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LIBBY KNIGHT Assistant Director of Communications 1000 Chastain Rd Kennesaw, Ga 30144 OFFICE: 470-578-7589 CELL: 678-428-9808 [email protected] » 2014-15 SCHEDULE AND RECORD Kennesaw State VS XAVIER D GAME 12 VS. XAVIER | DEC. 22 | KSU CONVOCATION CENTER | KEnnESAW, GA. R OVERALL 9-2 CO E A-Sun 0-0 Kennesaw State VS XAVIER Non-Conference 9-2 Home 4-0 KENNESAW STATE XAVIER ECORD 9-2, 0-0 A-Sun ECORD 8-3, 0-0 Big East Away 5-2 R : R : Neutral 0-0 COACH: Nitra Perry COACH: Brian Neal 2014-15 R 2014-15 3rd Season (22-50) 2nd Season (16-26) 2014-15 SCHEDULE STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS DATE OPPONENT TIME POINTS Jasmine MCALLISTER, 172 POINTS BRIANA GLover, 133 NOVEMBER AssisTS KARLY FRYE, 42 AssisTS LEAH SCHAEFFER, 27 8 sAT. EMORY. (EX). W, 108-56 REBOUNDS Jasmine MCALLISTER, 128 REBOUNDS LEAH SCHAEFFER, 59 14 FRI. COL. OF CHARLEstON W, 68-61 17 Mon. at Tennessee State W, 65-56 BLocks KRISTINA WELLS, 12 BLocks BRIANA GLover, 8 19 Wed. at Georgia Tech L, 77-48 Three-PoinTers DeanDrea SawYers, 21 Three-PoinTers MarQuia Turner, 15 22 Sat. at Georgia Southern W, 72-51 MINUTES KARLY FRYE, 416 MINUTES BRIANA GLover, 293 26 Wed. at Seton Hall L, 77-74 FieLD GoaL % Jasmine MCALLISTER, .500 FieLD GoaL % LEAH SCHAEFFER ,.567 29 Sat. at Columbia W, 66-62 DECEMBER » GAME COVERAGE 3 Wed. at Georgia State W, 73-64 LIVE STATS: www.KSUOwls.com LIVE VIDEO: ESPN3 6 SAT. MURRAY STATE W, 65-60 TWITTER: www.Twitter.com/KSUOwlsWBB #GoKSUOwls 13 SAT. JACKSONVILLE STATE W OT, 67-65 THE COMPETITION 16 Tues. at Mercer W, 76-56 »UPCOMING SCHEDULE XAVIER 20 SAT. GARDNER-WEBB W, 50-47 MONDAY, DECEMBER 22 The Musketeers enter Monday’s 22 MON. XAVIER 12 P.M. Xavier 12 P.M. match-up with an 8-3 record 29 Mon. at Alabama A&M 6 p.m. following a 62-38 home win over JANUARY MONDAY, DECEMBER 29 Lipscomb on Saturday and are one 2 FRI. fLORIDA A&M 7 P.M. AT ALABama A&M 6 P.M. a three-game winning streak. The 6 tUES. MERCER 7 P.M. Musketeers have tied their win total 10 Sat. at USC Upstate* 4:30 p.m. TALKING POINTS from a year ago that saw the 2013-14 14 WED. NORTHERN KENTUCKY* 7 P.M. » Kennesaw State has a quick campaign end on a 13-game losing 17 Sat. at Lipscomb* 5 p.m. turnaround as the Owls host Xavier streak due to an injury plagued 22 Thur. at Stetson* 7 p.m. in the KSU Convocation Center on roster. Xavier had 13 steals in the Monday, Dec. 22 to close out play win over Lipscomb, its fifth game 24 Sat. at Florida Gulf Coast* 7:05 p.m. of the year with 10 or more steals. 29 THUR. NORTH FLORIDA* 7 P.M. before the Christmas break. Tipoff is slated for 12 p.m. ET. Briana Glover paces the Musketeers 31 SAT. JACKSONVILLE* 2 P.M. with 12. 1 points and is shooting at FEBRUARY » In the latest NCAA women’s a 40.0 percent clip from the three- 7 SAT. USC UpstATE* 12 P.M. basketball RPI rankings, the Owls came point line. Xavier is 6-0 on the year 12 Thur. at Jacksonville* 7 p.m. in as No. 64 and are the third-highest when outrebounding its opponents 14 Sat. at North Florida* 2 p.m. team from the Atlantic Sun Conference and rank fourth in the conference in 19 THUR. FLORIDA GULF COAst* 7 P.M. after Florida Gulf Coast (48) and rebounding margin (+ 0.7), led by 21 SAT. STEtsON* 2 P.M. Stetson (49). Leah Schaefer’s team-leading 5.4 rebounds per game. Schaefer also 25 Wed. at Northern Kentucky.* 7 p.m. » The Owls are off to their best start in 28 SAT. LipscOMB* 2 P.M. leads the team with 27 assists on the the Division I era and program’s best year. MARCH start since the 2000-01 campaign, A-SUN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS which saw KSU open its season with a ALL-TIME RECORD: SERIES TIED, 0-0 6 Fri. Quartersfinals TBA 13-2 record, and have won six-straight LAST MEETING: FIRST MEETING 11 Wed. Semifinals TBA games. 15 Sun. Championship Final TBA PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP CAPS denotes home contest NO. NAME POS. CL. HT. NOTES * denotes Atlantic Sun Conference game 2 KARLY FRYE G JR. 5-4 LEADS SQUAD WITH 42 ASSISTS All home games played at the KSU 10 KRISTINA WELLS G SR 5-9 AVERAGED 17.5 PTS AND 11.5 BOARDS IN THE LAST WEEK Convocation Center | All times are Eastern 20 Breonna MoseLY F RSR 5-8 HAS STARTED 9 OF 11 GAMES THIS SEASON and subject to change 42 DEANDREA SawYERS G SO 5-8 LEADS TEAM WITH 21 THREE-POINTERS » SOCIAL MEDIA CORNER 45 Jasmine MCALLisTer F JR 6-1 LEADS A-SUN WITH EIGHT DOUBLE-DOUBLES TWITTER @KSUOWLNATION, @KSUOWLSWBB KEY OFF THE BENCH FACEBOOK NO. NAME POS. CL. HT. NOTES FaceBOOK.com/KennesawSTATEOWLS 30 AAREON SMITH G SO 5-9 TIED CAREER-HIGH WITH 18 PTS AT SETON HAll YOUTUBE 23 TIANNA GERMAIN G FR. 5-2 WENT 3-OF-3 FOR SEVEN PTS VS. MSU YOUTUBE.com/KSUOWLVISION 12 VALESCIA Dixon F SR. 5-10 HAS SEEN ACTION IN SEVEN CONTESTS THIS SEASON INSTAGRAM INSTagram.com/KennesawSTATEOWLS 25 KATie POLinksY F FR. 6-2 HAS REGISTERED 10 REBOUNDS ON THE YEAR » WOMEN’S BasketbaLL QUICK Facts » NEWS AND NOTES THIS WEEK IN KSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY The Kennesaw State women’s basketball team has a quick InsT. Name �������������������������Kennesaw STATE UniversiTY LOCATION ........................................... Kennesaw, GA. turnaround when it faces its second Big East opponent of the ENROLLMENT ��������������������������������������������������� 24,629 season in Xavier at the KSU Convocation Center on Monday, Dec. FOUNDED ��������������������������������������������������������������1963 22. The ESPN3-featured broadcast is set to tip at 12 p.m. ET. NICKNAME �����������������������������������������������������������OWLS COLORS. .......................................... BLack AND GOLD AFFILIATION .................................... NCAA DIVISION I This will be the first-ever meeting between the Owls and CONFERENCE �����������������������������������������ATLANTIC SUN Arena/CapaciTY ...KSU ConvocaTion CenTer/4,600 the Musketeers. This will be the second Big East opponent the YEAR OPENED ��������������������������������������������������� 2005 Owls have faced this season after dropping a hard-fought 77-74 PRESIDENT ............................................DR. DAN PAPP DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS �������������� Vaughn WILLIAMS decision at Seton Hall on Nov. 26 in South Orange, N.J. SENIOR WOMAN ADMIN. �����������������������KATIE EGLOFF INSTITUTION WEBSITE ��������������������������Kennesaw.EDU LAST TIME OUT ATHLETIC WEBSITE ���������������������������� KSUOWLS.com With ice water in her veins, junior Karly Frye buried a three- COACHING STAFF pointer with 10 seconds left in regulation to propel the Kennesaw HEAD Coach ������������������������������������������NITRA PERRY State women’s basketball to a 50-47 win over Gardner-Webb on ALMA MATER �����������������������Mississippi STATE, 2001 Saturday (Dec. 20) afternoon at the KSU Convocation Center. KSU RecorD/YEARS �22-50 (.306)/3RD Season CAREER RecorD �������������������������������������������������SAME Sophomore Deandrea Sawyers led all scorers with 18 points for OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������� (470) 578-6413 the Owls, while senior Kristina Wells poured in 15 points on 7-of- PERRY E-MAIL [email protected] 13 shooting and nine rebounds. Junior Jasmine McAllister added AssisTANT Coach �������������������������� STaceY FRANKLIN ALMA MATER ������������������������������������ ALABAMA, 1993 her Atlantic Sun Conference-leading eighth double-double of the OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������ (470) 578-4476 season with 10 points and a season-high 16 rebounds. FRANKLIN E-MAIL ���������� [email protected] AssisTANT Coach ������������������������������JANIE MITCHELL ALMA MATER ��������������������������GEORGIA TECH, 2008 NEXT UP OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������ (470) 578-2336 The Owls will break for the Christmas holiday, before returning MITcheLL E-MaiL �������������������������[email protected] to action on Monday, Dec. 29 for a road contest against Alabama AssisTANT Coach ����������������������������TALVIS FRANKLIN ALMA MATER ...................... Mississippi STATE, 2007 A&M in Huntsville, Ala. Tipoff is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET in T.M. OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������ (470) 578-2699 Elmore Gymnasium. FrankLin E-MaiL �����������������������[email protected] DIRECTOR OF OPS. .........JUSTIN RUFEN-BLANCHETTE ALMA MATER .......................Kennesaw STATE, 2014 KSU AS A TEAM OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������� (470) 578-2186 With nine wins in the first 11 games, the Owls are off to their best Rufen-BLancheTTE E-MaiL �������[email protected] start in the Division I era and the best since the 2000-01 season ATHLETIC TRAINER �������������������������������������AMY PRALL when KSU opened its campaign with 13 wins in its first 15 contests. HISTOry First Year ..........................................................1982-83 With its win on Saturday, KSU has won six-consecutive games First Year of Division I ..............................2005-06 All-Time Record/Years ........................530-412/31 for the first time in the Division I era and first time since the 2001- NCAA Record/Years ...........................326-269/19 02 season, when the Owls put together an eight-game winning NCAA Division-l Record/Years .......... 104-171/8 streak with wins over Clayton State, USC Spartanburg, Lander, NCAA Division-ll Record/Years .........222-98/11 NAIA Record/Years ............................. 204-143/12 Armstrong Atlantic, Columbus State, Francis Marion, Augusta Atlantic Sun Record/Years ....................62-105/8 State and GC&SU. Home Record/Years .............................282-148/31 KSU Convo Record/Years ........................61-62/8 NCAA Postseason App. (3) ................97, 99, 00 The Owls rank third the Atlantic Sun Conference and 45th NCAA Tournament Record ...............................6-3 nationally with a 73.1 free throw percentage and are averaging 12.8 free throws made per contest, compared to their opponents with TEAM 9.6 freebies made per game. 2013-14 OVERALL RecorD ...............................6-24 2013-14 A-SUN RecorD/FINISH .............. 4-14/7TH A-Sun TournamenT .......................................FirsT RounD KSU is also shooting it well from the field and have connected on 2012-13 FinaL Ranking ............................................