Bonesville: The Authoritative Independent Voice of East Carolina

News & Features from ECU, the AAC and Beyond

  • Home
  • News & Features
  • Recruiting
  • Photos
  • Audio
  • Roundup
  • Comments
  • Legacy Archives

ECU FOOTBALL RECRUITING CLASS OF 2021 • ECU HOOPS RECRUITING CLASS OF 2021-22

Basketball
Houston starts fast, tops ECU

January 11, 2017 By Bonesville Staff Leave a Comment

Tweet
Share
Share
Pin

GREENVILLE — Houston dealt East Carolina a 74-58 American Athletic Conference loss on Wednesday night in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as the Cougars built a 47-25 halftime lead and held off comeback attempts by the Pirates in the second half.

Rob Gray had 19 points as Houston improved to 13-4 overall and 4-1 in the AAC.

Kentrell Barkley had 13 points for ECU (9-9, 1-4). Andre Washington added 12 points and 11 rebounds for the Pirates.

Caleb White had 12 points in the setback and B.J. Tyson had nine before he was helped off the floor after his dunk on Jeremy Sheppard’s assist with just under seven minutes left to play. Tyson appeared to sustain a knee injury.

Elijah Hughes had seven points for the Pirates and Sheppard netted five.

Barkley had eight rebounds and Tyson grabbed five as ECU held a 32-31 rebounding advantage.

Houston leads the AAC in fewest turnovers and committed just five. ECU had 12 turnovers.

The Cougars, who prevailed 97-93 last season in double overtime in Greenville, jumped out to an 11-1 lead on Wednesday night.

Armoni Brooks had 15 points for Houston. Wes VanBeck tallied 13 for the visitors.

Damyean Dotson had 12 points and 10 rebounds for the Cougars. Galen Robinson Jr. had five assists as Houston made 13 of 23 from behind the arc for 56.5 percent.

The Pirates held an advantage on free throws, hitting 21 of 27 while Houston was five of six at the line.’

Cincinnati is the only league team to beat the Cougars, taking a 67-58 road win on Jan. 7.

ECU hosts the Bearcats on Sunday at 4 p.m.

VIEW ECU’S 2016-17 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

Tweet
Share
Share
Pin

Filed Under: News & Features

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ECU Schedules

  • ECU 2020 Football Schedule
  • ECU 2020-21 Basketball Schedule
  • ECU 2020 Baseball Schedule
Tweets by bonesville

Recent News & Features

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates turn page to 2021

AUDIO FEATURE
Joe Dooley presser

Basketball News
ECU hoops in limbo for the time being

Basketball News
Pirates, Bearcats on hold

Basketball News
Bulls use run to top Pirates, 69-63

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates eye USF after tough time at Tulane

Basketball News
Wave evens season series

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirates refocus after coronavirus interruption

AUDIO FEATURE
Joe Dooley Presser

Basketball News
Pirates’ holiday pause extended by virus

More News & Features

Writer Archives

  • Bonesville Staff
  • Brian Bailey
  • Sammy Batten
  • Bethany Bradsher
  • Brett Friedlander
  • Al Myatt
  • NFF
  • Greg Vacek
  • Danny Whitford

Recent Web Roundups

GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Saturday, January 16, 2021

GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Friday, January 15, 2021

GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Thursday, January 14, 2021

GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Monday, January 11, 2021

GREG VACEK'S DAILY WEB ROUNDUP
Sunday, January 10, 2021

More Web Roundups

Copyright © 2021 Bonesville.net · Website by Seaport Webworks. · Log in · Privacy Policy