By: By Libby Knight
KENNESAW STATE (6-19, 4-10) VS USC UPSTATE (12-12, 7-6)
GAME 26 | FEBRARY 22, 2014
KENNESAW, Ga. | KSU CONVOCATION CENTER (4,600)
TV: ESPN3
GAME NOTES | LIVE STATS | LIVE VIDEO | TICKETS | PROMOTIONS | TWITTER
THE GAME:
The Kennesaw State women's basketball team continues its three-game home stand with Breast Cancer Awareness Day and Alumni Day on Saturday, Feb. 22 as the Owls look to "Pink Out" USC Upstate at the KSU Convocation Center, with fans encouraged to wear pink to the contest. Game time is set for 2 p.m. ET and can be seen on the ESPN3 network.
THE COVERAGE:
LIVE STATS: Statistical updates will be available from KSUOwls.com at the start of Saturday's game.
LIVE VIDEO: Live video of Saturday's game will be provided by ESPN3, with Nathan McCreary on the call. Fans can follow the link via KSUOwls.com at the start of the contest.
TWITTER: Follow the Kennesaw State women's basketball team on Twitter @
KSUOwlsWBB to receive updates throughout the game.
THE OPPONENT:
USC Upstate
Despite dropping a 79-71 game against Mercer on Thursday night, the Spartans have clinched a berth in the Atlantic Sun Championship and sit in tie for fourth place at 7-6. After winning five-straight earlier this year, Upstate has lost three of its last four contests and owns a 12-12 overall record on the season. Away from Spartanburg, they are 6-8, including taking three of their last four road games. The Spartans have two players registering double figures in Brittany Clency and Brittany Starling, who averages 11.2 and 10.3 points, respectively. Starling also leads the team with 7.6 rebounds per contest.
THE SERIES:
This will be the 31st all-time meeting between the Owls and the Spartans, with KSU holding a 20-10 advantage over Upstate. In the teams' earlier meeting this season, the Spartans earned a 72-64 win over the Owls in Spartanburg, S.C. at the G.B. Hodge Center on Jan. 25. Freshman guard
Deandrea Sawyers led the Owls with a team-high 20 points, while junior guard
Kristina Wells poured in 19 points, including a pair of three-pointers.
LAST TIME OUT:
Despite a valiant second-half comeback, the Kennesaw State women's basketball team dropped a 63-60 heartbreaker to East Tennessee State on Thursday night (Feb. 20) at the KSU Convocation Center. Junior guard
Kristina Wells led the Owls with a team-high 23 points, including 20 second-half points, to go along with seven rebounds and five assists.
NEXT UP:
Kennesaw State celebrates the career of redshirt-senior
Lisa Capellan on Senior Day 2014 as the Owls host rival Mercer in the home finale on Saturday, March 1. Tipoff is slated for 3:30 p.m. and can be seen on the ESPN3 network.
NEWS AND NOTES:
1,000 Point-Club
Junior guard
Kristina Wells is closing in on 1,000 points in her career with 970 in her three seasons as an Owl. She leads KSU with 400 points in 2013-14.
Top Five Scorers
KSU is one of two schools to have a pair of players in the top five in scoring in league play with Wells (18.4 ppg) and freshman guard
Deandrea Sawyers (14.6 ppg) ranking second and fifth, respectively.
Young's Hot Hand
Junior guard
Bria Young is averaging 13 points per game in the last five games, including setting a new career high with 18 points and six three-pointers against Lipscomb on Feb. 6.
Leading the Way
Wells continues to lead the Owls and ranks in the top six in the conference in scoring (second, 18.7 ppg), minutes played (third, 35.6 mpg), rebounding (fourth, 9.0 rpg), assists (sixth, 3.1 apg), assist/turnover ratio (sixth, 0.7) and steals (sixth, 1.7 spg).
Three-Pointers
Sawyers has lit up from behind the arc, ranking second in the A-Sun and 104th in the country with 2.2 three-pointers per game. She has drained 56 three so far this season, which ranks third in program history for three-point field goals made in a season.
Sawyers in A-Sun
In league play, Sawyers ranks fifth in scoring with 14.6 points per contest, while leading the A-Sun with 39 three-pointers and three three-pointers per game.
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