The American Athletic Conference announced on Friday more schedule changes in the wake of the detection earlier this week of positive COVID-19 cases involving the Memphis and East Carolina basketball programs. The schedule changes were made due to ongoing issues with COVID-19 and contact tracing. No. 8 Houston's schedule was impacted by the circumstances at ECU and … [Read more...]

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended East Carolina's basketball schedule again. The school announced Wednesday that it is temporarily pausing all hoops activities in the wake of a positive COVID test and subsequent contact tracing resulting in the quarantining of individuals within the program. The impact to ECU's schedule so far is that games between the Pirates and Temple, … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — After being named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week earlier in the day, Jayden Gardner had 23 points and nine rebounds for East Carolina on Monday evening but it wasn't enough to keep Southern Methodist from pulling away to a 71-56 win. The Mustangs closed the game on a 22-7 run to improve to 11-4 overall and 7-4 in the AAC as Kendric Davis led the … [Read more...]

MEMPHIS — East Carolina sought to follow up on a stunning triumph at home against No. 5 Houston earlier in the week as the Pirates took on Memphis, which had blasted COVID-depleted ECU, 80-53, on Jan. 24. The Pirates battled back from a 21-8 deficit midway through the first half on Saturday to lead, 47-41, with 11 minutes remaining before the Tigers took a 66-59 American … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — East Carolina coach Joe Dooley got his 200th career win in monumental fashion as the Pirates clearly outplayed No. 5 Houston in an 82-73 stunner on Wednesday night. Jayden Gardner had 21 points, a game-high 15 rebounds and four assists as ECU stopped a 5-game losing streak with its first triumph in 2021. The Pirates had not beaten a ranked team since nipping No. … [Read more...]