Pirates win streak snapped by USF

The East Carolina University women's basketball team never led and trailed by as much as 43 in a 88-47 loss to No. 23 University of South Florida yesterday in Tampa, Florida.ECU (13-11, 5-6 AAC) trailed the whole game, starting in the first quarter when it was outscored 20-13. The first quarter turned out to be the most competitive quarter the Pirates would have all game long. USF outscored ECU 23-12 in the second quarter and went into halftime up by 18. It got only worse in the second half, as the Bulls outscored the Pirates 18-9 in the third quarter and 27-13 in the fourth.

ECU only had 14 turnovers, its second fewest in a game this season, but just couldn’t get any offense going. ECU only…