By: Aury St. Germain
GAME DAY INFORMATION
Opponent: FGCU
Date: March 13, 2019
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Alico Arena
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Game Day Storylines
• The Owls are looking for their fourth ASUN tournament win in program history, after recorded victories in 2011, 2017 and this season.
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Amani Johnson captured the ASUN Freshman of the Year award. She is third Owl in a row to win the award after
Carlotta Gianolla won it in 2016-17 and
Kamiyah Street earned it last season.
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Kamiyah Street was named to the ASUN First Team All-Conference list, which is just the second time in program history that a Kennesaw State player has been named to the first team.
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Amani Johnson is coming off one of her most impressive performances of the season. The freshman showed zero nerves during the quarterfinals, netting a career-high 21 points to go along with seven rebounds and five assists.
• After not capturing a road win during the regular season, the Owls stunned No. 2 seeded Stetson in the quarterfinals.
• With the win, the Owls would advance the finals for the first time in program history.
• KSU is looking for its first win against FGCU this season.
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Kamiyah Street comes into the semifinals having shot 521 times this season, which is a program record.
• The Owls recorded their largest margin of victory in program history over an ASUN conference opponent versus Lipscomb.
• Kennesaw State is the only program with two players in the top-15 in the country in minutes per game.
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Kamiyah Street was featured on ESPN Sportcenter's Top 10 plays (No. 9) with her last-second shot to force overtime against North Alabama. She won ASUN Player of the week on Feb. 25 for her play against UNA and FGCU.
Opponent Notes
• FGCU is currently 26-4 on the season and is coming into Wednesday's contest and is undefeated in conference play.
• The Eagles are a perfect 16-0 in ASUN play this season
• Florida Gulf Coast has two players that average double-digit points. The Eagles are led by Nasrin Ulel who averages 15.0 points per game. Keri Jewett-Giles is a
significant contributor as well, as she averages 12.3 points.
• Ulel was named the ASUN Player of the Year
• FGCU leads the conference in nearly every category, including scoring offense, scoring margin, 3-point makes, turnovers forced and fewest turnovers.
• Lisa Zderadicka tops the ASUN in assist-to-turnover ratio, with a +2.45 margin. The figure ranks 26th in the country.
• Ulel leads the conference in 3-pointers made and attempted.
Series
•25th meeting (FGCU leads 22-2)
Stetson Recap
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Amani Johnson set her career-high with 21 points
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Alexis Poole matched her career-high with 27 points
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Alexis Poole finished 17-for-18 from the free-throw line
• As a team, the Owls made five 3-pointers compared to just three trifectas from Stetson
• Kennesaw State out-rebounded Stetson 28-21
• There were just three lead changes in the contest, and the Owls led for 29 minutes and 27 seconds
• The Owls move on to the ASUN semifinals for the first time since
• This win marks the first road win of the season for KSU
• It was the first win over Stetson this season for the Owls
