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Kennesaw State Set for Showdown at EKU Saturday

2/9/2024 2:00:00 PM

By: Michael Pitts

The Lead

 

RICHMOND, Ky. - Kennesaw State (10-13, 6-4 Atlantic Sun Conference) looks to keep momentum rolling against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels (17-7, 6-4 ASUN) inside Baptist Health Arena Saturday afternoon following the team's highest-scoring game of the season Thursday at Bellarmine.

KSU defeated the Knights, 85-75, on Feb. 8 behind a combined 50 points from Carly Hooks and Prencis Harden. It marked the Owls' second-straight win and the most points scored in an ASUN road victory for KSU since Feb. 18, 2006.

Harden leads the Black and Gold with an ASUN-best eight double-doubles, 308 points (14.7 per game), 165 rebounds (7.9 per game), 28 steals and 114 made field goals this season. All are single-season career highs for the Swainsboro, Ga. native.

KSU currently sits fifth in the ASUN with a 6-4 conference record.

This is Kennesaw State's final season in the ASUN Conference before moving to Conference USA on July 1.

Game Info

 

Date: Saturday, Feb. 10 | Time: 4:00 p.m. ET | TV: ESPN+ | Arena: KSU Convocation Center | KSU Game Notes | Live Stats

Game Notes

Carly Hooks
  • Hooks led the Black and Gold with 30 points at Bellarmine on Thursday night en route to the 85-75 win.
    • She now leads the conference with two 30-point games and is the only ASUN player to achieve the mark in a road game this season - where she earned both 30-point games.
    • The senior also surpassed 500 career points in a KSU uniform against the Knights.
    • Kennesaw State's defeat of Bellarmine came with the following notes:
      • The highest-scoring game of the season
      • Tied for the highest-scoring ASUN game under head coach Octavia Blue
      • The highest-scoring road game in the Blue Era
      • The most points scored by KSU on the road since March 7, 2020
      • The second-most points scored by KSU in a road ASUN game and most since Feb. 18, 2006
      • KSU achieved back-to-back 10-win and six-ASUN win seasons for the first time since 2015/16-2016/17
      • The first time KSU had two players score 20-or-more in a game since March 5, 2021
      • The most points scored in a half (49) this season and the most in an ASUN game in the Blue Era
  • KSU leads the ASUN with 12 double-doubles this season.
  • Hooks and Harden have the most combined 20-point games by a pair of teammates in the ASUN this season with 11.
  • A victory hands Kennesaw State its first road victory at Eastern Kentucky.
  • KSU won the last matchup in the series, 70-63, on Feb. 9, 2023.
  • EKU enters Saturday also at 6-4 in ASUN play following an 88-67 win over Queens on Thursday night.

Atlantic Sun Ranks Entering Saturday

Kyndall Golden
  • The Owls lead the ASUN in the following categories:
    • Double-doubles (12)
    • Offensive rebounds per game (14.52)
    • Offensive rebound percentage (39%)
    • Prencis Harden - double-doubles (8)
    • Prencis Harden - 10-rebound games (8)
    • Kyndall Golden - blocked shots (38) and blocked shots per game (1.65)
    • Carly Hooks - 30-point games (2)
  • KSU is top three in the ASUN in the following categories:
    • 2nd - rebounding margin (+5.22)
    • 2nd - Prencis Harden: rebounding (7.86)
    • 2nd - Prencis Harden: FG percentage (44.2%)
    • 2nd - Prencis Harden: defensive rebounds per game (5.05)
    • 3rd - rebounding defense (33.26)

In Our Blue Era

Coach Blue Extension 2027
  • On Dec. 7, Blue signed a contract extension through the 2026-27 season with KSU.
  • She is the fastest coach in Kennesaw State women's basketball's DI history to 27 wins, shattering the previous mark by 12 games.
  • Since Blue took over in 2021-22, the Owls are tied for the most home conference wins of any DI women's basketball program in the state of Georgia (13), tied with Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern.
  • Coach Blue reached 20 home wins on Jan. 6 vs. Queens, taking only 35 games to achieve the feat and passing the previous KSU women's basketball's DI record by four games.
  • The Black and Gold protected the Nest in 2022-23, accruing a 9-4 record inside the friendly confines of the KSU Convocation Center.
  • Last season, KSU WBB doubled its conference win total from five to 10, finishing with a 10-8 record in ASUN play.
  • In her first two seasons at the helm, Coach Blue has secured 24 wins, the second-most by a KSU coach in DI program history in their first two seasons.
  • Of the 14 Owls on the roster, seven are new to the Nest as freshmen or transfers, but for the first time as head coach, Blue's roster is 100% comprised of players brought in by one of her staffs.
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  • The 2023-24 season marks the final year of competition for Kennesaw State in the Atlantic Sun Conference.
  • Effective July 1, 2024, the Owls will join NCAA Division I FBS and Conference USA. Click here for more info.

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