Lady Pirates Make Final Push for C-USA Tournament
February 28, 2003 | Women's Basketball
GREENVILLE, N.C. -- East Carolina's Lady Pirates will play host to Tulane on Friday night in one of the two final home games of the 2002-03 season. Tulane is currently in third place in the league standings with a conference record of 9-3.
With a 4-8 C-USA record, the Pirates are holding on to the 12th place spot, which currently qualifies them for the league tournament. However, the Pirates will need to have at least one and possibly two more wins this weekend in order to secure their spot in the tournament. Seven teams have earned berths in the tournament thus far and ECU will be looking to make its first-ever trip to the Conference USA Tournament.
Friday's game is set for a 7 p.m. tip-off at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, and can be heard on WZMB 93.1 FM with Dan Eberhard calling the action and Chris Giles providing the color commentary.
SCOUTING THE PIRATES
Jennifer Jackson leads the Pirates with an
average of 17.6 points per game. Jackson also
leads the Pirates in rebounding, grabbing an
average of 7.5 boards per outing. She leads
the team in three point baskets with 44,
which places her fifth among the season
three-point field goal scorers.
Courtney Willis and Tali Robich are both averaging double figures in scoring. Willis has an average of 14.8 points per game, and Robich is averaging 10.
Robich also leads the team in assists, with 103 on the season. She had a career-high 10 assists in the Pirates' contest against Houston. With 245 career assists, Robich is tied for ninth on ECU's career assists list.
The Lady Pirates have 12 wins on the year, with an overall record of 12-13. The 12 wins is six more total wins than all of last season.
In addition, the women are 4-8 in conference play, which gives them one more total conference win than all of last year. The Pirates' two road conference wins also surpasses last season's conference road record of 1-6.
