Jayden Gardner averaged 18.3 points and 8.3 rebounds for East Carolina during the 2020-21 basketball season before transferring to Virginia. Pirates coach Joe Dooley has been preparing to deal with the void that Gardner's exit presents. "Obviously, he scored a lot of points and rebounded the ball," Dooley said. "We'll have to redistribute some of those points. Hopefully, … [Read more...]

An unprecedented season of East Carolina basketball concluded on March 11 with a 72-62 loss to Central Florida in the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Fort Worth. The Pirates, who finished 8-10 after a 7-1 start, were 0-for-5 on 3-pointers and trailed, 36-27, at halftime. ECU went 3-for-16 from beyond the arc for the game, 18.8 percent. "Obviously, we didn't … [Read more...]

FORT WORTH, TX — A 72-62 loss to Central Florida on Thursday night ended the 2020-21 season for East Carolina in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Tournament at Dickies Arena. The Pirates (8-11) led 2-0 on a basket by Ludgy Debaut before the Knights (11-11) scored 10 unanswered points and stayed in front the rest of the way. First team all-conference … [Read more...]

On the day before East Carolina begins play in the American Athletic Conference Tournament in Fort Worth, junior Jayden Gardner became the first Pirate to make first team all-league as selected by the AAC coaches. ECU had not had a first-team pick since Maurice Kemp in 2013. That was when the Pirates were in Conference USA. Gardner was on the AAC second team as a … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Cincinnati closed a 12-0 run with a 3-pointer by Jeremiah Davenport to lead 67-53 with seven minutes left at East Carolina on Sunday and the Bearcats went on to an 82-69 American Athletic Conference win. ECU (8-10, 2-10 AAC) will be the No. 11 seed for the AAC Tournament in Fort Worth and will face sixth-seeded Central Florida (10-11, 8-10) on Thursday at 7 … [Read more...]