Pirates Set for Road Tilt with High Point on Sunday

Game Four: East Carolina (2-1) at High Point (3-0)
Date	Sunday, November 16
Time	2:00 p.m. (ET)
Location	High Point, N.C. (Qubein Center)
Media Coverage	Live Stats: StatBroadcast Streaming: ESPN+
Game Notes	East Carolina
Social Media	Twitter: @ECUWBB Instagram: @ECUW BB

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's basketball team heads on the road for an in-state contest at High Point on Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Qubein Center. The game will be available for streaming on ESPN+.

Last Time Out
The Pirates were keyed by a breakout 32-point game by Taylor Barner to erase an early 17-10 deficit for a blowout win, 91-62, over Charleston Southern on Tuesday night. The Pirates shot the ball well with 11 made threes in the game, including four from Barner. She was joined in double figures by Keanna Rembert as 10 of the 12 players who appeared in the game for ECU scored. 11 of the 12 players grabbed a rebound in the game. It was ultimately a 32-8 second quarter which turned the game on its head and allowed the Pirates to break the game open for a victory.

Scouting High Point
The Panthers went to 3-0 after a win over Merrimack College on Wednesday. After a record of 21-12 a season ago which resulted in an NCAA Tournament appearance after downing Longwood in the Big South title game. This season, four players are scoring in double figures to this point with Aaliyah Collins leading the way at 15.3 points per game while Chana Paxixe is tied for the team lead in rebounding at 6.3 per game to go with her 13.7 points per outing. Through three games, the Panthers are averaging an impressive 17.3 points per game while taking care of the ball with under 10 giveaways per game and a turnover margin of plus-15.3

Series History
The Pirates and Panthers have met 15 times since their first contest in 1972 with a 10-5 margin for ECU all time. More recently, the Pirates are 1-1 against High Point in the Kim McNeill era with a road loss in 2021 and an overtime victory on Nov. 16, 2022, 65-54. Danae McNeal led the Pirates with 19 points in the game while Jayla Hearp had her first big game in Purple and Gold with 17 points and seven rebounds. Point guard Alexsia Rose was strangely enough the team's leading rebounder in the game with a game-high nine boards.

ECU versus...
The Pirates are 50-11 all time against current members of the Big South and 9-2 in the Kim McNeill era (1-1 High Point; 4-0 Charleston Southern; 1-1 Gardner-Webb; 1-0 Longwood; 2-0 USC Upstate).

ECU is 220-149 all time against schools from the state of North Carolina and 14-9 in the McNeill era.

Charleston Southern Game Notables

ECU went on an extended 29-4 run from the end of the first through much of the second quarter.
ECU outscored Charleston Southern 32-8 in the second quarter, their highest scoring quarter since scoring 33 points in both the second and third quarters on Nov. 9, 2023 in a 105-35 win over USC Upstate. The 24-point margin in the second quarter was the largest single-quarter margin since ECU outscored North Carolina Central 27-0 in the first quarter of 75-34 win on Dec. 6, 2021.
Barner scored 18 points in the first half (all in the second quarter), the most by an ECU freshman since Taniyah Thompson scored 19 in the second half of a 56-50 win over Temple on Feb. 22, 2020. 18 points by Barner in the second quarter were the most in a single period for an ECU player since Feb. 15, 2023 when Danae McNeal scored 18 points in the fourth quarter of a 68-57 win over Cincinnati. It is the most ever by a first-year player since the game moved to quarters in 2015-16.
From 7:09 to 3:47 of the third quarter, ECU made seven consecutive field goals.
11 made threes for ECU were the most since making the same number on Jan. 23, 2016 against Tulane and is tied for the fifth most in a game in program history. 21 made threes through three games is the most since the Pirates made 26 in the first three games of the 2016-17 season.

At the Helm
2025-26 is the Pirates' seventh under the tutelage of Kim McNeill. The program has an 89-93 record under her leadership with a real shot to move over .500 this season.

Reclaim
Each season the Pirates choose an important word, meaningful to the team, to put on the back of their practice jerseys. In 2025-26, the team chose the word "Reclaim", signifying the group's goals after a turbulent 2024-25 of returning to their roots as a defensive minded team, getting back to their standards as role models in the community and striving for excellence in the classroom.

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Players Mentioned

Taylor Barner

Jayla Hearp

Keanna Rembert

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