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true freshman point guard Lance Tajeda made his
collegiate debut in ECU's season-opening victory
over visiting N.C. Wesleyan on Friday night. (W.A.
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CINCINNATI —
The schedule will soon compact
for East Carolina's 2014
football team with three games
in 13 days.
The Pirates will host Tulane on
Saturday, Nov. 22 to start the
close to the regular season.
They'll play at Tulsa the
following Friday before
returning home to face Central
Florida on Thursday, Dec. 4. ...
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FROSTY
AFFAIR: That
masked man
bearing up
against the
bitter cold
at Paul
Brown
Stadium in
Cincinnati
is East
Carolina
mike
linebacker Zeek Bigger. ©Bonesville.net.
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  ECU
coach Ruffin McNeill spoke
with the press after the
Pirates' loss on the road to
Cincinnati on Thursday night (recorded
by Al Myatt; file photo):
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By
Al Myatt
©2014 Bonesville.net
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Lebo, Nzege &
Guilmette
post-game audio...
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GREENVILLE — East Carolina
rolled past North Carolina Wesleyan 99-81 to open the 2014-15 basketball
season at Williams Arena in Minges Coliseum on Friday night.
The Pirates (1-0) won their
first game of the season for the 15th consecutive time.
Freshman B.J. Tyson had 22
points to lead ECU. Sophomore transfer Michel-Ofik Nzege had 18 points
and 12 rebounds. Adding 14 points each against the Division III Bishops
were Marshall Guilmette, Terry Whisnant and Caleb White.
The visitors were paced by
25 points from Eric Dortch-Jones.
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| B.J.
Tyson finishes an acrobatic reverse layup against N.C.
Wesleyan. The freshman guard led the Pirates in scoring with
22 points. Tyson enrolled at ECU last year but did not join
the roster until this season. (W.A. Myatt photo) |
Nzege had 10 points during a
31-14 run that pushed ECU's lead to 44-23 with just over two minutes
remaining in the first half.
The Pirates led 48-27 at the
break.
Wesleyan had a 31-14 run in
the second half but the Bishops' momentum was curtailed by three
technical fouls in a seven-second span.
After the technical spree,
ECU went on a 29-9 run.
The teams shot 76 free
throws between them as the officials took control of the contest after
the cluster of technicals.
The Pirates converted 36 of
46 at the line while Wesleyan dropped 20 of 30.
ECU takes on UNC-Asheville
at 2 p.m. Sunday at home.