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Pirates lure FIU special teams guru |
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East Carolina head
football coach Scottie Montgomery
took the next step in putting
together his first-year staff on
Saturday, announcing the hiring of
one of Conference USA's top special
teams coordinators. ...
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UCF rallies past Pirates |
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GREENVILLE — Central
Florida overcame a
10-point second half
deficit for a 71-68
win at East Carolina
on Saturday night in
the American
Athletic Conference
opener for both
teams.
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Petersen departs La. Tech for
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On the eve of
officially going on the payroll on
New Year's Day as East Carolina's
head football coach, Scottie
Montgomery swung into action a day
early on Thursday by tapping the
staff of former ECU coach Skip Holtz
for an offensive coordinator and
quarterbacks coach. ...
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Coach Mo's staff starts taking shape |
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Ten days after taking
over as East Carolina's head
football coach, Scottie Montgomery
took the first formal steps on
Wednesday towards organizing the
program to reflect his blueprint ...
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Pirates roll after fast start |
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GREENVILLE — The shooting touch that was
missing for East Carolina on Sunday at James
Madison was found on Tuesday night in
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as the
Pirates won 98-71 over South Carolina State.
ECU (8-5) jumped out to leads of 13-2 and
21-4 against the Bulldogs (5-8).
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Dukes outshoot ECU |
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HARRISONBURG, VA — After taking a
61-60 lead on two free throws by B.J.
Tyson with 2:48 remaining, East
Carolina didn't score the rest of
the way in a 67-61 nonconference
loss at James Madison on Sunday
afternoon. Poor shooting plagued the
Pirates (7-5), who made just 21 of
61 field goal attempts for 34.4
percent.
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Beam us up, Scottie |
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 I
never was a big Star Trek fan
but the headline phrase ran
through my mind when Scottie
Montgomery was named football
coach at East Carolina. There
was some degree of urgency
oftentimes when Captain Kirk
asked to be returned to the
Enterprise on the television
show. ...
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Pirates overtake UNCW |
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina trailed
UNC-Wilmington 38-27 after a dunk by
Chris Flemmings of the Seahawks with
2:37 left in the first half, but the
Pirates came back for a 78-73 win
Wednesday night in Williams Arena at
Minges Coliseum. B.J. Tyson scored a
game-high 21 points for ECU (7-4)
and Caleb White added 20 points.
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By
Brian Bailey
©2015 Bonesville.net
All rights reserved.
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The Pirate women were looking to break
a long losing streak.
The Pirate men were looking to open league play with a win before a
tough stretch of games.
Both squads fell short of their winning goals on Saturday.
The East Carolina men
couldn’t hold on to a 10-point, second half lead and
fell to Central Florida 71-68. It was an especially frustrating outcome
for Pirate coach Jeff Lebo.
“We’ve got to be better,” said Lebo. “We’ve got to be able to be
tougher. We’ve got to have leadership. We’ve got to have guys who are
going to be able to make some plays in the last three minutes of a game.
We’ve struggled in that area mightily.”
The Pirates didn’t play a bad game against the Knights. UCF was a bit
taller and bulkier inside, but Lebo’s team held its own. With the game
on the line, though, things unraveled at times. That really has Lebo
concerned.
“We’ve had multiple opportunities in the last three minutes of games in
close games and haven’t been able to finish out,” Lebo continued. “Being
tough enough to make a play; late in the game, through contact, a lot of
refs are not going to call a lot of stuff late, and you’re going to have
to be able to get some things accomplished. We panic a lot. I don’t know
what it is, but sometimes the kids panic a little bit when it gets
tight.”
ECU now faces road challenges at Tulsa and then at Temple. The Pirates
return home to take on 15th-ranked SMU. They then go back on the road
for the rematch with UCF.
Lebo had one message for his team after the loss.
“Everybody came in quiet, not saying too much,” Lebo said. “But I told
them, ‘Let’s get ready for practice tomorrow and get two on the road.’ ”
The East Carolina women will be looking to snap a seven-game losing
streak tonight when they host Tulane at 7 p.m.
Heather Macy and company are coming off of a 61-59 home loss to
nationally-ranked South Floridea on Saturday. USF’s Courtney Williams
hit a jumper with less than a second to play to win the game.
“I was asked if I needed a couple of minutes before I came in,” said
Coach Macy as she sat down to address the media after the loss. “I said,
'No, because heartbreak doesn’t heal in five minutes.' ”
Macy’s squad has now lost back-to-back two-point games, falling at Tulsa
81-79 before losing Saturday to USF.
“I’m heart-broken because these kids are having to go through such a
difficult stretch, and lose games in such a difficult way,” said Macy.
The encouraging part is that Macy’s squad is battling. It's a team that
knows it can play much better.
“This is a group that never lets up,” Macy said. “The never let in and
they always give us a chance.”
With the new year comes new hope for both the men’s and women’s teams.
Now both must overcome 'Black Saturday' to turn things around in 2016.
BB
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Brian's guest this week was East
Carolina assistant AD for football
operations Terrell Smith (right):
