KENNESAW, Ga. - Kennesaw State looks for its third-straight victory when the Owls travel to Georgia Southern tomorrow for a 2 p.m. tipoff.

The Rundown
Opponent: Georgia Southern (0-1, 0-0)
Date: November 17, 2019
Site: Statesboro, Ga. (Hanner Fieldhouse)
Tipoff: 2 p.m. (ET)
TV: ESPN+
Live Stats: Click Here
Game Notes: KSU 

Top Storylines
 • Alexis Poole is the reigning ASUN Player of the Week after averaging 19.0 points and 6.5 rebounds. 

• The Owls are coming off a 92-64 rout against Mercer. Carlotta Gianolla dominated the game with 29 points, while Kamiyah Street scored her 1,000th point. The 92 points were the second most in KSU D1 history. 

• The Owls return nine players, including all five starters from last year's squad. Kennesaw State comes into the 2019-20 season with last season's leading scorer, Kamiyah Street, (16.9 PPG), leading rebounder, Alexis Poole (8.4 RPG) and leader in assists (Amani Johnson (4.4). 

• During the summer, it was announced that the Owls were ranked No. 20 in the WBCA Academic rankings. The Owls were the sole program in the ASUN to receive the honor as well as the only program in the state of Georgia to be recognized on the list. KSU ended the season with a 3.54 GPA. 

• With Amani Johnson's 2018-19 ASUN Freshman of the year award, the Owls have won three-straight awards. Carlotta Gianolla won the award for the 2016-17 season, while Kamiyah Street won the award for the 2017- 18 campaign. 

• The Owls welcome two newcomers on this year's squad, Gillian Piccolino and Gabi Legister. Both hail from the Pittsburgh, Pa. area and logged significant playing time during the team's Italian Summer Tour. 

• The Owls are coming off a 9-22 record, which included a 4-12 mark in conference play. The regular season was highlighted with a 70-47 win over NJIT on Feb. 9, 2018, when the Owls hosted Pink Day to honor Coach Berenato and her battle with breast cancer. 

• After reaching the conference tournament with a No. 7 seed, the Owls knocked off No. 2 Stetson in the first round of the ASUN Championship Tournament. The victory was just the second time in league history that a No. 7 seed moved on the semifinals. 

• Two new faces will be seen on the Kennesaw State bench this season. This summer, Coach Berenato introduced Janell Crayton and Alex Winchell as assistant coaches. Crayton comes to Kennesaw State from Hampton University, where she served as an assistant coach. Winchell joins the KSU staff from Memphis. 

Noting Georgia Southern
• Georgia Southern was picked to finish 11th in a preseason poll by the Sun Belt Conference coaches, released by

league officials.

• Georgia Southern is represented on the 2019-20 Preseason All-Sun Belt Team by senior guard Alexis Brown, who earned a spot on the second team in a vote of the league's coaches. The Madison, Ga., native led the Eagles and ranked second in the Sun Belt in scoring last season, averaging 17.6 points per game, earning second-team All-Sun Belt honors. 

• The Eagles lost their first game to Furman, to begin 1-0 on the season. 

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