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 2020-21 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 5-0 | 0-0 AMERICAN | 4-0 H | 1-0 A | 0-0 N East Carolina (5-0, 0-0) at SMU (4-0, 0-0) NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY, DEC. 16, 2020 • 7 P.M. CT • DALLAS, TEXAS • MOODY COLISEUM 27 at Charlotte! ........................................W, 66-57 Game 6 • Road Game 2 DECEMBER 1 N.C. WESLEYAN (ESPN+) ............. W, 91-62 5 RADFORD (ESPN+) ...................... W, 63-50 Head Coach: Joe Dooley (George Washington ‘88) 4WHERE TO WATCH & LISTEN 7 UNCW (ESPN+) ...................... W, 88-78 (ot) Career Record: 197-151 (12th Season) Internet Stream ....................................ESPN+ 10 NORTH FLORIDA (ESPN+) ...........W, 73-67 Record at ECU: 83-93 (Seventh Season) (John Liddle /Stephen Howard) 57-52 (1995-99) / 26-41 (2018-pr.) 16 at SMU* (ESPN+) .......................................8 p.m. Radio..........................Pirate Sports Network 19 JAMES MADISON (ESPN+) .................1 p.m. Record vs. SMU: 1-2 WNCT 107.9 FM/WRHD 94.3 FM 22 TULANE*(ESPN+) ......................... 3:30 p.m. Head Coach: Tim Jankovich (Kansas State ‘82) (Jeff Charles, Si Seymour) 30 at Wichita State*(ESPN+) ......................7 p.m. Career: 251-170 (15th season) JANUARY Record at SMU: 94-49 (Sixth season) Live Stats ..........................sidearmstats.com 2 at Tulane* ...................................................... TBA Record vs. East Carolina: 7-1 Twitter ....................................@ecubasketball 9 USF* ....................................................... TBA 13 at Cincinnati* ............................................... TBA 16 TEMPLE* ................................................ TBA PIRATES TRAVEL TO SMU FOR AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE OPENER 20 at USF* ........................................................... TBA 4East Carolina will begin its seventh season of American Athletic Conference play Wednesday night 24 MEMPHIS* ............................................. TBA in Dallas against SMU. Both teams enter the game undefeated as ECU is off to its best start in eight 27 at UCF* .......................................................... TBA years and the Mustangs are 4-0 for the third time in the last five seasons. 30 TULSA* .................................................. TBA 4The game features two of the top players in the conference: ECU junior Jayden Gardner (20.2 ppg, FEBRUARY 8.0 rpg) and SMU junior Kendric Davis (21.3 ppg, 8.0 apg). Davis leads The American in scoring and 3 HOUSTON* ............................................ TBA assists, while Gardner is second in scoring and rebounding. 6 at Memphis* ................................................. TBA 4ECU and SMU are going head-to-head to open conference play for the second time in three years. The 8 SMU* ...................................................... TBA 13 at Temple* ..................................................... TBA Mustangs beat the Pirates 82-54 to lift the lid on the 2018-19 AAC slate. This is the fourth consecutive 17 at Houston* .................................................. TBA season ECU has opened league play on the road. It is 1-5 in American conference openers (H: 1-2; A: 0-3). 21 WICHITA STATE* .................................. TBA 27 at Tulsa* ......................................................... TBA THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT THE PIRATES MARCH 1 IT’S HOW YOU FINISH: East Carolina has fallen behind by nine or more points in four games (Char- 4 UCF*....................................................... TBA lotte (20-10), Radford (19-10), UNCW (67-57), North Florida (22-13)) this season before rallying to win 7 CINCINNATI* ........................................ TBA each game. Last season, ECU overcame deficits of nine points or more to win just three times (13 vs. SMU, 11 vs. Charlotte, 10 vs. Eastern Kentucky). 11-14 THE AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP (ESPN) 2 GARDNER AMONG ECU TOP 10 SCORERS: Jayden Gardner moved into 10th place on the school’s 11 First Round TBA all-time scoring list Thursday against North Florida with 1,216 points. He is 16 points shy of ninth-place 12 Quarterfinals TBA occupied by Brock Young. 13 Semifinals TBA 3 HOT SHOOTING: The Pirates perimeter shooting to start the season is much better than it was a 14 Championship TBA year ago. Through five games, ECU is shooting 38.0 percent (30-80)outside the arc compared to 29.1 percent (23-79) in its first four games last season. ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS 4 SHARE AND SHARE ALIKE: The Pirates rank second in The American in assists per game (18.8) and All times listed EST have been credited with a dime on 67 (94 of 141) percent of its made field goals. The Pirates recorded ! - 49er Tip-Off Classic (Charlotte, N.C.) 21 assists on 25 field goals last time out against North Florida. * - American Athletic Conference games 5 CONTINUITY: There’s a new stat in the KenPom.com analytics this season: minutes continuity. It determines what percentage of a team’s minutes are played by the same player from last season to (AP/Coaches poll ranking) this season. East Carolina ranks No. 1 in that category at 83.5 percent. FOLLOW THE PIRATES 4PREVIOUS GAME STARTERS FACEBOOK - ECU BASKETBALL Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown GP-GS PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG INSTAGRAM/TWITTER - @ecubasketball F 1 JAYDEN GARDNER 6-7 235 Jr. Wake Forest, N.C. 5-5 20.2 8.0 0.6 .500 .000 .806 30.6 G 2 TRISTEN NEWTON 6-5 200 So. El Paso, Texas 5-5 8.8 4.6 5.2 .359 .231 1.000 31.1 G 4 BRANDON SUGGS 6-6 200 So. Powder Springs, Ga. 5-5 8.6 4.6 3.0 .469 .375 .667 23.7 G 12 TREMONT ROBINSON-WHITE 6-1 190 Jr. Little Rock, Ark. 5-4 4.0 0.8 4.4 .389 .400 - 19.7 C 21 LUDGY DEBAUT 7-0 245 RJr. Guadeloupe 5-4 5.2 3.4 1.4! .545 - .500 19.8 OFF THE BENCH G 3 NOAH FARRAKHAN 6-2 170 Fr. Newark, N.J. 4-0 7.0 1.3 1.8 .524 .444 1.000 15.1 G 10 TYRIE JACKSON 6-2 210 Sr. Tifton, Ga. 5-0 4.2 2.2 1.2 .381 .182 .750 16.3 G 11 JJ MILES 6-7 220 Sr. Garysburg, N.C. 4-1 11.0 3.0 2.0 .515 .563 1.000 23.7 F 20 BITUMBA BARUTI 6-7 230 Sr. Dem. Rep. of Congo 5-1 8.2 5.4 0.2 .395 .375 .500 24.2 C 32 CHARLES COLEMAN 7-0 240 So. Boston, Mass. 5-0 1.0 1.2 - .250 .000 .750 5.3 G 33 MILES JAMES 6-6 210 Jr. Inglewood, Calif. 2-0 1.5 0.5 0.5 1.000 1.000 - 5.7 C 44 EDRA LUSTER 7-0 245 Sr. Oakland, Calif. - - - - - - - - !-Blocks per game 2020-21 East Carolina Pirates Basketball 2020-21 EAST CAROLINA MEN’S BASKETBALL NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Last School (Transfer) 0 Derrick Quansah Fr. C/F 6-11 225 Cape Coast, Ghana/Hargrave Military Academy 1 Jayden Gardner Jr. F 6-7 235 Wake Forest, N.C./Heritage 2 Tristen Newton So. G 6-5 200 El Paso, Texas/Burges 3 Noah Farrakhan Fr. G 6-2 170 Newark, N.J./The Patrick School 4 Brandon Suggs So. F/G 6-6 205 Powder Springs, Ga./Massanutten Military Academy 10 Tyrie Jackson Sr. G 6-2 210 Tifton, Ga./Northwest Florida State College (Virginia Tech) 11 J.J. Miles Sr. G 6-7 220 Garysburg, N.C./Cape Fear Community College 12 Tremont Robinson-White Jr. G 6-1 190 Little Rock, Ark./Garden City Community College 13 Ian Jones Sr. G 6-3 200 Lillington, N.C./Harnett Central 20 Bitumba Baruti Sr. G 6-7 230 Democratic Republic of Congo/Chipola College (Washington) 21 Ludgy Debaut RJr. C 7-0 244 Les Abymes, Guadeloupe/Northwest Florida State College 24 Evan Umstead Sr. G 6-0 195 Cary, N.C./Northside Christian Academy 25 Samson Strickland Jr. F 6-5 220 Wilson, N.C./Washington Academy 32 Charles Coleman So. C 7-0 240 Boston, Mass/Dexter Southfield 33 Miles James Jr. G 6-6 210 Inglewood, Calif./Palm Beach State College 44 Edra Luster Sr. C/F 7-0 245 Oakland, Calif./Tyler Junior College 45 David Kasanganay Jr. G 6-2 190 Charlotte, N.C./Navy 55 Brenden Kelly Fr. G 5-9 160 Clark, N.J./Elizabeth COACHING/SUPPORT STAFF ALPAHBETICAL ROSTER Head Coach: Joe Dooley (7th season • George Washington, ‘88) NO. NAME CL. POS. HT. Associate Head Coach: Steve Roccaforte (3rd season • Lamar ‘89) 20 Bitumba Baruti Sr. G 6-7 Assistant Coach: Antwon Jackson (1st season • Pikeville ‘93) Assistant Coach: George Wright-Easy (2nd season • St. Francis (Pa.) ‘ 07) 32 Charles Coleman So. C 7-0 Director of Basketball Operations: Kyle Robinson (0th season •Gardner-Webb ‘03) 21 Ludgy Debaut RJr. C 7-0 Director of Player Development: Derek DeMasi (3rd season • Rhode Island ‘11) 3 Noah Farrakhan Fr. G 6-2 Assistant to the Head Coach: Silvey Dominquez (2nd season • New Mexico ‘76) 1 Jayden Gardner Jr. F 6-7 Video Coordinator: Adam Owens (1st season • Butler ‘19) Athletic Trainer: Nate Clark (11th season • Lock Haven ‘01) 10 Tyrie Jackson Sr. G 6-2 Strength & Conditioning Coordinator: Jason Martinez (1st season • Manhattan ‘17) 33 Miles James Jr. G 6-6 13 Ian Jones Sr. G 6-3 PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 45 David Kasanganay Jr. G 6-2 20 Bitumba Baruti ..............................................................................................................Buh-tomb-ba Ba-root-EE 55 Brenden Kelly Fr. G 5-9 21 Ludgy Debaut ............................................................................................................................... LOU-gee Deh-bo 3 Noah Farrakhan .....................................................................................................................................fahr-uh-kahn 44 Edra Luster Sr. C/F 7-0 45 David Kasanganay ....................................................................................................................kah-SUNG-ugh-nai 11 J.J. Miles Sr. G 6-7 44 Edra Luster .........................................................................................................................................Eh-dra LUST-er 2 Tristen Newton So. G 6-5 0 Derrick Quansah ....................................................................................................................................... Kwahn-zuh 0 Derrick Quansah Fr.