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GAMEDAY: Pirates Close Regular Season Play at UCF Monday Night
February 25, 2018 | Women's Basketball
| Game 29: ECU at UCF | |
| Date | Monday, Feb. 26 |
| Time | 7 p.m. (EST) |
| Location | Orlando, Fla. (CFE Arena)Â |
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The ECU women's basketball team (15-13, 7-8) will complete the regular season on Monday night in Florida at UCF (19-9, 11-4). Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. (EST) from CFE Arena.
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Freshman Ariyana Williams is averaging an ECU team-best 9.1 points per game. Senior Thais Oliveira is second on the team in scoring with 8.3 points and 5.6 rebounds per contest. Junior Salita Greene is the team's leading rebounder at 6.3 per game. In conference play, freshman Lashonda Monk is averaging a team-high of 9.2 points and 3.8 assists. Junior Alex Frazier is averaging 8.3 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists in AAC play.
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The Pirates are second in the American Athletic Conference in steals per game, averaging 11.1. The Pirates lead the conference in offensive rebounding with 434 on the season, an average of 15.5 per game.
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UCF has secured the No. 3 seed in the conference standings. The Knights are 9-4 on the season when playing in their home arena. Zakiya Saunders leads the team in scoring at 15.3 points per game. Korneila Wright is second on the team, averaging 10.9 points and first in assists at 4.3 per contest. Fifi Ndour and Aliyah Gregory are each averaging 9.9 and 9.4 points per contest, respectively. UCF is second in the AAC in scoring defense, only allowing an average of 54.4 points.
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Monday night's season finale marks the 20th meeting between the two team in series history that dates back to 2006. The Knights lead the series 12-7, while ECU head coach Heather Macy holds a 6-3 record against UCF. The Pirates are 4-6 all-time when playing at UCF. In the last meeting between the two, UCF defeated the Pirates 79-51 in Greenville N.C. on Feb. 18, 2017.
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