Lone Star State on Lady Pirates' Travel Itinerary

Lone Star State on Lady Pirates' Travel Itinerary

01/21/2003

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This weekend, January 24-26, the Lady Pirates will hit the road for a double-dose of Conference USA action. The women will face TCU on Friday, January 24, at 8 p.m. EST. That game will be played at the Daniel-Meyer Coliseum on the TCU campus. On Sunday, January 26, the Lady Pirates will hit the hardwood against Houston. That game is slated for a 2 p.m. EST start at the Hofheinz Pavilion on the UH campus and will be televised by the C-USA Sports Network. Don Russell will handle the play-by-play action with Amy Pritchard providing color analysis. It will be the second all-time meeting between East Carolina and both the Horned Frogs and the Cougars. ECU trails in both series 0-1.

SCOUTING THE PIRATES

Jennifer Jackson leads the Pirates with an average of 15.5 points per game. Courtney Willis is close behind, averaging 14.9 points of her own. They are the only two women to average double-figure points for the Lady Pirates.

Willis also leads the team in boards with 7.8 boards per outing. Jackson is averaging 7.3 boards, and Tali Robich 5.5.

The Lady Pirates have eight wins on the year, with an overall record of 8-7.

ECU has competed in three in-season tournaments this year. The Pirates were the champions of the U.S. Cellular Classic at East Carolina, and were runners-up in the UNCG Marriott Classic and the Atlanta NW Marriott Classic.

The Pirates are shooting 42.5 percent from the field this season, and 68.8 percent from the free throw line.

In 10 of the Pirates' 15 games this season, three or more players have posted doublefigure points.

In the games against Bethune-Cookman and Alabama, every participating player scored at least two points. Against Bethune- Cookman, North Carolina A&T, and Campbell, every participating player had at least one rebound.

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