Early run by East Carolina pushes Pirates over Highlanders
GREENVILLE, N.C. โ A first half run by East Carolina erased a nine-point Highlander lead and the Radford menโs basketball team was unable to come back falling 63-50 on Saturday afternoon in Williams Arena. After the dunk, the Pirates scored nine in-a-row and pushed their lead to 29-21 with a 19-2 run over 8:20. The Highlanders scored six of the final eight points of the first half and cut the deficit to four, 31-27. Stat of the GameRadford outscored East Carolina, 26-22 inside the paint, but the Pirates scored 17 points off Radfordโs 14 turnovers. Radford shot 37.5 percent from the floor and shot less than 20 percent from beyond the arc.