HOUSTON — East Carolina won its second straight American Conference game, 85-75, at Rice on Saturday. The Pirates improved to 9-16 overall and 4-8 in league play as Jordan Riley led four players into double-figure scoring with 22 points. Demitri Gardner had 21 points. Giovanni Emejuru tallied 17 and Corey Caulker added 14 as ECU won for the fourth time in its last six … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina kept Texas-San Antonio winless in American Conference play with an 88-72 victory in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday night. The Pirates improved to 8-16 overall and 3-8 in the American as Jordan Riley led five players into double figures with 19 points. Riley scored the 1,000th point of his two seasons at ECU on a free throw with … [Read more...]

Texas-San Antonio is winless in the American Conference going into a Wednesday matchup at East Carolina (7 p.m., ESPN+). The Roadrunners are 0-11 in league play. ECU is 0-5 against American opponents at home in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum this season. Obviously, one of those goose eggs will be broken. The Pirates are 11.5-point favorites on the early betting … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Jordan Riley scored 32 points on Saturday for East Carolina in an 81-73 American Conference loss to visiting Temple. The Owls (15-8, 7-3 American) swept the season series, following up on a 75-67 win in Philadelphia on Jan. 7. The Pirates (7-16, 2-8) got out to a 10-1 lead in the second meeting, but Temple responded with a 9-0 run to tie the score at 10 on a … [Read more...]

BOCA RATON, FL — Jordan Riley scored 35 points for East Carolina in a 76-75 American Conference win at Florida Atlantic on Sunday. "The mail man delivered on Sunday," said ECU coach Mike Schwartz on the Pirate radio network in reference to Riley, who made two free throws with 14 seconds left for the final margin. The Owls (14-9, 6-4 American) were 10.5-point favorites. … [Read more...]