GAME 15: Kennesaw State (5-9) at WOFFORD (4-8)
DATE: Saturday, Jan. 2 at 2 p.m. ET
LOCATION: Benjamin Johnson Arena | Spartanburg, S.C.
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A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP …
The Kennesaw State women's basketball program will hit the road for the first time in the New Year, trekking to Spartanburg, South Carolina for its last non-conference tilt of the 2015-16 season. The Owls will take on the 4-8 Terriers from Wofford and tip-off is set for 2 p.m. The game will be available on SoCON Network online stream and will also have live stats - links are available above.
 
STATS LEADERS…
Points: Jasmine McAllister, 10.2
Rebounds: Jasmine McAllister, 10.1
Blocks (total): Jasmine McAllister, 18
3-Point Pct.: Kelly Dulkoski, 38%
 
LAY-UPS…
- Head coach Nitra Perry is in her fourth season, holding a 35-70 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 5-2 mark at home, but are 0-7 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.
- In fact, Aareon Smith has recorded two games of career highs in points, 20 against Georgia State and 23 against Austin Peay - both games on the Owls' home floor.
 
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.
6– Jasmine McAllister has six double-doubles on the season - which leads the team. 
7.4 – Deandrea Sawyers needs to average 7.4 PPG the rest of the season to reach 1,000 career points.
8 –  Clara Young notched a career-high eight assists against Xavier.
16 – Aareon Smith scored 16 of her 18 points in the first half against Xavier - which was 37% of the Owls' points in the half. 
20 – Kelly Dulkoski poured in a career-high 20 points vs Mercer. 
45 – Dulkoski, McAllister, and Smith combined for 45 points – which was 76 percent of KSU's points against Xavier.
70 – The Owls won their 70th game at the KSU Convocation Center all-time vs. New Orleans at the Thanksgiving Classic.
 
SCOUTING WOFFORD...
- The Terriers are home to 1,650 students in Spartanburg, South Carolina and was founded in 1854.
- Wofford's colors are Old Gold and Black and compete in the Southern Conference.
- The Terriers compete in the Benjamin Johnson Arena, home to 3,500 Wofford faithful – which the team holds a 207-220 (.480) overall record entering the 2015-16 season.
- Head coach Edgar I. Farmer Jr. enters his 12^th season at the helm of the program, sporting a 90-223 overall record before the 2015-16 season tipped off.
- The Terriers are coming off an 8-22 overall record in 2014-15, going 3-11 in conference play.
- Wofford returns five starters from a season ago and welcomes six newcomers to the squad..
- Kentra Washington leads the Terriers' offensive attack, posting 12.0 points per game while making a start in all 12 games.
- Jordan Frazier has chipped in averaging 2.1 assists per game and a team-leading 31 steals.
- Ashton Fleming has also chipped in with a team-high 7.1 boards per game and has totaled 12 steals and a team-high nine blocks.
 
WIN WOULD…
- Snap the Owls' road losing skid at seven games.
- Give Kennesaw State its first win of the season on the road.
- Improve KSU's overall record to 6-9 before entering conference play the following week.
 
COMPARING THE OWLS AT HOME AND ON THE ROAD…
- The Owls are 5-2 at the KSU Convocation Center, but are 0-7 on the road.
- At home, KSU is averaging 62.9 points per game on 41 percent shooting from the field. The Owls are making 36 percent of their 3-point attempts in seven games.
- On the road, the Owls are averaging 57.4 points per game on 37 percent shooting from the field. KSU is making just 27 percent of its 3-point attempts from the field away from the KSU Convocation Center.
- KSU is pulling down 39.3 boards per game at home while grabbing 34.7 on the road.
- The Owls are dishing out 13.7 assists at home while averaging 10.4 on the road.
 
DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE…
- Jasmine McAllister notched her sixth double-double of the season against Xavier on Dec. 21.
- The senior then followed that performance with another double-double at the KSU Convocation Center against Thomas for her seventh of the season.
- The senior totaled 13 points and 15 rebounds against the Musketeers and then totaled 14 points and 13 boards against Thomas.
- In fact, her 15 rebounds against Xavier notched her fifth game of pulling down 15 rebounds – four shy of her career high.
- Over her last four games, McAllister is averaging 10.5 points per game and 12.3 rebounds.
- She currently leads the team averaging 10.2 points and 10.1 rebounds per game.
 
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.
- Now, after four games, Smith is leading the team in scoring with 16.0 points per game on 41.5 percent shooting from the field.
- In fact, Smith is shooting a blistering 52 percent from beyond the arc in those four games.
 
DULKOSKI HOT SHOOTING!…
-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.
- Dulkoski is averaging 15.3 points per game over her last four games on 45 percent shooting from the field.
- The shooting guard is shooting 13-for-31 from beyond the arc over her last four games, including a 20 point and 14 point effort over her last two road games against Morehead State and Xavier, respectively.
 
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 11 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.
 -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. McAllister has pulled down 142 through 14 games this season.
-Deandre Sawyers is 113 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 877 career points. She is 113 points away from reaching the 1,000 career point milestone, which is a 7.4 average the rest of the season.
- 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.