Pirates Set to Host South Florida Sunday

Game 19: South Florida (7-10, 0-4 AAC) at East Carolina (10-8, 1-4 AAC)
Date \| Time	January 15, 2023 \| 1:00 p.m. ET
Location	Greenville, N.C. \| Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (7,100)
Game Program	Hoops Digest #4
Coverage	Watch: ESPN2 Radio: 107.9 WNCT
Live Stats	Statbroadcast
Statistics	East Carolina \| South Florida \| The American
Game Notes	East Carolina \| South Florida \| The American
Record Book	East Carolina 2022-23 Record Book
Social Media	Facebook \| Twitter \| Instagram \| YouTube \| #PurpleReign

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina men's basketball team returns to Minges Coliseum in search of their first win since the calendar year flipped to 2023 on Sunday afternoon when the Pirates take the floor to face South Florida at 1 p.m. on ESPN2.

Javon Small leads East Carolina in scoring and assists with 15.5 points per game and 5.9 assists per game. Brandon Johnson leads the Pirates on the glass with 8.7 boards per game and is averaging 12.5 a game. RJ Felton is averaging 11.4 points per game and is the only Pirate that has played and started in every game this season.

Last Time Out
Javon Small scored a game-high 23 points, including 17 second-half points but East Carolina fell 83-55 to Cincinnati on Wednesday night at Fifth Third Arena. Ezra Ausar added 10 points for the Pirates who allowed a season-high 14 three-pointers in route to their third straight loss.

Scouting the Bulls
South Florida is coming off a six-point loss on the road to No. 1 Houston on Jan. 11. Tyler Harris led the Bulls with 31 points on 9-of-13 shooting and Russel Tchewa added a near double-double with 14 points and eight rebounds. The Bulls have three players that average double figure scoring numbers led by Harris' 16.2 points per game, which ranks sixth in the American. Russel Tchewa (11.3 ppg) and Selton Miguel (10.6 ppg) round out the Bulls' top three scorers. Tchewa is third in the AAC in rebounds per game at 7.9. South Florida is sixth in the AAC in both scoring offense (70.7 ppg) and scoring defense (69.2 ppg). The Bulls are one of the best teams in the conference in creating second chances with 12.7 offensive rebounds per game.

Series History
South Florida leads the all-time series with East Carolina 12-11 and both teams are deadlocked at 8-8 when facing one another as AAC foes. The Pirates have won the last two contests against the Bulls, sweeping the regular season series last year and hold an 8-5 record when playing the Bulls in Greenville.

On This Date
ECU is 8-14 in games played on Jan. 15 since the 1960-61 season. The last time the Pirates played on this date was a buzzer-beating 72-71 win last season over Memphis in Minges Coliseum.

Up Next
East Carolina will travel up to Philadelphia for a rematch with Temple on Wednesday, Jan. 18 at 7 p.m. on ESPN+.

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Players Mentioned

Ezra Ausar

RJ Felton

Brandon Johnson

Javon Small

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