GREENVILLE — East Carolina improved to 2-1 with a 72-67 Veterans Day victory over visiting North Carolina A&T on Wednesday in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

Wilson native Trevor Best led the Pirates with 17 points.

Consecutive 3-pointers by Cian Medley gave ECU an 8-3 lead and the hosts stayed on top for the final 38 minutes, 53 seconds.

The Pirates were disappointed with a 78-75 home loss to UNC-Wilmington on Saturday.

“We learned some things from that and did better today,” said Brycen Blaine on the ECU radio network.

Kaseem Warson had 15 points in the win. Kaden Cooper and Blaine added 10 points each.

The Pirates had their biggest lead at 55-42 with 10:25 remaining.

ECU coach Mike Schwartz was appreciative of a crowd of 3,949 on hand for 4 p.m. tipoff.

Schwartz was concerned about areas that included 17 turnovers for the Pirates, 46 free throws for the visitors and a 48-39 rebounding deficit for ECU.

The Aggies (1-2) were within three points, at 70-67, with eight seconds left on two of three free throws by Vasileious Pourlidas.

Pirate veteran Jayshayne Woodard closed the scoring with a reverse dunk with five seconds to go.

Ponce James and Danny Delgardo III each had 16 points for A&T. Saxton Simley scored 14 for the Aggies.

Next action for ECU will be at home on Saturday at 4 p.m. against Delaware State (1-2). The matchup will be shown on ESPN+.