
Carolina Wesleyan
99-81 to open the
2014-15 basketball
season at Williams
Arena in Minges
Coliseum on Friday
night. The Pirates
won their first game
of the season for
the 15th consecutive
time. ...
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post-game audio... |
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Pictured: Sophomore
forward Michel Nzege
compiled a
double-double with
18 points and 12
rebounds in ECU's
season-opening win
over N.C. Wesleyan.
The native of
Geneva, Switzerland
sat out last season
after transferring
from Winston-Salem
State. (Photo by W.A.
Myatt.) |
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Time to deal with loss |
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CINCINNATI — The schedule will
soon compact for East Carolina's
2014 football team with three
games in 13 days. The Pirates
will host Tulane on Saturday,
Nov. 22 to start the close to
the regular season. They'll play
at Tulsa the following Friday
before returning home to face
Central Florida on Thursday,
Dec. 4. ...
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By
Al Myatt
©2014 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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Lebo, Tyson & Nzege
post-game audio...
View ECU's 2014-15 basketball schedule
GREENVILLE — Florida State
transfer Terry Whisnant made four of seven attempts from behind the
3-point line and scored 16 points to lead East Carolina to a 92-51
nonconference basketball win over Virginia-Lynchburg at Williams Arena
in Minges Coliseum on Thursday night.
Another transfer, Michel-Ofik
Nzege, a native of Switzerland who arrived via Winston-Salem State,
supplied 12 points and 13 rebounds as the Pirates improved to 2-1.
ECU got contributions from
freshmen as well. B.J. Tyson had 14 points and eight rebounds. Lance
Tejada added 10 points. Sophomore Caleb White scored 12 points.
The Pirates took control
with an early 17-2 run.
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compiled a double-double with 12 points and 13 rebounds. (W.A. Myatt photo.
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ECU finished 37 of 70 on its
field goal attempts for 52.9 percent and made six of 17 behind the arc
for 35.3 percent. The Pirates sank just 12 of 25 free throws for 48
percent.
Antonio Robinson finished
with 11 assists.
Kanu Aja had eight points
and six rebounds in 12 minutes. Michael Zangari, coming off an injury,
saw his first action of the season, contributing five points and eight
rebounds in 11 minutes.
Fifteen of 16 players on the
East Carolina roster have seen time this season. Veteran Paris
Roberts-Campbell has been out of the mix with an ailment.
ECU had a 59-30 command in
rebounding in winning its 23rd straight contest against a non-Division I
opponent.
The Dragons got 14 points
from Hakeem Anthony but made just 19 of 67 shots from the field for 28.4
percent.
A crowd of 3,966 turned out
for the Pirates' third consecutive home game to start the 2014-15
season.
Next up for ECU is a matchup
with Green Bay in Estero, FL, on Monday at noon. The game is ECU's
opener in a three-day event hosted by Florida Gulf Coast, which is
coached by former Pirate skipper Joe Dooley.
