Gameday Preview: ECU at UNCW

Game 12: East Carolina at UNCW
Date	Tuesday, December 20
Time	6:30 p.m. (ET)
Location	Wilmington, N.C. (Trask Coliseum)
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Game Notes	East Carolina \\\ UNCW
Social Media	Twitter: @ECUScoreboard \\\ @ECUPirateHoops

East Carolina will renew its longtime rivalry with UNCW Tuesday, Dec. 20, when it visits Trask Coliseum for a 6:30 p.m. tip-off.

The Pirates are coming off a 53-35 loss at home Thursday to College of Charleston, their second straight defeat. Despite holding the Cougars to 33.3 percent shooting from the field, ECU (7-4) couldn't overcome its own shooting woes that resulted in a season-low 23.4 percent and a record-low 35 points.

After trailing by 29, ECU mounted a rally to trim its deficit to 11, but CofC scored the game's final seven points to claim the 18-point victory.

UNCW (10-1) has won seven in a row and is coming off a 100-64 victory over Radford Saturday.

"They're really good, very quick, very athletic and can turn you over," ECU Head Coach Jeff Lebo said. "They can score the ball from multiple spots. On their [home court], it'll be a tough test for us. No doubt."

ECU and UNCW are meeting for the 64^th time with Seahawks holding a 35-28 series lead. ECU won last season's meeting, posting a 78-73 victory in Greenville. The win was just the Pirates' third in seven non-conference games against UNCW since 2005.

NEWS & NOTES

Freshman Jeremy Sheppard is the only player to score double figures each of the last three games, netting 13 against NC Central, 17 at Virginia and 11 versus College of Charleston. In the last three games, he's averaged 13.7 points per game, while shooting 13-of-28 (.464) from the field and 7-of-15 (.467) outside the arc.
Graduate transfer Andre Washington is 18 points shy of equaling his three-year, 67-game Wake Forest career scoring total of 116. Through 11 games at ECU, he's scored 98 points, an average of 8.9 points per game. He averaged 1.7 points per game for the Demon Deacons.
Junior B.J. Tyson is 14 points shy of moving into 25th-place on the school's all-time scoring list. He currently ranks 26th with 1,017 points, which is three points shy of sole possession of sixth-place on The American career scoring list.
The Pirates rank second in the American Athletic Conference in scoring defense (60.2 ppg), field goal percent defense (.363) and three-point field goal percent defense (.294).

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Players Mentioned

Jeremy Sheppard

B.J. Tyson

Andre Washington

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