Pirates to Host Temple on Saturday

Game 19: East Carolina (12-6, 4-1 American) vs. Temple (7-9, 1-3 American)
Date	Saturday, January 17
Time	2:00 p.m. (ET)
Location	Greenville, N.C. (Minges Coliseum)
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Media Coverage	Live Stats: StatBroadcast Streaming: ESPN+
Game Notes	East Carolina \| Temple
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's basketball will look to make it three straight as they host the Temple Owls on Saturday for a 2 p.m. contest.

Tickets are still available for purchase, and for those unable to attend, the game will be available for streaming on ESPN+. The team of Evan Budrovich, Brittany Hoyt and Katelyn McCarthy will have the call.

Saturday will be the program's annual Alumni Day.

Last Time Out
The Pirates took another wire-to-wire win, this time a 31-point romp over Tulsa on Tuesday night, 79-48. The team got out of the gates hot, leading 16-2 to open the game and never looked back. Kennedy Fauntleroy did it all in the game with 21 points, eight rebounds and seven assists while Savannah Brooks put up a season-high 19 points on 4-5 shooting from three while blocking two shots and taking two charges. It was the largest margin of victory in a conference game for ECU since Jan. 10, 2025 (Houston, 87-46).

Scouting Temple
The Owls enter the game with a 7-9 record and a 1-3 mark in American Conference play after dropping their last two games against Tulsa and Temple. Individually this season, Kaylah Turner leads the group in scoring with 17.1 points per game while Jaleesa Molina is contributing 10.2 points and 7.9 rebounds a night. Saniyah Craig leads the team in rebounding with 8.5 per game to go with her 8.9 points. As a team, Temple is at their best when they get on the boards, holding a 7-4 record when out rebounding their opponent while going 0-5 when being out rebounded.

Series History
The Pirates and Owls have played each other 18 times since their first meeting in 2015 with Temple holding a 14-4 advantage all time, including the last three in the series. Last season, the teams played twice with the second being a 69-52 result in Minges Coliseum. Tiarra East led the Owls in that one with 19 points while Amiya Joyner went for 17 points and 11 rebounds to lead ECU. The Pirates last defeated Temple on Feb. 8, 2023 in a 67-52 game, also in Minges. Joyner also led the hosts in that game with 23 points and 14 rebounds as part of her American Conference Freshman of the Year campaign.

ECU versus...
ECU is 80-108 all time in American Conference regular season play and 38-56 in the McNeill era. ECU is 118-149 all time in games against current members of the American Conference.

ECU is 10-23 all time against schools from the state of Pennsylvania and 3-8 in the McNeill era (all Temple).

Tulsa Game Notables

ECU started the four quarters with 16-2, 11-2, 9-1 and 11-2 runs, respectively.
Graduate forward Anzhané Hutton made her second three of the game at the 7:02 mark of the fourth quarter. The three makes her third, and second consecutive, game with multiple threes this season.
Both Hutton and forward Keanna Rembert made a three in the same game for the second time this season.
A Kennedy Fauntleroy three put ECU up 32 with 1:36 to play, the largest lead of the season for ECU. It was the largest lead for ECU overall since leading Hampton by 39 in a 79-47 win on Dec. 12, 2024.
ECU outshot Tulsa on three-point shots, 11-27 (40.7 percent) to 6-20 (30.0 percent) Tulsa entered the game 19th in the NCAA in three-point percentage at 36.8 percent.
ECU made 10-or-more three pointers for the first time since making 11 against Charleston Southern.
ECU has won consecutive conference games by 20-or-more points for the first time since February 2015.
The 31-point margin of victory is the largest for the team since Jan. 10, 2015 when ECU defeated Houston, 87-46.
ECU has held opponents under 50 points 23 times in the Kim McNeill era (2019-present)
Brooks finished the game with a season-high 19 points along with four rebounds and two blocks. She also took two charges in the game.
Brooks is the first ECU player to shoot 80 percent on five-or-more three-point attempts since Jayla Hearp went 5-6 against High Point on Nov. 16, 2022.
Fauntleroy finished with 21 points, eight rebounds, seven assists and two steals.
Fauntleroy is the first ECU player with 20 points and five assists in consecutive games since Danae McNeal did so on February 4 and 10, 2024.
Fauntleroy is the first ECU player with 20+ points, 8+ rebounds and 7+ assists in a game since Jasmine Young went for 21 points, eight rebounds and 10 assists on Jan. 10, 2008 in an overtime loss against UAB.
Tulsa did not have a double-digit scorer, the first time an ECU opponent as not had a double-figure scorer since Dec. 18, 2023 in a 65-44 win over George Mason.
ECU has made multiple three pointers in 25 consecutive games dating back to Feb. 15, 2025 vs. Charlotte.
ECU had three-or-more scorers in double figures for the 12th time this season.
ECU assisted on 17 of 30 made field goals, the 12th game this season with assists on 50-percent-or-more of made field goals.

At the Helm
2025-26 is the Pirates' seventh under the tutelage of Kim McNeill. The program has an 99-98 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

Jayla Hearp

Amiya Joyner

Keanna Rembert

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