Pirates Take on UAB in Birmingham on Saturday

Game 21: East Carolina (14-6, 6-1 American) at UAB (7-12, 0-7 American)
Date	Saturday, January 24
Time	12:00 p.m. (ET)
Location	Birmingham, Ala. (Bartow Arena)
Media Coverage	Live Stats: StatBroadcast Streaming: ESPN+
Game Notes	East Carolina \| UAB
Social Media	Twitter: @ECUWBB Instagram: @ECUW BB

GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's basketball team gets another key opportunity on the road in American Conference play at UAB on Saturday at noon in Bartow Arena.

The game will be available for streaming on ESPN+.

Schedule Note: Originally scheduled for 3 p.m., the game was moved up due to forecast inclement weather.

Last Time Out
The Pirates shook off a slow start to take down UTSA on the road on Tuesday, 65-58. Keanna Rembert starred in the game with 21 points for her seconds 20-point outing of the season. The team trailed 10-2 in the early minutes but bounced back, taking the lead in the second half and pulling away late for the result. ECU led by as many as a dozen in the fourth quarter, holding off a feisty UTSA side in the final minutes.

Scouting UAB
The Blazers enter the game at 7-12 with an 0-7 start to American Conference play after dropping a 72-59 decision to North Texas on Tuesday evening. On the year, the team has five players scoring in double figures, paced by Cali Smallwood with 14.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game. Monae' Duffy leads the team in rebounding with 7.6 per outing to go with her 10.4 points. As a team, the Blazers can flat out shoot. They rank 36th in the nation in three point percentage and three pointers made per game, as well as being in the top 100 in the NCAA in assists, assist/turnover ratio, field goal percentage, and free throw percentage. On the flip side, UAB ranks in the 300s nationally in rebound margin, steals, blocks and three point percentage defense.

Series History
The Pirates and Blazers have met 28 times overall, with ECU leading 17-11, and got an all timer in their first meeting this season on January 30. The overtime contest saw Keanna Rembert bank in a game-winning three with just 2.5 seconds remaining to secure an 88-87 win for ECU. Rembert starred in the game with 27 points and 11 rebounds. Both teams blew double-digit leads in the game and ECU erased a six-point deficit in overtime to roar back for the win.

ECU versus...
ECU is 82-108 all time in American Conference regular season play and 40-56 in the McNeill era. ECU is 120-149 all time in games against current members of the American Conference.

ECU is 19-17 all time against schools from the state of Alabama and 2-1 in the McNeill era (all UAB).

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.

Winning
The Pirates are 6-1 in conference play for the first time since 1985-86 when the team finished 11-1 in the CAA.

The Pirates have won 10 of their last 11 games, the first time doing so since starting the 2013-14 season 13-1.

UTSA Game Notables

ECU has won 10 of its last 11 games.
ECU is 6-1 in conference play for the first time since going 11-1 in the CAA in 1985-86.
Senior guard Savannah Brooks shot 6-6 from the foul line in the third quarter alone. Brooks finished 7-8 for the game and is 16-18 in her last two.
ECU forced 29 turnovers in the game, a season high. The teams combined for 50 turnovers.
ECU shot 24-31 from the foul line having entered the game in the top 20 nationally in free throws made per game.
Senior forward Keanna Rembert has now made a three-point shot in 11 games this season despite starting in at the five.
Rembert scored a game-high 21 points, her second 20-point game of the season and double figures in six of her last seven outings.
ECU has made multiple three pointers in 27 consecutive games dating back to Feb. 15, 2025 vs. Charlotte.
ECU had three-or-more scorers in double figures for the 14th time this season.
ECU assisted on 14 of 19 made field goals, the 14th 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 a 101-98 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

Keanna Rembert

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