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UP NEXT: JACKSONVILLE • The Owls of Kennesaw State are 6-16 on the season with an A-Sun mark of 4-7 after defeating Northern Kentucky 53-39 last weekend. The team will face Stetson on Thursday before travelling to Alico Arena. • As a team, the Owls average 62.1 points per game, while allowing opponents to score 73.9 points per contest. KSU has shot 38.9 percent from the field this season with foes converting 44.8 percent of shots. They bring down an average of 38.5 rebounds per game and allow opponents to grab 37.5 boards per game. The team has turned the ball over an average of 18.1 times per contest with just 9.8 assists and 4.7 steals. • Individually, the Owls are led by junior guard Kristina Wells’ 16.1 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. Wells is aided by freshman guard Deandrea Sawyers who has averaged 13.4 points per game with 52 made 3-point attempts this season. In conference play, the duo is responsible for 34.5 of the team’s points per game. • The Eagles are 13-2 all-time against Kennesaw State in games dating back to 2008. The Owls last defeated FGCU in 2011; since then the Eagles have won seven straight contests, including two games in A-Sun Conference Tournament matchups and a game at the Convocation Center earlier this year.
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
• 173-14 in home games • 171-14 in games at Alico Arena • 95-8 in Division I games at Alico Arena • 61-1 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 52 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 Owls were selected to finish as the league’s 10th ranked team this season after finishing last year with a mark of 7-24 overall and 3-15 in A-Sun games.
FGCU’s first win Atlantic Sun Conference win
• mar. 21, 2008 | FGCU 67 USF 65
The Green and Blue’s first Division I postseason win
• nov. 14, 2008 | FGCU 88 Florida 86
The Eagles defeated in-state foe in front of 2,866 fans
• nov. 12, 2010 | FGCU 64 Seton Hall 57
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
• nov. 19, 2011 | FGCU 59 Michigan State 58
AROUND THE NEST
• WOMEN’S GOLF: The women’s golf team will begin the spring tournament season at the FSU Match Up this weekend. The team will play 11 other teams in a unique format at Southwood Golf Club.
• softball: The softball team continues the 2014 season at the FIU Invitational. The team will challenge Wisconsin, FIU and Georgia Southern in the three-day event.
• baseball: The baseball team will open the season with a fourgame series against the University of Rhode Island at Swanson Stadium.
The Eagles defeated a Big Ten opponent for the first time
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
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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