2019-20 ECU BASKETBALL GAME NOTES #UPTOTHECHALLENGE 2019-20 SCHEDULE & RESULTS FRIDAY, NOV. 6 | ALUMNI HALL | ANNAPOLIS, MD. | 8:30 P.M. | 1-0 | 0-0 AMERICAN | 1-0 H | 0-0 A | 0-0 N EAST CAROLINA Head Coach: Joe Dooley (George Washington ‘88) NOVEMBER Career Record: 182-131 (11th Season) PIRATES Record at ECU: 68-73 (Sixth Season) 5 VMI ..........................................W, 80-68 57-52 (1995-99) / 11-21 (2018-pr.) 1-0 Record vs. Navy: 1-0 8 at Navy# .............................................. 8:30 p.m. VS. 12 at Appalachian State ................................7 p.m. NAVY Head Coach: Ed DeChellis (Penn State ‘82) 16 LIBERTY ........................................4 p.m. Career Record: 319-382 (24th season) MIDSHIPMEN Record at VMI: 100-151 (Ninth season) 22 vs. Evansville! ...........................................8 p.m. Record vs. ECU: First Meeting 23 vs. GW or UMKC! ...............................2 or 8 p.m. 0-1 23 TBD! ...............................................................TBD 30 at James Madison .........................................TBA GAME TRACKING DECEMBER CBS SPORTS NETWORK LIVE STATS 3 COPPIN STATE .................................7 p.m. The game will be televised on CBS Sports Live stats are avaiable for fans and me- Network. tom McCarthy (pxp) and Steve dia can access updated statistics on statbroadcast.com. 14 CAMPBELL .....................................4 p.m. Lappas (analyst) have the call. 17 MD.-EASTERN SHORE .......................7 p.m. 22 CHARLOTTE ....................................4 p.m. TUNEIN @ECUBasketball Fans can hear every moment of the Lear- Media and fans can follow the ECU 28 EASTERN KENTUCKY .........................4 p.m. field-IMG Pirate Sports Network call via men’s basketball team on Twitter and JANUARY the TuneIn app as well as ecupirates.com. Instagram @ECUBasketball. 1 at Wichita State* ......................................3 p.m. 7 USF* .............................................7 p.m. 4POSSIBLE GAME STARTERS 11 SMU* ............................................2 p.m. Pos.. No Name Ht. Wt. Cl. HOMETOWN GP-GS PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 15 TULSA*..........................................7 p.m. G 2 TRISTEN NEWTON 6-5 185 Fr. El Paso, Texas 1-1 20.0 3.0 4.0 50.0 60.0 83.3 32.0 19 at Cincinnati* ............................................6 p.m. G 11 J.J. MILES 6-7 220 Jr. Garysburg, N.C. 1-1 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 24.0 22 at SMU* ......................................................8 p.m. G/F 4 BRANDON SUGGS 6-6 200 Fr. Powder Springs, Ga. 1-1 12.0 4.0 4.0 1.000 - 66.7 28.0 25 TULANE* .......................................6 p.m. F 1 JAYDEN GARDNER 7 6- 235 So. Wake Forest, N.C. 1-1 28.0 11.0 3.0 63.2 0 66.7 32.0 29 HOUSTON* .....................................7 p.m. F 21 LUDGY DEBAUT 7-0 245 Jr. Les Abymes, Guadeloupe 1-1 2.0 2.0 0.0 1.000 - - 11.0 FEBRUARY 1 at Temple* ................................................6 p.m. 4TIP-OFF POINTS 6 UCF* .............................................7 p.m. 8 at Tulane* ..................................................6 p.m. 4After opening the season with an 80-68 win at home over 4For the second straight game, the coach on the oppos- VMI on Tuesday night, East Carolina makes its first visit to 12 at Tulsa* ....................................................8 p.m. ing sideline is a Penn State graduate. Navy head coach Ed Annapolis, Md. in 28 years to take on Navy in game two of DeChellis graduated as a Nittany Lion in 1982 as did VMI 16 CINCINNATI* ..................................12 p.m. the Veteran’s Classic doubleheader. head coach Dan Earl in 1997. Earl played three seasons as 19 at Memphis* .............................................7 p.m. 4The Pirates are seeking their first 2-0 start to the season Penn State while DeChellis was an assistant coach (1993-96) 23 TEMPLE* .......................................12 p.m. for the first time since opening the 2016-17 campaign with and then later served as an assistant for him at both Penn 6 2 at USF* .......................................................7 p.m. back-to-back wins at home over Grambling State and N.C. State and Navy. 29 UCONN* ........................................2 p.m. A&T. ECU will also seeking to earn its first “true” non-con- 4Navy won 11 of the first 12 meetings in the series with East MARCH ference road since Jan. 2, 2014 (def. Campbell, 79-71) and Carolina from 1982-87, then the Pirates took seven of the last 8 at UCF* .......................................................2 p.m. snap a 14-game skid. eight games from 1988-91, including the final six. 4ECU will be facing its second consecutive former con- 12-15 THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP ference rival as both Pirates and Midshipmen were charter 4With 11 newcomers on the roster, it was expected that the 12 First Round TBA members of the Colonial Athletic Association in 1983. Navy majority of them would make their ECU debut Tuesday night 13 Quaretrfinals TBA left the conference in 1991 as did ECU 10 years later. Fri- against VMI and eight did: Bitumba Baruti, Charles Coleman, 14 Semifinals TBA day’s game will be the first meeting since 1991. The Pirates Logan Curtis, Ludgy Debaut, Miles James, J.J. Miles, Tristen 15 Championship 3:15 p.m. shared a conference home with their previous opponent in Newton and Brandon Suggs. They accounted for 48 of the the Southern Conference from 1964-77. ECU left the league Pirates’ 80 points with Newton (20) and Suggs (12) both scoring double figures. ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS following the 1976-77 season. # - Veteran’s Classic (Annapolis, Md.) ! - Islands of the Bahamas Showcase (Nassau) * - 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 Director of Athletics: Jon Gilbert 10 Tyrie Jackson G 6-2 215 Jr.-TR Tifton, Ga. (NW Florida State College) 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 4 2 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 2 3 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 ......................................................... (Rock-ah-fort) Assistant Director of Operation: Derel DeMasi (Rhode Island, ‘11) Director of Player Development ...............Derek DeMasi (Rhode Island, ‘11) Asst. Strength & Conditioning Coach: Vinnie