# 2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

The 2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by first year head coach Chad Killinger and later first year head coach Nicole Mealing, played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were fifth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 6–10 AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated SMU in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to Connecticut.
Assistant coach Killinger was initially named interim head coach of the Pirates for the season, but health concerns led to his resignation 11 games into the season on December 26, 2018, and Killinger's top assistant Mealing was named interim coach for the rest of the season.

## Media

All Pirates home games will have a video stream on Pirates All Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital. Audio broadcasts for most road games can also be found on the opponents website.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/06/2018* 5:30 pm | | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 84–69 | 1–0 | Williams Arena (752) Greenville, NC |
| 11/09/2018* 5:30 pm | | Monmouth | W 73–67 | 2–0 | Williams Arena (816) Greenville, NC |
| 11/14/2018* 7:00 pm | | Grand Canyon | W 59–47 | 3–0 | Williams Arena (847) Greenville, NC |
| 11/18/2018* 5:00 pm | | Kennesaw State | W 68–56 | 4–0 | Williams Arena (802) Greenville, NC |
| 11/24/2018* 2:00 pm | | Wake Forest | W 70–61 | 5–0 | Williams Arena (901) Greenville, NC |
| 11/27/2018* 7:00 pm | | at William & Mary | L 43–63 | 5–1 | Kaplan Arena (574) Williamsburg, VA |
| 12/01/2018* 4:00 pm | | at Charlotte | L 46–52 | 5–2 | Dale F. Halton Arena (1,160) Charlotte, NC |
| 12/13/2018* 11:30 am | | Liberty | W 66–63 | 6–2 | Williams Arena (6,276) Greenville, NC |
| 12/16/2018* 2:00 pm | | USC Upstate | W 63–53 | 7–2 | Williams Arena (813) Greenville, NC |
| 12/19/2018* 6:30 pm | | vs. Longwood Beach Ball Classic | W 61–52 | 8–2 | Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC |
| 12/21/2018* 6:30 pm | | vs. South Carolina State Beach Ball Classic | W 71–63 | 9–2 | Myrtle Beach Convention Center Myrtle Beach, SC |
| 12/28/2018* 7:00 pm | | at Duke | L 66–83 | 9–3 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,512) Durham, NC |
| 12/30/2018* 2:00 pm | | UNC Wilmington | L 68–71 | 9–4 | Williams Arena (982) Greenville, NC |
| AAC regular season ||||||
| 01/05/2019 3:00 pm | | at Tulane | L 57–68 | 9–5 (0–1) | Devlin Fieldhouse (745) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/09/2019 7:00 pm | | Wichita State | W 78–56 | 10–5 (1–1) | Williams Arena (802) Greenville, NC |
| 01/12/2019 1:00 pm | | Tulsa | L 55–75 | 10–6 (1–2) | Williams Arena (893) Greenville, NC |
| 01/19/2019 12:00 pm | | at Memphis | L 46–58 | 10–7 (1–3) | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (471) Memphis, TN |
| 01/23/2019 7:00 pm, ADN | | UCF | L 58–61 | 10–8 (1–4) | Williams Arena (798) Greenville, NC |
| 01/26/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Temple | L 62–84 | 10–9 (1–5) | McGonigle Hall (863) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/29/2019 7:30 pm | | at Wichita State | L 47–57 | 10–10 (1–6) | Charles Koch Arena (1,267) Wichita, KS |
| 02/02/2019 5:00 pm, ADN | | Tulane | W 63–61 | 11–10 (2–6) | Williams Arena Greenville, NC |
| 02/06/2019 7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | | at No. 5 Connecticut | L 55–118 | 11–11 (2–7) | XL Center (8,469) Hartford, CT |
| 02/09/2019 1:00 pm, ADN | | Memphis | W 68–59 | 12–11 (3–7) | Williams Arena (1,396) Greenville, NC |
| 02/14/2019 8:00 pm | | at SMU | W 64–54 | 13–11 (4–7) | Moody Coliseum (576) Dallas, TX |
| 02/16/2019 1:00 pm | | at Houston | L 52–63 | 13–12 (4–8) | Fertitta Center Houston, TX |
| 02/20/2019 7:00 pm | | South Florida | L 50–63 | 13–13 (4–9) | Williams Arena (762) Greenville, NC |
| 02/23/2019 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Cincinnati | L 57–68 | 13–14 (4–10) | Williams Arena (1,102) Greenville, NC |
| 03/02/2019 3:00 pm | | at Tulsa | W 64–60 | 14–14 (5–10) | Reynolds Center (1,119) Tulsa, OK |
| 03/04/2019 7:00 pm | | SMU | W 67–61 | 15–14 (6–10) | Williams Arena Greenville, NC |
| AAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | (8) | vs. (9) SMU First Round | W 50–48 $^{OT}$ | 16–14 | Mohegan Sun Arena (3,959) Uncasville, CT |
| 03/09/2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | (8) | vs. (1) No. 2 Connecticut Quarterfinals | L 65–92 | 16–15 | Mohegan Sun Arena (5,935) Uncasville, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |