East Carolina can look back on its first Conference USA game of the season and be proud that it only lost by two points to a Southern Miss team that has won 11 consecutive games.

The Pirates won’t look back as fondly on their second league contest.

Central Florida dominated virtually every aspect of Saturday’s 81-63 men’s basketball victory over the Pirates in Minges Coliseum, leading from start to finish while handing ECU its most lopsided defeat since Memphis beat the Pirates 76-56 in last season’s C-USA tournament.

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