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ECU vs. USF |
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Guilmette, whose ECU playing career ended as a redshirt
sophomore due to health issues, was recognized with the
seniors on Sunday. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
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GREENVILLE —
East Carolina
claimed its fourth
straight Keith
LeClair Classic
championship with a
4-3 win over
Maryland on Sunday.
The Pirates and
Terps each finished
2-1 in the 13th
annual event with
ECU claiming the
title by virtue of
Sunday's
head-to-head result.
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Vols take advantage
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GREENVILLE —
Two East Carolina
errors in the top of
the first inning
helped Tennessee to
a 3-0 lead and the
Volunteers went on
to take a 5-2 win in
the Keith LeClair
Classic on Saturday.
Three of Tennessee's
runs were unearned
as the Pirates
committed four
errors.
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Pirates prevail after 9th-inning drama |
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GREENVILLE —
Turner Brown's
two-run single with
one out in the
bottom of the ninth
lifted East Carolina
to a 2-1 win over
Southeastern
Louisiana on the
first day of the
13th annual Keith
LeClair Classic on
Friday.
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Pirates pay homage to legend |
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Even before former
East Carolina
baseball coach Keith
LeClair succumbed to
Lou Gehrig's disease
in 2006, a means of
honoring the memory
of the man who
envisioned the
Pirates playing in
the College World
Series was sought.
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BASKETBALL |
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Memphis ruins Pirates' Senior Day |
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 GREENVILLE
— This has been a subpar season
for Memphis by the program's
traditional standards, but the
decline was not evident in an
83-53 win on Senior Day at East
Carolina on Sunday.
The
Tigers improved to 17-14 and
8-10 in the American Athletic
Conference by hitting 34 of 63
shots from the field for 54
percent.
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Pictured: Former
manager Drew Bost
got a start for the
Pirates on Senior
Day. (Photo by Al
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Next: AAC Tournament
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March 10-13
— No. 8 ECU vs. No.
9 USF | Thursday,
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TAMPA, FL — East Carolina made a series of
successful adjustments for a 52-39 American
Athletic Conference win at South Florida on
Wednesday night. Pirates coach Jeff Lebo
used a deeper rotation than in the previous
game with Cincinnati
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Cavs avoid sweep
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
— Virginia got
off to a good start
Sunday and avoided
being swept in a
three-game series
with East Carolina
by dealing the
Pirates their first
loss of the season,
4-2. Adam Haseley
led off the bottom
of the first inning
with a double for
the Cavaliers.
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Next: Elon at ECU |
Wednesday, 4 pm |
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Pirates take series |
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA
— Luke Bolka
had a 3-run homer
and finished with
four RBIs to lead
East Carolina to a
6-1 victory at
Virginia on Saturday
for a series win
over the defending
College World Series
champions. The
Pirates improved to
6-0 and go for the
series sweep at 1
p.m. today.
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By
Al Myatt
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Post-game Audio: Lebo, Zangari, Williams...
GREENVILLE — This has been a
subpar season for Memphis by the program's traditional standards, but
the decline was not evident in an 83-53 win on Senior Day at East
Carolina on Sunday.
The Tigers improved to
17-14 and 8-10 in the American Athletic Conference by hitting 34 of
63 shots from the field for 54 percent.
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| Pictured: B.J. Tyson
drives to the hoop. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
Memphis made 10 of 23
attempts from beyond the arc for 43.5 percent in squaring the season
series following
an 84-83 loss at home to the Pirates
on Jan. 24.
"Memphis had energy,
enthusiasm and they shot it well," said ECU coach Jeff Lebo.
The Pirates started
seniors Mike Zangari, Kanu Aja, Prince Williams, Drew Bost and
Peyton Robbins.
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| Pictured: Mike
Zangari, left, is ready to screen for Prince Williams on
the wing. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
Aja's dunk with 9:21
left in the first half gave ECU a 20-18 lead but the Tigers
responded with a 19-2 run.
Memphis was ahead 41-26
at the half and led by as many as 35 points in the second half.
"We laid an egg," said
Prince Williams.
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| Pictured: Peyton
Robbins [31] is set up in ECU's zone defense. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
B.J. Tyson led the
Pirates (12-19, 4-14) with 12 points, six rebounds and four assists.
Michel Nzege had 11 points. Caleb White scored 10 points and had
three steals.
Zangari had eight points
and six rebounds as ECU held a 35-32 lead on the boards. Zangari
wore No. 41 in honor of Marshall Guilmette, who was recognized with
the seniors. Health issues forced Guilmette to stop playing before
what would have been his junior season in 2015-16.
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| Pictured: Caleb White
is double-teamed by Memphis defenders. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
Prince Williams had
seven points and five assists but made an uncharacteristic six
turnovers. The Pirates committed 22 turnovers to 10 for the Tigers.
"We couldn't even
dribble," Lebo said. "Oddest thing I've seen."
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| Pictured: Kentrell
Barkley returned to action after missing the South
Florida game due to illiness. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
The Tigers had a 32-3
command in points off of turnovers.
Avery Woodson led
Memphis with 20 points. Shaq Goodwin had 17 points and eight
rebounds. Dedric Lawson had 14 points and five assists. Trahson
Burrell had 13 points, six assists and five steals. Jeremiah Martin
had five assists for the Tigers.
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| Pictured: Kanu Aja
sets a pick for fellow senior Prince Williams. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
The Pirates go into the
AAC Tournament as the No. 8 seed and will face No. 9 South Florida
in the opening game at the Amway Center in Orlando at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday. The winner advances to meet top-seeded Temple at noon on
Friday.
ECU went 1-8 at home in
league play this season and 3-6 on the road in the AAC.
"Playing better on the
road was a goal," Prince Williams said.
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| Pictured: Mike
Zangari normally wears No. 34 but donned No. 41 Sunday
to honor Marshall Guilmette. (Photo by Al Myatt) |
Overall, the Pirates
were 8-8 at home and 3-10 away. ECU went 1-1 in a pair of neutral
court contests in Las Vegas.
Zangari noted that
spring break had reduced the crowd Sunday, which was announced as
4,487. ECU's final baseball game in the LeClair Classic started 30
minutes before tipoff in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and gave
the fan base options for viewing.
East
Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin
wants to host an NCAA regional. He
wants to host a Super Regional, with
the ultimate goal of going to Omaha
and the College Baseball World
Series
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio
1250
on Mondays at 6:30 p.m. Brian's
guests this week were ECU
baseball coach Cliff Godwin
(right), Farmville Central
basketball
coach Larry Williford and WNCN
sportscaster Todd Gibson: