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East Carolina Pirates at Tulane Green Wave

· NCAA Men's Basketball
East Carolina Pirates
15-15, 2-8 Away
Final
78 - 81
Tulane Green Wave
18-10, 11-3 Home

Tulane holds off East Carolina late, earn 81-78 win

Forbes shot 9 for 16, including 5 for 10 from beyond the arc for the Green Wave (18-10, 11-6 American Athletic Conference). Jalen Cook scored 19 points and added eight assists. Kevin Cross was 5 of 12 shooting and 5 of 6 from the free throw line to finish with 15 points, while adding eight rebounds.

RJ Felton led the Pirates (15-15, 6-11) in scoring, finishing with 23 points and seven rebounds. Ezra Ausar added 22 points and eight rebounds for East Carolina. In addition, Brandon Johnson had 11 points, 13 rebounds and two steals.

Forbes scored eight points in the first half and Tulane went into the break trailing 36-31. Forbes scored 17 points in the second half to help lead Tulane to a three-point victory.

NEXT UP

Both teams next play Sunday. Tulane hosts Temple while East Carolina visits UCF.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 78 - 81
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 78 - 81
2nd 0:00 Jaylen Forbes made Free Throw. 78 - 81
2nd 0:00 Jaylen Forbes made Free Throw. 78 - 80
2nd 0:00 Foul on RJ Felton. 78 - 79

Statistics

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30-70 FG 32-62
43 Field Goal % 52
7-19 3PT 7-23
37 Three Point % 30
11-16 FT 10-15
69 Free Throw % 67
45 Rebounds 31
18 Offensive Rebounds 5
27 Defensive Rebounds 26
15 Assists 19
4 Steals 7
1 Blocks 5
14 Turnovers 8
0 Team Turnovers 0
14 Total Turnovers 8
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
12 Points Off Turnovers 13
6 Fast Break Points 9
42 Points in Paint 46
16 Fouls 15
11 Largest Lead 6

Game Information

Venue: Devlin Fieldhouse

Location: New Orleans, LA
Capacity:

2025-26 American Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
South Florida 15-3 - 25-9
Tulsa 13-5 2 29-7
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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