FORT WORTH — East Carolina outscored Texas-San Antonio, 8-2, in the final minute for a 70-65 win in the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday night. The Pirates (19-13) will take on Alabama-Birmingham (20-11) in the quarterfinals Friday night (ESPNU). Tipoff is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. R.J. Felton hit a jumper in the paint to put ECU ahead to stay, at 64-63, … [Read more...]

An 81-53 loss at Florida Atlantic to close the regular season on Sunday was an aberration for East Carolina (18-13) in its first winning season since 2012-13. Coach Mike Schwartz has sought to figure out what happened as the Pirates open play in the American Athletic Conference Tournament at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on Thursday at 9 p.m. (ESPNU) against Texas San Antonio … [Read more...]

BOCA RATON, FL — East Carolina turned its attention to the American Athletic Conference tournament after an 81-53 loss at Florida Atlantic on Sunday and Pirates coach Mike Shwartz was sure about one factor. "If we don't play with more physicality, it might be our last game with our seniors," Schwartz said on the ECU radio network. The remark was in reference to his … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina surged to a 28-11 lead and never trailed in a 73-64 American Athletic Conference win over Tulane in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Thursday night. R.J. Felton had 17 points as the Pirates improved to 18-12 overall and 10-7 in the AAC going into the regular season finale at Florida Atlantic (16-14, 9-8 AAC) on Sunday at 1 p.m. … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina completed a regular season sweep of Charlotte with a 78-76 win in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Sunday. Senior R.J. Felton had 27 points on 9-for-17 field goal shooting on Senior Day as the Pirates improved to 17-12 overall and 9-7 in the American Athletic Conference. "There's no place like home, and East Carolina is my home," Felton … [Read more...]