GAMEDAY: ECU Looks To Snap Streaks Against Houston

Game 16: vs. Houston
Date:	Sunday, Jan. 14
Time:	2 p.m. (ET)
Location:	Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum)
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Live Game Coverage:	Radio: WHRD 94.3 FM \| TuneIn Radio Online Video Stream: ESPN3
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Game Notes:	ECU \| Houston \| The American

ECU looks to earn its first American Athletic Conference home victory of the season Sunday afternoon as it hosts Houston inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

The Pirates (7-9, 1-4) suffered their second straight defeat Thursday night falling to No. 5 Wichita State, 95-60, while the Cougars (13-3, 3-1) posted a 104-71 victory over Tulsa the same night burying a conference record 18 3-pointers.

Houston senior Rob Gray, a North Carolina native, scored a game-high 34 points including 22 in the first 20 minutes of play for his fifth career 30-point game. He leads The American in scoring with more than 19 points a game and ranks fourth on the league's all-time points scored list with 1,349.

Gray is one of three Cougars averaging double digit along with Corey Davis, Jr. (11.3 ppg) and Devin Davis (11.2 ppg). Houston has the second-highest scoring offense in The American, averaging 81.0 points per game with an average margin of victory of 13.2 points. They also rank second in the league with a 48.3 field goal shooting percentage and are one of three conference teams shooting over 40 percent from outside the 3-point arc (.408).

The Pirates have the league's best 3-point percent defense, holding their opponents to 31.2 percent outside the arc.

ECU is led by senior B.J. Tyson, who needs 26 points to become the seventh player in school history with 1,400 career points. He's averaging a team-high 15.8 points per game and ranks third on The American all-time scoring list.

Junior Kentrell Barkley is second on the team in scoring (12.5 ppg) and rebounding (6.3 rpg). After being held under double figures in the first two conference games, he scored double digits in each of the last three games, averaging 14.3 points per game and shooting 53.3 percent (16-30) from the field and 41.7 percent (5-12) from 3.

Junior Isaac Fleming is the third of three double digit scorers for ECU, posting 12.2 points per game and distributing 4.7 assists per contest, second-highest average in the league behind Wichita State's Landry Shamet.

Houston leads the overall series 12-5 and has won five straight against the Pirates, including the last two in Greenville.

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Players Mentioned

Kentrell Barkley

Isaac Fleming

B.J. Tyson

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