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Sunday, January 19th, 2020
6:00 PM
Fifth Third Arena
ESPNU
East Carolina (8-9, 2-2 AAC, NET #232) are trying to atone for a slow start to the season that saw them break in 11 new scholarship players, while also losing key returnee Seth LeDay after just 6 games. The Pirates have bounced back over the past month by winning 6 of their past 8 games, which include home wins over USF and SMU as well as a competitive 6-point loss at Wichita State.
All discussions relating to ECU basketball typically start and end with star sophomore forward Jayden Gardner who is averaging 21 and 9 through the first half of the season. Gardner, who reminds me of Eric Hicks, attacks the basket ferociously and currently leads the nation in FT attempts where he draws just under 9/game and shoots 76% from the foul stripe.
Aside from Gardner, ECU is a respectable FT shooting team as a whole making 72.3% of their shots season, but they are a very poor 3-point shooting team (28.3% on the season) and are coming off a 2-26 outside shooting performance at home against Tulsa that resulted in a 65-49 loss.
Seeing that we are 17-point favorites at the moment, hopefully this game can produce an array of solid individual performances and could mark one of the last opportunities for extended bench minutes for some players.
However, a win comes above all else, and after last year's upset loss, we should not take this team lightly in the least bit.
6:00 PM
Fifth Third Arena
ESPNU
East Carolina (8-9, 2-2 AAC, NET #232) are trying to atone for a slow start to the season that saw them break in 11 new scholarship players, while also losing key returnee Seth LeDay after just 6 games. The Pirates have bounced back over the past month by winning 6 of their past 8 games, which include home wins over USF and SMU as well as a competitive 6-point loss at Wichita State.
All discussions relating to ECU basketball typically start and end with star sophomore forward Jayden Gardner who is averaging 21 and 9 through the first half of the season. Gardner, who reminds me of Eric Hicks, attacks the basket ferociously and currently leads the nation in FT attempts where he draws just under 9/game and shoots 76% from the foul stripe.
Aside from Gardner, ECU is a respectable FT shooting team as a whole making 72.3% of their shots season, but they are a very poor 3-point shooting team (28.3% on the season) and are coming off a 2-26 outside shooting performance at home against Tulsa that resulted in a 65-49 loss.
Seeing that we are 17-point favorites at the moment, hopefully this game can produce an array of solid individual performances and could mark one of the last opportunities for extended bench minutes for some players.
However, a win comes above all else, and after last year's upset loss, we should not take this team lightly in the least bit.