Dan Hunt, Author at Washington Daily News

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Temple spoils ECU Senior Night

GREENVILLE — On a night where undisputed five-star recruit and Pinetown-native Edrice “Bam” Adebayo made an official visit, and East Carolina basketball celebrated the careers ... Read more

by Dan Hunt, Thursday, March 5, 2015 11:13 pm

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Pirates top South Florida

GREENVILLE — As hapless as the Pirates have been on the road, they’ve almost made up for it with their play at Minges Coliseum. Saturday’s ... Read more

by Dan Hunt, Saturday, February 21, 2015 4:00 pm

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Surging Pirates defeat Memphis

GREENVILLE — When ECU played at Memphis on Jan. 28, Pirate freshman-phenom B.J. Tyson had zero points as his Pirates suffered a 70-58 loss. On ... Read more

by Dan Hunt, Tuesday, February 10, 2015 11:27 pm

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ECU coasts past UCF

East Carolina continued its success with zone defense Saturday night in Minges Coliseum and sailed to a 67-49 win over Central Florida. Many predicted about ... Read more

by Dan Hunt, Sunday, February 8, 2015 11:35 am

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Freshman hints at bright future for Pirate hoops

GREENVILLE — B.J. Tyson dropped 20 points Thursday night on 8-for-11 from the field to lead the Pirates in scoring. He also added six rebounds; ... Read more

by Dan Hunt, Friday, February 6, 2015 1:15 pm

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Pirates shock Cincy

GREENVILLE — Previously this season, the East Carolina Pirates have hung around with a few elite American Athletic Conference teams, but hadn’t been able to ... Read more

by Dan Hunt, Sunday, February 1, 2015 5:28 pm

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Undefeated Tulsa squeaks by ECU

GREENVILLE — The reigning Conference USA champion and current American conference undefeated American Tulsa Golden Hurricane kept its streak alive Saturday in Minges Coliseum despite ... Read more

by Dan Hunt, Saturday, January 24, 2015 4:01 pm

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Pirates claim first ever American victory

GREENVILLE — On Wednesday in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, the Pirates picked up their first ever American Athletic Conference win, 66-61, at the expense ... Read more

by Dan Hunt, Thursday, January 15, 2015 11:37 am

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East Carolina falls to Florida in Birmingham Bowl

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — For the third time this season, head coach Ruffin McNeill’s ECU Pirates (8-5) decisively outgained their opponent in yardage and failed to ... Read more

by Dan Hunt, Saturday, January 3, 2015 7:26 pm

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Green Wave drowns ECU

GREENVILLE — Coming into Wednesday, Tulane combo guard Jonathon Stark was enduring an 8-for-30 stretch from behind the arc, but the Munford, Tenn. native went ... Read more