2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

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.

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

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

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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

See also

• 2018–19 East Carolina Pirates men's basketball team

References

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.