
Pirates Face Mount Olive On Tuesday To Continue Homestand
November 11, 2024 | Men's Basketball
| Game 3: Mount Olive (1-1) vs. East Carolina (2-0) | |
| Date | Time | November 12, 2024 | 7:00 p.m. ET |
| Location | Greenville, N.C. | Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum |
| Game Program | Digital Game Program #1 |
| Coverage | Stream:Â ESPN+ Radio:Â 107.9WNCTÂ Live Stats:Â Statbroadcast |
| Statistics | East Carolina | Mount Olive | The American |
| Game Notes | East Carolina | Mount Olive | The American |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina continues its four-game homestand on Tuesday evening when the Pirates play the third game of the homestand against Mount Olive inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
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Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Patrick Johnson (play-by-play) and Si Seymour (analyst) on the call. The game can also be heard on 107.9 WNCT and 94.3 The Game with Daron Vaught calling the action.
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Last Time Out
RJ Felton scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as East Carolina outlasted Coastal Carolina in a defensive slugfest, 63-59, on Saturday afternoon inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. Jordan Riley added 14 points behind 9-of-14 shooting at the free throw line and Cam Hayes supplied 10 points for the Pirates (2-0) who recorded their third straight 2-0 start to a season, all under Michael Schwartz.
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RJ Moves To 11th All-Time
RJ Felton moved to 11th all-time in program history in career points with 1,201 points after his 25-point, 11-rebound performance against Coastal Carolina. Felton passed Curt Vanderhorst (1,199), Oliver Mack (1,196), Jim Gregory (1,191), Jerry Woodside (1,189) and Theodore "Blue" Edwards (1,177) to move to 11th and is just 32 points away from passing Brock Young to become 10th all-time in career points.
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Scouting The Trojans
Mount Olive enters Tuesday night's contest coming off of a 106-96 defeat to Columbus State despite 25 points from Lureon Walker and 22 from Chase Dawson. Walker is one of three Trojans that averages double figure number in scoring with 20.5 points per game on 58.6 percent shooting from the floor.
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Series History
East Carolina leads the all-time series with Mount Olive 2-0 with the last meeting coming on Dec. 8, 2013 with the Pirates surviving a scare at home with a block on a game-tying attempt to defeat Mount Olive 77-75 at home. The first meeting came on Dec. 14, 2002 as ECU defeated the Trojans 90-62 at home to go 7-0, matching its best start in program history.
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On This Date
The Pirates are 4-1 in games played on Nov. 12 with the last game ECU played on this date coming in 2022-23 when the Pirates rallied to defeat Presbyterian 77-57 in Mike Schwartz's first season and second game as the Pirates' head coach. ECU is 3-0 on this date in home contests.
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Up Next
East Carolina concludes its homestand when they host George Mason on Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPN+.
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina continues its four-game homestand on Tuesday evening when the Pirates play the third game of the homestand against Mount Olive inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.
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Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Patrick Johnson (play-by-play) and Si Seymour (analyst) on the call. The game can also be heard on 107.9 WNCT and 94.3 The Game with Daron Vaught calling the action.
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Last Time Out
RJ Felton scored a game-high 25 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as East Carolina outlasted Coastal Carolina in a defensive slugfest, 63-59, on Saturday afternoon inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. Jordan Riley added 14 points behind 9-of-14 shooting at the free throw line and Cam Hayes supplied 10 points for the Pirates (2-0) who recorded their third straight 2-0 start to a season, all under Michael Schwartz.
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RJ Moves To 11th All-Time
RJ Felton moved to 11th all-time in program history in career points with 1,201 points after his 25-point, 11-rebound performance against Coastal Carolina. Felton passed Curt Vanderhorst (1,199), Oliver Mack (1,196), Jim Gregory (1,191), Jerry Woodside (1,189) and Theodore "Blue" Edwards (1,177) to move to 11th and is just 32 points away from passing Brock Young to become 10th all-time in career points.
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Scouting The Trojans
Mount Olive enters Tuesday night's contest coming off of a 106-96 defeat to Columbus State despite 25 points from Lureon Walker and 22 from Chase Dawson. Walker is one of three Trojans that averages double figure number in scoring with 20.5 points per game on 58.6 percent shooting from the floor.
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Series History
East Carolina leads the all-time series with Mount Olive 2-0 with the last meeting coming on Dec. 8, 2013 with the Pirates surviving a scare at home with a block on a game-tying attempt to defeat Mount Olive 77-75 at home. The first meeting came on Dec. 14, 2002 as ECU defeated the Trojans 90-62 at home to go 7-0, matching its best start in program history.
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On This Date
The Pirates are 4-1 in games played on Nov. 12 with the last game ECU played on this date coming in 2022-23 when the Pirates rallied to defeat Presbyterian 77-57 in Mike Schwartz's first season and second game as the Pirates' head coach. ECU is 3-0 on this date in home contests.
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Up Next
East Carolina concludes its homestand when they host George Mason on Saturday at 4 p.m. on ESPN+.
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