By: Michael Pitts
KENNESAW, Ga. – Six seniors will be honored inside the KSU Convocation Center Saturday as Kennesaw State women's basketball wraps up its 2024-25 regular season against the Jacksonville State Gamecocks.
The Black and Gold enter the weekend having won four of their last six home games including taking a 53-50 last-second victory over FIU last Thursday.
Keyarah Berry,
Taylor Cullinan,
Morgan Dillard,
Keiara Griffin,
Prencis Harden and
Carly Hooks will be honored pregame for Senior Day. Fans are encouraged to arrive at the KSU Convocation Center early to catch the festivities. Gates open at 1:00 p.m.
Saturday's matchup is also a 'Blue Out' - a limited number of free 'Blue Out' t-shirts will be available at the gate.
The contest also wraps up the Owls' first regular season as a member of Conference USA.
Game Information
Matchup: Kennesaw State Owls (11-17, 6-11 CUSA) vs. Jacksonville State Gamecocks (10-18, 4-13 CUSA)
Date: Saturday, March 8
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Kennesaw, Ga.
Arena: KSU Convocation Center
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Notes to Know
- Kennesaw State has won four of its last six home games.
- KSU's 27.6% three-point defense is second in CUSA and 29th in the nation.
- KSU (18) and Harden (15) lead CUSA in double-doubles.
- Harden also leads CUSA in 10-rebound games with 16.
This is Her Legacy
Prencis Harden is all over the record book for her KSU career and this 2024-25 campaign. The five-time CUSA Player of the Week is third for rebounding average in KSU DI single-season history (10.4) and the second-best scoring average (15.9). On Feb. 20 at UTEP, she eclipsed 1,000 career points - all scored in an Owl uniform.
Entering Saturday's game, she is at the current spots in the KSU record book (all single-season marks are from 2024-25):
- Single-season defensive rebounds: 213 (1st)
- Single-season double-doubles: 15 (T-1st)
- Single-season scoring average 15.9 (2nd)
- Single-season rebound average: 10.4 (3rd)
- Career double-doubles: 26 (3rd)
- Single-season rebounds; 290 (4th)
- Career rebounds: 724 (4th)
- Career defensive rebounds: 489 (4th)
- Career offensive rebounds: 235 (4th)
Executive Producers
Kennesaw State begins the new year returning 88.67% of its point production from last season, the second-most in CUSA behind former ASUN foe Liberty by just .05% (88.72%). KSU also returns 74.1% of its minutes-accounted-for, the third-most in CUSA behind Liberty (85.2%) and New Mexico State (77.5%).
KSU's nine returners are tied with NMSU and Liberty for the CUSA lead. The Black and Gold also bring back five student-athletes who accrued at least 10 starts last season - the second-most in the conference behind the Aggies (6).
Inside the Roster
Captains for 2024-25 include graduate guard
Carly Hooks and senior forward
Prencis Harden. Blue's fourth season at the helm sees nine returners on a roster loaded with experience in addition to four newcomers with just one true freshman.
Hooks and Harden join an impressive batch of returners that include
Keyarah Berry,
Morgan Dillard,
Kailyn Fields,
Lee Lee Willis,
Taylor Cullinan and
Sophia Rueppell.
Kennesaw State has six seniors/graduates on the team this season, the second-most in Conference USA.
Three of the four newcomers transferred in to KSU during the offseason with a combined 264 games played and 142 starts. A 2024 Academic All-American, Gaby Bendeck-Giron, transfers in averaging 14.4 points per game last season at Pensacola State while
Claire Davis joins the Black and Gold from Palm Beach Atlantic with eight games of 10+ points in 2023-24. True freshman and 6'6" center
Mame Kane comes from Dakar, Senegal, as the first KSU Division I women's basketball student-athlete from the country.
Pack the Convocation Center
Saturday, March 8 vs. Jacksonville State marks the final home game of the 2024-25 campaign. Fans can click
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