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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
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Pirates issue full ride to kicker |
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East Carolina's recruiting class of
2016 has expanded to 23 with a
post-signing day letter of intent
from Bremen (GA) High School
kicker/punter Jake Verity. The
Pirates beat out UAB for Verity, who
booted a 63-year field goal last
season. ...
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BASEBALL |
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Pirate baseball opens with
banquet |
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 For
the second straight year it was my honor to serve as emcee for the East
Carolina Pirates baseball banquet, held this past Saturday at Williams
Arena. Some 400 fans packed the arena to get set for the upcoming
baseball season. ...
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Memorabilia at ECU's Baseball
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BASKETBALL |
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Hot-shooting Huskies sink Pirates |
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STORRS, CT — Five players scored in double
figures for Connecticut in an 85-67 American
Athletic Conference win over visiting East
Carolina on Sunday. Shonn Miller and N.C.
State transfer Rodney Purvis had 16 points
for the Huskies (17-6, 7-3 AAC).
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Next: Tulane at
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING:
INSIDE SIGNING DAY |
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Pirates worked fast on
recruiting class |
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 GREENVILLE
— Certain elements of a real
pirate's lifestyle such as
attacking, plundering and
escaping probably had to be
done with a relatively high
degree of speed. Time was of
the essence as Scottie
Montgomery assembled his
staff and put together his
first recruiting class as
East Carolina football coach.
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Pictured: ECU football coach
Scottie Montgomery discussed
his first crop of recruits
at Wednesday's signing day
press conference. (W.A.
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Audio: Signing Day
Presser |
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 ECU
football coach
Scottie Montgomery
met with the press
on Wednesday to talk
about the Pirates'
recruiting class of
2016 (recorded by Al
Myatt):
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By
Al Myatt
©2016 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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Post-game Audio: Coaches & players...
GREENVILLE — The East
Carolina basketball team must have a stout heart because it got broken –
again – on Wednesday night.
The Pirates' latest
venture into disappointment was a 100-92 triple overtime loss to
Tulane in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
ECU slipped to 10-14
overall and 2-9 in the American Athletic Conference despite leading
49-36 with 14 minutes left in regulation.
The Pirates had a
five-point advantage in the last two minutes of the first extra
period.
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| Pictured: ECU guard
Prince Williams had 25 points and nine assists in the
100-92 triple overtime loss to Tulane at Minges Coliseum
on Wednesday night. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
ECU
lost its last home game 97-93 in double
overtime to Houston. The Cougars left
Greenville and knocked off Southern Methodist.
This Pirate setback may
have seemed worse because Tulane has struggled to a 9-16 mark
overall and is 2-10 in the AAC.
Louis Dabney had 32
points in Tulane's second league win.
"Heartbreaking," said
ECU coach Jeff Lebo. "This one stings a great deal. We had the game
right where we wanted it and couldn't step on their throat.
"They made some shots.
Give them credit. (Malik) Morgan (26 points) made some timely
threes. From 10 minutes left in regulation, I thought we looked
tired and they took advantage. They made some crucial free throws."
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freshman Kentrell Barkley looks to pass on Wednesday
night. Barkley's line included 20 points, 14 rebounds,
three assists and five steals.. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
Morgan went five of 12
behind the arc. Teammates Dylan Osetkowski and Cameron Reynolds
added 16 and 11 points, respectively.
"We had some defensive
breakdowns and that allowed them some rhythm threes," said ECU
senior point guard Prince Williams.
Williams had nine
assists. He and B.J. Tyson finished with 25 points each for ECU.
Kentrell Barkley had 20
points, 14 rebounds, three assists and five steals for the Pirates.
Michel Nzege added nine
points before fouling out.
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| Pictured: B.J. Tyson
scores two of his 25 points in the Pirates' losing
effort. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
"We've lost three at
home that were heartbreakers," Lebo said. "The
Central Florida game (Jan. 2). We had that in
control. Houston and this one. It's hard to swallow."
ECU visits Cincinnati
for a 4 p.m. tipoff Saturday.
"It's definitely tough
right now," Williams said. "But we've got to regroup and be ready
for Cincinnati on Saturday."
The
American Athletic Conference
featured three offenses
ranked among the nation's
top 18 in passing yardage in
2015. Five of the league's
starting quarterbacks whose
passing yardage was among
the top 45 statistically are
scheduled to be back next
fall. ...
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this week was
ECU
offensive
coordinator Tony Petersen: