East Carolina Pirates at NC State Wolfpack
· NCAA Men's Basketball
79 - 90
Warren scores 32, NC State beats ECU 90-79
N.C. State shot 58 percent and improved to 20-1 in the cross-state series.
Akeem Richmond scored 23 points and Caleb White had 14 for East Carolina (10-3).
The Pirates shot 47 percent and hit 10 3-pointers but fell to 0-57 in road games against ACC schools.
A win would have given East Carolina its best start in school history.
The Pirates never led in the second half but pulled to 82-77 on Richmond's 3 from the corner with 2 1/2 minutes left.
LSU transfer Ralston Turner countered with a 3, Vandenberg followed with a left-handed hook shot and Barber hit a layup with 1:18 left to give the Wolfpack their largest lead, 89-77.
Turner finished with 11 points on three 3-pointers while Vandenberg had 16 of his points in the second half. Six came during the 11-2 run that gave N.C. State its first double-figure lead, 61-51, with just under 15 minutes left.
Freshman BeeJay Anya matched a season high by blocking five shots, and they all came in a 5-minute span.
Those rejections came during a 15-0 run that closed the first half and almost single-handedly kept the previously torrid Pirates scoreless for the final six minutes of the first half.
Warren surpassed the 31 points he scored against Florida State last season, and has led or shared the team scoring lead in every game but one for N.C. State.
That marked quite a turnaround for the Pirates, who led 38-30 on the second of Campbell's back-to-back 3s with just over 6 minutes left.
Prince Williams scored 12 points and Campbell finished with 11 for the Pirates.
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Statistics
 ECU |
 NCSU |
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|---|---|---|
| 30-63 | FG | 39-67 |
| 48 | Field Goal % | 58 |
| 10-27 | 3PT | 7-19 |
| 37 | Three Point % | 37 |
| 9-9 | FT | 5-10 |
| 100 | Free Throw % | 50 |
| 29 | Rebounds | 33 |
| 8 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 21 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 17 | Assists | 20 |
| 4 | Steals | 5 |
| 1 | Blocks | 9 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 1 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 15 | Points Off Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 0 |
| 0 | Points in Paint | 0 |
| 14 | Fouls | 9 |
Game Information
Location: Raleigh, NC
Attendance: 15,217 | Capacity:
2025-26 American Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke | 17-1 | - | 35-3 |
| Virginia | 15-3 | 2 | 30-6 |
| Miami | 13-5 | 4 | 26-9 |
| North Carolina | 12-6 | 5 | 24-9 |
| Clemson | 12-6 | 5 | 24-11 |
| Louisville | 11-7 | 6 | 24-11 |
| NC State | 10-8 | 7 | 20-14 |
| Florida State | 10-8 | 7 | 18-15 |
| California | 9-9 | 8 | 22-12 |
| Stanford | 9-9 | 8 | 20-13 |
| Virginia Tech | 8-10 | 9 | 19-13 |
| SMU | 8-10 | 9 | 20-14 |
| Wake Forest | 7-11 | 10 | 18-17 |
| Syracuse | 6-12 | 11 | 15-17 |
| Pittsburgh | 5-13 | 12 | 13-20 |
| Notre Dame | 4-14 | 13 | 13-18 |
| Boston College | 4-14 | 13 | 11-20 |
| Georgia Tech | 2-16 | 15 | 11-20 |