Pirates Venture On the Road at North Texas Tuesday

Game 16: East Carolina (10-5, 2-0 American) at North Texas (7-7, 1-1 American)
Date	Tuesday, January 6
Time	7:30 p.m. (ET)
Location	Denton, Texas (The Super Pit)
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 hits the road for the first time in American Conference play as they head to North Texas for a 7:30 p.m. ET game on Tuesday.

The game will be available for streaming on ESPN+.

Last Time Out
The Pirates used a 13-0 run in the final minutes of the fourth quarter to earn a 74-65 win over Memphis before a raucous crowd in Minges Coliseum on Saturday. Keanna Rembert and Jayla Hearp led all scorers with 16 points apiece. Rembert made all 10 of her free throws in the game, including six in just a seven second period of the fourth quarter to give the Pirates their decisive lead from which they never looked back.

Scouting North Texas
The Mean Green enter the game with a 7-7 record and a 1-1 mark in league play after splitting a Florida swing with a win over Florida Atlantic and a loss to preseason favorite South Florida. On the year, the team is paced statistically by Aysia Procter's 12.6 points and Megan Nestor's 12.4 points and 11.4 rebounds per game. The team is excellent rebounding as a unit as they rank 12th in the NCAA in offensive rebounds per game with a remarkable 16.9 per outing while ranking 31st nationally in total rebounding and 40th in rebounding margin with an advantage of nearly plus-eight per game.

Series History
The Pirates and Mean Green met for the first time in 2014 and took a 10 year pause before becoming American Conference foes. The teams have now met three times since the 2023-24 season, all going to North Texas. Notably, the teams have played a combined six overtimes over those games, finally playing their first regulation game in the conference tournament last season, a 69-58 North Texas win. Amiya Joyner led the Pirates in that game with 18 points and 13 rebounds.

ECU versus...
ECU is 78-107 all time in American Conference regular season play and 36-55 in the McNeill era. ECU is 116-148 all time in games against current members of the American Conference.

ECU is 46-59 all time against schools from the state of Texas and 8-21 in the McNeill era.

Weekly Honors
After averaging 21.5 points and 8.5 rebounds last week, Keanna Rembert earned American Conference Player of the Week accolades on Monday. She scored a career-high 27 points with 11 rebounds and the game-winning three in overtime against UAB to highlight the week before putting up another 16 points in a win over Memphis.

Memphis Game Notables

Redshirt-junior guard Jayla Hearp grabbed seven rebounds in the first half, including four offensive. Her career high entering the game was seven rebounds.
Hearp finished one rebound away from a double-double with 16 points and nine rebounds.
ECU has made multiple three pointers in 22 consecutive games dating back to Feb. 15, 2025 vs. Charlotte.
Memphis used an 8-0 run in the third quarter to lead 48-40.
ECU used a 10-0 run immediately after to go up 50-48. Senior guard Savannah Brooks hit a last-second corner three for the lead to end the third quarter.
ECU used a 13-0 run to take a 74-62 lead before Memphis made one final shot in the game.
The six-game win streak ties the 2022-23 squad for the longest streak for the Pirates since 2013-14.
ECU had three-or-more scorers in double figures for the ninth time this season.
Senior forward Keanna Rembert went 10-10 from the free throw line.
ECU held Memphis to just five offensive rebounds and just two second chance points.

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

Jayla Hearp

Amiya Joyner

Keanna Rembert

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