North Carolina A&T vs. East Carolina University
When: Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, 6 p.m. 
Where: Corbett Sports Center (East Greensboro) 
Stream: ESPN +; Donal Ware (pxp), Cy Alexander (analyst)
A&T Team Leaders:
Points: Chanin Scott (12.9)
Rebounds: Chanin Scott (7.5)
Assists: Jordyn Dorsey (2.3)
Steals: Chanin Scott (1.9)
Field Goal Percentage: Chanin Scott (.462)
3-pt Field Goal Percentage: Kiana Adderton (.333)
Free Throw Percentage: Kiana Adderton, Levossie Taylor (1.000)

A&T Big South Leaders (Top-10)  
Points: Chanin Scott (12.9) – 9th
Rebounds: Chanin Scott (7.5) – 5th 
Steals: Chanin Scott (1.9) – 5th 
Field Goal Percentage: Chanin Scott (.462) – 10th

NORTH CAROLINA A&T AGGIES (2-6, 0-0 Big South): Thee Aggies finished their last game on a 22-2 run against North Carolina Central for a 60-55 win last Saturday at Corbett Sports Center.

D'Mya Tucker led the way with a game-high and a career-high 21 points and eight rebounds on 8-for-8 shooting from the field. Chanin Scott added 16 points and seven rebounds on 5-for-10 shooting. 

Head coach Tarrell Robinson enters his 10th season with a 177-98 overall record and is coming off his third Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) championship last season. He is 15 wins shy of becoming the program's all-time leader in coaching wins. 

EAST CAROLINA PIRATES (5-5, 0-0 AAC): East Carolina is 3-1 against Big South opponents with the only loss to conference favorite High Point, 60-50. ECU defeated Gardner-Webb 81-52, Hampton 75-58 and Campbell 76-66. 

  The last time out, the Pirates easily defeated North Carolina Central 75-34 on Dec. 6.

Taniyah Thompson leads the Pirates with 15.3 points per game. She is third on the team in rebounds per game (4.2). Danaie McNeal averages 9.5 points. Tiara Chambers leads the team in rebounding at 4.9 per game. 

Kim McNeill has a 22-40 record in her third season at ECU. She is 81-78 overall in her sixth season as a head coach. 

THE SERIES:  The two schools haven't faced each other since Nov. 29, 2008, despite only 156 miles separating the institutions. The Aggies defeated the Pirates 72-53 in Greenville, N.C. 

Overall, ECU leads the series 11-5, but the series is tied at three games apiece at Corbett. The last meeting in Greensboro came on Nov. 29, 2005. ECU won 74-71.   

QUOTABLE: "It's always a great opportunity when you get a chance to play an in-state school. With that being said, we look forward to the chance to continue our winning ways at home hosting East Carolina University. We've got to do a better job of taking care of the ball after having 37 turnovers against NCCU if we plan on coming out with a victory."

GAME NOTES: 

• The ECU game ends a three-game homestand. 
• A&T is 2-0 during the homestand with both wins against MEAC opponents, South Carolina State and North Carolina Central. 
• The ECU game is the first of two consecutive games against the American Athletic Conference. A&T travels to Cincinnati, Ohio, to face Cincinnati on Sunday at 2 p.m. to finish the non-conference schedule.
• Chanin Scott has 14.7 points per game in her last seven games and 16.0 points per game in her previous five, including four where she scored in double figures. In her last five, she averages 8.6 rebounds per game in her previous five with two 10-plus rebound games.
• The Aggies will put their 10-game home winning streak on the line tonight against ECU.  
• Current Aggies assistant coach Jaleesa Sams scored 11 points on 4-for-7 shooting as a sophomore guard when A&T last played ECU in 2008.
• Current coach Tarrell Robinson was an assistant coach for the Aggies on that team. 
• Robinson is 23 wins shy of 200, which would make him just the third coach in A&T history – men or women – to win 200 games at the school.