Pirates to Welcome Elon to Minges Coliseum on Sunday

Game 10: East Carolina (4-5) vs. Elon (3-4)
Date	Sunday, December 7
Time	7:00 p.m. (ET)
Location	Greenville, N.C. (Minges Coliseum)
Tickets	Purchase Here
Media Coverage	Live Stats: StatBroadcast Streaming: ESPN+
Game Notes	East Carolina \| E lon
Social Media	Twitter: @ECUWBB Instagram: @ECUW BB

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's basketball team is back in Minges Coliseum on Sunday afternoon for a 2 p.m. contest with the Elon Phoenix.

Tickets are still available for purchase for the game and for those unable to attend, the game will be available for streaming on ESPN+ with Evan Budrovich and Jay Sonnhalter on the call.

The game is also the Pirates' annual Diabetes Awareness game. For this year's edition, the program is hosting an auction featuring pottery designed by members of the team and coaching staff. All proceeds will be donated to the Pitt County Health Department's Diabetes Support group.

Last Time Out
The Pirates dropped a home test against a very good James Madison team on Wednesday. The team led by as many as eight in the first half but suffered some untimely scoring droughts as the Dukes were able to retake the lead in the second quarter before leading by as many as 21. The Pirates were out rebounded, 48-26, in the game which ultimately proved critical to the final result. Senior guard Kennedy Fauntleroy led three ECU players into double-figure scoring with 17 points in the game.

Scouting Elon
The Phoenix enter the game with a 3-4 record on the year after downing North Dakota in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Black Friday. The team has earned their other victories against ETSU and Presbyterian. On the year, no Elon players are scoring in double figures as six players are averaging 6.6 points per game or higher, led by LaNae Corbett's 62 points scored in seven games. As a team, the Phoenix face a negative scoring margin through their first seven contests, but only by a narrow margin for a schedule which includes a top-15 North Carolina squad and American Conference foe Tulane.

Series History
The Pirates and Phoenix have met 13 times since an inaugural contest in the 1973 NCAIAW Tournament, with an 11-2 lead for ECU all time, including winning the last nine. The Pirates hosted Elon in Minges Coliseum a season ago, a 60-43 result which saw Khia Miller put up one of her better efforts with 24 points on 8-13 shooting. Amiya Joyner was the only other Pirate in double figures with 12 points.

ECU versus...
The Pirates are 143-59 all time against current members of the CAA and 12-4 in the McNeill era.

ECU is 220-150 all time against schools from the state of North Carolina and 14-10 in the McNeill era.

Major Milestone
With a layup at the 9:03 mark of the third quarter, senior guard Savannah Brooks scored her 1,000th career point. Brooks has now scored 97 points as a Pirate. She scored 380 points for Coastal Carolina and 528 for Delaware State.

Weekly Honors
Kennedy Fauntleroy earned American Conference Weekly Honorable Mention recognition on Monday after posting 34 points, 15 assists, eight rebounds and 11 steals in three games last week. This included a thrilling 17-point, eight-assist, six-steal effort in the Pirates' win over Illinois State.

National Rankings
Through nine games, the Pirates rank 28th in the NCAA in turnover margin (+7.22). Individually, Kennedy Fauntleroy ranks 19th in the nation in steals with 28.

JMU Game Notables

After conceding the opening basket, ECU went on a 10-0 run and led for the remainder of the first quarter.
JMU used a 6-0 run to begin the second quarter to regain the lead. They used another 14-0 run later in the quarter to take a 17-point lead, 40-23. ECU suffered a scoring drought of 4:42 during the JMU run.
ECU did not make a field goal until the 1:51 mark of the second quarter, a Savannah Brooks three-point shot.
A 13-1 run by JMU during the third quarter gave the Dukes their first 20-plus point lead of the game at 64-43. Simultaneously, ECU missed eight consecutive field goals, a drought of 6:03 without a make from the floor.
JMU missed their first six three-point shots of the game but still finished with nine makes from behind the arc.
ECU was out rebounded by 22, 48-26.
Peyton McDaniel led JMU in scoring despite not recording a point in the first or fourth quarters. McDaniel shot 6-9 from three.
Graduate forward Anzhané Hutton led ECU in rebounding for the seventh time in nine games this season.
ECU has had three-or-more double-figures scorers in five games this season.
ECU has made multiple three pointers in 16 consecutive games dating back to Feb. 15, 2025 vs. Charlotte.
ECU made their 50th three in nine games this season during the game and have now made 52.

At the Helm
2025-26 is the Pirates' seventh under the tutelage of Kim McNeill. The program has an 91-97 record under her leadership.

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

Savannah Brooks

Kennedy Fauntleroy

Amiya Joyner

Khia Miller

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