KENNESAW STATE (15-9, 4-5) AT NORTH FLORIDA (10-14, 1-9)
GAME 25 | FEBRUARY 14, 2015 | 2 P.M. ET
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. | UNF ARENA
 
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THE GAME:
The Kennesaw State women's basketball team continues its Jacksonville, Fla., road trip with a Valentine's Day date with North Florida on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. ET in UNF Arena.
 
THE COVERAGE:
LIVE STATS: Statistical updates will be available from KSUOwls.com at the start of Saturday's game.
ESPN3: ESPN3 will have the live broadcast of Saturday's game.
TWITTER: Follow the Kennesaw State women's basketball team on Twitter @KSUOwlsWBB to receive updates throughout the game.
 
THE OPPONENT:
North Florida
The Ospreys come into Saturday's contest riding a five-game losing streak, including a 46-40 setback to the Owls in the teams' previous meeting and a 59-50 loss to USC Upstate in UNF's last outing on Thursday. UNF is 10-14 on the season and owns a 1-9 A-Sun record, with its one league win coming against Northern Kentucky on Jan. 22. The Ospreys, who are 7-5 at UNF Arena, are led by Destinee Smith with 13.2 points per game, while Paulina Zaveckaite pulls down a league-leading 11.9 rebounds per contest. UNF averages 55.5 points per game, but is giving up 61.4 points per contest. They are shooting at a 36.4 percent from the floor and a 64.9 percentage from the charity stripe. UNF owns a +3.1 rebounding margin and is averaging 41.5 boards per game. On the flip side, the Ospreys hold a -5.4 turnover margin and are averaging 18.2 miscues a game, while only forcing 12.8 per game.
 
THE SERIES:
This will be the 38th meeting between the Owls and the Ospreys, with KSU holding a 21-16 lead in the all-time series. The Owls won the earlier meeting between the two teams this season with a 46-40 win in Kennesaw, Ga., on Jan. 29. Junior Jasmine McAllister paced the Owls with her 11th double-double of the season with 10 points and 15 rebounds, including six offense boards. Sophomore Deandrea Sawyers contributed 10 points for her 17th double-digit output of the season, including a pair of three-pointers in the win.
 
All-Time Record: KSU leads, 21-16
Last Meeting: KSU won, 46-40, on Jan. 29, 2015 in Kennesaw, Ga.
 
LAST TIME OUT:
The Kennesaw State women's basketball team missed a last-second three-pointer as the Owls fell 73-70 to Jacksonville on Thursday (Feb. 12) night at Historic Swisher Gymnasium. Senior Kristina Wells paced the Owls with a game-high 18 points on 5-of-5 shooting from the floor and an 8-of-10 effort from the charity stripe, to go along with seven rebounds and six assists. Also joining Wells in double figures was sophomores Deandrea Sawyers and Aareon Smith and redshirt-freshman Kelly Dulkoski each with 12 points in the loss, with Dulkoski draining 4-of-6 from long range to tie her career high.
 
NEXT UP:
KSU returns to the KSU Convocation Center for back-to-back home contests next week, first taking conference leader Florida Gulf Coast on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. ET.
 
NEWS AND NOTES:
Win Total
The Owls equaled their win total from last season (6-24) in just eight games this season and have won 15 games for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
 
Rebounding
KSU ranks third the conference in rebounding margin in overall play (+2.3) and in league play (+2.9). The Owls are holding their opponents to 37.4 rebounds per contest in overall play to rank second and 36.4 boards per game to rank third in A-Sun action.
 
Offensive Boards
KSU is grabbing 14.0 boards on the offensive end of the ball to rank third in the A-Sun in overall action. In league play, the Owls are averaging 13.3 offensive boards per game to also rank third in the league.
 
Three-Point Line Defense
The Owls are holding opponents to just 29.9 percent from behind the three-point line to rank third in the A-Sun and 58th in the nation.
 
Protecting the Rock
KSU is averaging just 14.1 turnovers per game, coming in second in the league and 36th in the country in that category.
 
McAllister Earns Fifth A-Sun Newcomer of the Week Honor
Following a dominate performance against USC Upstate on Saturday, junior Jasmine McAllister earned her fifth A-Sun Newcomer of the Week accolade of the season. She registered her league-leading 12th double-double of the season with 19 points on 9-of-13 shooting and a career-high 19 rebounds, including eight boards on the offensive end.
 
A-Sun Weekly Accolades
 McAllister's honor marks the eighth weekly honor that the Owls have received from the A-Sun Conference this season. Along with McAllister, junior Karly Frye has also earned Newcomer of the Week honors, while senior Kristina Wells and sophomore Deandrea Sawyers have been tabbed Player of the Week.
 
Sawyers Leading Owls
Sawyers ranks second in the A-Sun in scoring in overall action (15.1 ppg) and ranks third in conference play (15.8 ppg). She has three 20-point contests in league play.
 
McAllister in the Rankings, Part I
McAllister ranks second in the conference in rebounding and sixth in scoring with 13.8 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, while also ranking fourth in the A-Sun with a 49.6 percent clip from the field.
 
Wells on the Glass
Wells joins McAllister in the top-five in the conference for rebounding and ranks fifth with 8.1 boards per contest. She is also the third Owls in the top-20 for scoring and sits 17th with 11.2 points a game. 
 
McAllister in the Rankings, Part II
McAllister's 11.0 boards per game ranks 18th in the NCAA, while the junior also leads the A-Sun and ranks 13th in the country with 4.3 offensive rebounds per game. On the season, she has grabbed 260 boards, with 103 coming on the offensive end of the court.
 
Sawyers from Deep
Sawyers has connected on the third-most three pointers in the conference in overall action with 54 treys on the season, while also ranking ffith with 23 threes made in league play. She is averaging 2.3 three-pointers per game, which ranks fourth in the A-Sun in that category.
 
Wells and the Rock
Wells owns the second-best conference assist-to-turnover ratio and is 37th in the country with a 2.0 ratio with 88 assists and just 44 turnovers in 850 minutes this season, the third-most minutes played in the A-Sun behind Frye (886) and Sawyers (876).
 
Wells in A-Sun History
Wells is the active career points leader in the A-Sun after going over the 1,200-point mark earlier this season. She is currently the only active player that has at least 1,250 points, 750 rebounds, 300 assists and 180 steals and has amassed 1,298 points, 789 rebounds, 306 assists and 191 steals in 111 games as an Owl.
 
Last Three Games
Wells and sophomore Aareon Smith have combined to average 26 points per game in the last three contests, with Wells pouring in 16.0 points per game and Smith posting 12.0 points per outing in that span.
 
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