East Carolina Women's Basketball 2013 NIT Tournament Capsule

East Carolina Pirates
Conference USA (22-9, 11-5)

 

Big Wins: 1/27 at Tulane (55-52), 2/14 SMU (63-47), 3/3 Memphis (69-52)
Bad Losses: 11/17 Charleston (62-72), 2/21 at Marshall (60-72), 3/7 Southern Miss (66-75)
Coach: Heather Macy

Probable Starters:
Celeste Stewart, Senior, Guard, 11.2 ppg, 4.0 apg, 2.9 rpg
Kyani White, Sophomore, Guard, 6.4 ppg, 3.0 apg, 2.2 rpg, 2.3 spg
Whitney Edwards, Senior, Forward, 12.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg, 1.8 spg
Tatiana Chapple, Sophomore, Forward, 3.7 ppg, 3.7 rpg
Britny Edwards, Senior, Center, 10.1 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 1.4 bpg

Key Roleplayers:
Colleen Marshall, Freshman, Guard, 3.6 ppg, 1.8 rpg
Janesha Ebron, Sophomore, Guard, 2.5 ppg, 1.7 rpg
Ariana Jackson, Junior, Forward, 4.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg
Kristine Mial, Junior, Forward, 9.2 ppg, 3.3 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 64.4 (122nd in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 55.1 (46, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 38.9 (159, 6)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.8 (75, 3)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.7 (95, 2)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 28.3 (216, 7)
Free-Throw Percentage: 65.5 (273, 8)
Rebound Margin: 2.9 (97, 4)
Assists Per Game: 15.4 (39, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 16.4 (126, 5)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2010    NIT        Round of 64 win over Drexel
2010    NIT        Round of 32 loss to Maryland
2007    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Rutgers
1982    NCAA    First Round loss to South Carolina

*all team stats through 3/7

 

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