Aubrey Coleman scored 29 points, three above his nation-leading average, and Houston rolled to a 93-80 victory over East Carolina in the first round of the Conference USA tournament Wednesday. Seventh-seed Houston (16-15) will play second-seed Memphis in the quarterfinals Thursday. Brock Young had 24 points ...

East Carolina coach Mack McCarthy will step down as coach after the Conference USA tournament to take a fundraising job in the school's athletics department. The school announced McCarthy's decision on Saturday, after the Pirates' final regular-season game against Southern Mississippi. His new job will focus ...

R.L. Horton scored 14 points and Southern Mississippi beat East Carolina 75-65 in both teams' regular-season finale on Saturday night. Gary Flowers and Angelo Johnson added 13 points, Sai'Quon Stone had 12 and Torye Pelham 10 for the Golden Eagles (18-12, 8-8 ...

Jamar Abrams scored 17 of his 20 points in the second half and East Carolina rallied from a 14-point deficit in the final 13 minutes to defeat Central Florida 68-66 on Tuesday night. The victory is only the second for the Pirates (10-19, 4-11 Conference USA) in ...