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Greenville, N.C. – Riley Popplewell collected her third straight double-double, including a career-high 15 rebounds, on Sunday afternoon as the USC Upstate women's basketball team fell 63-53 to the East Carolina Pirates from Minges Coliseum.

USC Upstate drops to 3-7 on the season while East Carolina improves to 7-2 overall.

A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS

• Popplewell compiled her third consecutive double-double this season, and seventh of her career, with 12 points and a career-high 15 rebounds on 6-of-10 shooting.
• Brianna Lewis led the Spartans offensively tying for a game-high 18 points.
• DeNisha Swain tied her career-high of 12 rebounds while dishing out a season-best six assists to go with three steals.
• Salita Green came off the bench to score 18 points for East Carolina while Lashonda Monk added 11.
• Destiny Campbell grabbed a team-high 11 rebounds.
• USC Upstate finished the game shooting 30.4 percent (21-of-69) from the field.
• Both teams totaled 11 second chance points.
• The game featured five ties and four lead changes.

FIRST QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• The Pirates opened the game on a 15-2 run over the first seven minutes of play.
• The Spartans answered by closing out the quarter on a 9-2 run that covered the final 3:11.
• All nine points for USC Upstate during the run came on 3-pointers by Michaela Gibbons, Rylie Parkhurst and Natalia Panufnik.
• East Carolina connected on a jumper as time expired to lead 17-11 after the first quarter.

SECOND QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• The Spartans outscored the Pirates 11-6 in the second quarter.
• East Carolina scored four of the first seven points and held a 21-14 lead at the 6:56 mark.
• USC Upstate finished the quarter on a 9-1 run that lasted six minutes to trail 23-22 at halftime.
• The Spartans held the Pirates without a point for the final 4:28.
• Panufnik and Popplewell both made layups to send USC Upstate into halftime down by one point.

THIRD QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• The Spartans also outscored East Carolina 16-15 in the third quarter.
• Bailey Wensler started the second half with a 3-pointer and gave USC Upstate its first lead of the game at 25-23 with 9:07 remaining.
• The score would be tied twice over a stretch of 2:09 before a layup by Popplewell put the Spartans back in front 30-28 at the 5:24 mark.
• Lewis gave USC Upstate its largest lead of the game at 38-33 with 1:40 left on a 3-pointer.
• The Pirates scored the final five points of the quarter and tied the game at 38-38.

FOURTH QUARTER BREAKDOWN

• East Carolina began the fourth quarter with a 9-3 run and led 47-41 with 7:12 remaining.
• The Pirates led by as many as 10 points four times in the quarter starting at 51-41 with 5:21 left.
• The Spartans got as close as six points twice with the last coming at 57-51 with 1:09 to go on a layup by Lewis.
• Green recorded the last six points for East Carolina, including two free throws with six seconds remaining, to put the final score at 63-53.

UP NEXT

• USC Upstate plays its final non-conference game of the season on Tuesday evening hosting Brevard at 6 p.m.

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