TCU Too Much For Lady Pirates Basketball 66-41

TCU Too Much For Lady Pirates Basketball 66-41

02/20/2005

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FORT WORTH, Texas -- The East Carolina women's basketball team couldn't find an answer for Sandora Irvin and the TCU Lady Frogs Sunday afternoon, falling 66-41 in Conference USA action at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum.

Jennifer Jackson led the Pirates (10-16, 6-7) with 11 points, her 69th double-figure game of her career. Freshman Nicole Days added nine points, while Shanita Sutton scored eight points and Viola Cooper contributed with seven.

TCU (19-8, 10-3) jumped out early on the Pirates 6-0 in the first 2:39 before Jennifer Jackson connected on her lone basket of the first half, a three-pointer to help start a 7-2 run to pull within one, 8-7, with 15:32 remaining until the half. With her 3-pointer, Jackson moved into second place on ECU's all-time 3-point field goals made list 156.

The Lady Frogs closed out the half on a 10-2 run highlighted by seven points by Sandoa Irvin in the final 2:15 to take a 35-17 halftime lead.

In the second half, it was all TCU as it out scored the Pirates 31 to 24 to take a 25-point victory. Irvin finished with a game-high 23 points and nine rebounds.

East Carolina will be back on the court Saturday, Feb. 26 at 2 p.m. when it hosts in-state rival Charlotte inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Senior Day.

East Carolina vs. TCU
Feb. 20, 2005
Post Game Notes

Viola Cooper started her 54th consecutive game for the Pirates while scoring seven points. She connected on one 3-pointer in the game and now has 79 for her career.

Jennifer Jackson played in her 107th career game for the Pirates with her 74th career start. She finished the game with 11 points, her 69th double-digit game of her career and now has 1,454 points for her career. Jackson's 3-pointer at the 16:18 mark in the first half moved her into sole possession of second place on the all-time three-point field goals made list with 156 passing Tali Robich.

Shanita Sutton played in her 104th career game for the Pirates with 65 career starts. Sutton also recorded one block on the day which was her 23rd of the season and 64th of her career. Sutton has also recorded at least one block in the last five game. Sutton finished the game with eight points, hitting 3-of-6 shots from the floor.

Soraya Hellaby grabbed a career-high six rebounds on the day.

Samantha Pankey tied a career-high with seven rebounds.

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