PHILADELPHIA — Damian Dunn hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give host Temple a 78-75 American Athletic Conference win over East Carolina on Saturday. Pirates coach Joe Dooley said Tremont Robinson-White defended the final shot correctly as Dunn worked off a screen. "We hedged and Tremont got back out," Dooley said. "Damian rose up and made the shot." Dunn had 33 points … [Read more...]

Tulane's Jaylen Forbes had quietened a crowd of 1,414 in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Thursday night with a 3-pointer that gave the Green Wave a 69-66 lead with 24 seconds left in regulation. The good thing for East Carolina was that Tristen Newton had not even scored half his career high in the Pirates' American Athletic Conference opener at that point. The … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — Tristen Newton got East Carolina into overtime on a 3-pointer with two seconds left in regulation and scored 14 of the Pirates' 17 points in the extra period as ECU won its American Athletic Conference opener, 88-80, over Tulane in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday night. The Pirates improved to 10-3 overall and 9-0 at home going into a Saturday … [Read more...]

For the second time in four days, East Carolina's basketball schedule has been disrupted. The contest between ECU and South Florida scheduled for New Year's Day in Tampa has been postponed due to health and safety protocols within the Pirate program. A brief American Athletic Conference release on Friday announced the postponement and indicated the two programs will have the … [Read more...]

East Carolina's home basketball game with Wichita State that was scheduled for Wednesday night has been postponed due to COVID developments, the ECU athletic department announced several hours before the game. Unlike the recent cancellation of the Military Bowl in Annapolis, MD, that matched ECU's football team against Boston College, the postponement of the hoops contest … [Read more...]