GAME 11: Kennesaw State (4-6) at Gardner-Webb (5-2)
DATE: Tuesday, December 15 at 7 p.m. ET
LOCATION: Paul Porter Arena | Boiling Springs, N.C.
WATCH: Big South Network
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A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP …
The Kennesaw State women's basketball program will embark on a three-game road trip before the Holiday season comes around, with its first test Tuesday (Dec. 15) evening against the Runnin' Bulldogs of Gardner-Webb. The contest will be broadcasted on the Big South Network.

A LOOK AT THE OWLS' 2015 SCHEDULE…
- 15 home games at the KSU Convocation Center.
- 15 road games.
- Five non-conference tilts with in-stat Georgia schools
- Season opener versus Georgia State on Friday, Nov. 13
- Atlantic Sun opener on Jan. 9, welcoming Lipscomb to the KSU Convocation Center
 
STATS LEADERS…
Points: Jasmine McAllister, 9.5
Rebounds: Jasmine McAllister, 9.0
Blocks (total): Jasmine McAllister, 10
3-Point Pct.: Kelly Dulkoski, 35.1%
 
LAY-UPS…
- Head coach Nitra Perry is in her fourth season, holding a 34-67 overall record with the Owls.
- Stacey Franklin, Janie Mitchell and Nicci Kelly will help Coach Perry on the bench as the assistants in 2015-16.
- Kennesaw State welcomes back seven letter winners returning from a season ago, which helped anchor a 17 win season.
- Kennesaw State has holds a 3-2 mark at home, but are 0-4 away from KSU this season.
-  Kennesaw State has had FIVE players (Aareon Smith, Iceis Walker, Tayler Smith , Allison Johnson & Kelly Dulkoski) record career highs in points in just five games this season.
 
KSU BY THE NUMBERS…
1 – The Owls won their first game of the 2015-16 season with a 49-47 win over Presbyterian.
2 –  Kelly Dulkoski has recorded TWO games with 6 3-point makes.
11 – Clara Young scored 11 of her 13 points in the second half against Florida on Nov. 21.
7.4 – Deandrea Sawyers needs to average 7.4 PPG the rest of the season to reach 1,000 career points.
12 – KSU is averaging 12 free throws made per game on the road 
20 – Kelly Dulkoski poured in a career-high 20 points vs Mercer.
23 – Aareon Smith tallied a career-high 23 points vs. Austin Peay
52.5 – KSU is averaging 59.4 points per game on the road.
70 – The Owls won their 70th game at the KSU Convocation Center all-time vs. New Orleans at the Thanksgiving Classic.
 
SCOUTING GARDNER-WEBB…
 -  The Runnin' Bulldogs is led by Rick Reeve, who is entering his 12^th season with the program.
- Reeves' best season with GWU was back in 2009-10, when the Runnin' Bulldogs went 28-5 and advanced to the WNIT.
- GWU defeated #20 North Carolina on the road to open its season, defeating the Tar Heels 66-65 on Nov. 13.
- Gardner-Webb is located in Boling Springs, North Carolina and women's basketball is one of 23 participating varsity sports at the NCAA Division I level.
- The institution competes in the Big South Conference.
 
A LOOK AT THE RUNNIN' BULLDOGS…
 - Gardner-Webb is led by Candace Brown, who is averaging 17.7 points per game and 8.1 rebounds.
- Brown also leads the team with 10 blocks and 15 steals on the season in seven games – all in which were starts.
- Olivia Parker has added 14.0 points per game to back Brown, making seven starts to the Bulldogs' young season.
- Parker is pulling down a team-high 10.3 boards per game and is shooting 43 percent overall from the field.
- Tierra Huntsman and Alexis Hill round out the top scorers for GWU with 11.0 and 10.6 points per game, respectively.
- In all, the four players all have started seven games and each are averaging double figures digits for a balance scoring threat.
- As a team, the Runnin' Bulldogs are averaging 67.6 points per game for a +2.7 margin.
- GWU is shooting .352 percent overall from the field, but only .193 from beyond the arc.
 
WIN WOULD…
- Boost the Owls win streak to two games.
- Snap a four-game losing skid on the road and win their first game away from the KSU Convocation Center.
- Give KSU its second win in the month of December.
- Improve to 7-6 all-time against Gardner-Webb in program history.
- Jumpstart its short three-game road trip with a win.
 
OWL FACTS FROM THE THANKSGIVING CLASSIC…
- Coach Nitra Perry once again switched her starting lineup and plugged in Allison Johnson, who averaged 6.5 points per game in two starts.
- Johnson's 12 points against Western Carolina marked a career-high, giving the Owls now four players to record new career-high marks in a single game – others include: Aareon Smith, Iceis Walker, Tayler Smith and now Johnson.
 
ANOTHER CAREER NIGHT!…
- Aareon Smith poured in a career-high 20 points in an Owls uniform in their home-opening loss to crosstown Rival Georgia State.
- Smith finished with a game-high in points (20) and 3-pointers made (4) against the Panthers.
- Smith went 4-for-9 from beyond the arc and 5-for-11 overall from the field.
- However, Smith once again poured in a new career high, compiling a career-best 23 points on 5-of-10 shooting from the field, including 5-of-8 from beyond the arc.
- Smith poured in 11 of the Owls' 24 points in the fourth quarter, including a perfect 2-for-2 from the field and 5-for-5 at the free throw line, to help KSU pull away and earn the win.
- Aareon Smith is averaging 11.5 PPG over her last two games.
 
DULKOSKI HEATING UP!…
-Kelly Dulkoski made a career-high six 3-pointers in a single game against Presbyterian on Monday (Nov. 16) night.
- Dulkoski made six of the Owls seven 3-pointers made in the game, making three in each half against the Blue Hose.
- Dulkoski poured in her second game in which she made six 3-pointers at the KSU Convocation Center against Mercer (Dec. 5), tallying a new career-high 20 points.
- In fact, the redshirt sophomore is shooting over 40 percent from deep on the Owls' home floor, making 19-for-47 (40.4 percent) from beyond the arc.
- However, the guard is shooting 1-for-10 (10 percent) from beyond the arc away from the KSU Convocation Center.
- Dulkoski is averaging 19.0 points per game over her last two games, including 10-for-20 from deep and 13-for-26 (50 percent) over her last two games.
 
THINGS TO KNOW…
-The Owls 60-53 win against New Orleans on Nov. 29 marked the 70th win all-time at the KSU Convocation Center.
- Kennesaw State is 12 wins away from reaching 350 wins in the NCAA (335-281) all-time.
- Deandrea Sawyers has made 121 3-pointers over her first two seasons with the Owls. The most made 3-pointers in a season was 78 by Taylor Mills in 2011-12, which Sawyers fell just 15 shy of breaking that record.
- Sawyers is 3-for-4 from beyond the arc over her last two games, both at the KSU Convocation Center.
- -Jasmine McAllister also recorded 317 rebounds a season ago, which fell seven shy of the single-season record of 324 by Sametria Gideon in 2012-13.
- Deandre Sawyers is 222 points (7.4 points per game needed this season) away from reaching the 1,000 point plateau in 2015-16. She would be only the third player to accomplish the milestone since the Owls turned Division I in 2005-06.
- Deandrea Sawyers enters this week with 866 career points. She is 134 points away from reaching the 1,000 career point milestone, which is a 7.4 average the rest of the season.
- McAllister is averaging 9.0 rebounds per game, pulling down 90 boards per game.
- As a team, the Owls totaled 1,903 points (30 games) in 2014-15, which is just 42 points off the all-time Division I record of 1,945 posted in the 2011-12 season.
- Freshman Tayler Smith scored a career-high 17 points and played 21 minutes off the bench in KSUs overtime loss at Florida A&M.

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