GAMEDAY: Pirates Travel West to SMU

Game 18: ECU at SMU
Date	Saturday, Jan. 13
Time	3 p.m. (EST)
Location	Dallas, Texas (Moody Coliseum)
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The ECU women's basketball team (9-8, 1-3) will travel to the Lone Star state to face off with SMU (6-10, 0-3) on Saturday at 3 p.m. (EST) from Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas.

With a 73-67 victory over Tulsa on Jan. 10, eighth-year head coach Heather Macy became ECU's all-time wins leader. Macy has passed Sharon Baldwin-Tener who had topped the list with 126 victories. Macy has also become the fastest coach in history to reach 125 wins and now holds 127.

Freshman Ariyana Williams is averaging a team-high 10.4 points per game. Senior Thais Oliveira is second on the team in scoring with 9.4 points per contest while also leading the team in rebounds with 6.8 per game. Junior Alex Frazier has recorded 71 assists on the season and is fifth in the conference with 4.2 assists per game. ECU leads the American Athletic Conference in offensive rebounds per game at 16.0 per contest.

SMU is led by senior McKenzie Adams, who is sixth in the AAC in scoring, and leads the Mustangs with 18.0 points per contest. Kiara Perry is the only other Mustang in double-figures averaging 10.9 points per game. Both seniors, Adams and Perry, are also the only two that have started all 16 games for second-year head coach Travis Mays. The mustang's hold a 5-3 record when playing at home this season.

Wednesday's contest marks the 17^th time the two teams have met in the all-time series that dates back to 2006. The Pirates lead the series 9-7. Macy holds a 6-3 all-time record against SMU. The last meeting between the two came on March 3, 2017, in the AAC Tournament where the Pirates fell 60-54. The loss marked the first time ECU would not advance to the second round in the AAC tournament since joining the league.

Saturday's game can be streamed live on the American Digital Network and heard on WZMB 91.3 FM Greenville.

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Players Mentioned

Alex Frazier

Thais Oliveira

Ariyana Williams

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