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2 0 1 9 - 2 0 E C U B A S K E T B A L L GAME NOTES #UPTOTHECHALLENGE 2019-20 SCHEDULE & RESULTS FRIDAY, NOV. 22 | BAHA MAR CONVENTION CENTER | NASSAU, BAHAMAS | 8 P.M. 1-2 | 0-0 AMERICAN | 1-0 H | 0-2 A | 0-0 N EAST CAROLINA Head Coach: Joe Dooley (George Washington ‘88) Career Record: 182-134 (11th Season) NOVEMBER PIRATES Record at ECU: 68-76 (Sixth Season) 5 VMI (ESPN3) ..................................W, 80-68 1-3 57-52 (1995-99) / 11-24 (2018-pr.) (CBSSN) Record vs. Evansville: 1-0 8 at Navy# ....................................... L, 57-62 VS. 12 at Appalachian State (ESPN+) ..................L, 62-68 EVANSVILLE Head Coach: Walter McCarty (Kentucky ‘96) Career Record: 14-22 (Second Season) 16 LIBERTY (ESPN3) ................................4 p.m. PURPLE ACES Record at Evansville: Same 22 vs. Evansville! (FloHoops.com) ........................8 p.m. 3-1 Record vs. ECU: First Meeting 23 vs. GW or UMKC! (FloHoops.com) ............2 or 8 p.m. 23 TBD! (FloHoops.com) ............................................TBD 30 at James Madison (FloHoops.com) ......................TBA GAME TRACKING DECEMBER FLOHOOPS.com LIVE STATS The game will be streamed live on Flohoops.com. Sam Live stats are avaiable on statbroadcast.com. 3 COPPIN STATE (ESPN3) .........................7 p.m. Hyman will call the games on the stream. 14 CAMPBELL (ESPN3) .............................4 p.m. 17 MD.-EASTERN SHORE .......................7 p.m. TUNEIN 22 CHARLOTTE (ESPN3) ............................4 p.m. @ECUBasketball Fans can hear every moment of the Pirate Sports Media and fans can follow the ECU men’s basketball 28 EASTERN KENTUCKY (ESPN3) .................4 p.m. Network broadcast via the TuneIn app as well as ecu- team on Twitter and Instagram @ECUBasketball. JANUARY pirates.com. Corey Gloor and Si Seymour have the call. 1 at Wichita State* (ESPNU) ............................3 p.m. 7 USF* (ESPN3) .....................................7 p.m. 4POSSIBLE GAME STARTERS 11 SMU* (ESPNU) ....................................2 p.m. Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. HOMETOWN GP-GS PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 15 TULSA (ESPN3)* .................................7 p.m. G 2 TRISTEN NEWTON 6-5 185 Fr. El Paso, Texas 4-4 9.8 3.0 3.5 .343 .353 .643 33.2 19 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) ..................................6 p.m. G 11 J.J. MILES 6-7 220 Jr. Garysburg, N.C. 4-4 5.3 1.8 1.8 .267 .227 - 28.0 22 at SMU* (ESPN3) ............................................8 p.m. G/F 4 BRANDON SUGGS 6-6 200 Fr. Powder Springs, Ga. 4-3 11.0 3.0 2.3 .560 .375 .765 27.5 25 TULANE* (ESPNU) ...............................6 p.m. F 1 JAYDEN GARDNER 6-7 235 So. Wake Forest, N.C. 4-3 20.0 9.3 2.5 .560 - .727 31.8 29 HOUSTON* (ESPN3) .............................7 p.m. C 32 CHARLES COLEMAN 7-0 255 Fr. Boston, Mass. 4-1 1.0 2.5 0.5 .222 - .000 11.3 FEBRUARY 1 at Temple* (CBSSN) ......................................6 p.m. 4TIP-OFF POINTS 6 UCF* (ESPN3) .....................................7 p.m. 4East Carolina will look to put a stop to a three-game losing streak Fri- Liberty. Through games of Monday, Nov. 18, Gardner was the leading scorer 8 at Tulane* (ESPNU) .......................................6 p.m. day when it faces the Evansville Purple Aces in the opening round of the in the American Athletic Conference with 20.0 points per game and one of 12 at Tulsa* (ESPN3) ..........................................8 p.m. third-annual Islands of the Bahamas Showcase at the Baha Mar Convention seven conference players averaging nine or rebounds per game. 16 CINCINNATI* (CBSSN)..........................12 p.m. Center in Nassau. 4Freshman Brandon Suggs has been impressive early this season, scoring 19 at Memphis* (CBSSN) ...................................7 p.m. 4Friday’s game will be the fourth all-time meeting between ECU and UE double figures in three of his first four games. He ranks second on the team 23 TEMPLE* (CBSSN)...............................12 p.m. and first on a neutral court. The last meeting between the two foes came in scoring with 11.0 points per game and is one of four players averaging 26 at USF* (ESPN3) .............................................7 p.m. in the semifinals of the 2013 CIT, where the Pirates posted an 81-58 victory more than 25 minutes per game. 29 UCONN* (ESPN2/U) ..............................2 p.m. MARCH at home. 4Already hampered by injuries, ECU received another blow to its roster this 4ECU is playing in its first preseason tournament since 2016 when the week when it was announced that seven-foot center Ludgy Debaut would 8 at UCF* (ESPNU) ............................................2 p.m. 12-15 THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP Pirates finished third at the Savannah Invitational, losing to host Mercer miss the remainder of the year due to a foot injury. Debaut started each of 12 First Round TBA before defeating Air Force. the first three games be suffering the injury. 13 Quaretrfinals TBA 4Friday’s game will pit brother vs. brother as ECU freshman Tristen New- 4With 11 newcomers on the roster, it is expected that the majority of 14 Semifinals TBA ton will square off against his older brother Juwaun, who is a sophomore offensive production come from that group. Four games into the season, 15 Championship 3:15 p.m. for the Purple Aces. the newbies have scored 55 percent of the Pirates’ points with Gardner and 4Sophomore Jayden Gardner has produced a pair of double-doubles in senior Seth LeDay scoring the other 45. Gardner alone has accounted for 31.3 ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS the first four games, giving him 12 for this career, ranking him 15th on the percent of the Pirates’ points, scoring 80 the Pirates’ 256 points. # - Veteran’s Classic (Annapolis, Md.) school’s all-time list. He had 28 points and 11 rebounds in the season open- ! - Islands of the Bahamas Showcase (Nassau) er against VMI and posted 26 points and 11 rebounds last time out against * - American Athletic Conference games EAST CAROLINA OR ECU Feel free to call us East Carolina or ECU. However we respectully ask that the errone- ous designation of Eastern Carolina or flawed abbreviation such as E. Carolina, East Caro, ECaro, EC never be used. Thank you for your assistance in our branding efforts. 3 ROSTERS 4 NUMERICAL ROSTER General/Administration Name: East Carolina University Location: Greenville, N.C. 27858 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp. Hometown (Previous School) Founded: 1907 1 Jayden Gardner F 6-7 235 So.-1L Wake Forest, N.C. (Heritage High School) Enrollment: 28,178 2 Tristen Newton G 6-5 185 Fr.-HS El Paso, Texas (Burges High School) Conference: American Athletic Conference Nickname: Pirates 3 Seth LeDay F 6-7 215 Sr.-1L Dallas, Texas (Virginia Tech) Colors: Purple (PMS #268) and Gold (PMS #109) 4 Brandon Suggs F/G 6-6 200 Fr.-HS Powder Springs, Ga. (Massanutten Military) Arena: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (7,100) 5 Logan Curtis G 6-3 195 Fr.-HS Baltimore, Md. (Calvert Hall College High School) Interim Chancellor: Dr. Ron Mitchelson Jon Gilbert 10 Tyrie Jackson G 6-2 215 Jr.-TR Tifton, Ga. (NW Florida State College) Director of Athletics: Athletic Department Phone: (252) 737-4600 11 J.J. Miles G 6-7 220 Jr.-TR Garysburg, N.C. (Cape Fear Community College) Ticket Office Phone: (800) DIAL-ECU, (252) 328-2300 12 Tremont Robinson-White G 6-1 190 So.-TR Little Rock, Ark. (Garden City Community College) 13 Ian Jones* G 6-3 195 Jr.-HS Lillington, N.C. (Harnett Central High School) Program History Seasons of Basketball: Entering 88th 20 Bitumba Baruti G 6-7 225 Jr.-TR Democratic Republic of Congo (Chipola College) First Season of Basketball: 1931-32 21 Ludgy Debaut F 7-0 245 Jr.-TR Les Abymes, Guadeloupe (NW Florida State College) All-Time Record (entering 2017-18): 1,089-1,138 24 Evan Umstead* G 6-0 195 Jr.-HS Cary, N.C. (Northside Christian Academy) Seasons of Division I Basketball: Entering 56th First Season Of Division I: 1964-65 25 Samson Strickland* F 6-5 220 So.-1L Wilson, N.C. (Washington (NC) Academy) Division I Record (entering 2017-18): 688-862 32 C.J. Coleman C/F 7-0 255 Fr.-HS Boston, Mass. (Dexter Southfield School) NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2 (1972, ’93) 33 Miles James G 6-6 215 So.-TR Inglewood, Calif. (Palm Beach State College) NIT Appearances: None CBI Appearances: None 44 Edra Luster C/F 7-0 230 Jr.- TR Oakland, Calif. (Tyler Junior College) CIT Appearances: 3 (2011, 2013 Champions, 2014) * - walk-on Basketball Staff COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATIONS Head Coach: Joe Dooley (George Washington, 1988) Best Time To Contact Dooley: Weekday mornings (9 a.m. - 10 a.m.) Head Coach ......................................Joe Dooley (George Washington, 1988) Bitumba Baruti .......................................(Buh-tomb-ba Ba-root-EE) Associat Head Coach: Raphael Chillious (Lafayette, 1996) Assos. Head Coach .................................Rapheal Chillious (Lafayette, 1996) Raphael Chillious ...............................................(Raphael CHILLY-us) Assistant Head Coach: Steve Roccaforte (Lamar, 1989) Assistant Head Coach .................................. Steve Roccaforte (Lamar, 1989) Ludgy Debaut ........................................................(LOU-gee Deh-bo) Assistant Coach: George Wright-Easy (St. Francis ‘07) Assistant Coach ...................................George Wright-Easy (St. Francis ‘ 07) Edra Luster ................................................................(Eh-dra LUST-er) Director of Operations: Kyle Robinson (Garnder-Webb, ’03) Director of Operations ..........................Kyle Robinson (Gardner-Webb, ‘03) Steve Roccaforte ........................................................