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BASKETBALL |
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Pirates making progress |
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 East
Carolina's basketball fortunes have changed
significantly since the Pirates took an 0-6
record in the American Athletic Conference
into Sunday's 84-83 win at Memphis.
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BASKETBALL |
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Freshman Barkley lifts Pirates |
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GREENVILLE � East Carolina freshman Kentrell
Barkley played 40 minutes in a 64-61
American Athletic Conference win over Temple
in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on
Wednesday night. He boosted the Pirates down
to the final second when his offensive
rebound and 3-point play gave ECU its first
hoops victory over the sixth-winningest
program in NCAA Division I.
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Late push sways Georgia
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D'Ante Smith's journey to play
college football in North Carolina
took a detour to the East last week.
The offensive lineman from
Grovetown, Georgia accepted a
scholarship offer last July to play
in the western edge of the state for
Appalachian State
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MULTIMEDIA |
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Audio: The Brian
Bailey Show |
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 The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's topic this week
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Hot Stove baseball with guests
Chuck Humphrey, Chad Tracy and
others:
Replay
show... |
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BASKETBALL |
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Pirates shock Memphis, 84-83 |
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MEMPHIS, TN � In a situation where a win
seemed beyond the realm of realistic hope,
East Carolina stunned host Memphis 84-83 on
Sunday afternoon at the FedEx Forum.
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OLYMPIC SPORTS |
TRACK & FIELD |
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Pirates' Jones raises the bar |
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Jones (right) didn't envision being
among the top college high jumpers
in the nation when he was a freshman
at First Colonial High School in
Virginia Beach. Back then, his sport
was basketball.
As a
senior at First Colonial during the
2011-12 season, Jones averaged 19.7
points, 8.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists,
1.5 steals and 1.2 blocked shots per
game for a 15-11 team. He scored 29
points twice in wins over Princess
Anne and Kempsville.
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By
Al Myatt
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Post-game Audio: Coaches & players...
GREENVILLE � After Houston's
Rob Gray Jr. scored 31 points before leaving Saturday's American
Athletic Conference game at East Carolina with a left ankle injury, the
Cougars got 11 points in two overtimes from Wes VanBeck in a 97-93 win.
VanBeck, a sophomore
guard, hit a 3-pointer with 3:40 left in the second extra period to
put the Cougars ahead to stay at 87-86.
Story continues
after the following image...
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| Pictured: B.J. Tyson
puts up a shot from the lane. The ECU sophomore had 20
points and five assists. (Photo by Barbara Myatt) |
VanBeck didn't play in
regulation, which ended with the score tied at 75.
"(VanBeck) had 15 points
against South Florida," said Houston coach Kelvin Sampson. "He
didn't just jump out of a birthday cake."
VanBeck played AAU for a
team coached by former Texas and NBA player T.J. Ford, who
recommended him to Sampson.
After Gray had gone six
for 11 behind the arc, VanBeck hit all three of his 3-point
attempts.
Gray hails from Forest
City, NC.
"Gray looked like Akeem
Richmond (former record-setting long-range shooter for the
Pirates)," said ECU coach Jeff Lebo. "VanBeck hit some daggers."
Story continues
after the following image...
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| Pictured: Prince
Williams surveys the floor. ECU's senior point guard had
19 points, six assists and six rebounds in the 97-93
double-overtime loss to the visiting Cougars. (Photo by
Al Myatt) |
VanBeck came into the
game fresh. Four Pirates logged more than 40 minutes as a two-game
winning streak was halted.
"I just tried to find
open spots and trust my work," VanBeck said.
Damyeon Johnson, a
transfer from Oregon, had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the Cougars
(15-6, 5-4). Galen Robinson Jr. added 12 points.
B.J. Tyson led five ECU
players in double figures with 20 points. Prince Williams scored 19.
Caleb White scored 17 points in his most significant action since
sustaining a concussion against Tulsa on Jan. 19.
Freshman Kentrell
Barkley had 14 points. Mike Zangari contributed 13 points and a
team-high eight rebounds as the Pirates led 42-38 on the boards.
Story continues
after the following image...
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| Pictured: Caleb White
finishes at the rim for ECU as Houston sub Wes VanBeck
(12) looks on. White had 17 points, eight assists and
five rebounds. VanBeck had 11 points in the two
overtimes to help the Cougars prevail. (Photo by Barbara
Myatt) |
Two free throws by
Zangari tied the score at 84 with 29 seconds left in the first
overtime. Robinson missed a three for the Cougars with four seconds
left in the first extra session.
ECU overcame an
eight-point deficit in the last 2:33 of regulation. White connected
on a tying three on Tyson's assist with 29 seconds remaining as a
crowd of 5,212 in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum roared its
approval. Houston turned the ball over with three seconds left.
Tyson missed a hurried heave for the Pirates at the buzzer.
Michel Nzege and Charles
Foster had five points each for ECU.
The Pirates shared the
basketball effectively as White had eight assists. Williams had six
and Tyson had five.
There were 14 lead
changes as ECU slipped to 10-12 overall and 2-7 in the AAC going
into a noon game at Connecticut (14-6, 4-3) on Sunday, Feb. 7.
