The ECU men’s basketball team picked up a Veterans’ Day win over North Carolina A&T on Wednesday, 72-67.
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Trevor Best scored a game-high 17 points as East Carolina held off a scrappy effort from N.C. A&T and defeated the Aggies, 72-67, inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Wednesday afternoon.
Kaseem Watson added 15 points for the Pirates (2-1) while Brycen Blaine and Kaden Cooper tallied 10 points each. Matthew Hinton provided five points and six rebounds in the paint.
Ponce James and Danny Delgardo III each scored 16 points for the Aggies (1-2).
ECU jumped out to an early 8-3 lead on back-to-back threes from Cian Medley but the Pirates were unable to gain any separation from the Aggies, building its largest lead of the first half at 35-27 with 34 seconds to go.
An Aggies free throw cut the Pirates’ lead to just four in the second half but ECU responded with a 7-0 spurt to go up 45-34 with 14:52 to go.
The Pirates took their largest lead of the game on a pullup jumper from Watson with 13:34 remaining but the Aggies continued to hang around and got as close as four points on a layup from Delgardo with six minutes left.
ECU was able to make enough plays in the final minutes to secure the victory including a key three-pointer from Watson and a highlight dunk from Jayshayne Woodard at the end in his return to the court.
Up Next
East Carolina wraps up its homestand on Saturday at 4 p.m. when it hosts Delaware State.