2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL #DUNKCITY INFOGRAPHIC GAME NOTES 2013: SWEET 16 | 2014: NIT | 2015: CIT | 2016: NCAA | 2017: NCAA 2013, ’16, ’17: ASUN TOURnaMENT CHAMPIOns | 2014, ’17: ASUN REGULAR SeasON CHAMPIOns Contact: Jason MacBain | Email: [email protected] | Cell: 315.750.0236 | Office: 239.590.7061 | Twitter: @JaBain SCHEDULE / RESULTS FGCU VS. LIPSCOMB NOVEMBER Fort Myers, Fla. | Alico Arena (4,333 + 300 SRO) NIT 11 ILLINOIS STATE W, 98-87 FGCU: #22 In Mid-Major Poll 13 @ Siena W, 86-53 Video: ESPN3 | David Moulton | J. Webb Horton 18 @ Bowling Green L, 83-80 Live Stats: StatBroadcast NCAA 21 @ Middle Tennessee L, 85-72 Series History: Lipscomb Leads, 11-9 24 DENVER ^ W, 79-71 @FGCU_MBB #DunkCity | #ASUNMBB @LipscombMBB 25 NAVY ^ W, 70-54 20-9, 11-1 HC: Joe Dooley (168-107) HC: Casey Alexander (103-111) 18-9, 8-4 By winning the 2018 ASUN reg- 26 ST. FRANCIS BROOKLYN ^ W, 75-51 ular-season championship with 29 WEBBER INT’L ^ W, 115-61 -- at the time -- three games re- DECEMBER maining, FGCU has now claimed the following league trophies since be- NCAA 2 MIDDLE TENNESSEE L, 81-76 coming postseason eligible in 2012: 5 FAU L, 92-88 tournament crowns: 2013, 2016, 2018 REGULAR SEASON CHAMPS 2017; regular season: 2014, 2017. NIT 9 @ rv UT Arlington W, 85-78 16 ORAL ROBERTS L, 83-64 Kennesaw State’s 97-93 win over FGCU on Thursday snapped the Eagles’ 13- game winning streak overall – which was the longest in Division-I program 19 @ FIU L, 91-88 history – and their 15-game ASUN winning streak ... FGCU has not lost con- NCAA 22 @ #11 Wichita State L, 75-65 secutive ASUN regular-season home games since the 2011-12 season ... NCAA 27 @ rv Rhode Island L, 80-60 FGCU has lost three ASUN games total in the last two years; all three have come at home ... Lipscomb has grabbed the 14th-most rebounds in the country (1,086), 29 FLORIDA MEMORIAL W, 76-42 while FGCU has collected the 4th-most (1,129) ... FGCU is on pace to set a sin- 31 FLORIDA TECH W, 62-54 gle-season D-I program scoring record (80.3), and is just behind last year’s re- JANUARY cord-setting field goal pace of .499 as the Eagles are currently sitting at .497. 6 STETSON * W, 90-52 FGCU hasn’t had a single game yet this season where all 12 scholarship play- ers have been healthy/eligible ... the Eagles have held five of their first 12 ASUN 11 USC UPSTATE * W, 75-58 CIT opponents under 60 points ... in the other 36 league games played so far 13 NJIT * W, 68-54 this year, there have only been four occurrences of a team not scoring 60. 18 @ Lipscomb * W, 88-83 PROBABLE STARTERS TWEETABLES 20 @ Kennesaw State * W, 66-49 24 @ North Florida * W, 96-87 BRANDON GOODWIN (G) 5 THINGS TO KNOW IN CIT 27 JACKSONVILLE * W, 68-62 R-Sr. | 6-2 | 180 | Norcross, GA 280 OR LESS 17.8 PPG | 5.7 RPG | 4.8 APG 1) The 97 points FGCU allowed 29 NORTH FLORIDA * W, 103-70 0 in regulation on Thursday are FEBRUARY Unanimous ASUN Preseason Player of the Year tied for the 3rd-most in D-I 3 @ Jacksonville * W, 80-55 program history: 102 by ETSU CIT in 2008-09; 99 by Mercer in 8 @ NJIT * W, 75-70 ZACH JOHNSON (G) 2007-08; 97 by Michigan State CIT 10 @ USC Upstate * W, 88-71 R-Jr. | 6-2 | 195 | Miami, FL in 2009-10. 14.9 PPG | 3.5 RPG | 3.1 APG 2) The 93 points FGCU scored 15 KENNESAW STATE * L, 97-93 5 against Kennesaw State were 17 LIPSCOMB * 7 PM ASUN Preseason All-Conference Team Selection the most ever in a losing ef- 22 @ Stetson * 7 pm fort in program history, which CHRISTIAN TERRELL (G) dates to 2002-03. 26 ASUN Quarterfinals TBA 3) FGCU shot 56.7 percent MARCH Sr. | 6-5 | 187 | Jacksonville, FL (34-60) from the floor versus 11.6 PPG | 5 RPG | .525 FG% Kennesaw State, tied for its 1 ASUN Semifinals TBA 11 Leads FGCU Guards In Field-Goal Percentage highest percentage in an ASUN 4 ASUN Final TBA loss in program history (56.7; 34-60 against Jacksonville in ^ Homewood Suites FGCU Shootout DINERO MERCURIUS (G) 2015-16). * ASUN Conference Game 4) After leading the nation in ASUN Tournament - On Campus, Higher Seed R-Jr. | 6-4 | 200 | Orlando, FL points in the paint per game 8.5 PPG | 50 3PTs | .439 3PT% FGCU_MBB 31 (41.3) last year, FGCU is aver- Three Or More 3-Pointers In 10 Games This Year aging exactly 41.3 again this @FGCU_MBB (12,777 followers) year. ANTRAVIOUS SIMMONS (F) 5) The Eagles have posted /FGCUMBB (19,815 likes) three single-digit turnover R-Sr. | 6-9 | 250 | Miami, FL games in the last five contests @FGCU_MBB (6,254 followers) 7.1 PPG | 4.9 RPG | .608 FG% after having just two such 32 performances in the first 24 /FGCUAthletics (455,179 views) Averaging Double-Figure Points The Last 3 Games games this year. @FGCU_MBB Infographic Game Notes ASUN STANDINGS MATCHUP BREAKDOWN * By Tournament Seed * 81.3 POINTS PER GAME 80.3 ASUN OVERALL Team W L W% W L W% STREAK 77.3 POINTS ALLOWED 70 1) FGCU 11 1 .917 20 9 .690 L1 +4.4 REBOUND MARGIN +6.6 2) Lipscomb 8 4 .667 18 9 .667 W3 15 ASSISTS PER GAME 3) NJIT 6 6 .500 13 14 .481 W1 15.3 4) Jacksonville 6 6 .500 12 17 .414 L4 14.9 TURNOVERS PER GAME 14.5 5) Kennesaw State 6 6 .500 10 17 .370 W4 6.1 STEALS PER GAME 7 6) North Florida 6 6 .500 12 17 .414 W1 FGCU’s .450 winning percentage against the Bisons is the lowest 7) Stetson 3 9 .250 11 18 .379 L1 among any current ASUN member as Lipscomb is the only school 8) USC Upstate 2 10 .167 7 22 .241 L2 in the ASUN which has a winning record against the Eagles. FGCU has won five of the last seven meetings to crawl back into the FGCU NATIONAL RANKS all-time series. However, one of those losses came at Alico Arena last year, 65-60. ASTS FG% RBS 24 443 16 .497 41129 LEADING THE ASUN PACK 11th - Zach Johnson, Total Steals (61) In ASUN play, FGCU leads the league in almost every key In its nine losses, FGCU is averaging 33.6 rebounds per category – and does so by a wide margin in many cases: game, has a -4.1 rebounding margin and is -37 in sec- Points Per Game Allowed Scoring Margin ond-chance points. In its 20 wins, FGCU is averaging 1) FGCU: 67.3 1) FGCU: +15.2 41.3 rebounds per game, has a +11.4 rebounding margin 2) NJIT: 73.2 2) Lipscomb: +4.1 and is +35 in second-chance points. Field Goal % Rebound Margin 1) FGCU: .522 1) FGCU: +10.2 STILL SORTING IT OUT 2) North Florida: .481 2) Lipscomb: +6.6 29 games into the year, FGCU has already used 16 dif- ferent starting lineups – tied for the 3rd-most in the Field Goal % Defense nation: 1) FGCU: .402 2) Jacksonville: .441 T-1) Bryant: 17 In 27 Games Siena: 17 In 27 Games T-3) FGCU: 16 In 29 Games DOMINANT IN THE PAINT UT Martin: 16 In 28 Games In the first eight years of the program’s D-I history (2007- UTEP: 16 In 25 Games 15), FGCU scored 50 or more points in the paint against an- other D-I opponent just twice. Since the start of the 2015-16 season, the Eagles have accomplished that feat 13 times. ODDS & ENDS Over the past six games, the Eagles have scored an incredi- In the 19 games it has out-rebounded its opponent ble 354 points in the paint (50.6 per contest). this year, FGCU has done so by at least a +15 margin in 10 of those (9-1 record in those games) … the win over RECORD-SETTING COMEBACKS Siena on Nov. 13 marked Joe Dooley’s 150th career Twice this year, FGCU has overcome 18-point deficits to victory … the 33-point road win (86-53) was tied win (at Lipscomb: trailed 66-48; at USC Upstate: trailed for the largest victory away from home in D-I pro- 32-14). Those 18-point comebacks are the largest in gram history, and was tied for Siena’s largest home program history, besting the previous mark of 17 set twice defeat in its D-I history (since 1976-77). in the 2005-06 season and the 16-point D-I record last year against UT Arlington. MILESTONE TRACKER PAINT EMPHASIS FGCU is within reach of several milestone victory marks. FGCU led the nation in points in the paint last year (41.3 per All-Time Record: 305-204 (Win 300 On Jan. 24) game; 41.3 this year), and it has either tied or out-scored 26 of All-Time Record In D-I Era: 191-165 (9 More Wins For 200) its first 29 opponents this season in the paint: All-Time Record At Home: 204-64 (Win 200 On Jan. 11) Total: +377 / +13 Margin Per Game All-Time Record vs. ASUN: 102-82 (Win 100 On Feb. 3) #WEAREFGCU When referring to the University, please be aware of the following policy regarding usage.