Sunday, November 13
Greenville, N.C.
1 PM
East Carolina University
vs
Detroit
Pirates Host Detroit-Mercy On Alumni Day
November 12, 2016 | Women's Basketball
| Game 2: East Carolina vs. Detroit Mercy | |
| Date | Friday, November 13 |
| Time | 1:00 p.m. (ET) |
| Location | Greenville, N.C. (Williams Arena in Minges Coliseum) |
| Coverage | Live Stats \\\ Watch Live \\\ WZMB Radio |
| Social Media | Twitter: @ECUScoreboard \\\ @ECUWomensHoops |
GREENVILLE, N.C. - The East Carolina women's basketball team will welcome back its alums when it hosts Detroit-Mercy for Alumni Day on Sunday, Nov. 13. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m., at Williams Arena.
FOR STARTERS
Head Coach Heather Macy is in her seventh season leading the Pirates, who have averaged just shy of 20 wins per year since the start of the 2012-13 campaign. ECU returns four players from its 2015-16 roster and welcomes eight newcomers, including four freshmen.
PROMOTIONS
+The Pirates will recognize former players on the court during a halftime ceremony.
+Fans can purchase tickets for just $3 when they show their ticket stub from Saturday's ECU football game against SMU.
SCOUTING DETROIT-MERCY
The Titans are coming off a 90-71 season-opening road win at Delaware State on Friday night. Detroit posted a 15-15 overall record last season, including an 11-7 mark in Horizon League play. Sunday will mark the third overall meeting between the programs and the first since Dec. 20, 2006 when the Titans escaped with a 62-57 victory at the Caribbean Classic. The all-time series is tied, 1-1.
NON-CONFERENCE HOME WINNING STREAK
East Carolina has won 20-straight regular-season home games in non-conference play, a stretch that began following a 72-62 defeat against College of Charleston on Nov. 17, 2012.
STICKY FINGERS
Redshirt senior Bre McDonald recorded nine steals against Greensboro on Nov. 11 which tied three other Pirates for the third most in a single-game in program history. As a team, the Pirates notched 31 steals which stand as the fourth most in a game in school history.
PIRATES PICKED SIXTH IN AMERICAN PRESEASON POLL
ECU was picked to finish sixth in the American Athletic Conference for the 2016-17 season according to a preseason poll of the league's head coaches. Connecticut was chosen as the unanimous preseason favorite with 100 points, ahead of Temple in second place (87) and USF in third (86). Tulane accumulated 73 points for fourth place, while SMU rounded out the top five with 50. East Carolina received 49 points in the poll and was ranked ahead of Memphis (47), UCF (41), Tulsa (33), Cincinnati (23) and Houston (16).
MACY ASCENDING ON ECU ALL-TIME COACHING WINS LIST
Heather Macy needs just two wins to move into a tie with Catherine Bolton (1969-78) for the second-most wins by a head coach in program history. With 19 more victories, she will surpass Sharon Baldwin-Tener (2002-10), who tops the list with 126.
TOP-50 SIGNING CLASS ARRIVES
Freshmen Dominique Claytor, Alexis Cortez, Raven Johnson and junior Thais Oliveira, signed National Letters of Intent to play for the Pirates in November 2015, comprising the No. 49 overall class nationally, according to the Dan Olsen Collegiate Girls Basketball Report. The quarter marked ECU's first top-50 signing class in program history.
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