GAME 18: Kennesaw State (7-10, 2-0) at Jacksonville (10-7, 2-0)
DATE: Monday, Jan.18 at 7 p.m. ET
LOCATION: Swisher Gym | Jacksonville, Florida
WATCH: ESPN3
LINKS: Live Stats | Game Notes (KSU) | Twitter | #GoKSUOwls

A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP …
The Kennesaw State women's basketball program took game one of its Florida road trip with a 70-55 victory over North Florida Saturday night, and now will turn its attention towards A-Sun foe Jacksonville Monday evening. The tilt will be broadcasted on ESPN3 and tip-off is set for 7 p.m. at Swisher Gymnasium as both teams will look to stay unbeaten in league play.

STATS LEADERS…
Points: Jasmine McAllister, 9.9
Rebounds: Jasmine McAllister, 10.0
Blocks (total): Jasmine McAllister, 20
Assists (total): Clara Young, 3.2

LAY-UPS…
» Head coach Nitra Perry is in her fourth season, holding a 37-71 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 6-2 mark at home, but are 0-8 away from KSU this season.
» Kennesaw State has had SIX players (Aareon Smith, Iceis Walker, Tayler Smith , Allison Johnson, Kelly Dulkoski & Clara Young) record career highs in points in just five games this season.
» In fact, Aareon Smith has recorded three games of 20 or more points, including two 23-point performances - all of them coming 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.
3 –  Three KSU players (Aareon Smith, Jasmine McAllister, Kelly Dulkoski) is averaging double-figures over the last five games. 
7 – Jasmine McAllister has six double-doubles on the season - which leads the team. 
7.2 – Deandrea Sawyers needs to average 7.2 PPG the rest of the season to reach 1,000 career points.
10 –  The Owls hit 10 3-pointers vs. UNF, two shy of tying a single-game team career record.  .
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. 
55 – Aareon Smith's free throw gave KSU its 55th point Saturday, the game-winning point.
70 – The Owls won their 70th game at the KSU Convocation Center all-time vs. New Orleans at the Thanksgiving Classic.

SCOUTING JACKSONVILLE...
- Jacksonville was founded in 1934 in Jacksonville, Florida and currently has an enrollment of 3,936 students.
- Jacksonville's nickname is the Dolphins and compete at the Swisher Gymnasium (1,500) and its colors are Green and Gold.
- Head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin is currently in her third season at the program, and holds a 34-44 overall record entering the weekend.
- McPhee-McCuin is assisted by Camille Collier, Darnell Haney and Ed Mahan.
- The Dolphins' first season of basketball was the 1999-00 season and holds a 179-266 (.401) all-time record in 16 seasons.
- Jacksonville's record was 12-17 overall and 6-8 in the A-Sun a season ago, and will return five letterwinners and two starters.
- Sherranda Reddick entered the weekend leading the team with 12.3 points per game, just ahead of Briona Brown's 12.2.
- In all, four Dolphin players are averaging double-figure numbers in the scoring column, with Kayla Gordon (10.8) and Christin Mercer (10.6) adding to Reddick's and Brown's numbers.
- As a team, JU is averaging 65.8 points per game, 40.3 rebounds per game and 12.3 assists per game.

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- Aareon Smith's 23 points tied her career-high against Lipscomb and propelled her to A-Sun Co-Player of the Week honors for the first time in her KSU career.
- The Owls can move to 2-0 in league play for only the second time since joining the A-Sun with a win this Saturday. KSU went 2-0 to start last year's league slate.
- Collectively the Owls are shooting 30.5 percent from behind the arc, which ranks third best in the A-Sun. Smith and Dulkoski are shooting over 34 percent.
- The Owls will look for their first road win of the 2015-16 season when they travel to the River City this weekend to face UNF and Jacksonville next.
- Guards Karly Frye (1.9), Clara Young (1.3) and Kelly Dulkoski (1.1) all post an assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.0 or better, which ranks among top-20 in league.
- Kennesaw State is scoring 57.6 points per game on the road this year, compared to 61.9 PPG at home. The Owls also dish out 3.4 assists less on the road.