UNCASVILLE, Conn. – For a second-straight year, ECU defeated SMU in the first round of the American Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship, 50-48, to advance to Saturday’s quarterfinals at Mohegan Sun Arena. The No. 8-seeded Pirates outlasted the No. 9-seeded Mustang in the conferences’ second-ever overtime game in tournament action. It marked the third-consecutive year the Pirates and Mustangs met in The American tournament. ECU will take on top-seeded UConn Saturday at 2 p.m. ET on ESPN3.
Lashonda Monk and Salita Greene scored the final two layups of the game to seal the win for the Pirates.