The East Carolina Pirates (11-11, 2-7 AAC) play an American Athletic Conference game on the road Wednesday in Tampa, Florida at the Yuengling Center against the South Florida Bulls (9-13, 2-7 AAC). East Carolina was defeated by Wichita State 85-72 on Sunday and the Pirates have lost six of the last seven. South Florida lost to SMU 82-80 on Sunday night for their second consecutive loss and has lost seven of the last nine. Javon Small and Wynston Tabbs are out for East Carolina. Trey Moss is out for South Florida.
East Carolina is scoring an average of 69.5 (236th) points per game, while shooting only 40.8% (335th) overall and 31.5% (306th) from three point land. The Pirates defense is holding opponents to an average of 70.0 (201st) points per game, while allowing a field goal shooting percentage 43.6% (196th) and a three-point shooting percentage of 33.5% (181st).
East Carolina's leading scorer Javon Small, who averages 15.8 points per game, is out injured, has not played since January 11 and not expected back till late February. RJ Felton is the second leading scorer with an average of 12.5 points per game, while Brandon Johnson is third at 12.4 points per game. East Carolina also misses Small as their top playmaker with an average of 5.6 assists per game with the next highest Jaden Walker with an average of 2.1 assists per game. Johnson is the leading rebounder with an average of 8.8 boards per contest, while the leader in steals is Small, but in his absence Quentin Diboundje is averaging a team best 1.1 steals per game. Johnson is the leader in blocked shots with an average of 0.6 per game.
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