GREENVILLE, N.C. – After a weekend off to relaxation and get better, the East Carolina ladies’s basketball crew will journey to Wichita State for a Tuesday night time assembly.
East Carolina (8-10, 1-4 AAC) break up a pair of video games final week, beating Cincinnati 71-48 earlier than dropping to Temple 56-41. Taniyah Thompson scored in double-figures in each video games and she or he now has scored at the very least 10 factors in 9 straight video games, the second-longest streak of her profession. Thompson is second within the AAC in scoring, averaging 16.7 factors per sport and desires 24 factors to grow to be the twenty fourth participant in East Carolina historical past to succeed in 1,000 profession factors. Thompson additionally has 94 profession three-point discipline objectives, leaving her 9 away from tying Kristine Mail for tenth all-time at East Carolina. The Pirates had 4 different gamers set new or tie season-highs in factors over these two video games. Raven Johnson scored 22 factors towards Cincinnati, her first 20-point efficiency since Nov. 24, 2018 and simply two off her career-high of 24. Alexsia Rose (12 factors) and Morgan Moseley (11 factors) each had career-highs towards the Bearcats as effectively, giving East Carolina 4 gamers in double-figures for the second time this yr. Tylar Bennett scored 10 factors to go together with 11 rebounds towards Temple, a season-high in factors for the graduate switch in addition to her first double-double as a Pirate.
Bennett began her Pirate profession sluggish after transferring from Clemson previous to the season, however she has stepped her play up since beginning AAC play. In 5 convention video games, Bennett is averaging 5.2 factors, 8.6 rebounds, blocked 19 photographs and grabbed eight steals. Bennett is now main the convention in rejections, with 32, placing her 14 away from tying Monique Pompili for tenth on the ECU single-season blocks checklist. Johnson has been the opposite Pirate who has seen important will increase in her stats because the calendar turned to 2022, as Johnson is averaging 10.6 factors and 5.8 rebounds within the 5 AAC video games in comparison with 3.9 factors and a couple of.9 rebounds within the 13 nonconference video games. As a crew, the Pirates are tenth within the nation in steals, with 215, and tenth in turnovers compelled with 23.28 per sport, each of which lead the convention. East Carolina additionally leads the convention in free throw makes an attempt, attending to the road 341 occasions, whereas rating second in blocked photographs (83) and offensive rebounds per sport (16.1)
Wichita State (10-7, 1-3 AAC) has misplaced two straight and is trying to start climbing up the AAC standings. The Shockers received their first AAC win due to a 76-66 victory at Cincinnati, however have dropped video games towards Memphis (50-49) and at Tulane (67-52) since. Mariah McCully is the one Shocker scoring in double-figures, averaging 12.3 factors. Wichita State has 5 different gamers averaging between 9.9 and eight.0 factors, together with Jane Asinde who’s scoring 9.9 factors and grabbing 9.1 rebounds every night time. That places Asinde fourth within the AAC in rebounds whereas McCully is fourth within the league in steals, with 2.24 per sport. As a crew, the Shockers have been the very best rebounding squad within the AAC, main the AAC in rebounds per sport (eighth within the NCAA, 44.88), offensive rebounds per sport (tenth, 16.1 per sport), rebounds (twentieth, 763) and rebounding margin (twenty ninth, +7.6). Wichita State can also be within the top-75 of the nation in field-goal proportion protection, checking in at third within the AAC and 72nd within the nation by holding opponents to simply 37.1 % from the ground.
The all-time collection between the 2 colleges is knotted at 3-3 after East Carolina took a 74-59 house win final season. That victory snapped a three-game dropping streak for the Pirates towards the Shockers. East Carolina remains to be in search of its first win in Kansas, having misplaced every of its earlier two journeys to Wichita State.
Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m., on Tuesday night time at Wichita State’s Charles Koch Area. The sport can be broadcast on ESPN+ and followers can observe the reside stats here.
