Houston Cougars @ East Carolina Pirates

27-2, 15-1 American

Final

	1	2	T
Houston HOU	36	40	76
East Carolina ECU	19	38	57

East Carolina PiratesEast CarolinaECU

14-14, 5-10 American

Houston Cougars

starters
Jarace WalkerJ. Walker#25
J'Wan RobertsJ. Roberts#13
Tramon MarkT. Mark#12
Jamal SheadJ. Shead#1
Marcus SasserM. Sasser#0
bench
Ja'Vier FrancisJ. Francis#5
Darius BowserD. Bowser#4
Terrance ArceneauxT. Arceneaux#23
Emanuel SharpE. Sharp#21
Reggie ChaneyR. Chaney #32
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
28	7	3-10	1-4	0-0	6	2	2	0	2	3	3	0
28	17	8-14	0-0	1-2	12	1	0	0	4	7	5	2
35	20	7-15	2-5	4-5	9	3	0	0	0	0	9	0
24	4	2-4	0-1	0-0	3	3	3	3	0	1	2	4
34	22	7-16	3-6	5-5	5	3	1	1	0	1	4	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
13	3	1-2	0-0	1-2	6	1	0	0	0	2	4	3
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
17	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	3
8	3	1-2	0-0	1-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	76	29-66	6-18	12-15	48	14	9	5	6	17	31	17
		44%	33%	80%

East Carolina Pirates

starters
Ezra AusarE. Ausar#2
Brandon JohnsonB. Johnson#23
Quentin DiboundjeQ. Diboundje#4
RJ FeltonR. Felton#3
Jaden WalkerJ. Walker#21
bench
Valentino PinedoV. Pinedo#11
Ludgy DebautL. Debaut#24
Ben BayelaB. Bayela#5
Dave KasanganayD. Kasanganay#15
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
37	15	5-11	0-0	5-8	8	1	0	1	0	1	7	2
38	12	4-9	3-6	1-4	1	2	1	0	2	0	1	4
29	5	1-6	1-4	2-3	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	1
35	13	3-13	1-6	6-7	5	4	3	1	1	4	1	3
40	9	2-7	2-3	3-6	4	3	3	2	0	1	3	0
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
3	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	3	1-3	1-3	0-0	3	0	0	1	0	0	3	2
2	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
	57	16-50	8-22	17-28	28	12	8	6	4	9	19	14
		32%	36%	61%

Ja'Vier Francis gets up for the tough jam

0:18

Ezra Ausar gets up for a strong slam inside

0:16

Jaden Walker hits jumper from beyond the arc

0:18

Game Information

Greenville, NC

Referee:Patrick Evans

Referee:Garrick Shannon

Referee:Wil Howard

NCAA Division I

Big 12 Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Arizona	16-2	-	36-3
Houston	14-4	2	30-7
Iowa State	12-6	4	29-8
Kansas	12-6	4	24-11
Texas Tech	12-6	4	23-11
TCU	11-7	5	23-12
BYU	9-9	7	23-12
UCF	9-9	7	21-12
West Virginia	9-9	7	21-14
Cincinnati	9-9	7	18-15
Colorado	7-11	9	17-16
Arizona State	7-11	9	17-16
Oklahoma State	6-12	10	20-15
Baylor	6-12	10	17-17
Kansas State	3-15	13	12-20
Utah	2-16	14	10-22

American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
South Florida	15-3	-	25-9
Tulsa	13-5	2	30-8
Wichita State	13-5	2	24-12
UAB	11-7	4	20-12
North Texas	9-9	6	19-14
Florida Atlantic	9-9	6	18-15
Charlotte	9-9	6	17-17
Tulane	8-10	7	18-15
Temple	8-10	7	16-16
Memphis	8-10	7	13-19
Rice	7-11	8	13-18
East Carolina	6-12	9	11-20
UTSA	1-17	14	5-25

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