2023–24 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

2023–24 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
2023–24 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	7–4 (0–0 The American)
Head coach	Kim McNeill (5th season);
Assistant coaches	Cory McNeill; Tamoria Holmes; Jeff Williams;
Home arena	Williams Arena

2023–24 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UAB	4	–	1	.800	13	–	4	.765
Charlotte	4	–	1	.800	11	–	6	.647
North Texas	3	–	1	.750	13	–	3	.813
Rice	3	–	1	.750	9	–	6	.600
UTSA	4	–	2	.667	10	–	7	.588
Tulsa	3	–	2	.600	13	–	5	.722
Temple	3	–	2	.600	9	–	8	.529
South Florida	3	–	3	.500	11	–	8	.579
East Carolina	2	–	2	.500	9	–	6	.600
SMU	2	–	3	.400	8	–	8	.500
Tulane	1	–	3	.250	8	–	7	.533
Memphis	1	–	4	.200	5	–	11	.313
Wichita State	1	–	4	.200	5	–	12	.294
Florida Atlantic	0	–	5	.000	5	–	11	.313

† 2024 AAC tournament winner As of January 16, 2024

The 2023–24 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team will represent East Carolina University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by fifth year head coach Kim McNeill, play their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and are ninth year members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Pirates finished the 2022–23 season 23–10, 11–5 in AAC play to finish in third place. They won the American Athletic Conference women's tournament, as a result they received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2007. They lost in the first round to Texas.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Alexsia Rose	0	G	5'7"	Junior	Bloomfield, CT	Transferred to UMass
Paige Lyons	2	G	5'7"	Sophomore	Norcross, GA	Transferred to Wagner
Xianna Josephs	3	G	6'0"	Senior	Brampton, ON	Graduated
Iycez Adams	20	F	5'11"	Sophomore	Kernsville, NC	Transferred to Elon
Brittany Franklin	31	C	6'5"	GS Senior	Plymouth, NC	Graduated
Tiara Chambers	33	F	6'3"	GS Senior	Portsmouth, VA	Graduated
Samora Watson	55	G	5'6"	Freshman	League City, TX	Transferred to Central Connecticut

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Taliyah Wyche	00	F	6'3"	Junior	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Florida
Tatyana Wyche	3	F	6'2"	Junior	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Florida

Recruiting

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Khia Miller G	Woodbridge, MD	Sidwell Friends School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	N/A
Khia Miller G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023.

Media

All Pirates home and road games will have a video stream on ESPN+.

Roster

2023–24 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	00	Taliyah Wyche	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	American Heritage School Florida	Fort Lauderdale, FL
G	1	Micah Dennis	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	GS	Cairine Wilson Oklahoma State	Toronto, ON
F	2	Tatyana Wyche	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	American Heritage School Florida	Fort Lauderdale, FL
G	3	Karina Gordon	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	St. Thomas Aquinas	Hallandale Beach, FL
G	4	Synia Johnson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Riverdale Baptist	Waldorf, MD
G	5	Jayla Hearp	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Smithfield	Hampton, VA
G	11	Khia Miller	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Sidwell Friends School	Woodbridge, VA
G/F	12	Morgan Moseley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Saint James School	Centreville, MD
G	14	Bobbi Smith	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Southeast Raleigh	Garner, NC
F	15	Jaedyn Cook	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	John Marshall High School	Richmond, VA
G/F	20	Jade Tillman	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	Fr	Good Counsel	Rockville, MD
G	22	Danae McNeal	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	Swansea Clemson	Swansea, SC
F	23	Amiya Joyner	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	So	Farmville Central	Farmville, NC
G	24	Kimora Jenkins	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Jr	Millbrook Georgia	Long Island, NY

Head coach

Kim McNeill (Richmond)

Assistant coach(es)

Cory McNeill (Morgan State)
Tamoria Holmes (Howard)
Jeff Williams (Howard)

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	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., FloSports	at Elon	W 68–37	1–0	22 – McNeal	10 – Tat. Wyche	5 – Johnson	Schar Center (692) Elon, NC
November 9, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	USC Upstate	W 105–35	2–0	18 – Joyner	8 – Joyner	4 – Dennis	Williams Arena (1,353) Greenville, NC
November 14, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at VCU	L 50–55	2–1	18 – McNeal	11 – Joyner	4 – Johnson	Siegel Center (549) Richmond, VA
November 20, 2023* 1:30 p.m., FloSports	vs. No. 15 Ohio State Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship	L 55–79	2–2	14 – Johnson	9 – Joyner	4 – Dennis	Baha Mar Convention Center (391) Nassau, Bahamas
November 22, 2023* 11:00 a.m., FloSports	vs. Seton Hall Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship	L 57–68	2–3	17 – McNeal	6 – Dennis	3 – Dennis	Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas
November 29, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Hampton	W 75–55	3–3	31 – McNeal	10 – Tat. Wyche	7 – Dennis	Williams Arena (6,166) Greenville, NC
December 2, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Coppin State	W 59–51	4–3	17 – Tied	7 – Joyner	4 – Dennis	Williams Arena (1,088) Greenville, NC
December 4, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	Maryland Eastern Shore	W 72–57	5–3	34 – McNeal	10 – Tat. Wyche	6 – Dennis	Williams Arena (1,053) Greenville, NC
December 18, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	George Mason	W 65–44	6–3	27 – Joyner	16 – Joyner	6 – Dennis	Williams Arena (1,141) Greenville, NC
December 21, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Charleston Southern	W 75–46	7–3	16 – Gordon	11 – Joyner	6 – Joyner	Williams Arena (1,092) Greenville, NC
December 30, 2023* 12:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 1 South Carolina	L 36–73	7–4	10 – Joyner	6 – Tied	1 – Tied	Williams Arena (5,717) Greenville, NC
AAC regular season
January 2, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UTSA						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
January 6, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Memphis						Elma Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN
January 10, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UAB						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
January 13, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulane						Devlin Fieldhouse New Orleans, LA
January 17, 2024 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Rice						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	SMU						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Florida Atlantic						Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena Boca Raton, FL
January 28, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPNU	at South Florida						Yuengling Center Tampa, FL
February 1, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Tulsa						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
February 4, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Wichita State						Charles Koch Arena Wichita, KS
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Charlotte						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
February 14, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Rice						Tudor Fieldhouse Houston, TX
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Memphis						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
February 21, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	South Florida						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
February 24, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at SMU						Moody Coliseum University Park, TX
February 27, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at North Texas						The Super Pit Denton, TX
March 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Temple						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
March 5, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Charlotte						Dale F. Halton Arena Charlotte, NC
AAC Women's Tournament
March 9–13, 2024 TBA	vs.						Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** — = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	—	—*	—	—	—															Not released
Coaches	—	—*	—^	—	—

*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.

References

↑ "ECU Pirates Official Athletic Site". Ecupirates.com.

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

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East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Venues	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (1969–present)
Rivalries	NC State
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

Media

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References