By: By Joseph Feldman
Saturday, February 11
7 p.m. – Kennesaw State at FGCU
Location: Fort Myers, Fla. | Alico Arena
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Kennesaw State looks to stay hot in the ASUN as they take on Florida Gulf Coast. The Owls have won three in a row and five of their last six.
FGCU has won 12 straight against the Owls, but the last seven meetings have been decided by 10 or fewer points.
The game will be broadcasted on ESPN3.
Double Digit Wins
The Owls surpassed their win total from last season after defeating Stetson for their 12th victory of the season with four games still remaining in the regular season.
This is the third season in a row that Kennesaw State has matched double-digit victories. The Owls are currently one win away from tying the Division I record of 13 wins that was set in the 2009-10 season and the 2006-07 season.
Winning Ways in 2017
The Owls had a winning record in January for the first time since joining Division I with a 5-4 record. Three of those victories came on the road against Tennessee State, Jacksonville and NJIT.
Moving into February, Kennesaw State is now 2-0 pushing their 2017 record to 7-4.
Hot at the Right Time
Heading down the stretch of conference season, a team always wants to be hitting its stride and the past two seasons Coach Skinner has done just that. In his two seasons as head coach of Kennesaw State, the Owls are 7-2 in February. The team has outscored its opponents 748-652 in those nine games.
Great Scott
James Scott got his first career start against Stetson and came up big for Kennesaw State scoring a career high 33 points for the Owls. It is the fifth 30-point performance for Kennesaw State this season, and he is the second freshman in the ASUN to score over 30 points in a game this season.
For the season overall, he's averaging 10.3 points per game in 16.0 minutes per game. Per 40 minutes, the freshman leads the team averaging 25.7 points per game.
Freshmen Five
In the past two games, five freshmen have been on the floor at the same time and in both games they extended the team's lead. Over a span of 7:17 on the game clock,
Tyler Hooker,
James Scott,
Anthony Wilson,
Johannes Nielsen and
Zach Cameron are +9 on the floor.
Against Stetson, the group was +8 pushing the Owls out to a double-digit lead.
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