Joe Dooley (George Washington ‘88) 4WHERE to WATCH & LISTEN DECEMBER Career Record: 199-157 (12Th Season) Stream
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2 0 2 0 - 2 1 E A S T C A R O L I N A B A S K E T B A L L GAME NOTES EAST CAROLINA BASKETBALL | GAME 14 ECUPIRATES.COM | @ECUBASKETBALL | #ONEPIRATENATION 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS East Carolina (7-6, 1-6) vs. #5/5 Houston (15-1, 10-1) 7-6 | 1-6 AMERICAN |6-2 H | 1-2 A | 0-0 N WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3, 2021 • 6 P.M.• WILLIAMS ARENA AT MINGES COLISEUM • GREENVILLE, N.C. NOVEMBER 27 at Charlotte .........................................W, 66-57 Head Coach: Joe Dooley (George Washington ‘88) 4WHERE TO WATCH & LISTEN DECEMBER Career Record: 199-157 (12th Season) Stream ......................................................ESPN+ 1 N.C. WESLEYAN (ESPN+) ............. W, 91-62 Record at ECU: 85-99 (Seventh Season) (Chris Edwards/Jay Sonnhalter) 57-52 (1995-99) / 28-48 (2018-pr.) 5 RADFORD (ESPN+) ...................... W, 63-50 Radio..........................Pirate Sports Network 7 UNCW (ESPN+) ...................... W, 88-78 (ot) Record vs. Houston: 0-3 WNCT 107.9/WRHD 94.3 10 NORTH FLORIDA (ESPN+) ...........W, 73-67 Head Coach: Kelvin Sampson (UNC Pembroke ‘78) (Jeff Charles, Si Seymour) 16 at SMU* (ESPN+) ...................................L, 55-70 Overall: 654-331 (32nd year) 19 JAMES MADISON (ESPN+) ...........W, 73-64 Record at Houston: 154-61 (Seventh Season) Live Stats ..........................sidearmstats.com 22 TULANE*(ESPN+) ..........................W, 68-58 Record vs. East Carolina: 9-1 Instagram/Twitter .............@ecubasketball 30 at Wichita State*(ESPN+) ......................... PPD JANUARY 4 2 at Tulane*(ESPN+) ...............................L, 56-60 PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown GP-GS PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 9 USF*(ESPN+) ...................................L, 63-69 F 1 JAYDEN GARDNER 6-7 235 Jr. Wake Forest, N.C. 13-12 17.1 8.1 1.1 .483 .250 .757 33.7 13 at Cincinnati*(ESPN+) ................................ PPD G 2 TRISTEN NEWTON 6-5 200 So. El Paso, Texas 11-10 7.5 4.3 4.3 .314 .257 .905 30.0 20 at USF*(ESPN+) ............................................ PPD G 11 J.J. MILES 6-7 220 Sr. Garysburg, N.C. 10-5 10.2 3.1 2.1 .408 .311 1.000 26.3 24 MEMPHIS*(ESPN2) .........................L, 53-80 G 12 TREMONT ROBINSON-WHITE 6-1 190 Jr. Little Rock, Ark. 13-12 8.9 1.9 3.8 .478 .373 .688 24.8 27 at UCF*(ESPN+) ......................................L, 64-71 F 20 BITUMBA BARUTI 6-7 230 Sr. Dem. Rep. of Congo 13-5 7.2 4.9 0.9 .382 .325 .619 30.0 30 TULSA* (ESPN+) ............................. L, 68-77 OFF THE BENCH FEBRUARY G 3 NOAH FARRAKHAN 6-2 170 Fr. Newark, N.J. 9-0 3.9 0.9 1.1 .424 .385 1.000 11.5 3 HOUSTON*(ESPN+) ............................6 p.m. G 4 BRANDON SUGGS 6-6 205 So. Powder Springs, Ga. 13-11 9.5 4.2 2.2 .443 .414 .591 25.2 6 at Memphis*(ESPN2/U) ...........................2 p.m. G 10 TYRIE JACKSON 6-2 210 Sr. Tifton, Ga. 10-1 4.6 2.2 1.7 .356 .154 .833 18.6 8 SMU*(ESPN2) ......................................5 p.m. C 21 LUDGY DEBAUT 7-0 245 RJr. Guadeloupe 13-9 2.8 3.2 1.2! .500 .000 .455 15.3 11 at Temple*(ESPN+) ................................. 12 p.m. C 32 CHARLES COLEMAN 7-0 240 So. Boston, Mass. 9-0 0.8 1.1 0.0 .250 .000 .600 5.5 G 33 MILES JAMES 6-6 210 Jr. Inglewood, Calif. 6-0 1.3 3.2 0.3 .125 .333 .714 8.1 13 TEMPLE*(ESPN+) .............................. 12 p.m. C 44 EDRA LUSTER 7-0 245 Sr. Oakland, Calif. 1-0 0.0 1.0 1.0 .000 - - 10.7 17 at Houston*(ESPN+) ................................8 p.m. !-Blocks per game 21 WICHITA STATE* (ESPNU) .............. 12 p.m. 27 at Tulsa*(ESPN+) .......................................7 p.m. 4 TONGIHT’S NOTES MARCH 4 UCF* (ESPN2) ......................................9 p.m. 4East Carolina will look to end a five-game losing streak and earn its first win of 2021 Wednesday night as it host No. 5 7 CINCINNATI*(ESPN+)..........................1 p.m. Houston inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. It is the first of two scheduled meetings between the Pirates and Cou- gars. ECU is scheduled to make the return trip to Texas in two weeks (Feb. 17). 11-14 THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP (ESPN) 11 First Round TBA 4The Pirates have lost nine straight to the Cougars and are searching for their first win in the series since 2015. 12 Quarterfinals TBA 4With a win on Wednesday, Pirate head coach Joe Dooley would notch his 200th career victory. He won 114 games during 13 Semifinals TBA his five years at Florida Gulf Coast and 85 during his six-plus seasons at East Carolina. 14 Championship TBA 4The Pirates lead The American in assists per game (16.2) and have been credited with a dime on 65.3 (211 of 323) percent of its made field goals. ECU is currently ranked No. 5 in KenPom.com’s assists per field goal made. It’s 16.2 assists per game ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS average currently ranks as the second-highest average in school history (17.2 apg, 2012-13). All times listed EST 4ECU is tied with SMU for the top assist/turnover ratio in The American at 1.2. The Pirates are 7-1 this season when they * - American Athletic Conference games have more assists than turnovers, but 0-5 when their number of turnovers is greater than their number of assists. The only (AP/Coaches poll ranking) loss came this past Saturday versus Tulsa with 21 assists and 13 turnovers. 4ECU opponents have attempted 44 more free throws than the Pirates the last five games (123-79). ECU’s opponents have FOLLOW THE PIRATES made more free throws (84) than the Pirates have attempted (79) during their current five-game slide. FACEBOOK - ECU BASKETBALL 4Junior Jayden Gardner was named to The American Weekly Honor Roll for the third time this season Monday after aver- INSTAGRAM/TWITTER - @ecubasketball aging 24.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 38.0 minutes per game in two games last week against UCF and Tulsa. 4Gardner has posted a double-double in four of the last six games and has compiled a league-best six overall this season. 4 EAST CAROLINA OR ECU He has 29 career double-doubles, third most in conference history and fourth most in ECU lore. 4Gardner (17.1 ppg/8.1 rpg) is the only player to rank among the top-5 in The American in scoring (2nd) and rebounding (3rd). Feel free to call us East Carolina or ECU. However, we re- Only Tulsa’ Brandon Rachel (8th/7th) and Houston’s Quentin Grimes (3rd/7th) rank among the top-10 in both categories. spectfully ask that the eronenous designation of Eastern 4Tremont Robinson-White has scored double figures in each of the last four games, the longest double figure scoring streak Carolina or flawed abbrevations such as E. Carolina, East of his career. He has 77 total points in those games, including a career-high 29 against USF. Caro., ECaro or EC not be used. 4Robinson-White ranks seventh in The American in assist/turnover ratio (1.8) and assists per game (3.8) A year ago he averaged 2.4 assists per game with a 0.9 assist/turnover ratio. 4 ECU ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS 4Robinson-White has made a trio of 3s in each of the last four games, shooting 41.4 percent outside the arc (12-29) in Associate Director (Basketball Contact): Jody Jones those games. He made a total of 11 3s during the entire 2019-20 season. O: (252) 737-4524 | C: (252) 414-2019 | [email protected] 4J.J. Miles has scored double figures in five of the last eight games he’s played, averaging 12.0 points per game. He is averaging almost points more per game this season (10.2 ppg) compared to last year (7.5 ppg). 4RADIO/TV ROSTER 4NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown 1 Jayden Gardner Jr. F 6-7 235 Wake Forest, N.C. 2 Tristen Newton So. G 6-5 200 El Paso, Texas 3 Noah Farrakhan Fr. G 6-2 170 Newark, N.J. 4 Brandon Suggs So. F/G 6-6 205 Powder Springs, Ga. 10 Tyrie Jackson Sr. G 6-2 210 Tifton, Ga. 11 J.J. Miles Sr. G 6-7 220 Garysburg, N.C. 12 Tremont Robinson-White Jr. G 6-1 190 Little Rock, Ark. 13 Ian Jones Sr. G 6-3 200 Lillington, N.C. 1 | Jayden Gardner 2 | Tristen Newton 3 | Noah Farrakhan 4 | Brandon Suggs 20 Bitumba Baruti Sr. G 6-7 230 The Congo F • 6-7 • 235 • Jr. G • 6-5 • 200 • So. G • 6-2 • 170 • Fr. G/F • 6-6 • 205 21 Ludgy Debaut RJr. C 7-0 244 Les Abymes, Guadeloupe Wake Forest, N.C. El Paso, Texas Newark, N.J. • So. 24 Evan Umstead Sr. G 6-0 195 Cary, N.C. 25 Samson Strickland Jr. F 6-5 220 Wilson, N.C. 32 Charles Coleman So. C 7-0 240 Boston, Mass 33 Miles James Jr. G 6-6 210 Inglewood, Calif. 44 Edra Luster Sr. C/F 7-0 245 Oakland, Calif. 45 David Kasanganay Jr. G 6-2 190 Charlotte, N.C. 55 Brenden Kelly Fr. G 5-9 160 Clark, N.J. 4ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown 20 Bitumba Baruti Sr.