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KENNESAW STATE OWLS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES • KSUOWLS.COM WBB Contact: Aury St. Germain | Email: [email protected] | O: (470) 578-7837 | C: (828) 674-8982 2018-19 SCHEDULE GAME 11: GEORGIA TECH | DEC. 16 | McCAMISH PAVILION NOVEMBER Tip: 4 p.m. (ET) 1 THOMAS (Exhib.) W, 80-61 7 MIDDLE GEORGIA STATE W, 80-70 Watch: ACC Network Extra 10 at Seton Hall^ L, 102-80 11 vs. UMBC^ L, 57-53 Live Stats: 14 FURMAN W, 74-63 RamblinWreck.com 18 at East Carolina L, 68-56 22 vs. Idaho State# L, 60-49 Kennesaw State GT Series Info: Georgia Tech 23 vs. Michigan State# L, 75-51 OWLS Georgia Tech leads, 11-0 YELLOW JACKETS 28 GEORGIA SOUTHERN W, 78-59 3-7, 0-0 7-2, 0-0 DECEMBER Last Meeting: 2017, Georgia Tech, 86-48 1 at Mercer L, 64-48 13 at Georgia State L, 79-73 Head Coach Head Coach 16 at Georgia Tech 4 p.m. Agnus Berenato Machelle Joseph 20 vs. Bethune-Cookman! 3 p.m. (Mount St. Mary’s, 1980) (Purdue, 1992) 21 vs. North Carolina Central! 1 p.m. Overall Record: 464-458 (32) Overall Record: 301-193 JANAURY Record at KSU: 20-45 (3) GT Record: Same (16) 5 at NJIT 1 p.m. 8 JACKSONVILLE* 7 p.m. 15 LIBERTY* 7 p.m. 19 FGCU* 2 p.m. GAME DAY STORYLINES 22 at North Alabama* 7 p.m. • Kennesaw State (3-7) is coming off a 3-day break after falling to Georgia State on Dec. 29 NORTH FLORIDA* 11 a.m. 13, 79-73 in overtime. It was the first overtime game for the Owls since beating Georgia FEBRUARY Southern on Dec. 15, 2017. 2 at Stetson* 1 p.m. • Jim Kiritsy and his wife, Bree, will serve as guest coaches this afternoon. Jim is the Di- 5 at Jacksonville* 7 p.m. rector of Strength and Conditioning for the KSU football team while Bree is an Olympian 9 NJIT* 2 p.m. skier. 12 at North Florida* 7 p.m. • Georgia Tech represents the fifth of five opponents the Owls will play from the state 16 LIPSCOMB* 2 p.m. of Georgia. KSU is finishing playing four straight games against teams from the Peach 19 NORTH ALABAMA* 7 p.m. State. 23 at FGCU* 4 p.m. • A win over Georgia Tech will improve Kennesaw State to 3-2 versus in-state opponents 26 at Liberty* 5 p.m. following victories over Middle Georgia State (80-70) and Georgia Southern (78-59). MARCH • KSU is looking for its first-ever victory against the Yellow Jackets. 2 STETSON* 2 p.m. • Rookie guard Amani Johnson has made an impact early in her collegiate career as she 5 at Lipscomb* 7:30 p.m. opened the season with back-to-back ASUN Conference Freshman of the Week honors. 8 ASUN Quarterfinals TBD 13 ASUN Semifinals TBD • Following her career performance of 20 points and 13 rebounds against Georgia 17 ASUN Final TBD Southern, Simina Avram earned the ASUN Newcomer of the Week honors. • Head coach Agnus Berenato, who is in her 32nd season as a Division I head coach, is in BOLD CAPS denotes home contest her third year leading the Owls. She has an all-time record of 464-459 (.503), and guid- * ASUN Conference games ed Kennesaw State to the ASUN Conference semifinals in 2017. ^ Seton Hall Tip-Off; South Orange, N.J. • Kennesaw State has produced the last two ASUN Conference Freshmen of the Year in # Cancun Challenge; Cancun, Mexico Carlotta Gianolla (2017) and Kamiyah Street (2018). Both players were unanimous picks. ! Georgia State Classic; Atlanta, Ga. • KSU returns three players who earned ASUN Conference postseason honors follow- ing the 2017-18 season. Forward Carlotta Gianolla garnered all-academic honors, while Kamiyah Street and Alexis Poole were named to the all-freshman team. Street also was a second team all-conference selection. projected starting lineup / bench No. Pos. Name Ht. Yr. PPG. RPG. Notes/Other 0 G Amani Johnson 5-6 Fr. 9.7 4.7 2-Time ASUN FOtW; Career-high, 17 pts., 11 asts. vs. Ga. Southern 2 G Kamiyah Street 5-5 So. 15.8 4.6 ASUN POW (Nov. 12); KSU rec. 41 pts. at Seton Hall 10 F Alexis Poole 6-2 So. 14.2 8.7 6 Double-Doubles; Tied career high with 21 pts. vs. Michigan State 12 G/F Alexandra Landby 6-2 R-Jr. 0.0 0.8 Made first start of season vs. Georgia Southern 14 C Simina Avram 6-3 Sr. 6.7 4.6 20 pts., 13 rebs. vs. Georgia Southern/ ASUN Newcomer of th Week 11 G Kate Head 5-5 Fr. 0.0 0.8 Career-high 4 rebs. vs. MGA 13 F Carlotta Gianolla 6-1 Jr. 8.8 3.8 Season-high 24 pts, 9 rebs. vs. MGA 21 G Breanna Hoover 5-6 So. 3.5 1.9 Season-high 12 pts. vs. Georgia Southern 24 G Iceis Walker 5-7 Sr. 0.2 1.2 7th on KSU DI games played list with 90 32 F Janae Omusi 6-0 Sr. 0.0 0.5 Made season debut at Seton Hall 33 F Lexi Mann 6-1 So. 2.6 1.8 Tied career high with 12 pts. and had 5 rebs. vs. MGA 44 G Peyton Lewis 5-9 Fr. 1.6 1.1 Started first 3 games; Season-high 3 pts. vs. MGA SOCIAL MEDIA HUB Hashtag: #GoKSUOwls | Twitter: @KSUOwlNation; @KSUOwlsWBB | Agnus Berenato Twitter: @KSUCoachB Facebook: www.facebook.com/ksuowlnation | Instagram: KSUOwlsWBB | YouTube: www.youtube.com/ksuowlvision KSUOWLS.COM KENNESAW STATE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL rebounds), Simina Avram was named the GEORGIA TECH NOTES ASUN Newcomer of the Week. STATS COMPARISON • Georgia Tech is currently 7-2 on the sea- BALANCED SCORING son and is coming off a 69-42 win against • Against Georgia Southern, the Owls Alabama State on Dec. 5. posted its highest shooting percentage in • The Yellow Jackets have two players the last three years, Kennesaw State had CATEGORY scoring in double figures this season. five players - Simina Avram (20), Amani Record 3-7 7-2 Francesca Pan leads the squad netting Johnson (17), Alexis Poole (12), Breanna PPG. 64.2 72.4 15.8 points per contest while Elizabeth Ba- Hoover (12) and Kamiyah Street (11) - score Opp. PPG. 68.7 59.6 logun scores 11.9 ppg. in double figures. Scor. Mar. -5.5 12.9 • Pan ranks 39th in the nation and fourth • It marked the first time since the season RPG. 37.2 40.22 in the ACC with 25 total steals. opener versus Middle Georgia State that Reb. Mar. +1.8 5.4 • As a team, the Yellow Jackets average KSU had five players score 10 or more FG Pct. 41.1 41.4 13.1 steals per game, which checks in at points. Opp. FG Pct. 42.3 38.3 11th in the country and tops the ACC. 3-Pt. FG Pct. 26.8 32.9 • Georgia Tech forces 23.56 turnovers per SHARP SHOOTER Opp. 3Pt. FGP. 35.0 27.3 game this season, which paces the ACC • Senior Simina Avram went 10-for-11 (90.9) FT Pct. 66.9 69.2 and is 13th in the country. from the field versus Georgia Southern to APG 12.6 11.6 • Tech ranks first in the ACC with a +6.0 set the KSU NCAA Division I single-game TPG 20.4 17.6 turnover margin. field goal percentage mark. BPG 2.6 3.9 • The previous field-goal percentage SPG 8.3 13.1 SERIES record was 84.6 percent set by Britteny • Sunday’s match-up will mark the 12th Henderson at Campbell on Feb. 11, 2008. meeting between Kennesaw State and OWLS RECORD WHEN . BLOCK PARTY Georgia Tech, and the Yellow Jackets lead at home ...........................................................................3-0 • Simina Avram set a career-high with six the series 11-0. GT claimed the victory last on road ........................................................................... 0-4 year, 86-48 blocked shots versus Georgia Southern at neutral sites ..............................................................0-3 and fell one block shy of the KSU NCAA games decided by 3 pts or less ............................ 0-0 Division I single-game record of seven games decided by 1-5 points ...................................0-1 established by Jasmine McAllister versus games decided by 6-10 points ................................ 1-2 Jacksonville on March 16, 2015. games decided by 11-20 points ............................. 2-3 GEORGIA STATE RECAP games decided by 20+ points ................................0-1 • The Owls fell 79-73 against Georgia JOHNSON EARNS BACK-TO-BACK HONORS overtime/double overtime ........................................0-1 State inside the GSU Sports Arena • Guard Amani Johnson earned back-to- vs. top 25 teams (AP Poll) ...................................... 0-0 • It was the first overtime game for Ken- back ASUN Conference Freshman of the vs. top 25 teams (AP & Coaches Polls) ............. 0-0 nesaw State since vs. Georgia Southern Week honors to open the season as she vs. top 10 teams (AP) ............................................... 0-0 (12/15/17) was honored Nov. 12 and Nov. 19. leading at the half ....................................................... 3-2 • On the Owls second possession of tied at the half ............................................................. 0-0 overtime, Gianolla made a free-throw line trailing at the half ........................................................0-5 STREET, JOHNSON HONORED BY ASUN KSU shoots 50% or better ........................................1-0 jumper to take the first lead of overtime, • The Owls’ backcourt tandem of Kamiyah 69-67. The Panthers went on a 5-0 with opponent shoots 50% or better .............................0-1 Street and Amani Johnson were honored KSU shoots 40% or better ......................................