East Carolina Travels to UCF for American Conference Tilt
January 06, 2016 | Women's Basketball
| Game 16: East Carolina at UCF | |
| Date | Thursday, Jan. 7 |
| Time | 7 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Orlando, Fla. (CFE Arena) |
| Game Notes | East Carolina  | UCF | American Conference |
| Live Stats | |
| Coverage |  UCFKnights.com |  Radio: (WZMB 91.3 FM) | @ECUScoreboard |
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's basketball team will travel to Orlando, Fla., to take on UCF in American Athletic Conference action on Thursday, Jan. 7. Opening tip is scheduled for 7 p.m., at CFE Arena.
LAST TIME OUT
East Carolina (6-9, 0-3 AAC) suffered a 66-51 conference loss to Tulane on Tuesday evening, despite Khadidja Toure matching a career-high with 18 points to go with four rebounds and three assists, while Payne compiled 12 points, 10 boards, four assists and three steals. Taylor contributed 12 points and as many grabs on the glass. ECU finished the night shooting 18-for-52 (.346) overall, 4-for-22 (.182) from three and 11-for-17 (.647) at the foul line, while Tulane shot 25-for-54 (.463) from the field, 5-for-14 (.357) from downtown and 11-for-13 (.846) at the stripe.
ALL-TIME VERSUS UCF
The Pirates lead the Knights, 11-5, in the all-time series and have won each of the last four meetings. Last season, ECU earned a 67-57 victory on Senior Night as East Carolina put four scorers in double-figures and shot a season-high 94.7 percent (18-for-19) at the free throw line while grabbing 25 offensive rebounds.
SCOUTING THE KNIGHTS
UCF (3-10, 0-2 AAC) is coming off its ninth-consecutive loss in a 108-63 road setback at No. 22/17 USF on Tuesday night. Guard Zykira Lewis leads the Knights with 17 points per game while post player Joslyn Massey is nearly averaging a double-double with 10.3 points and nine rebounds per contest. UCF owns a -5.2 rebounding margin and are shooting 37.5-percent from the field as a team on the year.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE HONOR ROLL
Jada Payne has been named to the American Athletic Conference Weekly Honor Roll four times this season (Nov. 16, Nov. 23, Nov. 30 and Jan. 4). I'Tiana Taylor has received the same honors twice on her own (Dec. 7 and Dec. 21).
DOUBLE-DOUBLE BUBBLE
East Carolina has had at least one player compile a double-double in nine-straight games and in 14 of its first 15 contests this season. On five occasions, two or more ECU players have posted a double-double in the same game. Against No. 19 Northwestern on Nov. 28, three Pirates (Marina Laramie, I'Tiana Taylor and Jada Payne) turned the trick. Payne and Taylor are currently tied for the team lead with eight double-doubles apiece.
PAYNE ERUPTS AT TULSA
Jada Payne scored a season-high 31 points and set career-highs in field goals made (13) and attempts (24) in ECU's American Conference opener on Dec. 30. She also played 44 minutes in the overtime contest which was one short of her career-high.
GRAY A WBCA GOOD WORKS TEAM NOMINEE
Senior DeVaughn Gray is among 103 nominees for the Allstate WBCA Good Works Team, recognizing outstanding contributions in the areas of volunteerism and civic involvement.
ANOTHER MACY MILESTONE
Sixth-year Head Coach Heather Macy collected her 200th-career win at SMU last season and picked up victory No. 100 at ECU on Friday, Nov. 27 in the 80-62 victory over Eastern Washington at the Lone Star Showcase in Austin, Texas. Macy is just five wins behind Cathy Andruzzi, 10 behind Catherine Bolton and 26 away from Sharon Baldwin-Tenerfor the top three spots in program history.
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:
Player 3-Pt FGM
1. Allison Spivey (2007-11) 201
2. Jasmine Young (2005-09) 178
3. Jada Payne (2013-pres.) 171
4. Justine Allpress (1993-97) 166
5. Jennifer Jackson (2001-05) 159
6. Tali Robich (1999-2003) 155
7. Misty Horne (1996-99) 137
8. LaCoya Terry (2005-09) 104
PAYNE CLIMBING ALL-TIME SCORING CHART
In just two full seasons, Jada Payne scored the 17th-most points in ECU history and is on pace to become one of top three scorers the program has ever had in just three years' time. She has scored 569 and 563 points, respectively, in each of the last two seasons and has 1,710-career points overall. With 290 more during her senior campaign, she will eclipse 2,000 for her career.
Player Points
1. Rosie Thompson (1975-80) 2,352
2. Mary Denkler (1979-83) 1,789
3. LaCoya Terry (2005-09) 1,648
4. Jasmine Young (2005-09) 1,591
5. Debbie Freeman (1974-78) 1,570
6. Tonya Hargrove (1988-92) 1,532
7. Jennifer Jackson (2001-05) 1,490
8. Jada Payne (2013-pres.) 1,438
9. Courtney Willis (2000-04) 1,374
10. Sylvia Bragg (1982-86) 1,366
