Pirates Defeat Mount Olive, 110-73

Tuesday, November 12

Greenville, N.C.

7:00 p.m.

East Carolina University

3-0,0-0AAC

110

Mount Olive

1-1,0-0Conference Carolinas

Mount Olive

East Carolina

110

November 12, 2024 | Men's Basketball

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GREENVILLE, N.C. – C.J. Walker was one of five Pirates in double figures with a career-high 24 points and nine rebounds as East Carolina routed Mount Olive 110-73 on Tuesday evening inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

RJ Felton stuffed the stat sheet with 19 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists for the Pirates (3-0), who scored 100 points in a game for the first time in nearly 11 years. Jordan Riley added 15 points and seven rebounds as Cam Hayes and Jayshayne Woodard each scored 11 points.

The Pirates would jump out to an early 16-3 lead over the Trojans behind fast-paced play and breaking the Trojans' full-court press.

Mount Olive would settle down after the Pirates' early surge, cutting ECU's lead to just eight with five minutes remaining. ECU would push their advantage back to double digits after scores from Felton and Walker on three consecutive possessions to force a Trojans' timeout.

The Pirates would go into the locker room with a 58-40 advantage and open the first eight minutes of the second half with a 23-8 run to push their lead to 82-48 with 12:35 remaining. ECU would maintain a lead of at least 30 points the rest of the way as Grant Smith, Bencao Vungo, Callum Richard and Tybo Bailey got extended minutes.

Game Notes

The last time ECU recorded 100 or more points in a game was on Dec. 19, 2013 with 103 against VMI.
RJ Felton is now only 13 points away from becoming 10th all-time in program history in career points at ECU.
Felton scored in double figures for his 28th consecutive game dating back to last season.
Julien Soumaoro grabbed a career-high eight rebounds off the bench.
The Pirates outscored the Trojans 72-26 in the paint.
ECU's first half shooting performance of 63.2 percent was the second time this season that the Pirates have shot at least 60 percent in a first half after shooting 60 percent in the first half against N.C. Wesleyan.
ECU held a 61-34 rebounding advantage against Mount Olive.

Up Next
East Carolina concludes its four-game homestand on Saturday when the Pirates host George Mason at 4 p.m. on ESPN+.