2023-2024 East Carolina Pirates

2023-2024 East Carolina Pirates Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
2 Ezra Ausar So F 6-8 210 Feb 14, 2003 Snellville (GA) United States Liberty Heights Athletic Institute
5 Ben Bayela Sr F 6-6 190 Mar 25, 2000 Le Chesnay France N/A
5 Logan Bourgeois Fr G 6-1 N/A - Fleury-les-Aubrais France N/A
7 Quentin Diboundje Jr G 6-5 206 May 31, 2002 Montpellier France Montverde Academy
23 Ta'Korrie Faison Fr F 6-5 N/A - Goldsboro (NC) United States Goldsboro High School
3 R.J. Felton Jr G 6-3 200 - Aiken (SC) United States Aiken High School
8 Cam Hayes Sr PG 6-1 185 - Greensboro (NC) United States Greensboro Day School
6 Brandon Johnson Jr F 6-8 210 Jan 15, 2002 Raleigh (NC) United States Rolesville High School
1 Kalib LaCount So PG 5-8 140 - Los Angeles (CA) United States King Drew Magnet High School
32 Cyr Malonga Fr C 6-11 205 - Louisville (KY) United States Evangel Christian School
10 Evan Montanari Fr G 6-2 N/A - Denver (NC) United States Gaston Day School
0 Bobby Pettiford Jr. Jr G 6-0 190 - Creedmor (NC) United States South Granville High School
11 Valentino Pinedo So SF 6-8 219 Apr 7, 2004 Madrid Spain Sunrise Christian Academy
50 Callum Richard Fr C 6-10 228 - Stanley (NC) United States Gaston Day School
35 Grant Smith So F 6-7 N/A - Richmond (VA) United States Douglas Freeman High School
23 Bencao Vungo Fr GF 6-7 207 May 16, 2004 Chitato Angola N/A
21 Jaden Walker Sr PG 6-5 196 Mar 20, 2002 Lawrenceville (GA) United States CORE4 High School Prep

Recent East Carolina Pirates History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 15-18 (7-11) 8th (AAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 16-17 (6-12) 9th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 15-15 (6-11) 9th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2020-2021 8-11 (2-10) 11th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2019-2020 11-20 (5-13) 11th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 10-21 (3-15) 11th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 10-20 (4-14) 11th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2016-2017 15-18 (6-12) 9th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 12-20 (4-14) 9th (AAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 14-19 (6-12) 7th (AAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 17-17 (5-11) 12th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 23-12 (9-7) 4th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd CIT Champion
2011-2012 15-16 (5-11) 10th (C-USA) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 18-16 (8-8) 7th (C-USA) 3rd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2009-2010 10-21 (4-12) 10th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 13-17 (5-11) 9th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 11-19 (5-11) 10th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2006-2007 6-24 (1-15) 12th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2005-2006 8-20 (2-12) 12th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2004-2005 9-19 (4-12) 12th (C-USA) N/A N/A
2003-2004 13-14 (5-11) 11th (C-USA) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 12-15 (3-13) 13th (C-USA) N/A N/A

2023-2024 East Carolina Pirates Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
R.J. Felton NABC All-District (24) Second Team
R.J. Felton All-AAC Third Team

2023-2024 East Carolina Pirates Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters C. Hayes R. Felton E. Ausar C. Malonga B. Johnson
Rotation B. Pettiford Jr.   J. Walker   C. Richard
Rotation K. LaCount        
Lim PT L. Bourgeois Q. Diboundje B. Vungo    
Lim PT E. Montanari   V. Pinedo    
Lim PT     B. Bayela    

2023-2024 East Carolina Pirates Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
R.J. Felton 33 34.4 17.3 6.0 1.3 1.8 0.6 1.4
Brandon Johnson 31 34.7 14.0 8.6 1.6 1.7 0.5 1.7
Ezra Ausar 32 26.2 11.4 4.7 1.0 0.8 0.5 2.1
Bobby Pettiford Jr. 33 26.6 7.8 2.3 3.4 0.8 0.1 1.1
Cam Hayes 23 25.0 7.3 1.8 2.0 1.0 0.0 1.6
Quentin Diboundje 17 19.0 6.8 2.4 0.4 0.5 0.2 0.8
Jaden Walker 32 23.6 5.4 3.7 2.1 0.8 0.4 1.7
Kalib LaCount 28 11.8 3.0 0.8 1.4 0.7 0.0 0.8
Ben Bayela 12 9.7 2.2 1.3 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.2
Cyr Malonga 28 9.9 2.1 2.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.2
Callum Richard 16 6.3 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1
Logan Bourgeois 10 2.1 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bencao Vungo 9 5.4 0.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Valentino Pinedo 24 6.4 0.5 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3
Evan Montanari 6 1.2 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ta'Korrie Faison 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2023-2024 East Carolina Pirates Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Michael Schwartz Head Coach 2022-2023 Associate Head Coach (Tennessee, 2019 to 2022)
Jake Morton Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Jacksonville State, 2016 to 2022)
Riley Davis Assistant Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Head Coach (Texas-Arlington, 2021 to 2022)
Matthew Winsberg Assistant to the Head Coach 2022-2023 Assistant Coach (Lincoln Trail College, 2021 to 2022)
Jon Gilbert Athletic Director 2020-2021 Athletic Director (Southern Mississippi, 2017 to 2020)
Reggie Williams Director of Player Personnel 2023-2024 N/A
Jesse Higdon Director of Basketball Operations 2022-2023 N/A
Josh Giardina Director of Player Development 2022-2023 N/A
Nate Clark Head Athletic Trainer 2023-2024 Associate Athletic Trainer (East Carolina, 2009 to 2023)
Keith Pough Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach 2023-2024 Assistant Director of Basketball Performance (Maryland, 2020 to 2021)
Malcolm Gray Director of Media Relations 2014-2015 N/A