Pirates Travel to UTSA Tuesday Night

Game 20: East Carolina (13-6, 5-1 American) at UTSA (9-7, 4-1 American)
Date	Tuesday, January 20
Time	7:30 p.m. (ET)
Location	San Antonio, Texas (Convocation 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 will look to keep their streak alive as they head out on the road for a 7:30 p.m. ET contest at UTSA on Tuesday evening.

The game will be available for streaming on ESPN+.

Last Time Out
The Pirates used a dominant fourth quarter to defeat Temple, 81-65, on Saturday afternoon. The team trailed for most of the first half but came on strong in the second before outscoring the Owls 24-10 in the final period to earn the victory. Kennedy Fauntleroy starred in the game with 27 points and eight assists, including 13 points in the fourth quarter alone. Savannah Brookks and Jayla Hearp both contributed 16 points while Keanna Rembert made it four in double figures with her 13. Brooks and Rembert tied for the team lead in rebounding as well.

Scouting UTSA
The Roadrunners enter the game with a 9-7 record and a 4-1 mark in American Conference play after demolishing Florida Atlantic 79-42 last time out. On the year, Cheyenne Rowe leads the team with 12.9 points and 8.8 rebounds as five UTSA players are averaging 7.6-or-more points per game. Rowe also leads the conference in field goal percentage at 46.1 percent. The team enters as the top defense in the conference, allowing just 36.8 percent shooting from the field and 57.9 points per game, both of which also rank in the top 50 nationally.

Series History
The Pirates and Roadrunners have played five times since first meeting at CUSA foes back in 2014. The teams only met once before ECU joined the American. Since UTSA joined, the teams have now met four more times, splitting them two apiece. UTSA took both meetings last season, including a 67-48 contest in Minges Coliseum in the regular season finale. Jayla Hearp was the only Pirate in double figures that game with 10 points scored. Jordyn Jenkins poured in 26 points for the Roadrunners.

ECU versus...
ECU is 81-108 all time in American Conference regular season play and 39-56 in the McNeill era. ECU is 119-149 all time in games against current members of the American Conference.

ECU is 46-60 all time against schools from the state of Texas and 8-22 in the McNeill era.

Weekly Honors
After averaging 24.0 points. 7.5 assists and 5.0 rebounds per game last week, Kennedy Fauntleroy earned American Conference Player of the Week honors on Monday.

Major Milestones
Two major milestones happened against Temple. First, Keanna Rembert scored her 1,000^th career point on a third-quarter free throw. Second, head coach Kim McNeill won her 100^th game as coach of the Pirates.

Temple Game Notables

Fauntleroy went for 27 points, eight assists, three steals and two blocks in the game.
Over the last three games, Fauntleroy has post 69 points, 23 assists, 14 rebounds, eight steals and three blocks.
Fauntleroy is the first ECU player with 20-plus points and seven-plus assists in three consecutive games since Jasmine Young (22/9, 25/7, 25/7) in 2006. However, Young did so with three overtime games.
Senior guard Savannah Brooks shot 9-10 from the foul line.
Keanna Rembert has now made a three-point shot in 10 games this season.
ECU has made multiple three pointers in 26 consecutive games dating back to Feb. 15, 2025 vs. Charlotte.
ECU had three-or-more scorers in double figures for the 13th time this season.
ECU assisted on 20 of 26 made field goals, the 13th game this season with assists on 50-percent-or-more of made field goals.
ECU shot 9-23 from three-point range and have made 20 threes over the last two games.

At the Helm
2025-26 is the Pirates' seventh under the tutelage of Kim McNeill. The program has a 100-98 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

Keanna Rembert

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