GAME 29: Kennesaw State (10-18, 5-8) at Lipscomb (5-23, 2-11)
DATE: Saturday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. ET
LOCATION: Allen Arena | Nasville, Tenn. 
WATCH: ESPN3
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A LOOK AT THE MATCHUP …
The Kennesaw State women's basketball program wraps-up its regular season on the road at Lipscomb on Saturday (Feb. 27). The game will be on ESPN3 and has a start time set for 5 p.m.
 
STATS LEADERS…
Points: Jasmine McAllister, 10.4
Rebounds: Jasmine McAllister, 9.2
Blocks (total): Jasmine McAllister, 34
Assists (total): Clara Young, 73
 
LAY-UPS…
» Head coach Nitra Perry is in her fourth season, holding a 40-79 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 16 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 (644) & third in rebounds (574)
» Karly Frye ranks fourth on the all-time D-I records list in assists, totaling 173 dimes over a 46 game span.
 
KSU BY THE NUMBERS…
1 – Deandrea Sawyers is 1 point away from the 1,000 point club.
2 – Allison Johnson posted her second career double-double with career highs of 16 points and 13 rebounds.
5.8 – KSU are averaging 5.8 3-pointers per game this season. 
9 –  Jasmine McAllister has nine double-doubles on the season - which leads the team. 
11 – The Owls hit 11 3-pointers on the road against Stetson. It was two shy of breaking an all-time record for most three's in a single game.  
13 – Deandrea Sawyers pulled down a career-high 13 rebounds on the road at Stetson.
16 – Allison Johnson posted a career-high 16 points against NJIT.   
20 –  Jasmine McAllister posted a season-high 20 points against NJIT, six shy of her career high.   
34 – Jasmine McAllister has 34 blocks this season, and ranks 6th all-time in blocks in KSU history.
 
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.
 
TWICE AS NICE…
- The junior forward notched two-straight 23-point performances against Lipscomb and North Florida, taking home A-Sun Player of the Week honors in back-to-back weeks.
- Aareon Smith is averaging 8.4 points per game and shooting 33 percent from the floor. She has made a total of 44 3-pointers, which ranks second behind Kelly Dulkoski's 70.
 
3-AND-D…
- The Owls come into the weekend with 161 made 3-pointers, compared to holding their opponents to 127 on the season – a plus-27 advantage from beyond the arc this season.
- KSU ranks second in the league in 3-point FG percentage at .325, hitting 161-of-496 this season.  
- Kennesaw State also ranks third in the league in 3-point FG percentage defense, holding opponents to .291 from beyond the arc.
 
DOUBLE-TROUBLE…
- 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 4.6 points and 5.1 rebounds in 17.6 minutes of action.
 
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 hit a season-high three 3-pointers at Stetson, and recorded 17 points and a career-high 13 rebounds.
- Sawyers has made only seven 12-pointers this season, but has kept her 1,000 point pace by scoring 221 total points and averaging 8.5 points per game.
- Sawyers is JUST ONE point away from reaching the 1,000 point plateau in 2015-16. And just 375 points away from being the Owls' all-time leading scorer.
 
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 five 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 a team-high 257 rebounds through 28 games this season, averaging 9.2 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 six games of 15 rebounds in a single game, the highest total this season from any Owl.