White Scores Career High To Lead ECU Over UConn On Senior Night

Wednesday, March 1

Greenville, N.C.

7 p.m.

East Carolina University

14-16, 6-11AAC

UConn

14-15, 9-8AAC

UCONN

East Carolina

Photo by: Rob Goldberg

White Scores Career High To Lead ECU Over UConn On Senior Night

March 01, 2017 | Men's Basketball

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RESULT
East Carolina sent out its senior class on a high note with a 66-62 victory over UConn inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Wednesday night. The Pirates connected on a season-high 12 3-pointers and held the Huskies to 23.1 percent shooting in the second half to record its first win over UConn since joining The American in 2014-15.

TURNING POINT
After Andre Washington made 1-of-2 free throws and then UConn sophomore Jalen Adams threw the ball out of bounds giving the Pirates possession of the basketball holding a two-point lead, 64-62, with 20 seconds to play. Elijah Hughes then made 1-of-2 free throws for a 3-point lead and Rodney Purvis missed a game-tying attempt and freshman Jeremy Sheppard got the rebound and was fouled. He made the first free throw with 4 seconds remaining to seal the victory before intentionally missing the second.

ECU PLAYER-OF-THE-GAME
Senior Caleb White scored a career-high 28 points and buried a career-best 7 three-pointers. He scored 17 first half points, making 4-of-8 3-point attempts prior to halftime. He finished the game 8-of-16 from the field and 7-of-13 outside the arc. His 28 points were the second-most by an ECU player on his senior night.

UCONN PLAYER-OF-THE-GAME
Kentan Facey posted a double-double with 12 and 11 rebounds, playing all 40 minutes.

GAME NOTES
Tonight's game marked the final home game for seniors Michel Nzege, Washington and White … Kentrell Barkley scored 18, including 15 in the second half … Barkley and Deng Riak tied for the team lead in rebounds with eight each … Twelve of the Pirates' 19 field goals were outside the arc … Washington moved into sole possession of second-place on the school's career blocked shots list with 89 … ECU finished the season with record of 12-5 inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, including a 5-4 mark in The American … ECU improved 5-6 under Acting Head Coach Michael Perry … The Pirates improved to 2-7 all-time against UConn and earned their first win in the series since 1971 ... ECU overcame its largest deficit of the season, 10 points ... It was announced prior to the game that junior forward Jabari Craig had been suspended indefinitely due to a violation of team rules.

QUOTE-OF-THE-NIGHT
"The guys see how close we are to being top of the league, and that's where we want to be. I mean we're not in this thing to be competitive, we're in this thing to win it, I mean that's what we want to be. This is just another step in being able to get where we want to be, we can be a consistent championship contender in this league… It really wasn't so much about this year's team versus UCONN's team, as much as it was East Carolina's Basketball program versus UCONN's Basketball program." - ECU Acting Head Coach Michael Perry

NEXT GAME
East Carolina will play its final regular season game Sunday, March 5, at Houston. Tip-off is set for 4 p.m. EST.