GAME 27: Kennesaw State (10-16, 5-6) at FGCU (23-4, 11-0)
DATE: Saturday, Feb.20 at 4 p.m. ET
LOCATION: Alico Arena | Fort Myers, Fla.
WATCH: ESPN3
LINKS: Live Stats | Game Notes (KSU) | Twitter | #GoKSUOwls

GAME 28: Kennesaw State (10-16, 5-6) at Stetson (16-9, 7-4)
DATE: Monday, Feb. 22 at 5:30 p.m. ET
LOCATION: Edmunds Center | DeLand, Fla. 
WATCH: ESPN3
LINKS: Live Stats | Game Notes (KSU) | Twitter | #GoKSUOwls

A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP …
The Kennesaw State women's basketball program continues its 2015-16 regular season slate with a pair of conference road games, visiting Florida Gulf Coast on Saaturday (Feb. 20) before heading to Stetson on Monday (Feb. 22) evening. Both games will be broadcasted on ESPN3, with tip-off set for 4 p.m. on Saturday and a 5:30 p.m. tip-off on Monday.
 
STATS LEADERS…
Points: Jasmine McAllister, 10.9
Rebounds: Jasmine McAllister, 9.5
Blocks (total): Jasmine McAllister, 33
Assists (total): Clara Young, 71
 
LAY-UPS…
» Head coach Nitra Perry is in her fourth season, holding a 40-77 overall record with the Owls.
» Coach Perry won her 40th game as a head coach last Monday against North Florida.
» Stacey Franklin, Janie Mitchell and Nicci Kelly will help Coach Perry on the bench as the assistants in 2015-16.
» Kelly Dulkoski has 15 double-figure scoring games this season, which leads the team.
» Kennesaw State won its first game when allowing 70 or more points and an overtime game against NJIT.
» Kennesaw State scored over 80 points for the first time this season on the road against NJIT, helping earn its second road win of the season.
» Jasmine McAllister ranks ninth in total career points (636) & sixth in rebounds (565)
» Karly Frye ranks sixth on the all-time D-I records list in assists, totaling 164 dimes over a 45 game span.
 
KSU BY THE NUMBERS…
2 – Allison Johnson posted her second career double-double with career highs 16 points & 13 rebounds at NJIT.
5.6 – KSU are averaging 5.6 3-pointers per game this season. 
9 –  Jasmine McAllister has nine double-doubles on the season - which leads the team. 
10 – The Owls won their 10th game of the season last Monday vs UNF. Marked the seventh time reached double-digit win total since 2005.
16 – Allison Johnson posted a career-high 16 points against NJIT.
19 – Deandrea Sawyers is 19 points away from the 1,000 point club. 
20 –  Jasmine McAllister posted a season-high 20 points against NJIT, six shy of her career high.   
33 – Jasmine McAllister has 33 blocks this season, and ranks 6th all-time in blocks in KSU history.
60 – The Owls are averaging 60.2 points per game this season.
 
SCOUTING FGCU…
- Head coach Karl Smesko enters his 14th 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 63.7 points per game, 36.3 rebounds and 14.3 dimes per contest.
- FGCU has outscored its opponents in each quarter, including OT, to outscore its opponents by a 1,721-1,338 advantage.
- The Eagles are 15-4 overall and 3-0 in conference play entering the weekend.
- Kaneisha Awwater (14.0) and Whitney Knight (12.6) are averaging double-figure scoring for the Eagles entering the weekend.

SCOUTING STETSON...
- Head coach Lynn Bria enters her seventh season at the helm of the Hatters' basketball team, boosting a 131-95 overall record at Stetson.  
- Coach Bria holds a 284-308 overall record in 20-plus seasons of coaching.
- Stetson is located in Deland, Florida, and is home to 3,084 students.
- The NCAA Division I affiliate competes in the Atlantic Sun Conference, and plays at the Edmunds Center.
- The Hatters boost four conference championships, three NCAA appearances and three WNIT appearances.
- Stetson is coming off a 23-8 season and finished second in the league with an 11-3 mark.
-The Hatters returned Brianti Saunders from a season ago, and is averaging 18.4 points per game in 25 starts this season.
- Breana Bey has added 11.3 to back Saunders in the scoring column, and is leading the team with 7.5 rebounds per contest.
- The Hatters are averaging 67.2 points per game, pulling down 35.8 boards per game and dishing out 13.2 assists.

A WIN WOULD…
- Give the Owls their 11th win of the season.
- The Owls would reach at least 11 wins in two consecutive seasons.
- Give KSU its third win on the road this season.
- Put the Owls back at the .500 mark in conference play this season.

THE COUNTDOWN TO 1,000…
- 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.
- Sawyers has made only eight 3-pointers this season, but has kept her 1,000 point pace by scoring 203 total points and averaging 8.5 points per game.
- Sawyers is 19 points (6.3 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.

DOUBLE-TROUBLE, AGAIN!…
- Allison Johnson posted her first career double-double as an Owl last Saturday, posting career-highs of 13 points and 10 rebounds.
- Johnson, however, tallied 16 points and 13 rebounds on the road at NJIT last week, totaling new career highs.
- In fact, Johnson has totaled both her double-doubles and career high numbers against the Highlanders.
- The Owls, in fact, are 4-0 when the freshman scores in double-figures this season.
-  For the season, Johnson is averaging 5.4 points and 6.4 rebounds in 22.4 minutes of action.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE MACHINE…
- Jasmine McAllister notched her eighth of the season against USC Upstate with 11 points and 13 boards, her first double-double since Thomas University on Dec. 29.
- McAllister posted her ninth double-double of the season Monday evening against North Florida, posting 15 points and 15 rebounds on senior night.
- Five of her eight double-doubles this season have been on KSU home floor – Presbyterian, Western Carolina, New Orleans, Thomas, and North Florida.
- The senior totaled 13 points and 15 rebounds against the Musketeers and then totaled 14 points and 13 boards against Thomas.
- Her 15 rebounds against Xavier notched her fifth game of pulling down 15 rebounds – four shy of her career high.
- She currently leads the team averaging 10.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.
- McAllister totaled a season-high 20 points against NJIT in the Owls' 82-77 double overtime win.

TEAM FACTS…
-The Owls 60-53 win against New Orleans on Nov. 29 marked the 70th win all-time at the KSU
Convocation Center.
- The Owls won their first game when trailing at halftime against Lipscomb
- Kennesaw State is seven wins away from reaching 350 wins in the NCAA (335-281 entering the season) all-time.
- 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 224 through 23 games this season, averaging 9.7 boards per game- second in the ASUN.  
- 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.
- In addition, Young also recorded her career-high six rebounds against FGCU on Tuesday, Jan. 26.
- Aareon Smith's two games of 23 points is the highest total an individual has scored this season in a single game.
- Jasmine McAllister has recorded five games of 15 rebounds in a single game, the highest total this season from any Owl.
- The Owls entered the half with a four-point lead against UNF. KSU entered the day 7-3 when leading at the half.
- UNF marked the 17th time Jasmine McAllister reached double-figure scoring in a single game this season.
- Jasmine McAllister also recorded her ninth double-double of the season on Senior Night.
- Here double-double on the night was her fifth at the KSU Convocation Center this season.
- Karly Frye entered the night with 159 total career assists, ranking sixth on the KSU D-I records list.
- Kelly Dulkoski has now scored in double-digit scoring for the 15th time this season, with a career-high being 20 points.
- The Owls snapped a two-game losing skid at home to finish the season 8-6 on their home floor.
- The win allowed KSU to reach at least 10 wins in a single season for the seventh time since becoming a D-I member with the A-Sun.