Katherine Martin

Box Score

East Carolina ECU 1-0,0-0 AAC

Elon Elon 0-1,0-0 CAA

East Carolina ECU

1-0,0-0 AAC

Final

Nov. 06, 2023

Elon Elon

0-1,0-0 CAA

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
East Carolina ECU	15	14	26	13	68
Elon Elon	8	8	12	9	37

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 11/6/2023 10:24:00 PM | by Ashlee Brackett, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications

Women’s Basketball Falls To East Carolina In Home Opener

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ELON, N.C. — The Elon women's basketball opened its 2023-24 season on Monday at home with a 68-37 loss to East Carolina.

Freshman Ava Leroux led the Phoenix with 10 points on 4-4 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds.

"I felt like we had a lot of opportunities tonight, in terms of offense, the ball just did not fall for us tonight but I feel good about our team and where we're headed," said head coach Charlotte Smith. "We'll learn a lot from this game in preparation for our upcoming games. We had 40-plus rebounds and that's our goal to have that amount of rebounds but we simply did not shoot the ball well tonight and that's something that is an easy fix."

THE RUNDOWN

East Carolina went on a 7-0 run to start the game before Elon responded with two quick jumpers from Ava Leroux. The Pirates eventually ended the quarter with a 15-8 lead.
Both teams traded baskets up until midway through the second quarter before the Pirates ended the period with a 5-0 run to enter halftime with a 29-16 lead. The Phoenix shot 24% (6-for-25) in the half.
East Carolina kept momentum starting the third quarter with an 11-0 run to seize a 41-16 lead. The next four possessions saw the teams go back-and-forth with three-pointers as Diamond Monroe and Leroux sunk two from downtown. The Phoenix entered the fourth quarter trailing 55-28.
The Pirates outscored the Phoenix 13-9 in the fourth quarter to seal the win 68-37.

NOTES

Iycez Adams and Jessica Booth made their first career start, joining Regina Walton, Vanessa Taylor and Maya Johnson in the starting five.
In addition, Ava Leroux and Maraja Pass made their Elon debuts both playing 20-plus minutes.
Leroux led Elon in scoring with 10 points going 4-4 from the floor including one from beyond the arch. The freshmen also recorded a team-high seven rebounds and one block playing 23 minutes.
Leroux is the first freshman to tally 10 points in their first-year debut since Kayla Liles tallied 14 in 2018 against North Carolina.
Diamond Monroe and Ruby Willard both had career-high nights in scoring. Monroe recorded eight going 2-of-4 from downtown while Willard had seven. Willard also secured a career-high in rebounds with three.
Pass recorded a team-high four assists while Walton had two.
Elon's reserves outscored the Pirates' bench unit, 29-20.
East Carolina now leads the all-time series against Elon 10-2.