— East Carolina took a 5-3 baseball win at UNC Wilmington on Wednesday night to improve to 7-5-1 going into a 3-game series at Coastal Carolina (7-5) this weekend.
— The season came to an end for the Coastal women’s basketball team (14-18) with an 80-70 fight-marred loss to South Alabama in the Sun Belt Conference tournament in Pensacola.
— ECU hosts Tulsa in an American Conference men’s basketball matchup tonight (ESPNU, 7 p.m.). Jordan Riley has a 24.0 scoring average for the Pirates.
— The Carolina Hurricanes took a 6-4 win at Vancouver on Wednesday night as Nikolaj Ehlers had a hat trick.
— On the PGA Tour, the Arnold Palmer Invitational gets underway today at Bay Hill Club in Orlando (Golf Channel).
— Hoggard won the 8-A East boys regional basketball championship, 51-33, in Greenville on Wednesday in a matchup of Carolina Coast Conference teams as Will Seward had 20 points.
— Northern Nash beat E.E. Smith, 50-39, in the 6-A East boys final.
