National Basketball Association
BOXSCORE | RECAP
East Carolina 88, Charlotte 74
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, November 16, 2015
Where: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, Greenville, North Carolina
Officials: # Les Jones, # Doug Sirmons, # Michael Stephens
Attendance: 4276

East Carolina used a 14-2 second-half run to pull away from Charlotte Monday night for an 88-74 victory in Greenville, N.C.

The Pirates gave coach Jeff Lebo his 300th career victory with the win in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

Down by nine early in the second half, the 49ers (0-2) rallied to tie the game 51-51 on forward Anthony Vanhook's layup with 14:14 left to play.

East Carolina (2-0) scored 14 of the next 16 points during the next four minutes to take a 65-53 lead. Half of those 14 came at the free-throw line.

Prince Williams hit a free throw with 1:33 remaining to give the Pirates their largest lead of the game at 87-70.

Forwards Michel-Ofik Nzege and Caleb White led the Pirates with 21 and 20 points, respectively.

Williams added 15 points while Clarence Williams paced East Carolina on the boards with 11.

Leading the 49ers in scoring were guards Andrien White with 21 points and Braxton Ogbueze with 17.

East Carolina shot better than 56 percent from the floor and made 13 more free throws than the 49ers.
Top Game Performances
 
Charlotte   East Carolina
Andrien White 21 Scoring Michel-Ofik Nzege 21
Anthony Vanhook 8 Assists Caleb White 5
Bernard Sullivan 7 Rebounds Clarence Williams 11
Anthony Vanhook 4 Free Throws Made B.J. Tyson 6
Andrien White 4 Steals Clarence Williams 3
Bernard Sullivan 2 Blocks Kanu Aja 1
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Points FG% 3PM-3PA FTM-FTA Assists Rebounds Blocks Steals Turnovers
Charlotte 74 44.4 10-26 8-13 16 24 5 6 12
East Carolina 88 56.6 7-11 21-28 16 35 4 7 15