East Carolina Set For Lone Star Showcase
November 25, 2015 | Women's Basketball
Nov. 25, 2015
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's basketball team will put its unblemished 5-0 record on the line when it travels to Austin, Texas for the Lone Star Showcase Nov. 26-28 to take on Creighton, Eastern Washington and 19th-ranked Northwestern in consecutive days at the Cedar Park Center.
The Pirates will play Creighton (2-1) and Eastern Washington (3-1) in their first two contests, opponents they have never faced in program history. The final game, against Northwestern (3-0), will be the third overall matchup and first since the Wildcats' 78-70 win on Dec. 29, 1981 at the Hurricane Holiday Classic in Miami, Fla. ECU defeated the Wildcats, 63-62, the year prior at the Queens College Tournament in New York.
In her sixth season at the helm of the program, Head Coach Heather Macy is just one win from 100 with the Pirates, which includes a 30-8 record in the month of November and a 52-27 mark in non-conference matchups during her tenure.
PIRATES REACH COACHES POLL
East Carolina received one vote in the USA Today Coaches Poll on Tuesday, Nov. 24, marking the first time the Pirates have appeared in the poll since the week beginning Jan. 6, 2014 when they also received one vote.
PIRATES' SECOND HOME
ECU will play seven of 30 regular-season games in the state of Texas this season, equivalent to more than 23 percent of its contests. The Pirates opened the season with two games in Corpus Christi, followed by three at the Lone Star Showcase in Austin and a pair of conference games at Houston and SMU (Dallas).
AMERICAN CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL
Jada Payne has been named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll twice this season (Nov. 16 and Nov. 23) after averaging 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, five assists and 3.5 steals on 68-percent shooting in ECU's two wins at the Islanders Classic. She continued her tear with three-straight double-doubles for an average of 21 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists while making 64 percent of her shots from the field.
DOUBLE, DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Seniors Jada Payne and I'Tiana Taylor both recorded double-doubles in the same game in the Pirates' 68-58 road win at Delaware on Nov. 22. Payne had 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, while Taylor put up 11 points and 11 boards, marking the first time two ECU players accomplished the feat since Jan. 7, 2015 when Taylor and Abria Trice turned the trick against Tulane.
PAYNE ECLIPSES 1,500-CAREER POINTS
Jada Payne put up monster numbers at Delaware on Nov. 22, finishing with 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in the 68-58 win. She attained her double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds with just over four minutes remaining in the second quarter, while her 11th point of the game was the 1,500th of her career.
NON-CONFERENCE HOME WINNING STREAK
Despite having just two in 2015-16, East Carolina has won 18-straight non-conference home games during the regular season and will carry that streak into 2016-17. The Pirates' last setback was a 72-62 loss to College of Charleston on Nov. 17, 2012.
THIRTY-PLUS 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.
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.
PAYNE BRINGS THE RAIN
Jada Payne broke her own ECU single-season record for three-pointers made with 80 in 33 games in 2014-15. She initially set the record in 2013-14 with 70 makes from beyond the arc and is on pace to break the school record for conversions in just three years, needing just 55 more to set the mark.
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).
| Games 6-8: East Carolina vs. Creighton, Eastern Washington, (19) Northwestern | |
| Date(s) | November 26-28 |
| Time | Thursday - 8:30 p.m.; Friday - 6 p.m.; Saturday - 8:30 p.m. |
| Location | Austin, Texas (Cedar Park 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 put its unblemished 5-0 record on the line when it travels to Austin, Texas for the Lone Star Showcase Nov. 26-28 to take on Creighton, Eastern Washington and 19th-ranked Northwestern in consecutive days at the Cedar Park Center.
The Pirates will play Creighton (2-1) and Eastern Washington (3-1) in their first two contests, opponents they have never faced in program history. The final game, against Northwestern (3-0), will be the third overall matchup and first since the Wildcats' 78-70 win on Dec. 29, 1981 at the Hurricane Holiday Classic in Miami, Fla. ECU defeated the Wildcats, 63-62, the year prior at the Queens College Tournament in New York.
In her sixth season at the helm of the program, Head Coach Heather Macy is just one win from 100 with the Pirates, which includes a 30-8 record in the month of November and a 52-27 mark in non-conference matchups during her tenure.
PIRATES REACH COACHES POLL
East Carolina received one vote in the USA Today Coaches Poll on Tuesday, Nov. 24, marking the first time the Pirates have appeared in the poll since the week beginning Jan. 6, 2014 when they also received one vote.
PIRATES' SECOND HOME
ECU will play seven of 30 regular-season games in the state of Texas this season, equivalent to more than 23 percent of its contests. The Pirates opened the season with two games in Corpus Christi, followed by three at the Lone Star Showcase in Austin and a pair of conference games at Houston and SMU (Dallas).
AMERICAN CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL
Jada Payne has been named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll twice this season (Nov. 16 and Nov. 23) after averaging 23.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, five assists and 3.5 steals on 68-percent shooting in ECU's two wins at the Islanders Classic. She continued her tear with three-straight double-doubles for an average of 21 points, 12.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists while making 64 percent of her shots from the field.
DOUBLE, DOUBLE-DOUBLE
Seniors Jada Payne and I'Tiana Taylor both recorded double-doubles in the same game in the Pirates' 68-58 road win at Delaware on Nov. 22. Payne had 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds, while Taylor put up 11 points and 11 boards, marking the first time two ECU players accomplished the feat since Jan. 7, 2015 when Taylor and Abria Trice turned the trick against Tulane.
PAYNE ECLIPSES 1,500-CAREER POINTS
Jada Payne put up monster numbers at Delaware on Nov. 22, finishing with 25 points and a career-high 17 rebounds in the 68-58 win. She attained her double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds with just over four minutes remaining in the second quarter, while her 11th point of the game was the 1,500th of her career.
NON-CONFERENCE HOME WINNING STREAK
Despite having just two in 2015-16, East Carolina has won 18-straight non-conference home games during the regular season and will carry that streak into 2016-17. The Pirates' last setback was a 72-62 loss to College of Charleston on Nov. 17, 2012.
THIRTY-PLUS 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.
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.
PAYNE BRINGS THE RAIN
Jada Payne broke her own ECU single-season record for three-pointers made with 80 in 33 games in 2014-15. She initially set the record in 2013-14 with 70 makes from beyond the arc and is on pace to break the school record for conversions in just three years, needing just 55 more to set the mark.
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).
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