East Carolina Pirates vs. Rice Owls

Feb 14, 2026

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
ECU	38	47	85
RICE	34	41	75

Game Recap

East Carolina Pirates vs Rice Owls game highlights

Riley, Gardner help East Carolina earn 85-75 victory over Rice. Jordan Riley had 22 points and Demitri Gardner scored 21 to help East Carolina beat Rice 85-75 on Saturday.

Player Stats

EAST CAROLINA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
43Luke Davis	7	1-1	0-0	1-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3
7Giovanni Emejuru	36	5-6	0-0	7-12	7	0	1	0	1	5	17
5Corey Caulker	30	5-8	2-5	2-2	3	2	0	0	1	2	14
15Demitri Gardner	35	6-9	3-4	6-6	3	2	1	0	2	2	21
12Jordan Riley	40	8-19	3-6	3-5	6	4	3	2	1	1	22
11Vito Perkovic	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23Reid Cason	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	0	2	2
33Eli DeLaurier	22	3-6	0-0	0-0	2	4	0	0	1	3	6
2Isaiah Mbeng	19	0-3	0-2	0-0	3	2	2	0	2	2	0

TOTAL	-	29-5453.7%	8-1747.1%	19-2673.1%	28	14	7	3	8	18	85

RICE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
24Jimmy Oladokun Jr.	15	1-2	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	1	1	3	2
23Nick Anderson	30	2-7	1-6	2-2	6	0	1	0	0	4	7
1Cam Carroll	19	1-5	1-5	1-2	2	1	0	1	2	0	4
12Trae Broadnax	36	10-20	1-7	6-6	4	4	1	0	2	3	27
2Jalen Smith	34	2-10	1-6	1-2	2	5	3	0	0	0	6
8Eternity Eguagie	9	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
13Andrew Akuchie	20	3-3	0-0	2-2	8	1	1	0	0	1	8
3Trey Patterson	5	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
32Stephen Giwa	9	0-2	0-0	2-2	6	0	0	0	2	3	2
7Bodey Howell	23	7-16	5-9	0-0	3	0	1	0	0	2	19
TOTAL	-	26-6838.2%	9-3426.5%	14-1687.5%	34	13	7	2	9	18	75

Play-by-Play

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1st halfECURICE

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by East Carolina.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Rice.
(19:45) Demitri Gardner bad pass turnover.
(19:45) Jalen Smith Steal.
(19:25) Trae Broadnax misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(19:24) Luke Davis Defensive Rebound.
(19:05) Giovanni Emejuru misses layup.
(19:05) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. Block.
(19:00) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:44) Cam Carroll makes 24-foot three point jumper.
03
(18:31) Giovanni Emejuru bad pass turnover.
(18:31) Jalen Smith Steal.
(18:31) Foul on Luke Davis.
(18:15) Trae Broadnax misses 17-foot jumper.
(18:12) Luke Davis Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:45) Corey Caulker makes layup.
23
+3 (17:23) Jalen Smith makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trae Broadnax assists).
26
(17:04) Demitri Gardner misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(16:59) Trae Broadnax Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:48) Trae Broadnax makes 15-foot jumper.
28
+3 (16:26) Jordan Riley makes 23-foot three point jumper (Demitri Gardner assists).
58
+2 (15:55) Jalen Smith makes 12-foot jumper.
510
+2 (15:35) Demitri Gardner makes 10-foot jumper.
710
(15:19) Foul on Demitri Gardner.
(15:00) Trae Broadnax bad pass turnover.
(15:00) Demitri Gardner Steal.
(14:55) Foul on Eternity Eguagie.
(14:39) Isaiah Mbeng misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(14:35) East Carolina Offensive Rebound.
+3 (14:22) Demitri Gardner makes 24-foot three point jumper (Eli DeLaurier assists).
1010
(13:56) Stephen Giwa misses layup.
(13:56) Jordan Riley Block.
(13:52) Stephen Giwa Offensive Rebound.
(13:51) Stephen Giwa misses 4-foot jumper.
(13:51) Jordan Riley Block.
(13:47) Isaiah Mbeng Defensive Rebound.
+2 (13:45) Giovanni Emejuru makes 2-foot dunk (Eli DeLaurier assists).
1210
+2 (13:24) Trae Broadnax makes 15-foot jumper.
1212
(13:09) Jordan Riley misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(13:08) Giovanni Emejuru Offensive Rebound.
(13:08) Foul on Stephen Giwa.
+1 (13:08) Giovanni Emejuru makes free throw 1 of 2.
1312
+1 (13:08) Giovanni Emejuru makes free throw 2 of 2.
1412
(12:47) Trae Broadnax bad pass turnover.
(12:47) Isaiah Mbeng Steal.
(12:43) Foul on Bodey Howell.
(12:43) Giovanni Emejuru misses free throw 1 of 2.
(12:43) East Carolina Deadball Team Rebound.
(12:43) Giovanni Emejuru misses free throw 2 of 2.
(12:42) Eternity Eguagie Defensive Rebound.
(12:28) Bodey Howell misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(12:24) Andrew Akuchie Offensive Rebound.
+3 (12:23) Bodey Howell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andrew Akuchie assists).
1415
+2 (12:06) Jordan Riley makes 13-foot jumper.
1615
(11:45) Bodey Howell misses 14-foot jumper.
(11:45) Andrew Akuchie Offensive Rebound.
(11:45) Foul on Eli DeLaurier.
(11:41) Bodey Howell misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(11:38) Bodey Howell Offensive Rebound.
(11:24) Cam Carroll bad pass turnover.
(11:24) Jordan Riley Steal.
(11:10) Jordan Riley misses 16-foot jumper.
(11:06) Reid Cason Offensive Rebound.
+2 (11:06) Reid Cason makes 0-foot tip in layup.
1815
(10:50) Cam Carroll bad pass turnover.
(10:50) Isaiah Mbeng Steal.
(10:46) Isaiah Mbeng misses layup.
(10:46) Cam Carroll Block.
(10:46) Rice Defensive Rebound.
(10:33) Trey Patterson misses 5-foot jumper.
(10:33) Reid Cason Block.
(10:29) Corey Caulker Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:23) Eli DeLaurier makes 15-foot jumper.
2015
+2 (10:02) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. makes 3-foot dunk (Cam Carroll assists).
2017
(9:54) Isaiah Mbeng bad pass turnover.
(9:54) Jalen Smith Steal.
(9:36) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. misses 10-foot jumper.
(9:36) East Carolina Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:16) Demitri Gardner makes 12-foot jumper.
2217
(8:45) Jalen Smith misses 14-foot jumper.
(8:42) Jordan Riley Defensive Rebound.
(8:32) Corey Caulker misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(8:32) Jimmy Oladokun Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(8:32) Foul on Giovanni Emejuru.
(8:13) Cam Carroll misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(8:13) East Carolina Defensive Rebound.
(7:45) Jordan Riley misses 18-foot jumper.
(7:42) Cam Carroll Defensive Rebound.
(7:36) Trae Broadnax misses 23-foot three point jumper.
(7:33) Nick Anderson Offensive Rebound.
(7:31) Nick Anderson misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(7:30) East Carolina Defensive Rebound.
+2 (7:03) Corey Caulker makes layup (Jordan Riley assists).
2417
(6:33) Trae Broadnax misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:30) Nick Anderson Offensive Rebound.
+3 (6:24) Trae Broadnax makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jalen Smith assists).
2420
+2 (5:53) Jordan Riley makes 5-foot jumper.
2620
(5:35) Stephen Giwa bad pass turnover.
(5:35) Jordan Riley Steal.
(5:28) Jordan Riley misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(5:24) Giovanni Emejuru Offensive Rebound.
+2 (5:23) Giovanni Emejuru makes layup.
2820
(5:12) Foul on Eli DeLaurier.
(4:53) Jalen Smith misses 11-foot jumper.
(4:53) Stephen Giwa Offensive Rebound.
(4:53) Foul on Eli DeLaurier.
(4:37) Jalen Smith misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(4:33) Demitri Gardner Defensive Rebound.
(4:26) Jordan Riley bad pass turnover.
(4:26) Nick Anderson Steal.
(4:19) Stephen Giwa bad pass turnover.
(3:48) Isaiah Mbeng misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(3:47) East Carolina Offensive Rebound.
(3:28) Isaiah Mbeng bad pass turnover.
(3:28) Bodey Howell Steal.
(3:25) Foul on Jordan Riley.
+1 (3:25) Trae Broadnax makes free throw 1 of 2.
2821
+1 (3:25) Trae Broadnax makes free throw 2 of 2.
2822
+2 (3:08) Giovanni Emejuru makes 1-foot dunk (Jordan Riley assists).
3022
+3 (2:59) Bodey Howell makes 24-foot three point jumper (Jimmy Oladokun Jr. assists).
3025
+2 (2:44) Luke Davis makes layup.
3225
(2:44) Foul on Jimmy Oladokun Jr..
+1 (2:44) Luke Davis makes free throw 1 of 1.
3325
+2 (2:27) Andrew Akuchie makes layup (Jimmy Oladokun Jr. assists).
3327
(2:15) Jordan Riley misses 6-foot jumper.
(2:12) Trae Broadnax Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:09) Trae Broadnax makes layup.
3329
+3 (1:50) Corey Caulker makes 24-foot three point jumper.
3629
+3 (1:41) Bodey Howell makes 25-foot three point jumper.
3632
(1:25) Vito Perkovic misses 11-foot jumper.
(1:23) Trae Broadnax Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:20) Bodey Howell makes layup (Trae Broadnax assists).
3634
+2 (0:57) Jordan Riley makes 11-foot jumper.
3834
(0:34) Trae Broadnax misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:31) Jordan Riley Defensive Rebound.
(0:05) Jordan Riley misses 19-foot jumper.
(0:02) Bodey Howell Defensive Rebound.
(0:01) Bodey Howell misses 13-foot jumper.
(0:01) Giovanni Emejuru Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

Team Stats

ECU

RICE

85Points75

29-54(53.7%)Field Goal(%)26-68(38.2%)

8-17(47.1%)3-Point(%)9-34(26.5%)

19-26(73.1%)Free Throw(%)14-16(87.5%)

34(9)Rebounds(Offensive)36(17)

14Assists13

7Steals7

3Blocks2

8Turnovers9

18(0)Fouls(Technical)18(0)

16Largest Lead6

Game Details

Saturday, February 14, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Tudor Fieldhouse · Houston, TX

attendance: 1,789 (31.1%)

spread: RICE -4.5

over/under: 146.5