GREENVILLE — Temple dealt East Carolina its fifth straight American Athletic Conference loss, 71-63, on Wednesday night in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. The Pirates cut a 14-point deficit at 63-49 with 2-06 left to 67-61 with 33 seconds to go but could get no closer in falling to 11-10 overall and 2-7 in the league. "We got what we deserved," said ECU coach Joe … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina was a defensive rebound away from a likely American Athletic Conference comeback win over visiting Cincinnati on Sunday. The Pirates rallied from a 51-39 deficit with seven minutes to go and took a 59-58 lead on two free throws by Vance Jackson with 25 seconds left. David DeJulius rebounded his own miss and scored on a putback with 3.7 seconds … [Read more...]

MEMPHIS — From a tie score at 32 with 15:59 to play, host Memphis pulled away for a 71-54 American Athletic Conference payback win over East Carolina on Thursday night. Poor shooting plagued the Pirates, who were 19 for 72 on field goal attempts for 26.4 percent, including six for 29 from beyond the arc for 20.7 percent. Tristen Newton led all scorers with 19 points for … [Read more...]

East Carolina has little in the way of momentum going into tonight's 9 p.m. contest at Memphis (ESPN2). The hosts have some significant motivation in their favor. A matchup with the Tigers on Jan. 15 in Greenville provided the high point thus far of the 2021-22 season as Brandon Suggs scored at the buzzer for a 72-71 Pirates win. ECU trailed by as many as 19 points in the … [Read more...]

HOUSTON — East Carolina was limited to 16 percent field goal shooting as No. 10 Houston took a 79-36 American Athletic Conference win over the visiting Pirates on Saturday night. Kyler Edwards had 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists as the Cougars improved to 17-2 overall and 6-0 in the AAC. The Pirates (11-7, 2-4) were down, 44-14, at the half. "Embarrassing," … [Read more...]