2025–26 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

2025–26 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
2025–26 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Conference	American Conference
Record	20–7 (12–2 American)
Head coach	Kim McNeill (7th season);
Assistant coaches	Jason Harris; Tamoria Holmes; Jeffrey Williams;
Home arena	Williams Arena

2025–26 American Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Rice	13	–	0	1.000	23	–	3	.885
East Carolina	12	–	2	.857	20	–	7	.741
South Florida	9	–	5	.643	16	–	11	.593
North Texas	9	–	5	.643	15	–	11	.577
Tulsa	8	–	5	.615	16	–	9	.640
UTSA	7	–	6	.538	12	–	12	.500
Charlotte	6	–	7	.462	12	–	14	.462
Florida Atlantic	6	–	8	.429	12	–	14	.462
Temple	5	–	8	.385	11	–	14	.440
Tulane	5	–	9	.357	10	–	16	.385
UAB	3	–	10	.231	10	–	15	.400
Memphis	2	–	11	.154	8	–	18	.308
Wichita State	2	–	11	.154	5	–	21	.192

† 2026 American tournament winner As of February 19, 2026

The 2025–26 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team currently represents East Carolina University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by seventh-year head coach Kim McNeill, play their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, North Carolina, as members of the American Conference.

Previous season

The Pirates finished the 2024–25 season 17–15, 8–10 in AAC play to finish in 7th place. They defeated Memphis in the second round of the AAC tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to North Texas.

Offseason

Departures

East Carolina Departures
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Taliyah Wyche	00	F	6'3"	Senior	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Graduated
Journee McDaniel	1	G	5'9"	Junior	New Bern, NC	Transferred to UNC Asheville
Tatyana Wyche	2	F	6'2"	Senior	Fort Lauderdale, FL	Graduated
Timia Ware	3	G	5'6"	Senior	Chicago, IL	Graduated
Synia Johnson	4	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Waldorf, MD	Graduated
Devin Hagemann	7	G	5'6"	Freshman	Detroit, MI	Transferred to DePaul
Khloe Miler	8	F	6'3"	Freshman	Raleigh, NC	Transferred to Temple
Khia Miller	11	G	5'10"	Sophomore	Woodbridge, VA	Transferred to Georgetown
Morgan Moseley	12	G/F	5'11"	Graduate Student	Centreville, MD	Graduated
Jade Tillman	20	G/F	5'10"	Sophomore	Rockville, MD	Transferred to UMBC
Amiya Joyner	23	F	6'2"	Junior	Farmville, NC	Transferred to LSU
Kimora Jenkins	24	G	6'1"	Senior	Long Island, NY	Graudated

Incoming transfers

East Carolina incoming transfers
Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Savannah Brooks	2	G	5'9"	Senior	Taneytown, MD	Coastal Carolina
Taylor Barner	3	G	5'9"	Sophomore	Cary, NC	Memphis
Kennedy Fauntleroy	4	G	5'7"	Senior	Upper Marlboro, MD	Arizona State
Chimera Iloanya	23	F	6'0"	Senior	Tampa, FL	Portland State
Keanna Rembert	31	F	6'2"	Senior	Raleigh, NC	Charlotte

Recruiting

There was no recruiting class for the class of 2025.

Roster

2025–26 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Olivia Hilliard	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	S3 Academy	Fredericksburg, VA
G	2	Savannah Brooks	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Sr	Coastal Carolina	Taneytown, MD
G	3	Taylor Barner	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	Memphis	Cary, NC
G	4	Kennedy Fauntleroy	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Arizona State	Upper Marlboro, MD
G	5	Jayla Hearp	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	RS Jr	Smithfield High School	Hampton, VA
G	11	Amanda Smith	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Fr	The Darrow School	Brooklyn, NY
G	14	Bobbi Smith	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Southeast Raleigh High School	Garner, NC
F	19	Amaya Shaw	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Winter Haven High School	Lakeland, FL
F	21	Mildred Dibua	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Fort Erie International	Ontario, Canada
F	22	Anzhané Hutton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	GS	UCF	Dallas, TX
F	23	Chimera Iloanya	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	RS Sr	Portland State	Tampa, FL
F	31	Keanna Rembert	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	RS Sr	Charlotte	Raleigh, NC
F	44	Zaniah Zellous	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	DME Academy	Charleston, WV

Head coach

Kim McNeill (Richmond)

Assistant coach(es)

Jason Harris (Fordham)
Tamoria Holmes (Howard)
Jeffrey Williams (Howard)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UNC Wilmington	W 82–63	1–0	16 – Fauntleroy	7 – Hutton	3 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena (1,010) Greenville, NC
November 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Liberty	L 53–69	1–1	13 – Hutton	6 – Hutton	2 – Tied	Liberty Arena (1,050) Lynchburg, VA
November 11, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Charleston Southern	W 91–62	2–1	32 – Barner	9 – Hutton	5 – Hillard	Williams Arena (890) Greenville, NC
November 16, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at High Point	L 68–84	2–2	18 – Hutton	13 – Hutton	3 – Tied	Qubein Center (967) High Point, NC
November 21, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Old Dominion	L 67–73	2–3	26 – Hutton	13 – Hutton	4 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena (5,432) Greenville, NC
November 26, 2025* 10:00 a.m., FloCollege	vs. UCF Puerto Rico Shootout	L 61–75	2–4	14 – Brooks	7 – Hutton	4 – Fauntleroy	Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR
November 27, 2025* 10:00 a.m., FloCollege	vs. Illinois State Puerto Rico Shootout	W 73–66	3–4	17 – Fauntleroy	6 – Rembert	8 – Fauntleroy	Coliseo Guillermo Angulo San Juan, PR
November 28, 2025* 12:30 p.m., FloCollege	vs. Hofstra Puerto Rico Shootout	W 72–53	4–4	18 – Barner	5 – Rembert	3 – Tied	Coliseo Guillermo Angulo (250) San Juan, PR
December 3, 2025* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	James Madison	L 66–83	4–5	17 – Fauntleroy	6 – Hutton	4 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena (820) Greenville, NC
December 7, 2025* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Elon	W 64–53	5–5	21 – Barner	6 – Zellous	3 – Tied	Williams Arena (958) Greenville, NC
December 14, 2025* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	UNC Asheville	W 75–61	6–5	20 – Barner	8 – Brooks	5 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena Greenville, NC
December 17, 2025* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+	Wofford	W 80–59	7–5	30 – Barner	5 – Hearp	4 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena (4,681) Greenville, NC
December 21, 2025* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	Campbell	W 81−59	8−5	14 – Hutton	10 – Zellous	3 – Brooks	Williams Arena (710) Greenville, NC
American regular season
December 30, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UAB	W 88–87 ^OT	9–5 (1–0)	27 – Rembert	11 – Rembert	5 – Brooks	Williams Arena (760) Greenville, NC
January 3, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Memphis	W 74–65	10−5 (2−0)	16 – Tied	9 – Hearp	7 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena (926) Greenville, NC
January 6, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at North Texas	L 63–87	10−6 (2−1)	16 – Hearp	7 – Zellous	4 – Fauntleroy	The Super Pit (1,179) Denton, TX
January 10, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Wichita State	W 83–56	11–6 (3–1)	21 – Fauntleroy	7 – Tied	8 – Fauntleroy	Charles Koch Arena (872) Wichita, KS
January 13, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Tulsa	W 79–48	12–6 (4–1)	21 – Fauntleroy	8 – Tied	7 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena (687) Greenville, NC
January 17, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Temple	W 81–65	13–6 (5–1)	27 – Fauntleroy	7 – Tied	8 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena (1,027) Greenville, NC
January 20, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at UTSA	W 65–58	14–6 (6–1)	21 – Rembert	8 – Hutton	4 – Tied	Convocation Center (786) San Antonio, TX
January 24, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UAB	W 87–61	15–6 (7–1)	21 – Hutton	7 – Hutton	8 – Fauntleroy	Bartow Arena (310) Birmingham, AL
January 27, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Wichita State	L 54–63	15–7 (7–2)	13 – Fauntleroy	6 – Zellous	7 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena (674) Greenville, NC
January 30, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Charlotte	W 67–61	16–7 (8–2)	21 – Fauntleroy	6 – Hutton	5 – Fauntleroy	Dale F. Halton Arena (544) Charlotte, NC
February 4, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	South Florida	W 64–62	17–7 (9–2)	18 – Hearp	8 – Hutton	6 – Fauntleroy	Williams Arena (544) Greenville, NC
February 10, 2026 7:30 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulane	W 65–61	18–7 (10–2)	23 – Fauntleroy	13 – Hutton	4 – Fauntleroy	Devlin Fieldhouse (638) New Orleans, LA
February 14, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Temple	W 79–73	19–7 (11–2)	19 – Tied	8 – Brooks	3 – Tied	Liacouras Center (1,119) Philadelphia, PA
February 17, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Florida Atlantic						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
February 21, 2026 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Rice						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
February 25, 2026 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Memphis						Elma Roane Fieldhouse Memphis, TN
February 28, 2026 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Charlotte						Williams Arena Greenville, NC
March 7, 2026 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Tulsa						Reynolds Center Tulsa, OK
American tournament
March 10–14, 2026 TBA	vs.						Legacy Arena Birmingham, AL
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[1]

References

^ "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". East Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2025.

[1] "2025–26 Women's Basketball Schedule". East Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved November 10, 2025.

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East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
Venues	Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (1969–present)
Rivalries	NC State
Culture & lore	History
People	Head coaches
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