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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