Pirates are set to host UAB Tuesday night

Greenville, NC – East Carolina returns to Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Tuesday night for a national television midweek showdown with UAB.

The game is set to a tip time of at. 19 and will be the television at Espnu with Derek Jones (Play-by-play) and John Williams (analyst) on the call. Pirate fans can also adjust to 107.9 WNCT FM, 94.3 game or download the IBX app to hear Daron Vaught call the action.

The pirates are led in the scoring of the Master’s program CJ WALKERS 18.2 points per Match (4th in AAC) and the six-year-old veteran also add 6.9 rebounds per year. Match. Walker was named Aac Player of the Week on Monday and is an average of 28 points and 7.7 rebounds on 62 percent shooting from the floor in his last three matches. Forsy season All-Aac Second Team Guard Rj felton Adds 17.6 (5th in AAC) points per Night and lead the team in rebounding with 7.3 boards per year. Fight while Jordan Riley Average 14.1 ppg, 5.5 RPG and 2.1 steal per Match to finish ECU’s top scorers. The trio Felton, Walker, Riley makes up 65 percent of Pirates’ point production.

Last Time Out

CJ Walker Scored 28 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for its fifth double-double in the year and hit the last second shot to lift East Carolina past UTSA, 80-79, at the convention center on Saturday night.

Felton closure on fourth all the time

Rj felton Tuesday night only takes two points away from moving to fourth all the time in the scoring in East Carolina, as senior currently has 1,577 career points. When Felton reaches 1,600 career points, he will be one of only four players in the program history who have scored 1,600 points in their East Carolina career joining Sonny Russell, Lester Lyons and Bobby Hodges. Felton is also one of only seven players who hit 200 triangles in his pirate career and his one of only six ECU players who have 130 or more stealing in their pirate career.

Scout the blazers
The UAB comes into Tuesday’s competition for a three-game-winning row after defeating North Texas, 64-61, on February 3rd. Yaxel Lendeborg leads Blazers with 17.6 points per year. Match and 10.6 rebounds per Match. Forward is one of two players nationally to lead their teams in all five statistical categories and were named the Karl Malone Award Midseason Top 10 list.

Series history
The UAB leads the series all the time with East Carolina, 13-6, and defeats Pirates in Birmingham last season, 69-61, in Blazer’s first year as a member of the American. Prior to this meeting, the teams had not met since February 1, 2014, as Conference US members when ECU won, 74-67, in Birmingham. ECU is 1-6 against UAB in Minges and wins the last meeting with Blazers at home on February 13, 2013 with a score of 74-61.

On this date
The pirates are 6-11 in play, played on February 11 with the last game played on this date coming in the 2016-17 season when ECU lost in South Florida, 64-57. The last Pirate’s victory on this date was in 1994-95 when ECU defeated Richmond on the road, 59-58.

Up next
East Carolina travels to rival Charlotte on Saturday at. 16 at Espnews.