Pirates Host Tulane Wednesday For Senior Night

Game 29: Tulane (17-9, 10-5 AAC) at East Carolina (14-14, 5-10 AAC)
Date \| Time	March 1, 2023 \| 9:00 p.m. ET
Location	Greenville, N.C. \| Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (7,100)
Game Program	Hoops Digest #6
Coverage	Watch: ESPNU Radio: 107.9 WNCT
Live Stats	Statbroadcast
Statistics	East Carolina \| Tulane \| The American
Game Notes	East Carolina \| Tulane \| 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 is set to take the floor in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum for the final time this season as the Pirates welcome Tulane on Wednesday night.

Tipoff is scheduled for 9 p.m. and the game will be on ESPNU with Mike Corey and Ben Braun on the call.

Prior to tipoff, the Pirates will recognize David Kasanganay and Ludgy Debaut as part of senior night.

Last Time Out
Marcus Sasser scored 22 points to help top-ranked Houston beat East Carolina 76-57 on Saturday night at Williams Arena in Minges Coliseum in front of a sellout crowd and clinch outright possession of the American Athletic Conference regular-season title. Ezra Ausar scored 15 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the Pirates, who got as close as 50-35 after halftime on Jaden Walker's 3-pointer at the 11:37 mark. In fact, it was the first of three times that ECU pulled to within 15 — yet Houston answered immediately each time to keep the Pirates from sustaining any true momentum toward a stunning upset. RJ Felton added 13 points and five rebounds and Brandon Johnson finished with 12 points.

Scouting the Green Wave
Tulane is coming off an 83-76 loss to Wichita State on Sunday at home despite Jalen Cook's game-high 30 points. Jaylen Forbes added 17 points and seven rebounds and Sion James chipped in 11 points and four boards. The last time the Green Wave were on the road was an 89-59 loss at Houston on Feb. 22, the only road loss for Tulane in the past month. Cook leads the Green Wave in scoring with 20.3 points per game (2nd in AAC, 17th in NCAA) and in assists per game at 5.1 (4th in AAC). Jaylen Forbes (18.6 ppg) and Kevin Cross (15.2 ppg) rank third and 12th in the AAC respectively in points per game. The Green Wave feature the AAC's most dangerous offense scoring 81.4 points per game which is 15th best nationally.

Series History
East Carolina leads the series with Tulane 17-16 and the Pirates have defeated the Green Wave 10 of the 16 times the teams have met as AAC foes. Both teams protected their home court last season as the Pirates outlasted the Green Wave 88-80 in overtime and Tulane recorded a 20-point win of 86-66 on its home floor. The Pirates are 10-7 against the Green Wave inside Minges Coliseum.

On This Date
ECU is 5-5 in games played on Mar. 1 since the 1960-61 season. The last time the Pirates played on this date was during the 2017-18 season when ECU lost to Tulsa at home 72-58.

Up Next
East Carolina will face Tulane for the second time in three days on Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN+ inside Devlin Fieldhouse.

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Players Mentioned

Ezra Ausar

Ludgy Debaut

RJ Felton

Brandon Johnson

David Kasanganay

Jaden Walker

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