Pirates Face UMES On Tuesday To Begin Homestand

Game 8: UMES (4-6) at East Carolina (2-5)
Date \| Time	December 2, 2025 \| 7 p.m. ET
Location	Greenville, N.C. \| Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum
Game Program	Digital Game Program #2
Coverage	Stream: ESPN+ Radio: 107.9WNCT Live Stats: Statbroadcast
Statistics	East Carolina \| UMES \| The American
Game Notes	East Carolina \| UMES \| The American
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina returns home and starts the month of December with a five-game homestand beginning on Tuesday evening against UMES inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

Tipoff time is slated for 7 p.m. and the game will be streamed on ESPN+ with Patrick Johnson (play-by-play) and Jay Sonnhalter (analyst) on the call. Pirate fans can also tune into 107.9 WNCT FM, 94.3 The Game or download the IBX app to hear Daron Vaught call the action.

ECU is led in scoring by Jordan Riley's 19.2 points per game after the senior combined to score 41 points in the Pirates' two games at Fort Myers last week, including a career-high 28 points against St. Bonaventure. Giovanni Emejuru is the team's other double figure scorer, averaging 14.3 points and 9.7 rebounds per game.

Last Time Out
Jordan Riley scored a career-high 28 points on 4-of-6 shooting from behind the arc, but East Carolina fell, 67-58, to St. Bonaventure on Thanksgiving Day in its second and final game of the Fort Myers Tip-Off at Suncoast Credit Union Arena.

Scouting the Hawks
UMES is coming off an 84-60 win over Gwynedd Mercy on Saturday behind 19 points and seven rebounds from Joseph Locandro. Locandro leads the Hawks in scoring with 12.3 points per game and from behind the arc with a shooting percentage of 53.8 percent. The Hawks are 1-5 on the road this season with the lone win coming at Longwood on Nov. 18.

Series History
East Carolina leads the all-time series with Maryland Eastern Shore 3-0 as the teams last met on Dec. 4, 2023, inside Minges where the Pirates won, 63-52. All three previous meetings have taken place in Greenville.

On This Date
ECU is 6-8 in games played on Dec. 2 with the last game played on this date coming during the 2022-23 season, a 79-69 win at home over Campbell. The Pirates have also faced UMES on this date before in 2018-19 when ECU won 70-47.

Up Next
East Carolina continues its homestand on Saturday, facing UNC Greensboro at 4 p.m. on ESPN+.

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Players Mentioned

Giovanni Emejuru

Jordan Riley

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