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 News
Pirates hold the Aces

November 23, 2019 By Bonesville Staff 1 Comment

Tweet
Share
Share
Pin

NASSAU, Bahamas — East Carolina validated the personnel transition initiated by coach Joe Dooley in his second season back with the program by downing Evansville, 85-68, on Friday night.

Dooley brought in 11 new players for 2019-20 and the talent makeover helped produce a triumph over the Aces, who jumped on the national stage with a 67-64 win at then-No. 1 Kentucky on Nov. 12.

Sophomore Jayden Gardner, a returning player, led the way with 28 points and 10 rebounds as the Pirates (2-3) snapped a 3-game losing streak that followed an 80-68 season opening victory at home over VMI.

ECU will meet Kansas City in the semifinals of the Islands of the Bahamas Showcase tonight at 8 p.m.

The Pirates jumped out to a 14-2 lead and hit 30 of 52 field goal attempts, 53.6 percent.

“We guarded a lot better and we definitely kept people in front of us” Dooley said. “… When we didn’t turn the ball over, I thought our offense actually got going pretty good.”

The Aces got within two points late in the first half and rallied within four points early in the second half.

Freshman Tristen Newton supplied 18 points and five assists for the Pirates. Newton made all nine of his free throws.

Senior Seth LeDay added 12 points for ECU and Brandon Suggs tallied 10.

ECU BASKETBALL RECRUITING CLASS OF 2019-20
ECU 2019-2020 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
Tweet
Share
Share
Pin

Filed Under: News & Features

Comments

  1. Chuck Pearsall says

    November 23, 2019 at 9:00 am

    In the words of the immortal Larry the Cable Guy, I don’t care who you are, that’s a good win.

    Reply

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Your email address will not be published.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