East Carolina University NCAA News

East Carolina junior Dwayne Harris, who set a pair of school records with his third kickoff return for a touchdown this season in the Pirates' 37-21 win over UAB on Saturday, was named Conference USA Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday.

Part of Skip Holtz's job will be relatively easy this week. While the fifth-year East Carolina coach will have his hands full formulating a game plan against a tough opponent that has had his team's number, motivating his players will not be a challenge.

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands -- Jontae Sherrod hit five 3-pointers and scored a career-high 23 points to lead East Carolina to an 82-73 victory over South Dakota State on Monday in the seventh place game of the Paradise Jam.

It's been a big week for East Carolina safety Van Eskridge. On Wednesday the Shelby native received an invitation to play in the 85th East-West Shrine Game with some of the nation's top players.

Dwayne Harris caught eight passes for 108 yard and two touchdowns, including a kickoff return for a score, to lead East Carolina to a 37-21 win over Alabama-Birmingham on Saturday.

ST. THOMAS, Virgin Islands -- Adam Koch scored 25 points to lead Northern Iowa to a 74-68 victory over East Carolina on Saturday in the consolation round of the U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.

If, as East Carolina coach Skip Holtz preaches, the final weeks of the regular season amount to a single-elimination tournament, then the semifinals are here.

The 10th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers will open up play in the Paradise Jam in the U.S. Virgin Islands this evening, as they take on the East Carolina Pirates in opening round action in St.

With Southern Methodist rolling into Marshall leading the West Division, Conference USA is only half turned upside down.

The remarkable thing about Dominique Lindsay's season isn't how close he is to rushing past the 1,000-yard mark.

Coming off one of the biggest blowouts in school history, Tennessee could hardly have more confidence going into this weekend's Paradise Jam.

Mack McCarthy said before the season that it could be rough early for East Carolina's basketball team.

Tulsa's late-season swoon has been filled with fourth-quarter collapses. The Golden Hurricane dropped a 44-17 decision to East Carolina on Sunday night for its fifth consecutive loss in a disappointing football season.

The Hokies demolition of Maryland is notch two of what Virginia Tech hopes is a four game victory march into a marquee bowl matchup.

East Carolina cornerback Emanuel Davis, who returned an interception 42 yards for a touchdown during the Pirates' 44-17 Conference USA win at Tulsa on Sunday, was named the league's Defensive Player of the Week on Monday.

East Carolina isn't jumping from frying pan to fire as much as it is going from hair dryer to welding torch.

Dominique Lindsay ran for a career-high 172 yards, Darryl Freeney had a career-best 152 yards receiving and East Carolina maintained its lead in Conference USA's East Division with a 44-17 victory over Tulsa on Sunday night.

Wake Forest's double-barrel shotgun start to the basketball season will continue with today's game against East Carolina at the Greensboro Coliseum, the site of this season's ACC Tournament.

Chad Winn had a double-double to lead East Carolina to a 77-60 win over Virginia-Wise on Friday night.

Asked to lay out his expectations for East Carolina's impending basketball season, Chad Wynn answered with the quickness and, arguably, the misdirection of a crossover dribble.