PIRATES STINGY DEFENSE
The East Carolina Pirates are off to a 7-1 start this season and a large part of that can be credited to their defensive play. The Pirates are Top 10 in the nation in opponent hitting percentage, ranking 6th at .122.
DAVENPORT LEADING THE CONFERENCE
As of Monday, September 16, Temple’s Taylor Davenport, this week’s AAC Offensive Player of the Week, leads the nation in points (192.5) and kills (173) this season. She is also 10th in the country in points per set (5.35) and 7th in the nation in kills per set (4.81).
GOLDEN HURRICANE DOWN #22 ARKANSAS
The Golden Hurricane started last weekend on a hot note, defeating No. 22 Arkansas in five-sets at the Reynolds Center. It marked the second victory over a nationally ranked opponent in program history and first since 2010. The Tulsa front row finished with 12 blocks as they held the Hogs to a .127 hitting percentage.
WEEKEND FORECAST
The final weekend of non-conference play in The American features a heavy dose of ranked opponents. South Florida will take on No. 24 Dayton twice this weekend. East Carolina has a match against top-ranked Pitt on Friday, while Tulsa will travel to 10th-ranked Kansas on Friday before facing off against 6th-ranked Purdue on Saturday. North Texas will be in Gainesville to take on 16th-ranked Florida. The weekend ends with Rice taking on 23rd-ranked TCU in Fort Worth.
CONFERENCE PLAY A WEEK AWAY
American Athletic Conference basketball is just one week away from conference action. Next Wednesday, September 25, Memphis will host Wichita State at 7 p.m. to begin conference play
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19
Memphis vs Montana State___________________ 3 p.m.
South Florida at FGCU_________________________ 6 p.m.
Tulane vs UC Riverside________________________ 7:30 p.m.
UAB vs South Alabama________________________ 8 p.m.
Wichita State vs Cal Poly______________________ 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20
UTSA at McNeese____________________________ 11 a.m.
South Florida vs 24 Dayton_____________________ 11 a.m.
Memphis vs Prairie View A&M__________________ 12 p.m.
Florida Atlantic vs Illinois State________________ 12 p.m.
Rice vs UT Arlington__________________________ 3:30 p.m.
Charlotte vs ETSU____________________________ 4:30 p.m.
UTSA at SFA_________________________________ 6 p.m.
East Carolina at 1 Pitt_________________________ 7 p.m.
North Texas at 16 Florida______________________ 7 p.m.
Florida Atlantic vs Mercer_____________________ 7 p.m.
Temple at Villanova___________________________ 7 p.m.
Tulsa at 10 Kansas____________________________ 7:30 p.m.
UAB vs RV Auburn_____________________________ 8 p.m.
Tulane vs Georgia State_______________________ 8 p.m.
Memphis at 14 Arizona State___________________ 8 p.m.
Wichita State vs Northern Colorado____________ 8 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
Charlotte at NC Central_______________________ 10 a.m.
UTSA vs Boise State__________________________ 12 p.m.
Florida Atlantic vs Stetson____________________ 1 p.m.
South Florida vs 24 Dayton_____________________ 1 p.m.
Tulsa vs 6 Purdue_____________________________ 1:30 p.m.
East Carolina vs RV Marquette_________________ 2 p.m.
Tulane vs Arkansas-Pine Bluff_________________ 4 p.m.
Temple vs Rhode Island/Marist________________ 4:30 p.m.
North Texas vs Buffalo________________________ 5 p.m.
Wichita State vs Omaha______________________ 5 p.m.
Rice at 23 TCU________________________________ 6 p.m.
UAB vs Samford______________________________ 6 p.m.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
Temple vs Saint Peter’s_______________________ 1 p.m.
All times ET and subject to change
