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Lady Pirate Basketball Defeats Duquesne In Season Opener
 

 

 
 
 
Lady Pirate Basketball Defeats Duquesne In Season Opener
11/19/2004

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    GREENVILLE, N.C. -- The East Carolina women's basketball team used an 11-0 run in the final five minutes of the second half to claim a 65-51 victory over Duquesne Friday night inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.

    The Pirates (1-0) had two players in double figures led by senior Jennifer Jackson's game-high 23 points and a team-best eight boards. Fellow senior Viola Cooper netted 11 points, while hitting two three-pointers, including one with 13 seconds left in the first half.

    For the first eight minutes in the second half, both teams traded baskets as the largest lead was four points by the Pirates at the intermission. Back-to-back lay-ups by Jackson and Tamekia Powell gave the Pirates a five-point lead with 9:37 remaining.

    Jackson answered Duquesne's three-pointer by Maria Stankevich when she connected on her fourth three of the night to spark the Pirates. Cooper then drained her second three and Samantha Pankey hit a seven foot jumper to put ECU up by eight, 54-46. From that moment on, ECU cruised to a 65-41 victory outscoring the Dukes 18-9.

    "I thought our team played hard defensively tonight," said head coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener. "In the first half, we were struggling a bit offensively and the defensive play kept us in the ball game. Last year, if we not scoring, we were going to loose. So I feel a little bit better tonight knowing that we have improved."

    ECU returns to action Sunday, Nov. 21 when they travel to Washington, D.C. to take on another Atlantic-10 school in George Washington. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m.

    East Carolina vs. Duquesne
    Nov. 19, 2004
    Post Game Notes

  • ECU is now 19-18 all-time in season openers.
  • The Pirates out rebounded the Dukes 37-29.
  • Senior Jennifer Jackson led all scorers with 23. It was her 51st double figure game of her career.
  • With her five three-pointers, Jackson now has 124 for her career and is 13 shy of moving into third place on ECU's career three-point field goals made. She also tied her personal game best, which has been done seven times previously.
  • Senior center Soraya Hellaby had her best game as a Pirate recording a career-best eight points in 19 minutes of play, hitting on 80 percent of her shots (4-of-5).
  • Guard Viola Cooper 14th double figure game of her career with her 11 points.

    Sharon Baldwin-Tener
    Post Game Quotes

    On Jennifer Jackson:
    "When Jennifer is playing hard and really getting after it, she makes a lot of things happen for us. It's not just with her points, but she led us in rebounds (tied with 8). She makes a lot of things happen."

    On Keisha Anthony:
    "Keisha makes a lot of things happen. Sometimes she struggles with her decisions on the offensive end of the floor, but her intensity and enthusiasm really makes the players around her better."



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