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Audio: Brian Bailey
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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 was
baseball and his
guests were Rose
High coach Ronald
Vincent, Babe Ruth
League president
Clay Medlin and Hot
Stove League
president Chuck
Humphrey:
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BASKETBALL |
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On the cusp of the winning
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 Jeff
Lebo's teams always play their best
basketball at the end of the season.
Perhaps we saw a glimpse of that on
Saturday. Tulsa came to town and got
all it wanted from East Carolina
before slipping out of town with a
66-64 win. ...
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Audio: Brian Bailey
Show |
| The
Brian Bailey Show
airs on Pirate Radio
1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's topic
this week was
baseball and his
guests were Rose
High coach Ronald
Vincent, Babe Ruth
League president
Clay Medlin and Hot
Stove League
president Chuck
Humphrey:
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BASKETBALL |
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Pirates close with win |
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 It
was good to see Shane Carden
smile at the end of the
Senior Bowl on the NFL
Channel on Saturday. It was
a good memory to close his
college career. The East
Carolina quarterback took a
knee in the final seconds of
a 34-13 win for the North
team. ...
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BASKETBALL |
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Pirates just short against
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GREENVILLE — Tulsa remained
unbeaten in the American
Athletic Conference but not
without a battle against
East Carolina in Williams
Arena at Minges Coliseum on
Saturday. The Golden
Hurricane improved to 14-5
overall and 7-0 in league
play as De'Andre Wright
assured the outcome by
hitting two free throws with
three seconds left. ...
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9 pm |
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The Season
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Mustangs turn back ECU |
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DALLAS — Five Southern
Methodist players scored in
double figures as the host
Mustangs took a 77-54
American Athletic Conference
win over East Carolina on
Saturday afternoon. Terry
Whisnant of the Pirates
scored 24 points and
teammate Caleb White added
14 but it was not enough to
offset the balanced effort
by SMU. ...
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ECU makes history against
Cougs |
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 GREENVILLE
— East Carolina and Houston
came into Wednesday night's
matchup with winless records
in the American Athletic
Conference but the Pirates
emerged with a 66-61
victory, their first league
triumph since moving to the
AAC this season. "That was a
big win for our kids," ECU
coach Jeff Lebo said. ...
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Pictured: ECU's
Antonio Robinson
scores a layup
against Houston. The
senior guard had 8
points and was a
perfect 3-3 from the
floor with 4
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Opportunity summons Lincoln
Riley |
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OOOOk-lahoma,
where the wind comes sweepin' down
the plain,
And the wavin' wheat
can sure smell sweet, When the wind
comes right behind the rain…
East Carolina
offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley
is singing a new tune today. ...
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The Brian Bailey
Show airs on Pirate
Radio
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on
 Mondays
at 6:30 p.m. Brian's
guests this week
were ECU assistant
basketball coach Ken
Potosnak (right) and
Farmville Central
football coach Scott
Gardner (left):
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By
Brian Bailey
©2015 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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2014 basketball schedule
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Jeff Lebo's teams always play their best basketball at the end of the
season.
Perhaps we saw a glimpse of that on Saturday. Tulsa came to town and got
all it wanted from East Carolina before slipping out of town with
a 66-64 win.
The Golden Hurricane improved to 7-0 in American Athletic Conference
play. Tulsa has won nine a row under first-year head coach Frank Haith.
The Pirates fell to 8-11 overall and 1-5 in AAC play, yet these two
teams didn't seem to be all that far apart.
Terry Whisnant led the ECU cause with 22 points. He rang in six
3-pointers and played his best game as a Pirate.
The fact is that the entire team played one of its best games of the
year.
With the loss, though, there was really nothing to show for the effort.
"That's a hurting bunch in that locker room right now," said Pirate
Coach Jeff Lebo after the game. "We battled our tails off against a
really good team, but they're an experienced group, used to winning and
good teams find ways to win."
One quick glance at the stat sheet tells the story of this game.
Tulsa took almost three times the number of free throws as did the
Pirates. The Golden Hurricane shot 29 free throws compared to the
Pirates grand total of 12. The Pirates were outscored by 14 on the
charity stripe.
"We took care of the ball well, both teams I thought did," said Lebo.
"The difference was their ability to get to the foul line and get some
points in the paint. That is something that's going to be challenging
for us all year and that's not going away."
As losses mount, frustrations tend to rise. Lebo and his Pirates would
have liked nothing more than to have pulled off the upset over the
league's top team.
"Today really shows the heart of this team, and that we are able to play
with anybody in this conference as long as we do the things we need to
do," said Whisnant, who was obviously pleased with his effort but most
disappointed with the outcome.
The worst part about a loss like this is that everyone inside the
program knows that wins will be hard to come by. This was certainly a
great opportunity to make a splash in the AAC.
The schedule certainly isn't an ally either. The Pirates head to Memphis
this week on Wednesday before returning home to host Cincinnati on
Sunday. Next week includes a trip to defending national champion UConn.
The Pirates knew the transition to the American would have its ups and
downs. Winning consistently in this league will not be easy.
"It's going to take some time," said Lebo. "That team (Tulsa) is an NCAA
tournament team and they won a championship. They never panicked and we
got to figure out how to do that. We need to figure out who we're going
to go to. They already knew who they're going to go to late in the
games. We're trying to figure that out still. We need to get some
consistent play."
Thus the challenge for the rest of January and into February. This team
must find consistency, on offense and defense.
There's plenty of basketball to be played.
The Pirates need to see some positive results from all of the work.
BB
View ECU's
2014 basketball schedule
The
second time around seems to
have been a charm for the
East Carolina Pirates when
it comes to Derrell Scott.
ECU was one of the first
schools to offer a
scholarship not long after
Scott's 2011 sophomore
season ...