Wednesday, February 5
Greenville, N.C.
7:00 p.m.
East Carolina University
vs
Rice
Pirates Set To Challenge Rice On Wednesday Night
February 04, 2025 | Men's Basketball
| Game 23: Rice (11-11, 2-7 AAC) at East Carolina (12-10, 4-5 AAC) | |
| Date | Time | February 5, 2025 | 7:00 p.m. ET |
| Location | Greenville, N.C. | Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum |
| Game Program | Digital Game Program #5 |
| Coverage | Stream:Â ESPN+ Radio:Â 107.9WNCTÂ Live Stats:Â Statbroadcast |
| Statistics | East Carolina | Rice | The American |
| Game Notes | East Carolina | Rice | The American |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina is set to return to home to Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday evening when the Pirates face off against Rice for the first time this season.
The contest is slated for a 7 p.m. tip time and will be streamed on ESPN+ with Patrick Johnson (play-by-play) and Si Seymour (analyst) on the call while Matison Little (sideline) handles reporting from the baseline. Pirate fans can also tune in to 107.9 WNCT FM, 94.3 The Game or download the IBX app to hear Daron Vaught call the action.
The Pirates are led in scoring by All-AAC Preseason First Team guard RJ Felton's 17.9 points per game and the senior leads the team with 7.5 rebounds per game. C.J. Walker supplies secondary scoring with 17.5 ppg and adds 6.8 rebounds per game while Jordan Riley averages 14.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg and a league-high 2.2 steals per game to round out ECU's double figure scorers. The trio of Felton, Walker, Riley make up 65 percent of the Pirates' point production.
Last Time Out
C.J. Walker scored a career-high 33 points, but East Carolina was unable to hold off a late-game surge from Temple as the Pirates fell in overtime to the Owls, 98-94, on Saturday afternoon at The Liacouras Center.
Scouting the Owls
Rice comes into Wednesday night having lost seven straight games including a hard-fought 86-83 loss at home to then-No. 19 Memphis on Saturday. Trae Broadnax leads Rice in scoring with 13 points per game. Five of Rice's seven losses have been by less than 10 points. The Owls are 3-4 in true road games this season.
Series History
East Carolina leads the all-time series with Rice, 9-7, but the Owls have won the last two meetings in the series with six years separating those two encounters. Rice won last year's meeting, 70-52, in Houston behind 34 points from Travis Evee. The last time Rice played the Pirates in Greenville was on Feb. 22, 2014, when ECU defeated the Owls, 67-55, in Conference USA action. The Pirates are 4-2 all-time at home against Rice.
On This Date
The Pirates are 3-13 in games played on Feb. 5 with the last game on this date coming in 2021-22 as the Pirates lost at Tulane, 86-66. The last year that the Pirates won on this date was 2010-11 when ECU was a member of Conference USA and defeated UCF, 68-61.
Up Next
East Carolina goes back on the road as the Pirates travel to San Antonio to face UTSA on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
GREENVILLE, N.C. – East Carolina is set to return to home to Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday evening when the Pirates face off against Rice for the first time this season.
The contest is slated for a 7 p.m. tip time and will be streamed on ESPN+ with Patrick Johnson (play-by-play) and Si Seymour (analyst) on the call while Matison Little (sideline) handles reporting from the baseline. Pirate fans can also tune in to 107.9 WNCT FM, 94.3 The Game or download the IBX app to hear Daron Vaught call the action.
The Pirates are led in scoring by All-AAC Preseason First Team guard RJ Felton's 17.9 points per game and the senior leads the team with 7.5 rebounds per game. C.J. Walker supplies secondary scoring with 17.5 ppg and adds 6.8 rebounds per game while Jordan Riley averages 14.1 ppg, 5.6 rpg and a league-high 2.2 steals per game to round out ECU's double figure scorers. The trio of Felton, Walker, Riley make up 65 percent of the Pirates' point production.
Last Time Out
C.J. Walker scored a career-high 33 points, but East Carolina was unable to hold off a late-game surge from Temple as the Pirates fell in overtime to the Owls, 98-94, on Saturday afternoon at The Liacouras Center.
Scouting the Owls
Rice comes into Wednesday night having lost seven straight games including a hard-fought 86-83 loss at home to then-No. 19 Memphis on Saturday. Trae Broadnax leads Rice in scoring with 13 points per game. Five of Rice's seven losses have been by less than 10 points. The Owls are 3-4 in true road games this season.
Series History
East Carolina leads the all-time series with Rice, 9-7, but the Owls have won the last two meetings in the series with six years separating those two encounters. Rice won last year's meeting, 70-52, in Houston behind 34 points from Travis Evee. The last time Rice played the Pirates in Greenville was on Feb. 22, 2014, when ECU defeated the Owls, 67-55, in Conference USA action. The Pirates are 4-2 all-time at home against Rice.
On This Date
The Pirates are 3-13 in games played on Feb. 5 with the last game on this date coming in 2021-22 as the Pirates lost at Tulane, 86-66. The last year that the Pirates won on this date was 2010-11 when ECU was a member of Conference USA and defeated UCF, 68-61.
Up Next
East Carolina goes back on the road as the Pirates travel to San Antonio to face UTSA on Saturday at 8 p.m. ET on ESPNU.
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