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UP NEXT: NORTH FLORIDA • Following Thursday’s contest, the Eagles will welcome UNF to Alico Arena for a Saturday evening contest. • The Ospreys of UNF are currently 5-11 on the season with a record of 1-4 in Atlantic Sun action. The team earned wins over Air Force and Georgia Southern before dropping four-straight conference wins. The Ospreys bounced back with their first conference win on Jan. 18 against Lipscomb. UNF will face Stetson on Thursday before traveling to Fort Myers. • As a team, the Ospreys have averaged 55.1 points per game, while allowing opponents to score a 61 points per contest. The opponent average tops the league for scoring defense. UNF has shot 37 percent from the field this season with foes converting 38.5 percent of shots. UNF pulls down 39.4 rebounds per game, four more than its opposition, turns the ball over an average of 18.7 times and dishes out 11.4 assists per contest. • Individually, the Ospreys are led by junior Destinee Smith’s 11.1 points per game. Smith is aided by 7.2 points per game from senior Raneisha Lamar and 6.7 points per game from rookie Bailey Florin. Lamar adds 6.0 rebounds per game and has shot over 61 percent from the field this season. Florin leads UNF with a team-high 27 made shots from 3-point range.
ALICO ARENA Since opening its doors in December 2002, Alico Arena has served as the centerpiece of FGCU athletics. In addition to the 4,500 seat basketball and volleyball facility, the arena houses Athletic Department staff offices, 12 locker rooms, a full suite of luxury boxes, a hospitality suite, the Human Performance Athletic Training Center, a fitness center and an auxiliary gym.
EAGLES AT ALICO
• 170-14 in home games • 168-14 in games at Alico Arena • 92-8 in Division I games at Alico Arena • 58-1 in Atlantic Sun games at Alico Arena ALICO fast facts • The Eagles compiled a streak of 42 home wins between 2008 and 2011. The streak was the third longest streak in the nation behind perennial powerhouses UConn and Stanford. The run ended in a 2011 WNIT game against Florida • FGCU has not fallen in an Atlantic Sun game at Alico Arena since Jan. 8, 2009. That’s 49 straight A-Sun wins at home.
NOTABLE WINS AT ALICO • dEC. 2, 2002 | FGCU 75 Ohio Dominican 58
The Eagles first victory at Alico Arena
• March 12, 2007 | FGCU 57 Delta State 44
FGCU earns a win in the NCAA Division II South Region Finals
• nov. 23, 2007 | FGCU 71 Central Connecticut State 52
FGCU’s first win as an NCAA Division I program
• jAN. 12, 2008 | FGCU 65 Stetson 44
• The Eagles are 11-2 in 13 all-time meetings between the two teams. FGCU dropped the first ever meeting, 63-47 in Jacksonville and fell to UNF in 2010 but has since defeated UNF in seven-straight games, including last year’s A-Sun tournament. • After finishing last season with a 12-19 record including a 7-11 mark in A-Sun action, the Ospreys upset USC Upstate in the first round of the A-Sun tournament last season before falling to FGCU in the quarterfinal. UNF was selected to finish fifth in the conference this season.
AROUND THE NEST
FGCU’s first win Atlantic Sun Conference win
• mar. 21, 2008 | FGCU 67 USF 65
• nov. 14, 2008 | FGCU 88 Florida 86
The Eagles defeated a Big Ten opponent for the first time
• nov. 19, 2011 | FGCU 59 Michigan State 58
A clutch free-throw with 0.4 seconds on the clock by Sarah Hansen lifts FGCU over Michigan State in front of 3,108 fans
• nov. 28, 2011 | FGCU 106 Webber International 27
FGCU ties the NCAA record for 3-pointers made in a single game with 21
• feb. 18, 2012 | FGCU 79 Stetson 56
With 3,489 fans in attendance, the Eagles clinch the A-Sun Regular Season title and the No. 1 seed in their first A-Sun Tournament
• dec. 28, 2012 | FGCU 76 LSU 70
The Eagles defeated the SEC opponent in front of nearly 2,300 fans. The Tigers went on to earn a #6 seed in the NCAA Tournament
• mar. 2, 2013 | FGCU 74 KENNESAW STATE 36
• WOMen’s TENNIS: The women’s team will play Lousiana Tech on Friday evening before hosting UCF on Saturday afternoon at the FGCU Tennis Complex.
Three players score double-figures to help FGCU extend its home win streak to 25 games, the fourth-longest streak in the nation at the time
• dec. 12, 2010 | FGCU 73 Indiana 69
• Men’s TENNIS: The men’s team will host SMU on Friday night at the FGCU Tennis Complex.
The Eagles defeated in-state foe in front of 2,866 fans
• nov. 12, 2010 | FGCU 64 Seton Hall 57
• men’s basketbalL: The Eagles continue Atlantic Sun action at Mercer and Kennesaw State this weekend.
The Green and Blue’s first Division I postseason win
The Eagles defeat KSU to finish the A-Sun season with a record of 18-0 for their second-consecutive perfect A-Sun season
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• WOMen’s SWIMMING: The swimming & diving team team will host FIU on Saturday morning at the Community School of Naples.
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