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SCHEDULE // RESULTS PROBABLE STARTERS NOVEMBER 13 at North Carolina A & T W, 60-36 17 vs Florida Atlantic L, 62-55 dytiesha DUNSON // G • 5’8 • SR 5.4 ppg • 99 assists • 2.75 A:TO 20 vs Ohio % L, 69-57 00 21 vs Akron % W, 82-64 Albany, Ga. 23 at Florida International W, 81-53 28 vs Arkansas State L, 62-48 DECEMBER 15.0 ppg • 5.7 rpg • 70 assists 3 at George Washington W, 64-60 kaneisha ATWATER // G • 5’7 • SR 5 vs Harvard W, 74-65 2 Fort Pierce, Fla. 12 at Providence W, 50-41 15 vs St. Thomas University W, 86-33 19 vs Mississippi State @ L, 65-60 20 vs Arizona @ W, 57-55 whitney KNIGHT // G • 6’3 • R-SR 12.2 ppg • 5.7 rpg • 34 blocks 21 vs Western Michigan @ W, 60-42 14 28 vs Quinnipiac W, 71-70 ot Winston-Salem, N.C. 30 vs Auburn W, 52-45 JANUARY 2 vs Hartford W, 64-44 2.8 ppg • 3.8 rpg • 10 blocks 9 vs Stetson * W, 61-48 jaime GLUESING // G • 5’11 • SR 16 vs USC Upstate * W, 54-43 21 Solon, Ohio 18 vs NJIT * W, 70-37 24 at Lipscomb * W, 71-39 26 at Kennesaw State * W, 78-47 30 at North Florida * 2 p.m. taylor GRADINJAN // G • 5’9 • R-SO 10.4 ppg • .418 FG% • 49 3-pointers FEBRUARY 24 4 vs Jacksonville * 7 p.m. Cudahy, Wisc. 6 vs North Florida * 4 p.m. 10 at Jacksonville * 7 p.m. 13 at NJIT * 1 p.m. EAGLES ONLINE 15 at USC Upstate * 7 p.m. 20 vs Kennesaw State * 4 p.m. 22 vs Lipscomb * 7 p.m. 27 at Stetson * 1 p.m. MARCH 4 vs A-Sun Championship (Quarterfinal) TBD 9 vs A-Sun Championship (Semifinal) TBD 13 vs A-Sun Championship (Final) TBD TRENDING TODAY AT #FGCU TWEET THIS • FGCU’s 201 total 3-pointers made this season ranks third nationally, while the 9.5 makes per game ranks seventh among the nation’s best • The Eagles are 7-0 in true road games this season and have outscored opponents by over 20 points per game in away games • FGCU is 16-2 against UNF since the first meeting in 2008. The Eagles are riding a 11-game win streak since a loss in 2010 • Since Whitney Knight’s return from injury, FGCU has compiled a record of 11-1 with its only blemish as a five-point loss to No. 10 DyTiesha Dunson tops Mississippi State the atlantic sun and ranks 10th nationally with an • In addition to the 3-pointers, the Eagles rank among the nation’s assist to turnover ratio of top-15 in scoring defense, turnovers per game, turnover margin and 2.75 assist to turnover ratio GAME TWENTY TWO THE MATCHUP: NORTH FLORIDA As a team, the Ospreys score 56.5 points and allow After an eventful road trip effected by Winter Storm 65.1 points per contest with a 36.8 percent clip from Jonas, the FGCU women’s basketball team travels the floor. UNF boasts just two players shooting over in-state to Jacksonville to take on the University of 40 percent with no player above the 35 percent mark North Florida on Saturday, Jan. 30 with a 2 p.m. tipoff from long distance. The team has combined for a 30 at UNF Arena. The Eagles look to extend a 10-game percent clip from 3-point range with 7.2 makes per win streak and move to 6-0 in A-Sun Conference play. game to sit just behind the Eagles in the league rank- ings. UNF turns the ball over 17.7 times per contests and has been outrebounded by a margin of 6.1 boards SCOUTING THE OSPREYS per game. Under the direction of first year head coach Darrick Gibbs, the Ospreys of UNF are 6-14 on the season Junior college transfer Claire Ioannidis leads the with a 2-3 mark in Atlantic Sun Conference play. The squad with an average of 15.1 points per game and team shot over 54 percent to earn a win over Lip- tops the league with 55 3-pointers made in her first scomb and picked up a double-figure victory over season with the Ospreys. Sophomore Sierra Shep- NJIT before falling to USC Upstate Tuesday night. herd adds 13.2 points per outing with a team-best After being selected to finish eighth in the league, 44.8 percent shooting performance and has paced the team holds a fifth-place tie with Kennesaw State the team with 73 assists and 39 steals. Defensively, through the first five games of league play. Kadesia Johnson tops the team with 8.1 rebounds per game, with Karrah Johnson swatting 18 shots so far UNF returned no starters from last year’s squad that this season. went 11-19 with a 2-12 record in A-Sun play. Senior Kadesia Johnson stands as the team’s top returner After the team’s first 20 games, the Ospreys hold an after starting seven games last season and scoring official RPI of 316. 3.1 points per game. MATCHING UP TEAM COMPARISON INDIVIDUAL LEADERS FGCU UNF FGCU UNF record 17-4 6-14 scoring Atwater, 15.0 Ioannidis, 15.1 streak W10 L1 rpi 70 316 field goal % Meador, .475 Shepherd, .448 points per game 64.5 56.5 points allowed 51.4 65.1 3-pt % Gradinjan, .368 Ioannidis, .348 scoring margin +13.1 -8.5 field goal percentage .387 .368 rebounding Knight, 5.7 Johnson, 8.1 3-pt percentage .302 .300 Atwater, 5.7 3-pointers per game 9.6 7.2 free throw percentage .679 .694 assists Dunson, 99 Shepherd, 73 rebounds per game 36.4 34.4 rebound margin -1.0 -6.1 steals Atwater, 32 Shepherd, 39 assists per game 14.8 10.8 Knight, 32 turnovers per game 11.5 17.7 assist:turnover ratio 1.3 0.6 blocks Knight, 34 Johnson, 18 steals per game 7.1 6.6 2 #WingsUp SERIES HISTORY LAST TIME OUT AGAINST UNF AT KENNESAW STATE FGCU holds a 16-2 advantage over the Ospreys in 18 The FGCU women’s basketball team started a Tuesday meetings since the 2007-08 season. The Eagles have matinee at Kennesaw State with a 14-0 run and never won 12-straight games since a loss in 2010, including relinquished the lead en route to a 78-47 win at the postseason wins in 2013 and 2015. The team defeat- KSU Convocation Center. ed UNF 74-35 in the last meeting and is 6-2 in all-time meetings at UNF Arena. The Eagles opened the game with a 14-point run, while holding the Owls scoreless for the first six and a half LAST TIME AGAINST THE OSPREYS minutes of the contest. KSU added a pair of points With an Atlantic Sun Championship record 16 3-point- from the charity stripe and a single layup in the first ers made, the top-seeded FGCU women’s basketball quarter as FGCU took a 20-point lead after 10 minutes. team advanced to the A-Sun semifinal with a 74-35 FGCU shot 45.7 percent in the first half and held the victory over No. 8 North Florida in the quarterfinal. Owls to a 16 percent clip from the floor to extend the lead to 47-17 lead at the break. The Eagles maintained With nine players making at least one long-range shot, the lead through the final whistle with points from 11 the Eagles scored 48 points from the perimeter to different players and took home its second 30-point match their season high against a Division I opponent. victory of the weekend road trip. The team saw five double-digit scorers in a well-bal- anced attack and cruised to its third victory over the As a team, the Eagles shot 36 percent overall with 12 Ospreys this season. made shots from the perimeter, while holding the Owls to a 28.9 percent success rate. The team outrebound- FGCU, who entered the game with an official RPI of 17 ed KSU 51-33 with a 21-5 advantage on the offensive and an AP Top-25 standing, got off to an eight-point glass and produced 15 second-chance points. The lead right out of the gates as Whitney Knight made Eagles forced 15 turnovers for 17 points and went 12- back-to-back 3-pointers in the first minute of action for-19 from the free throw line. and followed with a layup on the right side. The Eagles never looked back and maintained a 15-point advan- Whitney Knight once again led the Green and Blue with tage through the first half before shooting 58 percent 13 points on the day, all coming in the team’s stellar from the field with 10 made shots from beyond-the- first quarter. Jessica Cattani also produced a ca- arc in the second stanza. UNF was held to just 14 field reer-high 13 points with Taylor Gradinjan and Kaneisha goals and a 25 percent success rate as the Eagles Atwater putting up 12 and 11 points, respectively. sailed to their 23rd-straight win. 3 #WingsUp QUICK FACTS BACK IN ACTION The Eagles return all but two of last year’s contrib- ABOUT FGCU utors. The experienced squad accounts for a strong School .......................................... Florida Gulf Coast University percentage of last year’s statistics.