LIBBY KNIGHT Assistant Director of Athletics Communications 590 Cobb Avenue MD #0201 Kennesaw, Ga 30144 OFFICE: 470-578-7589 CELL: 678-428-9808 [email protected] » 2014-15 SCHEDULE AND RECORD Kennesaw State AT NORTH FLORIDA D GAME 25 AT NORTH FLORIDA | FEB. 14 ‌​| UNF ARENA | JACKSONVIllE, FLA. R OVERALL 15-9 CO E A-Sun 4-5 Kennesaw State AT NORTH FLORIDA Non-Conference 11-4 Home 8-2 KENNESAW STATE NORTH FLORIDA ECORD 15-9, 4-5 A-Sun ECORD 10-14, 1-8 A-Sun Away 6-6 R : R : Neutral 0-0 COACH: Nitra Perry COACH: Mary Tappmeyer 2014-15 R 2014-15 3rd Season (28-57) 23rd Season (312-347) 2014-15 SCHEDULE STATISTICAL LEADERS STATISTICAL LEADERS DATE OPPONENT TIME POINTS Deandrea SAWYers, 362 POINTS DESTINEE SMITH, 317 NOVEMBER AssisTS KRISTINA WELLS, 88 AssisTS BRITTNEY WRIGHT, 61 8 sAT. EMORY. (EX). W, 108-56 REBounds Jasmine MCALLISTER, 260 REBounds PauLINA ZaveckaiTE, 285 14 FRI. COL. OF CHARLEstON W, 68-61 17 Mon. at Tennessee State W, 65-56 BLocks KRISTINA WELLS, 26 BLocks JANEA WILLIAMS, 34 19 Wed. at Georgia Tech L, 77-48 Three-PoinTers Deandrea SAWYers, 54 THREE-POINTERS DESTINEE SMITH, 38 22 Sat. at Georgia Southern W, 72-51 MINUTES KARLY FRYE, 886 MINUTES DESTINEE SMITH, 783 26 Wed. at Seton Hall L, 77-74 FieLD GoaL % Jasmine MCALLISTER, .496 FieLD GoaL % JANEA WILLIAMS, .414 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: www.KSUOwls.com 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 NORTH FLORIDA 20 SAT. GARDNER-WEBB W, 50-47 SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14 The Ospreys come into Saturday’s 22 MON. XAVIER W, 61-60 contest riding a five-game losing streak, AT NorTH FLorida 2 P.M. 29 Mon. at Alabama A&M L, 73-66 including a 46-40 setback to the Owls in JANUARY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19 the teams’ previous meeting and a 59-50 2 FRI. fLORIDA A&M W, 79-58 FLorida GULF CoasT 7 P.M. loss to USC Upstate in UNF’s last outing 6 tUES. MERCER L, 54-44 on Thursday. UNF is 10-14 on the season and owns a 1-9 A-Sun record, with its 10 Sat. at USC Upstate* W, 72-63 TALKING POINTS one league win coming against Northern 14 WED. NORTHERN KENTUCKY* W, 66-58 » The Kennesaw State women’s Kentucky on Jan. 22. The Ospreys, who 17 Sat. at Lipscomb* L, 79-61 basketball team continues its are 7-5 at UNF Arena, are led by Destinee 22 Thur. at Stetson* L, 75-64 Jacksonville, Fla., road trip with a Smith with 13.2 points per game, while 24 Sat. at Florida Gulf Coast* L, 61-47 Valentine’s Day date with North Paulina Zaveckaite pulls down a league- 29 THUR. NORTH FLORIDA* W, 46-40 Florida on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. leading 11.9 rebounds per contest. UNF 31 SAT. JACKSONVILLE* L, 78-64 ET in UNF Arena. averages 55.5 points per game, but is giving up 61.4 points per contest. They FEBRUARY » Sophomore Deandrea Sawyers ranks are shooting at a 36.4 percent from 7 SAT. USC UpstATE* W, 67-55 second the Atlantic Sun Conference the floor and a 64.9 percentage from 12 Thur. at Jacksonville* L, 73-70 in scoring in overall action and is third the charity stripe. UNF owns a +3.1 14 Sat. at North Florida* 2 p.m. in league play with 15.1 points and 15.8 rebounding margin and is averaging 41.5 19 THUR. FLORIDA GULF COAst* 7 P.M. points per game, respectively. boards per game. On the flip side, the 21 SAT. STEtsON* 2 P.M. Ospreys hold a -5.4 turnover margin and are averaging 18.2 miscues a game, while 25 Wed. at Northern Kentucky.* 7 p.m. » With its win over USC Upstate last only forcing 12.8 per game. 28 SAT. LipscOMB* 2 P.M. Saturday, Kennesaw State earned its MARCH 15th win of the season, making it the A-SUN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS first time since the 2008-09 that the ALL-TIME RECORD: KSU LEADS, 21-16 Owls have hit that mark. LAST MEETING: KSU WON, 46-40, ON JAN. 6 Fri. Quartersfinals TBA 29, 2015 IN KENNESAW, GA. 11 Wed. Semifinals TBA 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 A-SUN WITH 886 MINUTES PLAYED All home games played at the KSU 10 KRISTINA WELLS G SR 5-9 AVERAGING 16.0 POINTS IN LAST THREE GAMES Convocation Center | All times are Eastern 24 KATIE HUNT F RFR 5-8 HAS STARTED FOUR-STRAIGHT CONTESTS and subject to change 42 DEANDREA SAWYERS G SO 5-8 HAS MADE 54 THREE-POINTERS ON THE YEAR » SOCIAL MEDIA CORNER 45 Jasmine MCALLisTer F JR 6-1 LEADS A-SUN WITH 12 DOUBLE-DOUBLES TWITTER @KSUOWLNATION, @KSUOWLSWBB KEY OFF THE BENCH FACEBOOK NO. NAME POS. CL. HT. NOTES FaceBOOK.com/KennesaWSTATEOWLS 4 KELLY DULkoski G RFR 5-8 TIED CAREER HIGH WITH 12 POINTS AT JU YOUTUBE 12 VALESCIA DIXON F SR. 5-10 HAS SEEN ACTION IN 19 GAMES YOUTUBE.com/KSUOWLVISION 13 NEFFIE LOCKLEY G FR. 5-8 AVERAGING 10.2 MINUTES PER GAME INSTAGRAM INSTagram.com/KennesaWSTATEOWLS 30 AAREON SMITH G SO. 5-9 LEADS TEAM WITH 78.8 FREE THROW % » WOMEN’S Basketball QUICK Facts » NEWS AND NOTES THIS WEEK IN KSU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL UNIVERSITY The Kennesaw State women’s basketball team continues its InsT. Name �������������������������KennesaW STATE UniversiTY Jacksonville, Fla., road trip with a Valentine’s Day date with North LOCATION ........................................... KennesaW, GA. Florida on Saturday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. ET in UNF Arena. ENROLLMENT ��������������������������������������������������� 24,629 FOUNDED ��������������������������������������������������������������1963 This will be the 38th meeting between the Owls and the NICKNAME �����������������������������������������������������������OWLS Ospreys, with KSU holding a 21-16 lead in the all-time series. The COLORS. .......................................... BLack AND GOLD Owls won the earlier meeting between the two teams this season AFFILIATION .................................... NCAA DIVISION I with a 46-40 win in Kennesaw, Ga., on Jan. 29. Junior Jasmine CONFERENCE �����������������������������������������ATLANTIC SUN McAllister paced the Owls with her 11th double-double of the Arena/CapaciTY ...KSU ConvocaTion CenTer/4,600 season with 10 points and 15 rebounds, including six offense YEAR OPENED ��������������������������������������������������� 2005 boards. Sophomore Deandrea Sawyers contributed 10 points for PRESIDENT ............................................DR. DAN PAPP her 17th double-digit output of the season, including a pair of DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS �������������� Vaughn WILLIAMS SENIOR WOMAN ADMIN. �����������������������KATIE EGLOFF three-pointers in the win. INSTITUTION WEBSITE ��������������������������KennesaW.EDU ATHLETIC WEBSITE ���������������������������� KSUOWLS.com LAST TIME OUT The Kennesaw State women’s basketball team missed a last- COACHING STAFF second three-pointer as the Owls fell 73-70 to Jacksonville on HEAD Coach ������������������������������������������NITRA PERRY Thursday (Feb. 12) night at Historic Swisher Gymnasium. Senior ALMA MATER �����������������������Mississippi STATE, 2001 Kristina Wells paced the Owls with a game-high 18 points on 5-of- KSU Record/YEARS ��28-57 (.329)/3RD Season 5 shooting from the floor and an 8-of-10 effort from the charity CAREER Record �������������������������������������������������SAME stripe, to go along with seven rebounds and six assists. Also joining OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������� (470) 578-6413 Wells in double figures was sophomoresDeandrea Sawyers and PERRY E-MAIL [email protected] Aareon Smith and redshirt-freshman Kelly Dulkoski each with 12 AssisTANT Coach �������������������������� STaceY FRANKLIN points in the loss, with Dulkoski draining 4-of-6 from long range to ALMA MATER ������������������������������������ ALABAMA, 1993 tie her career high. OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������ (470) 578-4476 FRANKLIN E-MAIL ���������� [email protected] AssisTANT Coach ������������������������������JANIE MITCHELL NEXT UP ALMA MATER ��������������������������GEORGIA TECH, 2008 KSU returns to the KSU Convocation Center for back-to-back OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������ (470) 578-2336 home contests next week, first taking conference leader Florida MITcheLL E-MaiL �������������������������[email protected] Gulf Coast on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. ET. AssisTANT Coach ����������������������������TALVIS FRANKLIN ALMA MATER ...................... Mississippi STATE, 2007 OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������ (470) 578-2699 KSU AS A TEAM FrankLin E-MaiL �����������������������[email protected] The Owls equaled their win total from last season (6-24) in just DIRECTOR OF OPS. .........JUSTIN RUFEN-BLANCHETTE eight games this season and have won 15 games for the first time ALMA MATER .......................KennesaW STATE, 2014 since the 2008-09 season. OFFICE PHONE ������������������������������� (470) 578-2186 Rufen-BLancheTTE E-MaiL �������[email protected] KSU ranks third the conference in rebounding margin in overall ATHLETIC TRAINER �������������������������������������AMY PRALL play (+2.3) and in league play (+2.9). The Owls are holding their opponents to 37.4 rebounds per contest in overall play to rank HISTOry First Year ..........................................................1982-83 second and 36.4 boards per game to rank third in A-Sun action. First Year of Division I ..............................2005-06 All-Time Record/Years ........................535-419/31 KSU is grabbing 14.0 boards on the offensive end of the ball to NCAA Record/Years ............................331-276/19 rank third in the A-Sun in overall action. In league play, the Owls NCAA Division-l Record/Years ......... 109-178/9 are averaging 13.3 offensive boards per game to also rank third in NCAA Division-ll Record/Years .........222-98/11 the league. NAIA Record/Years ............................. 204-143/12 Atlantic Sun Record/Years .....................66-110/8 The Owls are holding opponents to just 29.9 percent from Home Record/Years .............................286-150/31 behind the three-point line to rank third in the A-Sun and 58th in KSU Convo Record/Years .....................