It will be Senior Day on Saturday as East Carolina hosts Cincinnati for a noon kickoff. East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery recalled his last home game as a player at Duke. Coincidentally, the Blue Devils notched their third win of the season before closing the 1999 season with a loss on the road. ECU (2-8, 1-5 AAC) could follow the same scenario as the Pirates are … [Read more...]
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BasketballRadford holds off Pirates
GREENVILLE — Radford saw a 14-point first-half lead disappear as East Carolina came back to lead 58-55 with 7:52 to go, but the Highlanders made a final push for a 73-66 nonconference win on Wednesday night in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. Radford (2-1) went ahead to stay with 3:32 remaining on a 3-pointer by Justin Cousin for a 62-60 lead. Senior B. J. Tyson led … [Read more...]
From the Anchor DeskThe Longest Yard
For the first time this season, the East Carolina defense came up with enough turnovers to send the squad home with a victory. Unfortunately for ECU, the game came down to one single yard. Thirty-six inches of real estate stood in the way of this struggling Pirate football team tying Tulane in overtime. The loss to the Green Wave seemed to be the hardest of the season to … [Read more...]
Audio FeatureCoach Mo Weekly Presser
ECU football coach Scottie Montgomery met with the news media on campus for his weekly press conference on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. He touched on the Pirates' overtime loss to American Athletic Conference opponent Tulane and looked ahead to their Saturday home contest with league foe Cincinnati. (Audio via Brian Bailey courtesy of Pirate Radio 1250; Bonesville file photo) … [Read more...]
Insights from BrettThe long climb back may be underway
Running back Hussein Howe was in no mood for moral victories in the moments after his East Carolina teammate Darius Pinnix was stopped inches short of the goal line on the final play of Saturday’s 31-24 overtime loss to Tulane. “It’s still an ‘L’ in the win-lose column,” a dejected Howe said. “They all hurt.” The fact is that this one did one did hurt more than the … [Read more...]