East Carolina Women’s Basketball 2023 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

East Carolina Pirates

American (23-9, 11-5)

 
 
Big Wins: 1/3 at Memphis (55-47), 3/9 vs Houston (46-44)
Bad Losses: 12/1 at George Mason (41-54), 2/25 at Tulane (56-64)
Coach: Kim McNeill
 
Probable Starters:
Amiya Joyner, Freshman, Forward, 10.5 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 1.7 bpg
Morgan Moseley, Junior, Forward, 5.0 ppg, 3.3 rpg
Synia Johnson, Junior, Guard, 6.7 ppg, 2.1 apg, 2.2 spg
Micah Dennis, Senior, Guard, 6.6 ppg, 2.8 apg
Danae McNeal, Senior, Guard, 17.6 ppg, 1.5 apg, 2.9 spg
 
Key Role Players:
Iycez Adams, Sophomore, Forward, 1.5 ppg, 2.2 rpg
Bobbi Smith, Freshman, Guard, 2.4 ppg
Jayla Hearp, Freshman, Guard, 6.7 ppg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 63.6 (212th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 56.2 (23, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 38.0 (265, 7)
Field-Goal Defense: 37.7 (60, 5)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 3.5 (339, 11)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 23.7 (343, 11)
Free-Throw Percentage: 62.9 (337, 11)
Rebound Margin: -1.5 (238, 8)
Assists Per Game: 13.6 (141, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 16.8 (236, 8)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2015 NIT First Round win over Radford
2015 NIT Second Round loss to North Carolina State
2014 NIT First Round loss to George Washington
2013 NIT First Round loss to Western Kentucky
2010 NIT Round of 64 win over Drexel
2010 NIT Round of 32 loss to Maryland
2007 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Rutgers
 
*all team stats through 3/2