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Houston downs ice-cold Pirates, 79-36
HOUSTON — East Carolina was limited to 16 percent field goal shooting as No. 10 Houston took a 79-36 American Athletic Conference win over the visiting Pirates on Saturday night. Kyler Edwards had 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the Cougars improved to 17-2 overall and 6-0 in the AAC. The Pirates (11-7,… [ More… ]
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ECU arms have new guidance
Although the pending weather is not conducive to baseball, official practice starts Jan. 28 with East Carolina ranked No. 8 in a preseason poll by Collegiate Baseball and No. 12 by DI Baseball. The Pirates are coming off a 44-17 season that concluded with a Super Regional loss at Vanderbilt. ECU will start 2022 with… [ More… ]
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UCF overtakes Pirates for OT win
GREENVILLE — Central Florida overcame a 20-point deficit to deal East Carolina a 92-85 American Athletic Conference defeat in overtime on Tuesday night. It was the first loss of the season at home for the Pirates, now 10-1 in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, and the 13th straight setback in the series with the Knights..… [ More… ]
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Suggs lifts Pirates past Memphis
GREENVILLE — East Carolina fans stormed the court in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Saturday as Brandon Suggs hit a 14-foot bank shot at the buzzer for a 72-71 American Athletic Conference win over Memphis. Tremont Robinson-White inbounded to Suggs with one second left as the Pirates improved to 10-0 at home after trailing… [ More… ]
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AAC steps up on bowl expenses
Besides the disappointment of the cancellation of the 2021 Military Bowl due to a COVID outbreak in the Boston College program, East Carolina faced significant expenses for traveling to the Washington, DC/Annapolis area before the Dec. 27 contest was called off the previous day. ECU athletic director Jon Gilbert is breathing easier this week after… [ More… ]
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Bearcats top ECU, 79-71
CINCINNATI — East Carolina was in danger of getting blown away at Cincinnati on Wednesday night before the Bearcats withstood a Pirate comeback for a 79-71 American Athletic Conference win in Fifth Third Arena. Vance Jackson had 35 points for ECU, which trailed 34-11 with 7:42 left in the first half. The Pirates (10-5, 1-2… [ More… ]
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Pirates nipped on Dunn’s buzzer-beating three
PHILADELPHIA — Damian Dunn hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give host Temple a 78-75 American Athletic Conference win over East Carolina on Saturday. Pirates coach Joe Dooley said Tremont Robinson-White defended the final shot correctly as Dunn worked off a screen. “We hedged and Tremont got back out,” Dooley said. “Damian rose up… [ More… ]
VIEW FROM THE EAST
High drama in Minges had happy ending
Tulane’s Jaylen Forbes had quietened a crowd of 1,414 in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Thursday night with a 3-pointer that gave the Green Wave a 69-66 lead with 24 seconds left in regulation. The good thing for East Carolina was that Tristen Newton had not even scored half his career high in the… [ More… ]
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Newton leads ECU to OT win in AAC opener
GREENVILLE — Tristen Newton got East Carolina into overtime on a 3-pointer with two seconds left in regulation and scored 14 of the Pirates’ 17 points in the extra period as ECU won its American Athletic Conference opener, 88-80, over Tulane in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday night. The Pirates improved to 10-3… [ More… ]
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Pirates still in limbo
For the second time in four days, East Carolina’s basketball schedule has been disrupted. The contest between ECU and South Florida scheduled for New Year’s Day in Tampa has been postponed due to health and safety protocols within the Pirate program. A brief American Athletic Conference release on Friday announced the postponement and indicated the… [ More… ]
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COVID strikes again
East Carolina’s home basketball game with Wichita State that was scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed due to COVID developments, the ECU athletic department announced several hours before the game. Unlike the recent cancellation of the Military Bowl in Annapolis, MD, that matched ECU’s football team against Boston College, the postponement of the hoops… [ More… ]