2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

The 2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team will represent East Carolina University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by eighth year head coach Heather Macy, play their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were fourth year members of the American Athletic Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 16–15, 2–14 AAC play to finish in seventh place. They defeated SMU in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to South Florida.

2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record16–15 (7–9 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rich Conover
  • Darren Guensch
  • Nicole Mealing
Home arenaWilliams Arena
Seasons
2017–18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn 16 0   1.000 36 1   .973
No. 19 South Florida 13 3   .813 26 8   .765
UCF 12 4   .750 22 11   .667
Cincinnati 10 6   .625 19 13   .594
Houston 9 7   .563 20 12   .625
Wichita State 9 7   .563 14 17   .452
East Carolina 7 9   .438 16 15   .516
Tulane 5 11   .313 14 17   .452
Memphis 5 11   .313 10 20   .333
SMU 4 12   .250 10 20   .333
Temple 3 13   .188 12 19   .387
Tulsa 3 13   .188 10 21   .323
2018 American Tournament winner
As of 30 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Media edit

All Pirates home games will have a video stream on Pirates All Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. Audio broadcasts for most road games can also be found on the opponents website.

Roster edit

2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Justice Gee 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Timmonsville Timmonsville, SC
G 1 Alex Frazier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Central Gwinnett Lawrenceville, GA
G 2 LaShonda Monk 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Fr Southwest Guilford Greensboro, NC
G 4 Necole Hope 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr North Point Waldorf, MD
F 5 Mikayla Sanders 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Cary Academy
Liberty
Clayton, NC
G 11 Raven Johnson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Parkview Lilburn, GA
F 12 Tania Pierre-Emile 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Eastern Arizona CC Gros-Morne, Martinique
G 14 Ariyana Williams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Freedom Morganton, NC
C 15 Thais Oliveira 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr College of Central Florida Manaus Amazonas, Brazil
F 20 Desiree Corbin 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr South Georgia Tech Griffin, GA
F 21 Salita Greene 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Jordan
Richmond
Durham, NC
F 22 Tamia Hicks 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr South Raleigh Knightdale, NC
G/F 23 Dominique Claytor 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Winston-Salem Prep Winston-Salem, NC
F 44 Destiny Campbell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Scotland
Cape Fear CC
Laurinburg, NC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 9, 2017

Schedule and results edit

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
8:00 pm
USC Upstate W 66–53  1–0
Williams Arena (954)
Greenville, NC
11/15/2017*
7:00 pm
at UNC Wilmington L 62–66  1–1
Trask Coliseum (927)
Wilmington, NC
11/18/2017*
7:00 pm
Richmond L 64–65  1–2
Williams Arena (1,031)
Greenville, NC
11/21/2017*
7:00 pm
William & Mary L 65–71 OT 1–3
Williams Arena (841)
Greenville, NC
11/25/2017*
2:30 pm
vs. Jacksonville State
SHU Thanksgiving Classic semifinals
L 73–82  1–4
Walsh Gymnasium (200)
South Orange, NJ
11/26/2017*
12:00 pm
vs. Rider
SHU Thanksgiving Classic Consolation game
W 66–63  2–4
Walsh Gymnasium (142)
South Orange, NJ
11/30/2017*
5:30 pm
Charlotte W 58–55  3–4
Williams Arena (824)
Greenville, NC
12/02/2017*
2:00 pm
Norfolk State W 51–46  4–4
Williams Arena (636)
Greenville, NC
12/04/2017*
5:00 pm
at Kennesaw State W 66–56  5–4
KSU Convocation Center (342)
Kennesaw, GA
12/14/2017*
11:30 am
North Carolina Central W 73–61  6–4
Williams Arena (5,306)
Greenville, NC
12/17/2017*
1:30 pm
vs. UTEP
Carolinas Challenge
L 79–94 OT 6–5
Myrtle Beach Convention Center (100)
Myrtle Beach, SC
12/20/2017*
7:00 pm
Savannah State W 103–37  7–5
Williams Arena (811)
Greenville, NC
12/28/2017*
7:00 pm
Maryland Eastern Shore W 64–54  8–5
Williams Arena (817)
Greenville, NC
AAC regular season
12/30/2017
5:00 pm
Cincinnati L 54–66  8–6
(0–1)
Williams Arena (785)
Greenville, NC
01/03/2018
2:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3
No. 1 Connecticut L 35–96  8–7
(0–2)
Williams Arena (1,823)
Greenville, NC
01/06/2018
1:00 pm
at Memphis L 36–72  8–8
(0–3)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (376)
Memphis, TN
01/10/2018
7:00 pm
Tulsa W 73–67  9–8
(1–3)
Williams Arena (759)
Greenville, NC
01/13/2018
3:00 pm, ADN
at SMU L 51–65  9–9
(1–4)
Moody Coliseum (720)
Dallas, TX
01/20/2018
5:00 pm
Houston W 80–78 OT 10–9
(2–4)
Williams Arena (1,227)
Greenville, NC
01/24/2018
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Tulane L 58–64  10–10
(2–5)
Devlin Fieldhouse (585)
New Orleans, LA
01/27/2018
2:00 pm
at Cincinnati W 79–70 OT 11–10
(3–5)
St. Ursula Academy Gymnasium (494)
Cincinnati, OH
01/30/2018
7:00 pm, ADN
Wichita State W 77–67  12–10
(4–5)
Williams Arena (851)
Greenville, NC
02/03/2018
5:00 pm
SMU W 76–47  13–10
(5–5)
Williams Arena (882)
Greenville, NC
02/07/2018
7:00 pm
at South Florida L 49–88  13–11
(5–6)
USF Sun Dome (2,009)
Tampa, FL
02/14/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Memphis W 75–62  14–11
(6–6)
Williams Arena (756)
Greenville, NC
02/17/2018
3:00 pm
at Houston L 81–97  14–12
(6–7)
H&PE Arena (667)
Houston, TX
02/20/2018
8:00 pm
at Tulsa W 59–57  15–12
(7–7)
Reynolds Center (107)
Tulsa, OK
02/24/2018
1:00 pm
Temple L 64–65  15–13
(7–8)
Williams Arena (1,171)
Greenville, NC
02/26/2018
7:00 pm
at UCF L 54–75  15–14
(7–9)
CFE Arena (3,339)
Orlando, FL
AAC Women's Tournament
03/03/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
(7) vs. (10) SMU
First Round
W 85–74  16–14
Mohegan Sun Arena (1,380)
Uncasville, CT
03/04/2018
2:30 pm, ESPNU
(7) vs. (2) No. 20 South Florida
Quarterfinals
L 44–80  16–15
Mohegan Sun Arena (3,392)
Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings edit

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

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AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site" (PDF). Ecupirates.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "East Carolina Lady Pirates Women's Basketball - Lady Pirates News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  3. ^ East Carolina Lady Pirates. "East Carolina Lady Pirates on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site". Ecupirates.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.