Basketball Gameday: at Cincinnati
January 05, 2015 | Men's Basketball
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Setting The Scene
? East Carolina will make its first trip to Cincinnati in 10 years when it visits Fifth-Third Arena to take on the host Bearcats Tuesday night in an American Athletic Conference game. The game will be televised on ESPNU.
? The Pirates will look to snap a two-game losing streak and earn their first American Athletic Conference victory Tuesday night. ECU is coming off a 58-50 loss at USF on Saturday night after opening league play with a 67-59 loss to Tulane at home Wednesday.
? Cincinnati opened league play with a 56-50 win over SMU on Saturday. The Bearcats have won three in a row.
? The Pirates are looking to end an nine-game "true" road game losing streak dating back to last season. The Pirates are 0-4 on the road this season, while Cincinnati owns an 8-1 record at Fifth-Third Arena.
ECU Notables
? Sophomore Michel-Ofik Nzege leads The American in field goal percentage at .701. He has made 47 of 67 field goal attempts this season.
? Senior Antonio Robinson has the top assist/turnover ratio in The American at 2.4. He has distributed 47 assists and committed just 20 turnovers.
? ECU ranks among the top 40 in NCAA Division I in free throws made (30, 234) and attempted (37, 340) through games of Jan. 3.
? The Pirates have scored over 70 points in each of their last four wins, while they been held to under 60 in their last three losses.
? Freshman B.J. Tyson is one of two American conference rookies to lead his team in scoring. The other is B.J. Taylor of UCF.
? Senior Paris Roberts-Campbell ranks tied for ninth place on the school's all-time 3-point field goals made list with 142. He made four Wednesday to move out of 10th place.
? Sophomore Marshall Guilmette returned to the lineup Saturday after missing the last four games with an injury, He had two rebounds and an assist in 13 minutes.
Series History
? East Carolina is winless against Cincinnati, dropping all seven of the previous meetings.
? East Carolina and Cincinnati will be meeting as conference foes for the seventh time Tuesday night. The two played six games as Conference USA opponents from 2002-05. The only non-conference meeting between the two schools came in December, 1991.
? The Pirates played their first-ever Conference USA game against the Bearcats on Jan. 5, 2002..
The Return Home
? Following Tuesday's game against Cincinnati, East Carolina will have seven days off before returning to the hardwood Wednesday, Jan. 14, at home against Houston.
?The Pirates will play four road games in the month of January compared to just two home games. In addition to the aforementioned games at USF and Cincinnati, ECU will be also be at SMU on Jan. 17 and Memphis on Jan. 28.
