2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	16–15 (7–9 The American)
Head coach	Heather Macy (8th season);
Assistant coaches	Rich Conover; Darren Guensch; Nicole Mealing;
Home arena	Williams Arena

2017–18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 UConn †	16	–	0	1.000	36	–	1	.973
No. 19 South Florida	13	–	3	.813	26	–	8	.765
UCF	12	–	4	.750	22	–	11	.667
Cincinnati	10	–	6	.625	19	–	13	.594
Houston	9	–	7	.563	20	–	12	.625
Wichita State	9	–	7	.563	14	–	17	.452
East Carolina	7	–	9	.438	16	–	15	.516
Tulane	5	–	11	.313	14	–	17	.452
Memphis	5	–	11	.313	10	–	20	.333
SMU	4	–	12	.250	10	–	20	.333
Temple	3	–	13	.188	12	–	19	.387
Tulsa	3	–	13	.188	10	–	21	.323


† 2018 American Tournament winner As of 30 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team will represent East Carolina University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by eighth year head coach Heather Macy, play their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were fourth year members of the American Athletic Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the season 16–15, 2–14 AAC play to finish in seventh place. They defeated SMU in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to South Florida.

Media

All Pirates home games will have a video stream on Pirates All Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. Audio broadcasts for most road games can also be found on the opponents website.

Roster

2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Justice Gee	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	So	Timmonsville	Timmonsville, SC
G	1	Alex Frazier	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Jr	Central Gwinnett	Lawrenceville, GA
G	2	LaShonda Monk	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Southwest Guilford	Greensboro, NC
G	4	Necole Hope	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	North Point	Waldorf, MD
F	5	Mikayla Sanders	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Sr	Cary Academy Liberty	Clayton, NC
G	11	Raven Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	So	Parkview	Lilburn, GA
F	12	Tania Pierre-Emile	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Eastern Arizona CC	Gros-Morne, Martinique
G	14	Ariyana Williams	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Freedom	Morganton, NC
C	15	Thais Oliveira	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	College of Central Florida	Manaus Amazonas, Brazil
F	20	Desiree Corbin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	South Georgia Tech	Griffin, GA
F	21	Salita Greene	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Jordan Richmond	Durham, NC
F	22	Tamia Hicks	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	South Raleigh	Knightdale, NC
G/F	23	Dominique Claytor	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Winston-Salem Prep	Winston-Salem, NC
F	44	Destiny Campbell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Scotland Cape Fear CC	Laurinburg, NC

Head coach

Heather Macy (Greensboro)

Assistant coach(es)

Rich Conover (Green Mountain)
Darren Guensch (Radford)
Nicole Mealing (Francis Marion)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: October 9, 2017

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 8:00 pm		USC Upstate	W 66–53	1–0	Williams Arena (954) Greenville, NC
11/15/2017* 7:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington	L 62–66	1–1	Trask Coliseum (927) Wilmington, NC
11/18/2017* 7:00 pm		Richmond	L 64–65	1–2	Williams Arena (1,031) Greenville, NC
11/21/2017* 7:00 pm		William & Mary	L 65–71 ^OT	1–3	Williams Arena (841) Greenville, NC
11/25/2017* 2:30 pm		vs. Jacksonville State SHU Thanksgiving Classic semifinals	L 73–82	1–4	Walsh Gymnasium (200) South Orange, NJ
11/26/2017* 12:00 pm		vs. Rider SHU Thanksgiving Classic Consolation game	W 66–63	2–4	Walsh Gymnasium (142) South Orange, NJ
11/30/2017* 5:30 pm		Charlotte	W 58–55	3–4	Williams Arena (824) Greenville, NC
12/02/2017* 2:00 pm		Norfolk State	W 51–46	4–4	Williams Arena (636) Greenville, NC
12/04/2017* 5:00 pm		at Kennesaw State	W 66–56	5–4	KSU Convocation Center (342) Kennesaw, GA
12/14/2017* 11:30 am		North Carolina Central	W 73–61	6–4	Williams Arena (5,306) Greenville, NC
12/17/2017* 1:30 pm		vs. UTEP Carolinas Challenge	L 79–94 ^OT	6–5	Myrtle Beach Convention Center (100) Myrtle Beach, SC
12/20/2017* 7:00 pm		Savannah State	W 103–37	7–5	Williams Arena (811) Greenville, NC
12/28/2017* 7:00 pm		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 64–54	8–5	Williams Arena (817) Greenville, NC
AAC regular season
12/30/2017 5:00 pm		Cincinnati	L 54–66	8–6 (0–1)	Williams Arena (785) Greenville, NC
01/03/2018 2:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		No. 1 Connecticut	L 35–96	8–7 (0–2)	Williams Arena (1,823) Greenville, NC
01/06/2018 1:00 pm		at Memphis	L 36–72	8–8 (0–3)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (376) Memphis, TN
01/10/2018 7:00 pm		Tulsa	W 73–67	9–8 (1–3)	Williams Arena (759) Greenville, NC
01/13/2018 3:00 pm, ADN		at SMU	L 51–65	9–9 (1–4)	Moody Coliseum (720) Dallas, TX
01/20/2018 5:00 pm		Houston	W 80–78 ^OT	10–9 (2–4)	Williams Arena (1,227) Greenville, NC
01/24/2018 8:00 pm, ESPN3		at Tulane	L 58–64	10–10 (2–5)	Devlin Fieldhouse (585) New Orleans, LA
01/27/2018 2:00 pm		at Cincinnati	W 79–70 ^OT	11–10 (3–5)	St. Ursula Academy Gymnasium (494) Cincinnati, OH
01/30/2018 7:00 pm, ADN		Wichita State	W 77–67	12–10 (4–5)	Williams Arena (851) Greenville, NC
02/03/2018 5:00 pm		SMU	W 76–47	13–10 (5–5)	Williams Arena (882) Greenville, NC
02/07/2018 7:00 pm		at South Florida	L 49–88	13–11 (5–6)	USF Sun Dome (2,009) Tampa, FL
02/14/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Memphis	W 75–62	14–11 (6–6)	Williams Arena (756) Greenville, NC
02/17/2018 3:00 pm		at Houston	L 81–97	14–12 (6–7)	H&PE Arena (667) Houston, TX
02/20/2018 8:00 pm		at Tulsa	W 59–57	15–12 (7–7)	Reynolds Center (107) Tulsa, OK
02/24/2018 1:00 pm		Temple	L 64–65	15–13 (7–8)	Williams Arena (1,171) Greenville, NC
02/26/2018 7:00 pm		at UCF	L 54–75	15–14 (7–9)	CFE Arena (3,339) Orlando, FL
AAC Women's Tournament
03/03/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3	(7)	vs. (10) SMU First Round	W 85–74	16–14	Mohegan Sun Arena (1,380) Uncasville, CT
03/04/2018 2:30 pm, ESPNU	(7)	vs. (2) No. 20 South Florida Quarterfinals	L 44–80	16–15	Mohegan Sun Arena (3,392) Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP																				N/A
Coaches

**Legend**
		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

References

↑ "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site" (PDF). Ecupirates.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
↑ "East Carolina Lady Pirates Women's Basketball - Lady Pirates News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
↑ East Carolina Lady Pirates. "East Carolina Lady Pirates on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
↑ "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site". Ecupirates.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.

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[1] "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site" (PDF). Ecupirates.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.

[2] "East Carolina Lady Pirates Women's Basketball - Lady Pirates News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved September 16, 2017.

[3] East Carolina Lady Pirates. "East Carolina Lady Pirates on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.

[4] "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site". Ecupirates.com. Retrieved September 16, 2017.

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East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Venues	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (1969–present)
Rivalries	NC State
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24

Media

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References