East Carolina Women's Basketball 2014 NIT Tournament Capsule

East Carolina Pirates
Conference USA (22-8, 10-6)

 

Big Wins: 11/29 IUPUI (71-51), 1/02 at Charleston (64-55), 1/15 at Tulane (69-65)
Bad Losses: 12/17 vs Grand Canyon (76-84), 1/11 at Florida International (75-76), 2/20 at Texas-San Antonio (60-61)
Coach: Heather Macy (4 seasons at East Carolina)

Probable Starters:
Janesha Ebron, Junior, Guard, 3.2 ppg, 5.0 apg
Jada Payne, Sophomore, Guard/Forward, 18.4 ppg, 1.8 apg, 7.3 rpg
Abria Trice, Junior, Guard/Forward, 15.5 ppg, 4.7 rpg
Tatiana Chapple, Junior, Forward, 2.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg
Ondrea Shaw, Junior, Center, 3.0 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 3.3 bpg

Key Roleplayers:
Shae Nelson, Junior, Forward, 10.5 ppg, 3.1 rpg
Kristine Mial, Senior, Guard/Forward, 8.1 ppg, 3.9 rpg
J’Kyra Brown, Freshman, Guard, 5.8 ppg
Kyani White, Junior, Guard,, 2.7 ppg, 1.7 apg
Carly Vendemia, Senior, Forward, 2.2 ppg, 1.8 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 72.6 (90th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 62.3 (63, 2)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.8 (153, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 36.0 (23, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.3 (87, 2)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 32.5 (117, 3)
Free-Throw Percentage: 72.1 (90, 3)
Rebound Margin: 7.0 (33, 1)
Assists Per Game: 14.1 (122, 4)
Turnovers Per Game: 18.8 (311, 16)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    NIT        First Round loss to Western Kentucky
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 3/6

 

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