KENNESAW STATE VS USC UPSTATE
GAME 25 | FEBRUARY 7 | 3 P.M. ET
KENNESAW, GA | CONVOCATION CENTER

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TALKING POINTS
» The Kennesaw State men's basketball team returns to A-Sun conference play by hosting USC Upstate on Saturday, February 7 at 3 p.m. on ESPN3.
» Damien Wilson and Yonel Brown are both tied for fifth in scoring in the Atlantic Sun in conference games. They are both averaging 17.0 points per game. Brown has been in double-figures every conference game and Wilson has in five of the seven games.
 
THE COMPETITION
USC Upstate                                  
USC Upstate leads the league with 17 wins on the season and is currently in third place in the A-Sun with a 4-3 record. After starting the conference season 1-3, the Spartans have won three straight A-Sun games, including being the first team to beat North Florida. Their leader Ty Greene leads the Atlantic Sun in scoring, averaging 19.3 points per game.
 
All-Time Record: 10-21
Last Meeting: L, 68-65
 
Last Time Out
Yonel Brown scored 27 points to lead the Kennesaw State men's basketball team over Paine College 80-75 on Tuesday, February 3.
 
» NEWS AND NOTES
This Week in KSU Men's Basketball     
»    After getting a split on the road in Jacksonville, the Owls came home for a four game home stand. They started the home stand with an 80-75 win over Paine College to get the team's eighth win of the season.
»    On Saturday, KSU will begin the second half of its A-Sun conference season by hosting USC Upstate at 3 p.m. in the Convocation Center. USC Upstate has won three conference games in a row and is in third place. It is a double header on Saturday, so the women will play before the men at noon.
»    The game is sponsored by Wellstar and a Family Pack is available. Families can purchase four tickets, four hot dogs and four drinks for only $40!

KSU as a Team                                                  
»    After back-to-back wins against Jacksonville and Paine, Kennesaw State notched its seventh and eighth wins of the season. That has matched the most wins since the 2010-11 team that had eight.
»    KSU is 5-5 on its home court after the win against Paine. That is the most wins that the Owls have had at home since the 2010-11 team had six. The team has four games remaining on its home floor.
»    With the A-Sun road win against Jacksonville, the Owls claimed their first conference victory of the year on the road. It is the second road win in conference play for the Owls in four years and both have been under head coach Jimmy Lallathin's watch. The first road victory came last year, when the team beat Stetson 67-63.
»    The Owls currently lead the A-Sun in free throw percentage at .725. More importantly, the team makes them when they count the most in the final four minutes of the game. In the Owls seven wins, the team has sank free throws at a 79.7 percent clip going 51 of 64 from the line.
»    KSU is the only team in the A-Sun that has two players in the top five of scoring during conference play. Brown and Wilson are both averaging 17.0 points per game.
 
KSU Individually                                              
»    This season, the Owls have had three players win A-Sun Weekly Awards. The first two were won by Brown and Nigel Pruitt, who each won Player of the Week and the third was when Wilson was named Newcomer of the Week. Before those three weekly awards, the Owls hadn't won any since the 2012-13 season.
»    Brown's consistent scoring has him third in the league averaging 16.1 points per game. Earlier in conference play, he scored 20-plus points in three straight games with 21 points against Lipscomb, 20 points against NKU and 21 against Stetson. Brown just missed the 20-point mark against FGCU as he had 19 points. He has scored in double figures in 14 games in a row and in 20 of the 23 games for the Owls this season.
»    In five games this season, Wilson and Brown have accounted for at least 41 points for KSU. In the most recent game against Paine, Brown had 27 and Wilson had 14. The team is 3-2 when they score at least 41 points
»    Lallathin always says that Pruitt can be an x-factor if he wants to be with the way he can score. There have been three games this season he has led KSU on runs that went at least 9-0.
 
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