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Another Senior Day heartbreaker |
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GREENVILLE � Cincinnati
provided some unwanted deja vu
as East Carolina was trying to
nail down a bowl bid and send
its seniors out in style
Saturday at Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium. For the second straight
year, a play as time expired was
the difference maker in a loss
on Senior Day for the Pirates.
Andrew Gantz was once again a
villain for ECU. ...
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Audio: Ruff post-game |
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  ECU
coach Ruffin McNeill
spoke with reporters
after the Pirates' loss
to Cincinnati (recorded
by Al Myatt; file
photo):
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BASKETBALL |
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Pirates leave Vegas as winners |
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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.
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FOOTBALL |
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Kevin's Keys to the Game |
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 Today's
game between East Carolina
and visiting Cincinnati
should be an exciting one
between two high-powered
offenses. The Pirate offense
has been underwhelming most
of the year because of key
injuries. The Bearcat
offense has been good, but
not always good enough to
overcome deficiencies on
defense.
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BASKETBALL |
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Little Rock inches past ECU |
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LAS
VEGAS � Arkansas-Little Rock found
enough offense in the second half to
top East Carolina 54-46 in a Las
Vegas Invitational defensive battle
at Orleans Arena on Thursday. The
Pirates led 23-15 at the half.
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GREENVILLE � East Carolina
never trailed in a 74-48 nonconference win over Florida Atlantic on
Tuesday night.
A 3-pointer by Caleb
White put the Pirates ahead 5-2 with 16 minutes left in the first
half and ECU (4-3) led the rest of the way.
The margin grew to 18-3
on a drive by Grant Bryant with 9:25 to go in the opening half.
Bryant played 20 minutes
with Michel Nzege out with an ankle injury and scored 12 points.
Bryant made six of eight field goal attempts.
Nzege may be back as the
Pirates host South Carolina-Upstate, 1-7 going into a game with
Clemson tonight, on Friday at 7 p.m. The Spartans are coached by
Eddie Payne, who guided ECU to the NCAA Tournament in 1993.
The Pirates got a
game-high 15 points from B.J. Tyson, who has come on in wins in the
last two outings to show the scoring ability he exhibited last year
as a freshman. Tyson also has demonstrated the offseason work he did
to finish more efficiently with his right hand.
"We didn't settle for
jump shots," said ECU coach Jeff Lebo. "We started the second half
with five layups off of drives."
Tyson made seven of nine
field goal attempts as the Pirates were 32 of 59 from the field for
54.2 percent. Tyson also had a game-high nine rebounds.
White was two for three
on 3-pointers as ECU was five for 13 behind the arc for 38.5
percent.
Lebo also liked the
ratio of 23 assists to 11 turnovers. White had 10 points, five
assists and five rebounds as the Pirates had a 41-31 advantage on
the boards.
ECU extended its lead to
30 points twice in the second half, at 55-25 as Charles Foster
assisted Bryant at 12:08 and at 68-38 with 3:32 to go as Clarence
Williams scored on a feed from White.
The Owls
defeated the Pirates 72-63
on Dec. 3 last season in Boca Raton, FL.
Georgia Tech transfer
Soloman Poole led FAU (1-5) with 11 points.
Prince Williams had
seven points and four assists. Freshman Kentrell Barkley had six
points and six rebounds. Lance Tejada contributed six points and
three assists.
Foster finished with
five points. Mike Zangari and Clarence Williams had four points
each. Clarence Williams also had four rebounds and three assists.
Kanu Aja pulled down four rebounds and scored two points.
Deng Riak blocked a shot
and grabbed three rebounds.
Former manager Drew Bost
gave the crowd of 3,763 a reason to cheer as he sank a three in the
closing minutes.
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Brian's guests this week were ECU
basketball coach Jeff Lebo (left)
and Rose football coach David
Wojtecki (right):
In
the wake of its last-second,
season-ending loss to Cincinnati,
injuries and close losses sum up
East Carolina's 2015 football
campaign. Five of the Pirates' seven
losses were by 10 points or less.
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