TULSA, OK — Jaden Walker scored 24 points to lead East Carolina to a 62-60 American Athletic Conference win at Tulsa on Tuesday night. Walker played all 40 minutes for the Pirates (14-13, 5-9 AAC), hitting eight of 11 field goal attempts while claiming five rebounds with three assists. The Golden Hurricane (5-22, 1-15) had its biggest lead at 30-19 and held a 32-25 … [Read more...]
THE SPORTS OBJECTIVERemembering Jeff Charles
Watch these two special "Remembering Jeff Charles" episodes of the The Sports Objective's series of podcasts and YouTube clips. In Part 1 (top), Wake Forest and Marshall play by play announcers Stan Cotten and Steve Cotton, ECU radio network commentators and former ECU football players Kevin Monroe and Andrew Bayes and ECU alum and radio industry professional Brian "B" Paize … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsPonies top Pirates, 86-70
DALLAS — Samuell Williamson scored 20 points on nine of 10 field goal shooting to lead Southern Methodist to an 86-70 American Athletic Conference win over visiting East Carolina on Sunday. SMU hit 32 of 63 field goal attempts, 50.8 percent, including 18 of 31 in the second half for 58.1 percent. Williamson had nine rebounds as the Mustangs had a 42-29 advantage on the … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsPirates ‘paint it purple’ with huge comeback
GREENVILLE — East Carolina honored the memory of Jeff Charles with an emotional 75-71 American Athletic Conference victory over Cincinnati on Wednesday night in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. Charles, also known as 'The Voice,' died Friday in New Orleans where the Pirates were preparing to play Tulane. He began doing play-by-play description of ECU games in 1988. The … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTJeff Charles, ‘The Voice,’ has died
Jeff Charles, the longtime voice of East Carolina football and basketball, died suddenly in New Orleans on Friday. Charles was scheduled to describe the action as the Pirates visited Tulane for a basketball game on Saturday. The matchup will be rescheduled in deference to his passing at age 70. Charles called his 1,000th ECU basketball game earlier this season. He came to … [Read more...]