2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

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.

2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
2017–18 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

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

See also

• 2017–18 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team

References

1. "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site" (PDF). Ecupirates.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
2. "East Carolina Lady Pirates Women's Basketball - Lady Pirates News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
3. East Carolina Lady Pirates. "East Carolina Lady Pirates on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.
4. "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site". Ecupirates.com. Retrieved 2017-09-16.