No. 4 seed Texas (25-9, 14-4 Big 12) vs. No. 13 seed East Carolina (23-9, 11-5 AAC)
NCAA Tournament First Round Game 35
Saturday, March 18, 2023 – 9:00 p.m. Central
Moody Center – Austin, Texas
TELEVISION: The game will be nationally televised on ESPN. Eric Frede (pxp) and Tamika Catchings (analyst) will call the game.
RADIO: The game will be carried on 105.3 FM in Austin. Roger Wallace (pxp) and Kathy Harston (analyst) will call the action.
East Carolina Players to Watch
McNeal is East Carolina's leading scorer, averaging 17.6 points and 2.9 steals per game. Amiya Joyner is the leading rebounder, tallying 9.7 rebounds per game to go with 10.5 points, while Micah Dennis leads the Lady Pirates with 2.8 assists per game in addition to averaging 6.6 points a contest.
McNeal is the top threat for East Carolina from beyond the arc. She paces the squad in made threes per game, hitting 1.1 three-pointers per contest with a 28 percent shooting percentage from downtown.
E.C.Shooting:
37.8% from the floor
23.4% from 3
62.6% from the stripe
(So not too spiffy)
Texas Shooting:
44.6% from the floor
34.0% from 3
67.9% from the stripe
They appear to shoot and rebound about even with their opponents.
They have more assists, blocks, a lot more steals and far fewer turnovers than their opponents.
East Carolina Pirates Schedule:
vs South Carolina State W71-35
vs Wake Forest L57-46
vs UNC Wilmington W76-49
vs High Point W65-54 OT
vs Charleston Southern W64-31
vs Liberty W72-64
@ Virginia L72-50
@ George Mason L54-41
vs VCU W69-51
vs Maryland-Eastern Shore W67-41
@ Gardner-Webb L67-59
vs North Carolina A&T W79-49
@ Hampton W64-60
vs Tulsa L55-47
@ Memphis W55-47
vs Tulane W63-53
@ Temple W72-51
@ SMU L68-66
vs Cincinnati W61-53
@ Wichita State W66-57
vs Memphis L61-53
@ South Florida L72-48
@ UCF W68-54
vs Temple W67-52
vs Wichita State W79-62
@ Cincinnati W68-57
vs UCF W63-57
vs Houston W88-83 3OT
@ Tulane L64-56
vs Tulane W69-58
vs Memphis W69-60
vs Houston W46-44