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 WEDNESDAY, FEB. 19 | FEDEXFORUM | MEMPHIS, TENN. | 7 P.M. ET / 6 P.M. CT | WNCT 107.9 FM 10-16 | 4-9 AMERICAN | 8-6 H | 1-8 A | 1-2 N EAST CAROLINA Head Coach: Joe Dooley (George Washington ‘88) Career Record: 191-147 (11th Season) NOVEMBER PIRATES Record at ECU: 77-89 (Sixth Season) 5 VMI (ESPN3) ..................................W, 80-68 10-16, 4-9 AMERICAN 57-52 (1995-99) / 20-37 (2018-pr.) (CBSSN) Record vs. Memphis: 0-2 8 at Navy# ....................................... L, 57-62 VS. 12 at Appalachian State (ESPN+) ..................L, 62-68 MEMPHIS Head Coach: “Penny” Hardaway Career Record: 39-22 (Second Season) 16 LIBERTY (ESPN3) ..............................L, 57-77 TIGERS Record at Memphis: Same 22 vs. Evansville! (FloHoops.com) ...................W, 75-68 17-8, 6-6 AMERICAN Record vs. East Carolina: 2-0 23 vs. Kansas City! (FloHoops.com) ................... L, 68-74 23 Rice! (FloHoops.com) .....................................L, 69-77 30 at James Madison (FloHoops.com) ...............L, 89-99 GAME TRACKING DECEMBER CBS SPORTS NETWORK LIVE STATS The game will be televised on CBS Sports Network. Live stats are available for fans on ecupirates.com. 3 COPPIN STATE (ESPN3) .......................L, 75-85 Carter Blackburn (pxp) and Pete Gillen (analyst) have Members of the media can access real-time statistics 14 CAMPBELL (ESPN3) ......................... W, 79-67 the call. AJ Ross is on the sidelines. with a password on statbroadcast.com. 17 MD.-EASTERN SHORE (ecupirates.com) ....W, 71-57 TUNEIN 22 CHARLOTTE (ESPN3) ........................W, 60-56 @ECUBasketball Fans can hear every moment of the Pirate Sports Media and fans can follow the ECU men’s basketball 28 EASTERN KENTUCKY (ESPN3) ..............W, 82-74 Network broadcast via the TuneIn app as well as ecu- team on Twitter and Instagram @ECUBasketball. JANUARY pirates.com. Jeff Charles and Si Seymour have the call. 1 at 24/23 Wichita State* (ESPNU) ..............L, 69-75 7 USF* (ESPN3) ................................. W, 62-59 4PROBABLE GAME STARTERS 11 SMU* (ESPNU) .................................W, 71-68 Pos. No. Name Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown GP-GS PPG RPG AST FG% 3FG% FT% MPG 15 TULSA* (ESPN3) .............................. L, 49-65 G 12 TREMONT ROBINSON-WHITE 6-1 190 So. Little Rock, Ark. 19-19 7.8 1.7 2.4 .423 .286 .721 23.4 19 at Cincinnati* (ESPNU) ................................L, 57-82 G 2 TRISTEN NEWTON 6-5 185 Fr. El Paso, Texas 26-14 9.7 4.2 3.7 .373 .337 .802 28.3 22 at SMU* (ESPN3) .........................................L, 64-84 G 11 JJ MILES 6-7 220 Jr. Garysburg, N.C. 24-8 7.6 2.4 1.3 .365 .333 .615 23.7 25 TULANE* (ESPNU) ............................W, 81-62 F 1 JAYDEN GARDNER 6-7 235 So. Wake Forest, N.C. 26-25 20.0 9.6 1.9 .525 .200 .727 34.3 29 21/20 HOUSTON* (ESPN3) .................. L, 59-69 C 32 CHARLES COLEMAN 7-0 255 Fr. Boston, Mass. 25-15 2.5 2.8 0.8! .373 .0000 .444 15.9 FEBRUARY !-Blocks per game 1 at Temple* (CBSSN) ...................................L, 64-76 6 UCF* (ESPN3) ..................................L, 64-68 4TIP-OFF POINTS 8 at Tulane* (ESPNU) ...................................W, 81-67 4East Carolina treks to west Tennessee for its lone meeting of the 4Although he has been held under his scoring average in five 12 at Tulsa* (ESPN3) .......................................L, 56-70 regular season against Memphis on Wednesday night at the FedEx- straight games, Gardner still leads The American in scoring with 16 CINCINNATI* (CBSSN).................. L, 67-70 (ot) Forum. The Pirates enter the game following back-to-back losses, 20.0 points per game. He’s grabbed double digit rebounds in four 19 at Memphis* (CBSSN) ...................................7 p.m. while the Tigers bring a three-game skid into the contest. of the last seven games and ranks third overall in the conference in 23 TEMPLE* (ESPNU) ..............................12 p.m. 4The Pirates will look to snap a three-game slide against Memphis rebounding (9.6 rpg). Gardner is averaging a double-double in con- 26 at USF* (ESPN3) .............................................7 p.m. and earn just their second win over the Tigers at FedExForum. ference play (19.7 ppg, 10.1 rpg). 29 UCONN* (ESPN2/U) ..............................2 p.m. 4Wednesday’s game will feature just four players that played the 4Miles scored double figures in both games last week, dropping MARCH last time ECU and Memphis met last season: Jayden Gardner (ECU), 21 at Tulsa and 12 against Cincinnati. Miles was a combined 7 of 16 8 at UCF* (ESPNU) ............................................2 p.m. Tyler Harris (Memphis), Alex Lomax (Memphis) and Isaiah Maurice outside the 3-point arc in the two games and 12 of 25 shooting from 12-15 THE AMERICAN BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP (Memphis). the field. 12 First Round (ESPNU) TBA 4The Pirates nearly knocked off American Athletic Conference 4Newton has emerged as one of the top freshmen in The American 13 Quarterfinals(ESPN2/U ) TBA front runner Cincinnati on Sunday, but came up three points short this season. He ranks seventh among his classmates in scoring (9.7 14 Semifinals(ESPN2 ) TBA in overtime, 70-67. The Bearcats scored the first five points of the ppg), fourth in rebounding (4.2 rpg), first in assists (3.7 apg), second 15 Championship (ESPN) 3:15 p.m. extra period and ECU was unable to recover. Gardner led the Pirates in steals (1.2 spg) and second in minutes played (28.3 mpg). with 15 points, while JJ Miles (12) and Tristen Newton (11) combined 4Gardner, Newton and freshman Brandon Suggs have combined ALL HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS for 23 points. to score 56.7 percent of ECU's points this season (1009/1778). ECU’s All times listed EST 4ECU suffered its sixth loss of the year decided by two or fewer seven freshmen and sophomore have combined for 71.7 percent of # - Veteran’s Classic (Annapolis, Md.) possessions. The Pirates are 3-6 in games decided by 6 points or less. the it’s offense (1275 points). ! - Islands of the Bahamas Showcase (Nassau) * - American Athletic Conference games EAST CAROLINA OR ECU (AP/Coaches poll ranking) 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 4 Brandon Suggs F/G 6-6 200 Fr.-HS Powder Springs, Ga. (Massanutten Military) Colors: Purple (PMS #268) and Gold (PMS #109) 5 Logan Curtis G 6-3 195 Fr.-HS Baltimore, Md. (Calvert Hall College High School) Arena: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (7,100) Interim Chancellor: Dr. Ron Mitchelson 10 Tyrie Jackson G 6-2 215 Jr.-TR Tifton, Ga. (NW Florida State College) Director of Athletics: Jon Gilbert 11 J.J. Miles G 6-7 220 Jr.-TR Garysburg, N.C. (Cape Fear Community College) Athletic Department Phone: (252) 737-4600 12 Tremont Robinson-White G 6-1 190 So.-TR Little Rock, Ark. (Garden City Community College) Ticket Office Phone: (800) DIAL-ECU, (252) 328-2300 13 Ian Jones* G 6-3 195 Jr.-HS Lillington, N.C. (Harnett Central High School) Program History 20 Bitumba Baruti G 6-7 225 Jr.-TR Democratic Republic of Congo (Chipola College) Seasons of Basketball: Entering 88th 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 25 Samson Strickland* F 6-5 220 So.-1L Wilson, N.C. (Washington (NC) Academy) First Season Of Division I: 1964-65 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 ......................................................... (Rock-ah-fort) Assistant Director of Operation: Derel DeMasi (Rhode Island, ‘11) Director of Player Development ...............Derek DeMasi (Rhode Island, ‘11) Asst.