photo by Don Mooney
by Don Mooney
FORT WORTH, Texas – The three-seeded East Carolina women’s basketball team defeated the second-seeded Memphis Tigers, 69-60, in the AAC Semifinal Round on Wednesday evening in Dickies Arena.
In the Tigers case it was a rinse and repeat from last evenings performance. This time it led to the exit door and concluded their season. East Carolina (22-9) jumped out to an early lead, taking a six-point advantage and leading by as many as 10 in the third quarter before Memphis (20-10) roared back to level the game at 43 going into the final quarter.
The Pirates responded, though, en route to leading for 37 minutes and 33 seconds of game time. It was still a tight game when Micah Dennis, as she has several times before, drained a clutch three-point shot to extend the lead to six with five minutes remaining in the game. Memphis would not draw closer than six the rest of the way as the Pirates expanded the lead to as many as 11 in the final minutes to clinch their berth in the Title Game.
