JOYNER’S GAME WINNER
East Carolina’s junior forward Amiya Joyner had one of the best games of her career against Old Dominion, scoring 27 points and grabbing 17 rebounds. She capped the performance by scoring the game-winning lay up with six second remaining in overtime to lead the Pirates to a 59-58 win in Norfolk, Va. On the week, Joyner averaged 21.5 points and 13.5 rebounds.
FINAL WEEK OF NON-CONFERENCE
American teams will play their final games against non-conference opponents this week. Teams will have a week off before returning to play with conference action beginning Sunday, December 29. This week features multiple opportunities for teams to get ranked wins before heading into conference play including Memphis vs. #18/16 Tennessee, Rice at #17/20 Georgia Tech, Tulsa vs. #18/16 Tennessee and South Florida vs. #9/10 Duke.
HOME COOKING
Four teams enter the final week of non-conference play undefeated at home. UTSA sits at 3-0, North Texas is 5-0, UAB is 4-0 and East Carolina is 4-0. They will all host opposing teams this week and will look to enter conference play with a perfect record on their home court.
NET RANKINGS
As non-conference play concludes, The American currently has five teams ranked in the Top 100 in the NCAA NET Rankings, as of December 17. UTSA leads the pack at 51, followed by South Florida (83), Temple (91), Tulane (94) and East Carolina (96). The Bulls currently have the 5th toughest strength of schedule in the nation.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16
RV/RV Stanford 62, UTSA 57
Charlotte 55, Winthrop 47
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17
South Florida vs Northwestern State________________ 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18
UAB vs New Orleans________________________________ 12 p.m.
Rice at 17/20 Georgia Tech____________________________ 2 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Georgia Southern_________________ 2 p.m.
Wichita State at CSU Bakersfield____________________ 5 p.m.
East Carolina vs VCU_______________________________ 6 p.m.
Memphis vs 18/16 Tennessee_________________________ 8:30 p.m.
thursday, december 19
Florida Atlantic at Grand Canyon____________________ 4:30 p.m.
UTSA vs UT Arlington_______________________________ 5 p.m.
North Texas vs SMU________________________________ 7 p.m.
friday, december 20
Tulsa vs Montana__________________________________ 12 p.m.
Tulane vs Alabama A&M____________________________ 3:30 p.m.
UAB at Illinois State________________________________ 7:30 p.m.
saturday, december 21
Tulane vs Central Arkansas/ULM____________________ TBD
Tulsa vs 18/16 Tennessee_____________________________ 11 a.m.
East Carolina vs UNC Wilmington____________________ 12 p.m.
Florida Atlantic vs Wright State_____________________ 12 p.m.
South Florida vs 9/10 Duke___________________________ 1 p.m.
UTSA at Texas State________________________________ 1 p.m.
Wichita State at Oral Roberts_______________________ 3 p.m.
Charlotte at Davidson______________________________ 3 p.m.
North Texas vs Chicago State_______________________ 4 p.m.
Memphis vs Louisville______________________________ 5 p.m.
Temple vs Xavier___________________________________ 11 p.m.
sunday, december 22
UAB at Southern Illinois____________________________ 1 p.m.
Temple vs Fordham/24/RV Cal_________________________ TBD
All times Eastern and subject to change
