GREENVILLE, N.C. -- For the second straight year, East Carolina is headed to the Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament. This years event, scheduled for Mar. 4-7, will be held at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, which is the home of the Horned Frogs of TCU.

The Lady Pirates (14-13, 5-9) come into the tournament as the No. 10 seed. They will face instate rival and the No. 7 seed Charlotte 49ers (15-12, 8-6) in first round action on Thursday, Mar. 4 at 7 p.m. (EST). This will be the 27th meeting between the two schools and the third meeting of the season, with the teams splitting the regular season games on their home courts.

In ECU's last outing against Charlotte, Feb. 27, the Lady Pirates fell at Halton Arena 78-48. Senior Courtney Willis led the Pirates in scoring with nine points and also collected a team-high seven rebounds. Sophomore LaToya Horton and freshman Tamekia Powell each added six points.

Charlotte guard Sakellie Daniels led five 49ers in double figures with 15 points, hitting 5-of-8 shots from the floor, including a perfect 3-of-3 from behind the arc. Forward Peaches Harris recorded 10 points, including eight of the 49ers first 11 points.

Back on Jan. 25, the Lady Pirates came away with an impressive home victory as they pounded the 49ers 80-55 in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. Willis recorded 26 points and nine boards, while Jackson added 24 points and also grabbed nine rebounds. Junior Shanita Sutton brought down a career-high 10 rebounds as ECU out-rebounded Charlotte 56 to 35.

The 49ers have three players averaging double-figures and are led by reserve Pam Brown. The sophomore forward leads the team with 11.7 points and 5.2 rebounds a contest, while Daniels (11.6 ppg) and Harris (10.7 ppg) are the other 49ers averaging double figures.

The winner will move on to face No. 2 seed and host school TCU on Friday, Mar. 5 with a 7 p.m. (EST) tip-off scheduled.

Last season, the Lady Pirates lost in the first round to eventual tournament champions TCU, 54-44. The last postseason win for the Lady Pirates came in the first round of the 2000 CAA Tournament against Virginia Commonweath, 77-68.