FORT WORTH — East Carolina outscored Texas-San Antonio, 8-2, in the final minute for a 70-65 win in the American Athletic Conference Tournament on Thursday night. The Pirates (19-13) will take on Alabama-Birmingham (20-11) in the quarterfinals Friday night (ESPNU). Tipoff is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. R.J. Felton hit a jumper in the paint to put ECU ahead to stay, at 64-63, … [Read more...]
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JUNGLE TALESOn Deck with W&M coach Rob McCoy
Replay this episode of Jungle Tales with host Bubba Rosenbaum. First-year William & Mary coach Rob McCoy, coming off a 16-year stint as head coach at Niagara, joins Rosenbaum to discuss his new program and glance ahead to the Tribe's Friday-Saturday-Sunday series with East Carolina at Clark-LeClair Stadium. https://www.youtube.com/live/GgJ6oVD49Y8?si=kVg3jsz7eFchPhea … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTPirates look to start AAC Tournament by finishing
An 81-53 loss at Florida Atlantic to close the regular season on Sunday was an aberration for East Carolina (18-13) in its first winning season since 2012-13. Coach Mike Schwartz has sought to figure out what happened as the Pirates open play in the American Athletic Conference Tournament at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth on Thursday at 9 p.m. (ESPNU) against Texas San Antonio … [Read more...]
BASEBALL NEWSPirates complete sweep at VCU with 11-1 win
RICHMOND — East Carolina rolled to an 11-1 win over Virginia Commonwealth at The Diamond on Wednesday as the Pirates improved to 9-8. ECU set the tone with four runs in the top of the first as Braden Burress led off the game with a single to right. He stole second with one out and scored on a double to left center by John Collins. A ground out allowed Collins to move to … [Read more...]
BASEBALL NEWSPirates take 12-2 win over VCU
RICHMOND — East Carolina downed host Virginia Commonwealth, 12-2, on the run rule in eight innings on Tuesday night in the first matchup of a 2-game midweek series. The teams meet again at The Diamond on Wednesday at 3 p.m. ECU (8-8) steadily pulled away after VCU had taken a 1-0 lead in the first on a home run by Sean Swenson. The Pirates scored twice in the second on … [Read more...]