Chattanooga, Tenn. - The FGCU women's basketball team (10-2) will look to remain undefeated on the road (4-0) and extend a four-game winning streak with a 1 p.m. matchup against Chattanooga on Sunday.

With a win, FGCU would also improve to 3-2 against 2016-17 NCAA tournament teams. They've already defeated DePaul and Kentucky, while falling to Ohio State and Belmont. In addition to that, the Eagles have also defeated reigning WNIT teams Kent State and Abilene Christian, and they're still scheduled to face South Dakota State, Harvard, Jacksonville and Stetson.

A victory would also give FGCU its first 11-2 start since 2014-15 when the Eagles won 31 of the first 33 games. It would be the fourth 11-2 start or better in the Division-I era and seventh in program history.

The matchup signifies the second all-time meeting between the two programs after FGCU topped Chattanooga 68-55 on Dec. 20 of last year. Rosemarie Julien and Jessica Cattani each scored 15 points as the Eagles shot a then season-high 10-for-22 (45.5 percent) from 3-point range.

Sunday will also mark the final road game for FGCU until Jan. 20 against Kennesaw State. Between now and then, the Eagles will face Harvard and SIU Edwardsville on Dec. 20-21 in the FGCU Hilton Garden Inn Classic, South Dakota State on Dec. 29, Florida Memorial on Dec. 30, Stetson on Jan. 6, NJIT on Jan. 13 and USC Upstate on Jan. 15.

THE GREEN AND BLUE
FGCU enters Sunday ranked among the top five in both the CollegeInsider.com (3rd) and espnW (4th) mid-major polls. In regard to the CollegeInsider.com poll, it is the second highest ranking of the season for the Eagles, who started the season 8th and rose as high as 2nd. FGCU also received one vote in the latest AP poll and two votes in the Coaches poll.

Julien (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Treasure Coast HS) and Lisa Zderadicka each earned weekly awards from the ASUN a few days ago. Julien was named the ASUN player of the week after averaging 24 points in wins over #20 Kentucky and NAIA #3 Southeastern. It was her second award of the season (Nov. 18) and the third of her career. Zderadicka (Vienna, Austria/HAK Korneuburg) earned her first career ASUN Newcomer of the Week award after tying her season-high with 13 points in the win over Kentucky.

Taylor Gradinjan will look to continue her ascent up the program's career scoring list on Sunday. The sixth-year senior now has 1,026 points, which is ninth most in program history and eighth most in the Division-I era. Gradinjan (Cudahy, Wis./Cudahy HS) needs 37 points to pass Kate Schrader (1,062, 2005-07) on the overall scoring list and 110 more to eclipse Stephanie Haas (1,135, 2012-16) for seventh place on the Division-I list.

On top of that, Gradinjan is looking to make her move up several other career lists including field goals made (354, 9th), field goals attempted (874, 8th), 3-point field goals made (247, 3rd), 3-point field goals attempted (657, 3rd), 3-point field goal percentage (.376, 8th), rebounds (420, 8th), defensive rebounds (316, 8th), games played (125, 8th), games started (103, 4th) and minutes (3,097, 9th).

In the rebound category, Gradinjan needs just three more to pass Katie Meador (422, 2012-16) for seventh most in program history. Additionally, she needs 64 more minutes to pass Kaneisha Atwater (3,160, 2013-16) for 8th most minutes, nine more starts to pass Courtney Chihil (111, 2008-12) for 3rd most and four more games played to pass Adrianne McNally (128, 2006-10) for 7th most. She is currently on pace to become the program's all-time leader in games played, a record currently held by Jaime Gluesing (140, 2012-16).

FGCU has had six different players lead the team in scoring through 12 games, including Nasrin Ulel (Murrietta, Calif./Murrietta HS), China Dow (Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy of Louisville), Gradinjan, Erica Nelson (Kansas City, Mo./Lee Summit North HS), Julien and Cattani (Muskego, Wis./Muskego HS). Ulel leads the way with five such games.

Tytionia Adderly has led the Eagles in rebounding in 10 of 12 games. She has posted double-digits in that category in three straight and five games overall this year. Adderly (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman HS) had a season-high 16 rebounds in the win over FIU on Nov. 15. Dow led the team in the other two games. In assists, Zderadicka has led the team five times, while Nelson is a close second with four. Adderly has led the team in steals four times, and Alyssa Blair (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie HS) is the only player with two or more blocks in a single game this year.

CONFERENCE AND NATIONAL LEADERS
As a team, FGCU leads the ASUN in assist/turnover ratio (1.22), assists (190), assists per game (15.8), field goal percentage (43.5), free throw attempts (233), rebounds (440), scoring margin (15.2), scoring offense (79.4), 3-point field goals attempted (406), 3-point field goals made (152), 3-point field goals per game (12.7), 3-point field goal percentage (37.4), turnovers/game (13.0) and W-L percentage (83.3).

Additionally, the Eagles lead the nation in 3-point field goals attempted and 3-point field goals made, while ranking 14th in assists, 16th in free throw attempts, 21st in free throws made, 30th in rebounds, 21st in steals (113) and 25th in turnover margin.

Individually, FGCU has three players ranked among the nation's top 50 in 3-point field goals made - Gradinjan (9th, 36), Ulel (37th, 29) and Julien (50th, 27). Those three totals are also 1-2-3 in the ASUN, and the trio also ranks 1-3-4 in the ASUN in 3-point field goals per game at 3.00, 2.42 and 2.25, respectively. On top of that, either Gradinjan or Ulel lead the ASUN in 3-point field goals attempted and made (Gradinjan) along with 3-point field goals per game (Gradinjan) and 3-point percentage (Ulel). Ulel ranks 27th nationally in 3-point field goal percentage (48.3), and Gradinjan is 22nd in 3-point field goals attempted (83). Adderly is 25th in rebounds (105), 84th in steals (23) and 98th in rebounds per game (8.8) nationally. Julien ranks 77th in free throw percentage (84.6).

SCOUTING CHATTANOOGA
Chattanooga (6-4) is led by 2013 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee Jim Foster, who previously coached at Ohio State and Vanderbilt. He is in his fifth season with the Mocs, and he has coached a team to the NCAA Tournament in 17 straight and 27 seasons overall during his career. He ranked sixth all-time in the NCAA in wins heading into this season.

This year's Chattanooga squad has defeated Power 5 teams such as Indiana, Northwestern and Auburn. They've lost to CollegeInsider.com and ESPNW Mid-Major #1 Green Bay by 30 and FGCU's ASUN rival Stetson by 11. Following three straight losses to open the season, the Mocs have won six of seven.

In terms of its roster, the group of Lakelyn Bouldin, Keiana Gilbert, Aryanna Gilbert and Arianne Whitaker have started all 10 games, while the trio of Molly Melton (7), Jacobi Lynn (2) and Shelbie Davenport (1) have combined to fill the fifth spot. Bouldin, a sophomore guard, broke the program's freshman 3-point record last year with 64 makes. This year, she is second on the team in scoring at 13.2 PPG while shooting 23-for-53 (.434) from 3-point range. Keiana Gilbert, a senior guard, is a 1,000 point scorer who leads the team in scoring (14.3 PPG) and rebounding (6.1 RPG). She also averages 2.6 assists and 1.3 blocks per game.

Aryanna Gilbert is the third and final player to average in double figures at 12.9 PPG. She is also second on the team with 5.3 RPG, while Whitaker averages 4.0 PPG and is third on the team with 4.7 RPG. In fact, the top three scorers combine for 40.4 of the team's 58.5 PPG.

FOLLOW ALONG
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COACH SMESKO
FGCU head coach Karl Smesko rallied the 2016-17 Eagles to their seventh-straight 25-win campaign, which culminated in the team's fourth NCAA tournament appearance in six seasons of eligibility. The seven-time ASUN Coach of the Year was named the espnW Mid-Major Coach of the Year in 2015-16 following a run that witnessed the Eagles finish a best-ever 33-6. Over a five-year stretch starting in 2011-12, FGCU racked up four ASUN seasons with a perfect record and capped the run with back-to-back 30 plus win seasons. In 2014-15, the team earned its first top-25 ranking and another NCAA Tournament trip as a seven seed, where FGCU won its first ever NCAA Division-I Tournament game against No. 10 Oklahoma State. With 26 wins in 2016-17, Smesko has guided the Eagles to 13-straight 20-win seasons.  He maintains a record of 414-84 (.831) at FGCU, including a 160-15 (.914) mark in ASUN play. Over the past six seasons, he has guided FGCU to a 93-3 (.969) record in conference play. Smesko earned his 400th career coaching win in 2014-15 in just 493 career games, two games faster than UConn's Geno Auriemma. He holds a career head coaching record of 475-111 (.811). Smesko ranks among an elite list of just four active Division I coaches with a career win percentage of .800 or higher, joining Auriemma, Baylor's Kim Mulkey and Stanford's Tara VanDerveer in the esteemed group.

SUPPORT THE CAUSE 
FGCU Athletics sponsors events throughout the year to benefit the FGCU Campus Food Pantry (www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry) and the Harry Chapin Food Bank (www.harrychapinfoodbank.org), FGCU Athletics' charities of choice. For more information, including how to make a contribution, please visit www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help.

TOYS FOR TOTS
The FGCU Athletics Department, FGCU Police Department, Lee County Sheriff's Office and Heroes Unlimited have teamed up to participate in a holiday toy drive. New, unwrapped toys are being collected and will be delivered to the Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida on Friday, Dec. 23. Collection boxes have been placed in the lobbies of Alico Arena, UPD and the FGCU Family Resource Center until Wednesday, Dec. 20. No toy is too small, and all toys will be wrapped prior to delivery.