Tip: 7 p.m. (ET)
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Series Info: Georgia Tech Leads, 10-0
Last Meeting: 2016, Georgia Tech, 86-49
Kennesaw State Game Notes

GAMEDAY STORYLINES
• Kennesaw State (0-2), which is in its 36th year of play, continues its season-opening seven-game road trip when it travels to Atlanta, to take on Georgia Tech (2-0) Wednesday at the McCamish Pavilion. Tip-off is 7 p.m. (ET). The game will be broadcast on the ACCNE+. 
• Georgia Tech represents one of five Power 5 Conference opponents, on the Owls' schedule. KSU opened the year at Clemson (L, 41-28), played at Ole Miss (L, 92-63) on Monday, and after traveling to Georgia Tech, will play Maryland (Nov. 24), and potentially Miami, in the University of Miami Thanksgiving Classic.
• The Yellow Jackets, who are currently receiving votes in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll, have posted wins over Appalachian State (75-41) and South Carolina State (86-40).
• The 2017-18 season marks Kennesaw State's 13th at the Division I level and the Owls have posted a 133-223 (.373) record since the 2005-06 season.  
• Head coach Agnus Berenato, who is in her 31st season as a Division I head coach, begins her second year leading the Owls. She has an all-time record of 454-435 (.511), in two-plus seasons at Kennesaw State.
• The Owls concluded the 2016-17 season with a 10-20 mark and advanced to the semifinals of the ASUN Conference Championship. KSU posted an 8-4 conference mark and earned the No. 4 seed in the conference tournament, their highest in program history.
• The Owls return one starter - redshirt senior Clara Young - from last year's team. Also returning for KSU is sophomore forward/center Carlotta Gianolla, who was the ASUN Conference's unanimous Freshman of the Year.
 
YOUTH SERVED
With five freshmen on its roster, Kennesaw State enters the 2017-18 season as one of the youngest Division I teams in the country. KSU ranks seventh in the nation with 45.4 percent of its roster comprised of freshmen, while 63.6 percent of its players are either freshmen or sophomores, a mark that ranks 13th nationally. UNCG (87.7 percent) has the highest percentage of freshmen and sophomores, while Savannah State (64.3 percent) - an upcoming KSU opponent - has the highest percentage of freshmen on its roster. 
 
PRESEASON HONORS
Sophomore Carlotta Gianolla was a unanimous selection to the 2017-18 ASUN Preseason All-Conference team. Gianolla enters the upcoming season as the reigning ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year after averaging 11.7 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 24 games during the 2016-17 campaign.
 
Gianolla, who was also a unanimous pick to the ASUN Conference All-Freshman Team, finished in the top 10 of the conference in points per game (10th), rebounding (6th) and field goal percentage (9th). She led all ASUN Conference freshmen in scoring, produced 17 double-digit scoring games and reached double digits in rebounds six times. She recorded six double-doubles and led the Owls in scoring and rebounding seven times.
 
OWLS 4TH IN ASUN COACHES POLL
Kennesaw State, coming off a 10-20 season and fourth-place finish a year ago, was picked fourth in the ASUN Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll. Defending tournament champion Florida Gulf Coast, was selected first in the poll after receiving 62 points and six first-place votes. Jacksonville was second, after collecting two first-place votes and 53 points. Kennesaw State garnered 39 points.
 
SCOUTING GEORGIA TECH
The Yellow Jackets are currently 2-0 on the season, posting wins over Appalachian State (75-41) and South Carolina State (86-40). Georgia Tech, coached by 15th-year head coach MaChelle Joseph, is receiving votes in both the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Poll. Sophomore guard Francesca Pan leads the team, averaging 15 points, while three other players are contributing 9.5 points a contest. The Yellow Jackets, who were picked ninth in the ACC Preseason Poll, are averaging 80.5 points a game, and hold a plus-40 scoring margin.              
 
SERIES VERSUS GEORGIA TECH
Wednesday's game will mark the 11th meeting between the Owls and Yellow Jackets, and Georgia Tech leads the all-time series, 10-0. The two teams met a year ago at the KSU Convocation Center and the Yellow Jackets posted an 84-49 victory. KSU (0-23) is in search of its first win over an ACC opponent.
UP NEXT
The Owls will play their fourth game in the span of eight days when they travel to Greenville, S.C. to face Furman on Saturday beginning at 2 p.m.
 
OLE MISS RECAP
Freshman Kamiyah Street scored a career-high 20 points to lead Kennesaw State during a 92-63 loss to Ole Miss on Monday. Street was joined in double figures by freshman Alexis Poole and senior Clara Young, who scored 10 points apiece. Behind the play of Street, the Owls got off to a quick start, using a 10-0 run to build a lead they would hold for most of the first half. However, KSU was held scoreless over the final two minutes of the second quarter and trailed 38-34 at halftime. Street scored 15 of her 20 points in the first half. Ole Miss came out strong in the third quarter, utilizing a 7-0 run to build a double-digit lead at 48-36 and outscored Kennesaw State, 23-14, in the quarter to extend its lead to 61-48 entering the fourth quarter.
 
POOLE PERFORMS
Freshman forward Alexis Poole has opened her collegiate career in impressive fashion as she is nearly averaging a double-double with 10.5 points and 9.0 rebounds through two games. She ranks second on the Owls in scoring, tied for the first in the ASUN Conference in rebounding and first in steals (3.5).
 
YOUNG CLIMBING CAREER CHARTS
Redshirt-senior Clara Young has made the most of her opportunities during her two-plus seasons as an Owl. She currently ranks fifth in Kennesaw State Division I history in assists (185), ninth in steals (77) and tied for ninth in games started (53). 
 
2016-17 REVIEW
• KSU hosted an ASUN Tournament game for first time in program history.
• The Owls posted a 62-60 home victory over NJIT for their first ASUN tourney win since 2011.
• Carlotta Gianolla became just the second KSU individual to earn ASUN Conference Freshman of the Year, joining Taylor Mills (2011-12). She was a unanimous pick.
• Senior Deandrea Sawyers scored 20 points in the Owls' season finale at Stetson to become KSU's Division I all-time leading scorer with 1,380.
• Sawyers was a second team All-ASUN selection, while Gianolla was selected to the All-Freshman Team. Clara Young and Chloe Branch were named to the All-Academic Team.
 
WELCOME TO THE NEST
Agnus Berenato and her staff signed two highly talented recruits during last week's early signing period. Amani Johnson (North Versailles, Pa. / East Allegheny HS) and Peyton Lewis (Hampton, Ga. / Locust Grove HS) will enroll at Kennesaw State next fall and join the Owls' roster. The focus for Berenato and her staff was strengthening the backcourt as they added a shooting guard (Lewis) and point guard (Johnson).

To keep up with the latest Kennesaw State women's basketball news follow the team on Twitter @KSUOwlNation and or by liking Kennesaw State University on Facebook. Follow Coach Berenato on Twitter @KSUCoachB.   
 


 
 
 

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