GAME 20: Kennesaw State (7-12, 2-2) vs. FGCU (16-4, 4-0)
DATE: Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. ET
LOCATION: KSU Convocation Center | Kennesaw, Ga.
WATCH: ESPN3
LINKS: Live Stats | Game Notes (KSU) | Twitter | #GoKSUOwls
 
A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP …
The Kennesaw State women's basketball program will continue its three-game homestand on Tuesday (Jan. 26) at 2 p.m. against FGCU. The game will be broadcasted on ESPN3 at the KSU Convocation Center, where the Owls hold a 6-3 record.

STATS LEADERS…
Points: Jasmine McAllister, 10.2
Rebounds: Jasmine McAllister, 10.1
Blocks (total): Jasmine McAllister, 25
Assists (total): Clara Young, 57

LAY-UPS…
» Head coach Nitra Perry is in her fourth season, holding a 37-73 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 6-3 mark at home, but are 1-9 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.
» Aareon Smith has posted back-to-back 23-point performances before Monday's contest vs. JU, notching ASUN Player of the Week honors two straight weeks.

SCOUTING FGCU…
- Head coach Karl Smesko enters his 14^th season at the helm of the Eagles' program, coming into the season with an impressive 345-67 (.837) mark.
- Coach Smesko also holds a 213-46 (.855) mark in NCAA Division I play.
He's coaching accolades are listed below.
- Kay Yow National Coach of the Year (2012)
- Six-time A-Sun Coach of the Year (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- Six A-Sun Regular Season Championships (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)
- Three A-Sun Tournament Championship (2012, 2014, 2015)
- Three NCAA Tournament Appearances (2012, 2014, 2015)
- Eight Consecutive Postseason Tournament Appearances
FGCU Eagles Roster
- The Eagles enter the weekend averaging 63.5 points per game, 35.4 rebounds and 14.2 dimes per contest.
- FGCU has outscored its opponents in each quarter, including OT, to outscore its opponents by a 1,206-994 advantage.
- The Eagles are 15-4 overall and 3-0 in conference play entering the weekend.
- Kaneisha Awwater (15.4), Whitney Knight (10.8) and Taylor Gradinjan (10.4) are all averaging double-figure scoring for the Eagles entering the weekend.

HOME VS. ROAD FACTS…
- Kennesaw State enters the weekend with a respectable 6-3 mark in front of its home fans, while posting just a 1-9 record on the road this season.
- Jasmine McAllister, Kelly Dulkoski and Aareon Smith are averaging double-figure numbers at home this season, while the Owls have no players in the double-figure scoring columns on the road.
- Overall, the Owls have shot the ball similar on the road, posting 40 percent at home and a 39.1 percent mark on the road. But, the Owls are allowing opponents to shoot close to 42 percent on the road compared to 37 percent at the KSU Convocation Center.
- At home, Kennesaw State is averaging 61.0 points per game, 39.9 rebounds per game and 13.9 assists per contest.
- On the road, the Owls are averaging 59.4 points per contest, 35.8 rebounds and 16.9 assists.
- KSU is outscoring its opponents in the first and fourth quarters at home holding a 293-238 edge in those frames.
- The only quarter the Owls are outscoring their opponents on the road is in the first quarter, 166-162.

TEAM FACTS…
-The Owls 60-53 win against New Orleans on Nov. 29 marked the 70th win all-time at the KSU
Convocation Center.
- With its victory against Lipscomb, the Owls have now won 70 Atlantic Sun Conference games since joining the league in 2005.
- The Owls won their first game when trailing at halftime against Lipscomb last Saturday.
- KSU earned its second win Saturday when Lipscomb had a better shooting percentage, but the Owls made more 3-pointers in the contest.
- The Owls have made more free throws than their opponents in 11 of their 16 games and is shooting 68 percent from the charity stripe.
- Kennesaw State is eight wins away from reaching 350 wins in the NCAA (335-281 entering the season) 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 179 through 18 games this season, averaging 9.9 boards per game.
- Deandre Sawyers is 101 points (7.2 points per game needed for the remainder of the 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.
- KSU welcomed back seven letterwinners from a season ago and has seven newcomers that make up the 2015-16 roster.
- Kennesaw State has had SIX players (Aareon Smith, Iceis Walker, Tayler Smith, Allison Johnson, Kelly Dulkoski & Clara Young) record career highs this season.
- Clara Young also recorded a career-high eight assists on the road against Xavier on Dec. 21, 2015.