Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Split Pair Of Matches In Lynchburg
• Pirates Host Wichita State Sunday

NFL

• East Carolina QB Holton Ahlers reacts to winning NFLPA Collegiate Bowl MVP
• Christian Sims’ wheel-route speed creates 37-yard TD strike from Holton Ahlers

Watch East Carolina vs. Wichita State: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Sunday’s NCAAB game CBS Sports

East Carolina hosts Wichita State after Walton’s 24-point game Kansas City Star

ECU’s Ahlers named MVP of NFLPA Collegiate Bowl WNCT 9

247 Sports

• ECU’s Holton Ahlers shines at NFLPA Bowl, named MVP
• What to expect, how to watch as ECU goes for season sweep of Wichita State
• #PurpleHa23: Pirates pick up commitment from Florida OT Jimarion McCrimon

ECU men’s basketball: Pirates balancing winning with development Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

Around the American Athletic Conference

American Athletic Conference

• No. 3 Houston, Temple Earn Saturday Wins
• Wichita State, SMU, Temple, #25 South Florida Claim Saturday Wins

Houston Chronicle

• No. 3 Houston mounts late comeback to avoid upset by Cincinnati
• Rice demolished by UAB in C-USA loss

Cincinnati’s Bearcats come close to major upset at Houston only to fall short Cincinnati Enquirer

USF women win hold off Memphis as Jose Fernandez nears conference wins record Tampa Bay Times

 Hardaway offers apology to Tyre Nichols: ‘You were failed that night’ Memphis Commercial Appeal

Tulsa World

• TU hosts Memphis on Sunday afternoon in a return of Frank Haith to the Reynolds Center
• SMU women rally as TU women lose third in a row

Rod Walker: Brock Purdy isn’t the first rookie QB in a title game. This Tulane legend was. NOLA.com

Nelson’s 28 points leads Owls to second straight win  Temple News

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State basketball rallies in second half, earns 79-77 ACC road win at Wake Forest
• In win at Wake Forest, NC State proves it could have thrived without Terquavion Smith
• Duke basketball finally flexes its muscle. Blue Devils rout Georgia Tech in ACC road win

Winston Salem Journal

• Wake Forest has no answer for N.C. State’s Burns
• WSSU sneaks out of New Trent Gym with overtime win over Livingstone
• Grant Sherfield (30 points), Oklahoma crush No. 2 Alabama
• No. 4 Tennessee gets past No. 10 Texas
• College football recruiting has changed, and ‘it’s getting worse’ for high school prospects

Charleston Post & Courier

• Sapakoff: College of Charleston basketball success is 10 players deep
• Gamecocks can’t hold lead at Georgia despite Hayden Brown’s double-double
• Charleston Southern knocks off defending Big South champ on road
• Clemson’s Chase Hunter comes up clutch to nip Florida State

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot

• ODU men avenge last-second loss to Coastal Carolina with a last-second victory
• No. 7 UVA finds right mixture of offense, going inside and out to best Boston College

Confidence is key for UConn point guard Tristen Newton and Dan Hurley thinks he’s unlocked it Hartford Courant