By: Aury St. Germain
KENNESAW, Ga.- The Kennesaw State women's basketball team travels to UNCW tomorrow (Nov. 23) for a 2 p.m. matchup with the Seahawks.
The Rundown
Opponent: UNCW (2-3, 0-0)
Date: November 23, 2019
Site: Wilmington, N.C. (Trask Coliseum)
Tipoff: 2 p.m. (ET)
TV: Flo Sports
Live Stats: Click Here
Game Notes: KSU |
UNCW
Top Storylines
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Alexis Poole won the ASUN Player of the Week after averaging 19.0 points and 6.5 rebounds after week one of the season.
• The Owls are coming off a 95-69 rout against Georgia Southern, which included the most points scored by Kennesaw State on the road in its D1 era..
• 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, 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.
• 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 UNCW
• Redshirt senior guard GiGi Smith begins Saturday's matinee against Kennesaw State needing just 73 points to reach 1,000 for her college career. The Norfolk, Va., product tallied 378 points in two seasons at Old Dominion before adding 447 points last year with the Seahawks.
• After reaching double figures just once in her first 39 career games, junior forward Carol-Anne Obusek has scored 10 or more points in each of the last three games. The Cary, N.C., product is averaging 13.3 points per game in that span while making 54.8 percent (17-of-31) of her field goal tries.
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