Following one of the worst losses in the program's history, how will East Carolina's men's basketball team respond at Williams Arena-Minges Coliseum on Wednesday night when struggling Tulane visits?
Will apathy prevail and another lackluster effort be put forth? Or will the 51-point humiliating defeat the Pirates suffered at Marshall on Saturday finally be what causes this team to say enough is enough and make them determined to leave it all on the court from this point forward?
Against the Herd, ECU (7-16, 1-8)--which has now lost three straight and eight of nine--trailed 33-21 at the break, but proceeded to lay down in the second half when it was outscored 67-28.
ECU had 22 turnovers compared to only four assists versus Marshall. When it did hang on to the basketball, it made just 25 percent of its shots and only 1-of-14 from long range.
The good news for the Pirates is that their lone league victory this season came at Tulane on January 24. ECU, which played very poorly in many phases, was able to grind out a 61-46 over an ice cold Green Wave club.
The Pirates haven't played any better at home than on the road this year. They are currently 4-6 on their homecourt and three of their four wins came against non-Division I competition. ECU has dropped four straight in Minges and each of those defeats was by atleast 11 points.
Tulane (7-15, 2-7) is currently in tenth place and is coming off a 66-48 home loss to SMU on Saturday. The Green Wave may still be without point guard Kevin Sims. Kris Richard (13.3 ppg) and Kendall Thomas have been providing Dave Dickerson's club with strong backcourt play.
With seven games left in the regular season, this is a chance to pick up a win that ECU can ill-afford to let slip by if it hopes to reach the ten win plateau.
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