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BASKETBALL |
Sizeable Knights
take sizeable win |
ORLANDO — Host
Central Florida took
an 89-69 American
Athletic Conference
win over East
Carolina on
Saturday, dropping
the Pirates to 0-5
in league play.
Caleb White led ECU
(8-10) with a
game-high 20 points
and B.J. Tyson added
19. Kentrell Barkley
and Prince Williams
scored eight points
each.
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BASKETBALL |
Lebo nudging Pirates along |
East
Carolina basketball coach Jeff Lebo didn't
get a Powerball ticket for the drawing
valued at $1.55 billion on Wednesday night.
"No, I didn't," Lebo said. "I don't play
that." Odds on an individual ticket matching
all six numbers were reportedly one in
almost 300 million
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BASKETBALL |
Southern Methodist remains unbeaten |
GREENVILLE — Tenth-ranked Southern Methodist
remained unbeaten with a 79-55 win at East
Carolina on Wednesday night. Five players
scored in double figures for the Mustangs
with Ben Moore leading the way with 17
points.
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FOOTBALL RECRUITING |
Aaron Ramseur carries on
tradition |
Few high
schools in North Carolina have
produced more standout major college
linebackers than Crest High School
in Shelby. One of the originators of
the Crest linebacker legacy was Tim
Ramseur, who as a senior in 1994 was
a Shrine Bowl all-star pick and the
state 4-A defensive player of the
year.
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BASKETBALL |
Glimpses give hope |
East
Carolina’s first half at Temple on
Saturday night showed just how good
this basketball team can be.
Unfortunately, the Pirates couldn’t
put together two halves
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MULTIMEDIA |
Audio: The Brian
Bailey Show |
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this
week
was ECU AD Jeff Compher (right):
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FOOTBALL |
Coach Mo caps off staff |
East Carolina football coach
Scottie Montgomery put the finishing touch
on his inaugural full-time staff on Monday
with the hiring of Vanderbilt graduate
assistant Ryan Anderson as inside
linebackers coach.
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BASKETBALL |
Owls overtake ECU |
PHILADELPHIA — Despite trailing by 11 points
in the first half, Temple rallied for a
78-60 American Athletic Conference win over
East Carolina before 4,524 fans at the
Liacouras Center on Saturday night. Quenton
DeCosey was five of eight behind the arc to
lead the Owls (8-6, 3-1 AAC) with 24 points.
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By
Brian Bailey
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East Carolina's basketball season
continued its downward spiral over the weekend with
a blowout loss to Central Florida in Orlando.
The Pirates, so competitive in
the Jan. 2 matchup between the teams in Greenville,
had no answer for the Knights' inside game in an 89-69 defeat. It's the
first UCF season sweep over ECU since 2012.
This one wasn't even close. The Knights bolted out to a 60-32 halftime
lead behind the inside play of 7'6" Tacko Fall and big Justin McBride.
McBride looks like he could star for the Knights on the gridiron. Fall
played over the rim, while McBride pushed and shoved his way through the
Pirates all afternoon long.
Now ECU returns home, desperate for a win to try and turn things around.
Tulsa comes to town riding a three-game winning streak, so this will be
a battle of teams heading in polar opposite directions.
Add in that Tulsa
beat the Pirates 55-43 two weeks ago and the challenge
intensifies.
Pirate coach Jeff Lebo knew his team would struggle inside after his
first trip through the American Athletic Conference last season. The
goal was to address that going into this year, but injuries and other
circumstances have taken a toll. Now the Pirates are relegated to a
strategy of having to hit from the outside in order to find success.
Success has been hard to come by of late. ECU is off to an 0-5 start in
league play. After Tulsa's visit tonight, the Pirates hit the road to
take on Memphis.
This may be a case where the light at the end of the tunnel really is a
train.
South Florida has an eight-game losing streak. Lucky for the Pirates,
the Bulls dot the ECU schedule twice in the second half of the season.
Of course, that slate also includes a road trip to undefeated Southern
Methodist. We
saw first hand last week just how good the Mustangs
are this year, despite the probationary status.
The Pirate basketball road continues to be a bumpy one.
If there is a silver lining, Coach Lebo has shown in his years at East
Carolina that his teams are usually playing their best basketball late
in the season, for tournament time.
There is still plenty of season to go. Lebo and company hope the
turnaround begins tonight at Williams Arena.
Tulsa comes to town at 11-6. One of those wins came against ECU.
Two weeks ago the Pirates were just 2-16 from the three-point line in
the loss to the Golden Hurricane. ECU got off to a slow start, missing
its first five shots while committing six turnovers.
Look for a better start tonight.
With this schedule in the American Athletic Conference, wins will be
hard to come by. The Pirates will need a supreme effort and could
certainly use a nice crowd to utilize the team's home court advantage.
Williams Arena was absolutely hopping for the SMU game last week. That
kind of atmosphere will pay dividends down the road.
Perhaps it starts tonight.
BB