
Pirates Handled by UTSA, 67-48
March 04, 2025 | Women's Basketball
GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's basketball team was defeated by UTSA in their home finale on Tuesday evening in Minges Coliseum, 67-48.
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The game featured as poor a start as imaginable for the Pirates (16-14, 8-10 AAC) who shot a mere 3-29 from the field in the first half, being held to just six points in the first quarter on a pair of three-point shots and five points in the second.
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Conversely, Jordyn Jenkins looked every bit of a conference player of the year for the Roadrunners (25-3, 17-1 AAC), making her first nine attempts from the field before finally missing for the first time on a three-point heave at the first-half buzzer. Jenkins had 19 points at the break and at one point had accumulated eight made field goals to six total points to the Pirates.
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Normally dominant on the glass, the Pirates were themselves dominated on the game by a 45-28 margin. This included a 15-4 margin in the first quarter, including 8-1 on the offensive boards, as UTSA made the second half almost entirely academic.
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Where a viewer might ordinarily anticipate a run by the Pirates to lower the margin in any measurable way in the second half, it never came. The hosts made six of eight field goals during a stretch of play in the third, but during that same time UTSA made all five of their attempts from the field.
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There were no answers for a Roadrunners' squad which has been the class of the conference all season long and last lost a solitary contest on Jan. 29 on the road against a cagey South Florida side.
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The Roadrunners went to the bench midway through the fourth quarter, Jenkins finishing her day with 26 points and six rebounds on a remarkably efficient 11-14 from the field. Idara Udo added 13 and 11 rebounds for UTSA while Nina De Leon Negron posted a dozen points.
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For the Pirates, only Jayla Hearp mustered double-figures scoring with 10 points.
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Up Next
The Pirates await the results of the remaining league contests to determine their fate entering the American Athletic Conference Tournament in which ECU will begin competition on Sunday.
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The game featured as poor a start as imaginable for the Pirates (16-14, 8-10 AAC) who shot a mere 3-29 from the field in the first half, being held to just six points in the first quarter on a pair of three-point shots and five points in the second.
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Conversely, Jordyn Jenkins looked every bit of a conference player of the year for the Roadrunners (25-3, 17-1 AAC), making her first nine attempts from the field before finally missing for the first time on a three-point heave at the first-half buzzer. Jenkins had 19 points at the break and at one point had accumulated eight made field goals to six total points to the Pirates.
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Normally dominant on the glass, the Pirates were themselves dominated on the game by a 45-28 margin. This included a 15-4 margin in the first quarter, including 8-1 on the offensive boards, as UTSA made the second half almost entirely academic.
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Where a viewer might ordinarily anticipate a run by the Pirates to lower the margin in any measurable way in the second half, it never came. The hosts made six of eight field goals during a stretch of play in the third, but during that same time UTSA made all five of their attempts from the field.
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There were no answers for a Roadrunners' squad which has been the class of the conference all season long and last lost a solitary contest on Jan. 29 on the road against a cagey South Florida side.
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The Roadrunners went to the bench midway through the fourth quarter, Jenkins finishing her day with 26 points and six rebounds on a remarkably efficient 11-14 from the field. Idara Udo added 13 and 11 rebounds for UTSA while Nina De Leon Negron posted a dozen points.
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For the Pirates, only Jayla Hearp mustered double-figures scoring with 10 points.
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Up Next
The Pirates await the results of the remaining league contests to determine their fate entering the American Athletic Conference Tournament in which ECU will begin competition on Sunday.
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Team Stats
UTSA
ECU
FG%
.458
.310
3FG%
.294
.353
FT%
.800
.429
RB
45
28
TO
15
7
STL
2
6
Game Leaders
Players Mentioned
ECU Head Women's Basketball Coach Kim McNeill Media Day (Oct. 20, 2023)
Friday, October 20
3/14/23 Kim McNeill Presser
Tuesday, March 14
EPISODE 5 - Kim McNeill Podcast 3-1-22
Tuesday, March 01
ECU Senior Day 2022
Monday, February 28