Pirates, Knights seek AAC win

The mantra for the East Carolina women’s basketball team throughout its eight-game losing streak has been to put away losses as quickly as possible and move on to the next game.

ECU had one of its best performances of the season two games ago — falling at the buzzer to then-No. 20 South Florida — but the loss prior to tonight’s contest at Central Florida was a 66-51 setback at home against Tulane on Tuesday in which the Pirates’ scoring output was their lowest of the season.

ECU (6-9, 0-3 American Athletic Conference) will look to rebound at 7 p.m. against UCF (3-10, 0-2), which is also winless in league play.

“The cool thing about basketball is you can do it again,” ECU coach Heather Macy…