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freshman guard B.J. Tyson knocks down a
mid-range jumper in the first half of
Saturday's contest against JMU. Tyson scored
14 points in the Pirates' non-conference win
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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 Birmingham Bowl
executive director
Mark Meadows and ECU
inside receivers
coach and recruiting
coordinator Donnie
Kirkpatrick:
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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 turned their
focus from last week's loss
to UCF to a
Jan. 3 matchup with
Florida in the
Birmingham Bowl
(via Brian Bailey courtesy of Pirate
Radio 1250):
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Heels rebound against ECU |
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CHAPEL HILL � East Carolina
coach Jeff Lebo didn't
relish playing his alma
mater coming off a loss and
his sentiments had basis as
host North Carolina defeated
the Pirates 108-64 on Sunday
afternoon. The Tar Heels
(6-2) steadily pulled away
from ECU (4-5) after
overcoming a 10-9 Pirates
lead with a seven-point
flurry ...
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GREENVILLE � Central Florida
assured itself of a share of the
American Athletic Conference
football championship in a most
improbable manner before an ESPN
audience at Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium on Thursday night.
East Carolina had scored three
unanswered touchdowns in the
fourth quarter to lead 30-26.
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Justin Hardy
catches a
13-yard
touchdown
pass from
fellow
senior Shane
Carden to
put an
exclamation
point on a
21-point
fourth
quarter
rally on
Thursday
night and
push the
Pirates
ahead of UCF
30-26 with
2:17
remaining.
The lead
didn't hold
up as UCF
silenced the
Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium
crowd on its
final
possession
with a Hail
Mary
touchdown
pass as time
expired. [W.A.
Myatt photo] |
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  ECU
coach Ruffin McNeill &
quarterback Shane Carden
spoke with the news
media after
the
Pirates' Thursday night
loss to UCF (recorded by
Al Myatt; archive
photos):
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By
Al Myatt
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GREENVILLE � Florida State
transfer Terry Whisnant scored 14 of his 24 points in the second half
and Caleb White had all 16 of his points after intermission as East
Carolina overcame a 28-25 deficit at the break for a 70-58 nonconference
win over James Madison at Williams Arena in Minges Coliseum on Saturday
evening.
ECU's former Colonial
Athletic Association adversary had won seven straight in the series.
The Pirates claimed their first win over the Dukes at home since
1993.
Whisnant and White
combined to make eight of 12 field goal attempts in the second half,
including four of five behind the arc. The duo dropped 10 of 14 free
throws in the last 20 minutes.
The Pirates made 54.2
percent of their field goal attempts in the second half.
"Everything is better
when you're shots are falling," said ECU coach Jeff Lebo after the
Pirates improved to 5-5. "You play better defense. You have better
energy."
Freshman B.J, Tyson
contributed 14 points in a reserve role. Michael Zangari played
without a mask and snared 10 rebounds. Antonio Robinson had eight
assists before he was hobbled late in the contest. Lebo did not know
the extent of the ailment immediately following the game.
There was good news on
the injury front as Marshall Guilmette saw action for the first time
since the second game of the season. Guilmette played six minutes
after being sidelined with a hip flexor issue.
Paris Roberts-Campbell,
a senior who has started the bulk of his career, dressed but didn't
play. He has been out all season with a knee problem.
Lebo said
Roberts-Campbell may be available for next Saturday's game at UNC-Wilmington.
There were some
pronounced runs in the matchup with JMU. The Dukes jumped ahead 14-3
as ECU had nine turnovers in the opening eight minutes. The Pirates
had an important 9-0 run later in the first half and opened the
second stanza with a 12-4 flurry. An 8-0 run after the Dukes pulled
even at 51 opened the door for the Pirates to seal the outcome at
the line.
ECU made seven of 10
free throws in the last 1:22.
It's a
pretty bold statement to
compare any receiver to East
Carolina's Justin Hardy, who
this season became the
all-time leader in catches
for the Football Bowl
Subdivision. But it's an
even bolder statement when
that receiver is still in
high school. ...