East Carolina Travels to Delaware For Sunday Matinee
November 21, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 21, 2015
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's basketball team will play its second true road game of the season when it faces Delaware on Sunday, Nov. 22. Opening tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m., at the Bob Carpenter Center.
LAST TIME OUT
In front of a record crowd of 5,408, Jada Payne recorded her third double-double of the season with 26 points on 11-for-12 shooting, 10 rebounds and five assists as the East Carolina women's basketball team collected an 84-57 victory over Presbyterian on Friday afternoon. Marina Laramie added 16 points and six rebounds, while Khadidja Toure chipped in a career-high 14 points, five boards and three steals. I'Tiana Taylor also found double-figures for the first time on the year with 12 points.
ALL-TIME VERSUS PRESBYTERIAN
The Pirates and Blue Hens will meet for just the third time overall and are tied, 1-1, in the all-time series. ECU claimed an 89-60 home win last season, as Jasmine Phillips put up 20 points, nine rebounds and six steals in her first-career start. East Carolina has never played in Newark, but the two sides first met at the Terrapin Classic in College Park, Md. on Dec. 28, 2011, where Delaware claimed a 60-40 victory behind Elena Delle Donne's 22 points, nine rebounds and three blocks.
SCOUTING THE BLUE HENS
Delaware (2-0) enters Sunday's matchup following a 56-50 win at Marist on Thursday night. Guard Courtni Green is averaging a team-best 15.5 points through the first two games, while Nicole Enabosi is putting up 10.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and two blocks per contest. Erika Brown is also in double-figure scoring at 13.5 points and 4.5 boards per game.
ANOTHER MACY MILESTONE MOUNTING
Head Coach Heather Macy is just two wins away from 100 with the Pirates, which includes a 29-8 record in the month of November and a 51-27 mark in non-conference matchups during her tenure. She is just seven wins behind Cathy Andruzzi (105) for the fourth-most and 12 behind Catherine Bolton (110) for the third-most by a coach in ECU history.
THIRTY BUCKETS
East Carolina made 32 or more field goals in three-straight games Nov. 14 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (33), Nov. 17 against Alcorn State (32) and Nov. 20 versus Presbyterian, marking 24 times the Pirates have accomplished the feat under sixth-year head coach Heather Macy.
TWENTY DIMES
ECU recorded more than 20 assists in consecutive games Nov. 14 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (22) and Nov. 17 against Alcorn State (23). The Pirates broke the 20-assist threshold just four times in 2014-15, but have done so in two of their first three contests this season.
NO THREES IN MINGES
The Pirates held Alcorn State 0-for-8 from beyond the 3-point line on Nov. 17, marking the first time an opponent failed to make a three in a game since Dec. 9, 2014 last season at Loyola (Md.), where the Greyhounds shot 0-for-12 from deep.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL
Jada Payne was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll after averaging 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, five assists and 3.5 steals on 68-percent shooting. She posted a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds against UTRGV, before adding 20 points, seven rebounds and matched her career-high with seven assists in just 25 minutes at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
PIRATES TO FACE FIVE TOP 25 TEAMS
East Carolina will have its work cut out in 2015-16 with five opponents ranked in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 Poll. The docket comprises seven total games, including a pair regular-season tilts with conference foes UConn (No. 1) and USF (No. 20), respectively, as well as No. 2 South Carolina, No. 19 Northwestern and No. 25 Chattanooga.
UNDAUNTED BY THE STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
Overall, the Pirates will play 15 of their 30 regular-season games against 11 different opponents that received postseason invitations in 2014-15. Seven earned NCAA Tournament bids (Chattanooga, Northwestern, Ohio, South Carolina, UConn, USF and Tulane), including two Final Four participants, while four competed in the WNIT (Creighton, Eastern Washington, Temple, Tulsa).
PAYNE, TAYLOR NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AAC
Seniors Jada Payne and I'Tiana Taylor received preseason All-American Athletic Conference Second Team honors, joining UConn and USF as the only teams with multiple selections. Payne received a first team nod in 2014-15, Taylor was tabbed to the second team and named the league's Newcomer-of-the-Year. Payne became just the third player in program history to earn first team recognition multiple times, joining Sarah Gray (1989-90) and Tonya Hargrove (1990-92).
ECU PICKED FOURTH IN AAC PRESEASON POLL
The Pirates were picked to finish fourth in the American Athletic Conference in 2015-16, according to a poll of the league's head coaches. ECU accumulated 75 points, just one behind Temple for third place.
| Game 5: East Carolina at Delaware | |
| Date | Sunday, November 22 |
| Time | 2:00 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Newark, Del. (Bob Carpenter Center) |
| Game Notes | East Carolina  | | American Conference |
| Live Stats | Live Stats |
| Coverage |  Watch Live (FREE) |  Radio: (WZMB 91.3 FM) | @ECUScoreboard |
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's basketball team will play its second true road game of the season when it faces Delaware on Sunday, Nov. 22. Opening tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m., at the Bob Carpenter Center.
LAST TIME OUT
In front of a record crowd of 5,408, Jada Payne recorded her third double-double of the season with 26 points on 11-for-12 shooting, 10 rebounds and five assists as the East Carolina women's basketball team collected an 84-57 victory over Presbyterian on Friday afternoon. Marina Laramie added 16 points and six rebounds, while Khadidja Toure chipped in a career-high 14 points, five boards and three steals. I'Tiana Taylor also found double-figures for the first time on the year with 12 points.
ALL-TIME VERSUS PRESBYTERIAN
The Pirates and Blue Hens will meet for just the third time overall and are tied, 1-1, in the all-time series. ECU claimed an 89-60 home win last season, as Jasmine Phillips put up 20 points, nine rebounds and six steals in her first-career start. East Carolina has never played in Newark, but the two sides first met at the Terrapin Classic in College Park, Md. on Dec. 28, 2011, where Delaware claimed a 60-40 victory behind Elena Delle Donne's 22 points, nine rebounds and three blocks.
SCOUTING THE BLUE HENS
Delaware (2-0) enters Sunday's matchup following a 56-50 win at Marist on Thursday night. Guard Courtni Green is averaging a team-best 15.5 points through the first two games, while Nicole Enabosi is putting up 10.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and two blocks per contest. Erika Brown is also in double-figure scoring at 13.5 points and 4.5 boards per game.
ANOTHER MACY MILESTONE MOUNTING
Head Coach Heather Macy is just two wins away from 100 with the Pirates, which includes a 29-8 record in the month of November and a 51-27 mark in non-conference matchups during her tenure. She is just seven wins behind Cathy Andruzzi (105) for the fourth-most and 12 behind Catherine Bolton (110) for the third-most by a coach in ECU history.
THIRTY BUCKETS
East Carolina made 32 or more field goals in three-straight games Nov. 14 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (33), Nov. 17 against Alcorn State (32) and Nov. 20 versus Presbyterian, marking 24 times the Pirates have accomplished the feat under sixth-year head coach Heather Macy.
TWENTY DIMES
ECU recorded more than 20 assists in consecutive games Nov. 14 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (22) and Nov. 17 against Alcorn State (23). The Pirates broke the 20-assist threshold just four times in 2014-15, but have done so in two of their first three contests this season.
NO THREES IN MINGES
The Pirates held Alcorn State 0-for-8 from beyond the 3-point line on Nov. 17, marking the first time an opponent failed to make a three in a game since Dec. 9, 2014 last season at Loyola (Md.), where the Greyhounds shot 0-for-12 from deep.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL
Jada Payne was named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll after averaging 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, five assists and 3.5 steals on 68-percent shooting. She posted a double-double with 27 points and 10 rebounds against UTRGV, before adding 20 points, seven rebounds and matched her career-high with seven assists in just 25 minutes at Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
PIRATES TO FACE FIVE TOP 25 TEAMS
East Carolina will have its work cut out in 2015-16 with five opponents ranked in the Associated Press Preseason Top 25 Poll. The docket comprises seven total games, including a pair regular-season tilts with conference foes UConn (No. 1) and USF (No. 20), respectively, as well as No. 2 South Carolina, No. 19 Northwestern and No. 25 Chattanooga.
UNDAUNTED BY THE STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE
Overall, the Pirates will play 15 of their 30 regular-season games against 11 different opponents that received postseason invitations in 2014-15. Seven earned NCAA Tournament bids (Chattanooga, Northwestern, Ohio, South Carolina, UConn, USF and Tulane), including two Final Four participants, while four competed in the WNIT (Creighton, Eastern Washington, Temple, Tulsa).
PAYNE, TAYLOR NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AAC
Seniors Jada Payne and I'Tiana Taylor received preseason All-American Athletic Conference Second Team honors, joining UConn and USF as the only teams with multiple selections. Payne received a first team nod in 2014-15, Taylor was tabbed to the second team and named the league's Newcomer-of-the-Year. Payne became just the third player in program history to earn first team recognition multiple times, joining Sarah Gray (1989-90) and Tonya Hargrove (1990-92).
ECU PICKED FOURTH IN AAC PRESEASON POLL
The Pirates were picked to finish fourth in the American Athletic Conference in 2015-16, according to a poll of the league's head coaches. ECU accumulated 75 points, just one behind Temple for third place.
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