2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	16–15 (6–10 The American)
Head coach	Chad Killinger (1st season) ; Nicole Mealing (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Eboni Fields; Celeste Stewart;
Home arena	Williams Arena
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 UConn †	16	–	0	1.000	35	–	3	.921
UCF	13	–	3	.813	26	–	7	.788
Cincinnati	12	–	4	.750	24	–	11	.686
Houston	9	–	7	.563	15	–	16	.484
South Florida	7	–	9	.438	19	–	16	.543
Temple	7	–	9	.438	11	–	18	.379
East Carolina	6	–	10	.375	16	–	15	.516
Tulsa	6	–	10	.375	13	–	18	.419
Tulane	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Wichita State	5	–	11	.313	12	–	18	.400
SMU	5	–	11	.313	11	–	19	.367
Memphis	5	–	11	.313	11	–	20	.355

† 2019 AAC tournament winner As of March 17, 2019 Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by first year head coach Chad Killinger and later first year head coach Nicole Mealing, played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were fifth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 6–10 AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated SMU in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to Connecticut.

Assistant coach Killinger was initially named interim head coach of the Pirates for the season, but health concerns led to his resignation 11 games into the season on December 26, 2018, and Killinger's top assistant Mealing was named interim coach for the rest of the season.^[1]

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

2018–19 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)	Jr	Timmonsville	Timmonsville, SC
G	1	Alex Frazier	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	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)	So	North Point	Waldorf, MD
G	11	Raven Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Parkview	Lilburn, GA
G	13	Kaylee Jefferson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Sulphur Springs	Sulphur Springs, TX
G	14	Ariyana Williams	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Freedom	Morganton, NC
F	20	Desiree Corbin	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	South Georgia Tech	Griffin, GA
F	21	Salita Greene	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Jordan Richmond	Durham, NC
F	22	Tamia Hicks	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	South Raleigh	Knightdale, NC
G/F	23	Dominique Claytor	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Winston-Salem Prep	Winston-Salem, NC
F	33	Tiara Chambers	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Fr	I. C. Norcom	Portsmouth, VA
F	35	Nique Cherry	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Heidelberg Jones County JC	Laurel, MS
F	44	Destiny Campbell	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Sr	Scotland Cape Fear CC	Laurinburg, NC

Head coach

Chad Killinger (Franklin (IN))

Assistant coach(es)

Nicole Mealing (Francis Marion)
Celeste Stewart (East Carolina)
Eboni Fields (Francis Marion)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/06/2018* 5:30 pm		Maryland Eastern Shore	W 84–69	1–0	Williams Arena (752) Greenville, NC
11/09/2018* 5:30 pm		Monmouth	W 73–67	2–0	Williams Arena (816) Greenville, NC
11/14/2018* 7:00 pm		Grand Canyon	W 59–47	3–0	Williams Arena (847) Greenville, NC
11/18/2018* 5:00 pm		Kennesaw State	W 68–56	4–0	Williams Arena (802) Greenville, NC
11/24/2018* 2:00 pm		Wake Forest	W 70–61	5–0	Williams Arena (901) Greenville, NC
11/27/2018* 7:00 pm		at William & Mary	L 43–63	5–1	Kaplan Arena (574) Williamsburg, VA
12/01/2018* 4:00 pm		at Charlotte	L 46–52	5–2	Dale F. Halton Arena (1,160) Charlotte, NC
12/13/2018* 11:30 am		Liberty	W 66–63	6–2	Williams Arena (6,276) Greenville, NC
12/16/2018* 2:00 pm		USC Upstate	W 63–53	7–2	Williams Arena (813) Greenville, NC
12/19/2018* 6:30 pm		vs. Longwood Beach Ball Classic	W 61–52	8–2	Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC
12/21/2018* 6:30 pm		vs. South Carolina State Beach Ball Classic	W 71–63	9–2	Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC
12/28/2018* 7:00 pm		at Duke	L 66–83	9–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,512) Durham, NC
12/30/2018* 2:00 pm		UNC Wilmington	L 68–71	9–4	Williams Arena (982) Greenville, NC
AAC regular season
01/05/2019 3:00 pm		at Tulane	L 57–68	9–5 (0–1)	Devlin Fieldhouse (745) New Orleans, LA
01/09/2019 7:00 pm		Wichita State	W 78–56	10–5 (1–1)	Williams Arena (802) Greenville, NC
01/12/2019 1:00 pm		Tulsa	L 55–75	10–6 (1–2)	Williams Arena (893) Greenville, NC
01/19/2019 12:00 pm		at Memphis	L 46–58	10–7 (1–3)	Elma Roane Fieldhouse (471) Memphis, TN
01/23/2019 7:00 pm, ADN		UCF	L 58–61	10–8 (1–4)	Williams Arena (798) Greenville, NC
01/26/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Temple	L 62–84	10–9 (1–5)	McGonigle Hall (863) Philadelphia, PA
01/29/2019 7:30 pm		at Wichita State	L 47–57	10–10 (1–6)	Charles Koch Arena (1,267) Wichita, KS
02/02/2019 5:00 pm, ADN		Tulane	W 63–61	11–10 (2–6)	Williams Arena Greenville, NC
02/06/2019 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3		at No. 5 Connecticut	L 55–118	11–11 (2–7)	XL Center (8,469) Hartford, CT
02/09/2019 1:00 pm, ADN		Memphis	W 68–59	12–11 (3–7)	Williams Arena (1,396) Greenville, NC
02/14/2019 8:00 pm		at SMU	W 64–54	13–11 (4–7)	Moody Coliseum (576) Dallas, TX
02/16/2019 1:00 pm		at Houston	L 52–63	13–12 (4–8)	Fertitta Center Houston, TX
02/20/2019 7:00 pm		South Florida	L 50–63	13–13 (4–9)	Williams Arena (762) Greenville, NC
02/23/2019 5:00 pm, ESPN3		Cincinnati	L 57–68	13–14 (4–10)	Williams Arena (1,102) Greenville, NC
03/02/2019 3:00 pm		at Tulsa	W 64–60	14–14 (5–10)	Reynolds Center (1,119) Tulsa, OK
03/04/2019 7:00 pm		SMU	W 67–61	15–14 (6–10)	Williams Arena Greenville, NC
AAC Women's Tournament
03/08/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3	(8)	vs. (9) SMU First Round	W 50–48 ^OT	16–14	Mohegan Sun Arena (3,959) Uncasville, CT
03/09/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3	(8)	vs. (1) No. 2 Connecticut Quarterfinals	L 65–92	16–15	Mohegan Sun Arena (5,935) Uncasville, CT
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

2018–19 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

^ Maskavich, Zach (December 26, 2018). "Killinger steps down as ECU women's basketball interim coach". WNCT-TV. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.
^ "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site". Ecupirates.com.

[1] Maskavich, Zach (December 26, 2018). "Killinger steps down as ECU women's basketball interim coach". WNCT-TV. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved February 2, 2019.

[2] "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site". Ecupirates.com.

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v t e 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