HOUSTON — Rice ended a 3-game American Athletic Conference winning streak for East Carolina with a 70-52 victory Saturday. ECU (14-13, 7-7 AAC) trailed by a scant 29-27 margin at the half, but Travis Evee scored 24 of his 34 points in the second half as the Owls (11-16, 5-9) pulled away. Evee finished 12 of 19 from the field, including seven of 12 from beyond the arc and … [Read more...]

The 30th anniversary of East Carolina's last trip to the NCAA basketball tournament was last year, which was also Mike Shwartz's first season as coach of the Pirates. Given the parity in the American Athletic Conference this season and ECU's current trend of defying the program's tradition of hoops struggles, the Pirates would appear to have a chance to end their string of … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina sailed into uncharted waters in terms of its program history with an 81-67 win over Tulane in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Sunday. R.J. Felton scored 21 points and Brandon Johnson tallied 20 as the Pirates improved to 7-6 in league play with their third straight triumph in the American Athletic Conference. It is the most conference wins … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — R.J. Felton and Brandon Johnson each scored 21 points for East Carolina on Thursday night in a 68-55 American Athletic Conference win over Wichita State in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as the Pirates evened their league record at 6-6. ECU was 6-12 in the AAC in Mike Schwartz's first season as coach in 2022-23. The Pirates had won, 54-52, at Wichita State … [Read more...]

East Carolina basketball coach Mike Schwartz doesn't see a team that is 10-14 overall and 2-9 in the American Athletic Conference when he looks at Wichita State. He doesn't see a team that the Pirates were able to defeat on the road, 54-52, on Jan. 24. He doesn't see a team that is 2-9 in its own road endeavors. Schwartz sees a team that took No. 24 Florida Atlantic to … [Read more...]