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FOOTBALL |
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Pirates playing for seniors,
bowl bid |
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Carolina and Cincinnati approach the
regular season finale with similar
records, but heading in different
directions. While the Pirates have
had their disappointments, this
Bearcat team heads to Greenville
this week under .500 in league play
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Audio: Ruff Weekly
Presser |
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  ECU
coach Ruffin McNeill met with
reporters on Monday at his weekly
press conference (audio courtesy of
Pirate Radio 1250; file photo):
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BASKETBALL |
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Pirates fall to Aztecs |
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DIEGO � Host San Diego State jumped
out to a 16-0 lead and finished with
a 79-54 win over East Carolina on
Monday night. The Aztecs (3-2) were
coming off a 49-43 loss to
Arkansas-Little Rock, ECU's opponent
on Thanksgiving at 2 p.m. in Las
Vegas.
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Infographic: Pirates Right the Ship |
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Carolina snapped its three-game
losing streak and three-game skid in
Thursday night games as the Pirates
turned the tables on Central
Florida. ECU snapped its four-game
streak of not scoring an offensive
TD in the first quarter when Brandon
Bishop caught a 19-yard TD pass from
Blake Kemp. Kemp made his seventh
start of the season and made the
most of the opportunity ...
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Pirates compete at Cal |
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BERKELEY, CA � California held off a
determined upset bid by East
Carolina for a 70-62 win at Haas
Pavilion on Friday night. The
Pirates (2-1) were within 64-61
after Prince Williams made a pair of
free throws with 2:14 to go.
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Pirates turn tables on UCF |
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ORLANDO � The last time East
Carolina played at Bright House
Networks Stadium in a Conference
USA contest in 2012, the Pirates
took a 14-0 lead before Central
Florida rallied for a 40-20 win.
A 99-yard kickoff return for a
touchdown by Quincy McDuffie
sparked the UCF rally three
years ago. ...
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Audio: Ruff post-game |
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  ECU
coach Ruffin McNeill
spoke with reporters
after the Pirates' win
over Central Florida
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file photo):
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LAS VEGAS � East Carolina
snapped a three-game losing streak as B.J. Tyson scored 22 points in a
93-73 win over Stetson in the Pirates' final game of the Continental
Tire Las Vegas Invitational on Friday.
ECU (3-3) went ahead 3-0
as Caleb White connected from behind the arc 24 seconds into the
game. The Pirates led the rest of the game. ECU had a 47-34
advantage at halftime and the margin was as large as 28 points in
the second half.
White and Kentrell
Barkley had 14 points each for the Pirates.
Clarence Williams added
nine points for ECU and Prince Williams scored eight. Mike Zangari
tallied seven points.
Barkley grabbed eight
rebounds and Zangari snared six as the Pirates had a 39-23 lead on
the boards.
Each team had 14
turnovers.
Luke Doyle had 16 points
to lead Stetson (2-4).
ECU made 33 of 61 field
goal attempts (54.1 percent) and dropped 17 of 18 free throws. The
Pirates were 10 of 21 on threes for 47.6 percent.
ECU outscored the
Hatters 42-24 in the paint and had a 10-2 advantage in fast break
points.
"We really shot it
well," said Pirates coach Jeff Lebo. "A lot different than we did
yesterday."
ECU was coming off
a 54-46 loss to Arkansas-Little Rock
in its previous contest at Orleans Arena on Thanksgiving.
"We flowed better," Lebo
said. "We got out in transition. B.J. got off to a terrific start."
Tyson made seven of 10
field goal attempts, including three of five from long range. He was
five of six at the line. Tyson had five rebounds.
Prince Williams had six
assists, White had five and Tyson had four.
The Pirates host Florida
Atlantic (1-4) on Tuesday at 7 p.m.
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Brian's guests this week were J.H.
Rose football coach David Wojtecki,
D.H. Conley football coach Nate