About the Pirates: East Carolina has managed to win four of its last five games and has started off 2-0 in Conference USA play for the second straight season. Last Sunday, the Pirates (6-9, 2-0) finished up a five game stretch that lasted 11 days by defeating Virginia Commonwealth, N.C. A&T, Memphis and Saint Louis, with its lone loss coming to Buffalo, 48-50. In C-USA action, senior Jennifer Jackson led both games in scoring with 18 against Memphis and 19 versus Saint Louis. The Pirates averaged 10 more rebounds per contest than their counter-parts (45-35). In Sunday's win over Saint Louis (66-40), the Pirates held the Billikens to 29 percent shooting and allowed 40 points, its lowest since February of 1997 when it gave up 41 against Virginia Commonwealth. The 26-point margin of victory was the biggest of the season.

Jackson leads the Pirates in scoring (16.3 ppg) and rebounds (6.1 rpg). She recorded her third double-double of the season against Saint Louis with 19 points and 11 rebounds, and against VCU, she recorded her fourth 30-plus point game of her career. Jackson has averaged 20.2 points and connected on 33 percent of her shots (35-of-105) in the last five games. Against Stephen F. Austin in the first round of the Lady Pirate Invitational, Jackson netted a career-best 34 points, hitting 13-of-21 shots from the floor.

Sutton, a 6-0 forward, is the only other Pirate to average double-figures with her 11.3 points per game. She ranks second in rebounds, pulling down 5.9 per contest. Against VCU (Dec. 30), she recorded her eighth consecutive double-digit game with a career-high 20 points against VCU. Sutton has posted double-figure games in 10 of her last 12 games dating back to Cal State Fullerton (Nov. 27), when she recorded her first career double-double (14 points and 11 rebounds) en route to being named to the Four Points LAX Turkey Shootout all tournament team.

ECU's lone consistency can be found on the boards as they have equaled or out rebounded 12 of their 15 opponents on the season (610-522) by an average margin of 5.9. As of Jan. 10, the Pirates ranked 44th in the nation with a 5.9 margin.

Pirate fans can catch all this weekends action on the internet and television. January 14th game can be heard on the internet by logging on to www.depaulbluedemons.com. Sunday's action against Marquette can be seen on C-SET TV and locally on WITN-TV Channel 7.

About DePaul: The Blue Demons (11-3, 0-1) have won five of their last six games and come into the contest ranked No. 21. They have four players averaging double figures and are led by C-USA, National Preseason Player of the Year and All-American candidate Khara Smith and her 19.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per game. DePaul holds a 2-1 overall series lead and won last year's meeting 90-74 inside Williams Arena.

About Marquette: The Golden Eagles (10-4, 1-0) have won five of their last seven games, including a 63-57 win over No. 18 DePaul in the first C-USA game of the season. Marquette has two players in double-figures and are led by center Christina Quaye's 15.4 points and 6.9 boards a contest. Carolyn Keiger is the other Golden Eagle averaging double-digits with 12.1 points per game. Marquette leads the overall series 3-0 after defeating the Pirates 75-61 last season in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum.