LAKEPOINT, Ga. – FGCU's Tytionia Adderly was named ASUN Newcomer of the Week after wins over North Florida and Kennesaw State. The league made its announcement on Monday afternoon.
 
Adderly  (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman) opened the week with five points, four rebounds and four steals against North Florida. On Saturday, she earned her second double-double of the season with 11 points and 14 rebounds, including a career-high eight offensive boards, in just 21 minutes of play versus Kennesaw State. The freshman recorded her first double-double when the Eagles traveled to face Kennesaw State earlier in the season.
 
With the help of Adderly's tough defensive play, FGCU held the Owls to just 28.9 percent from the floor and allowed 1-of-11 three pointers resulting in just 35 points- the lowest output of any FGCU Division I opponent this year.
 
This is the first ASUN weekly award of her career and the eighth for FGCU this season.
 
Adderly and the Eagles continue conference play tonight at Alico Arena with a 7 p.m. tipoff against Lipscomb.
 
SMESKO
Head coach Karl Smesko earned his sixth-consecutive ASUN Coach of the Year award with a successful 2015-16 campaign and was named the espnW Mid-Major Coach of the Year. Under his direction, the team has compiled two-straight 30-win seasons with four perfect ASUN regular-season slates in the last five years. The team earned its first top-25 ranking and a third NCAA Tournament appearance as a seven seed in 2014-15 where FGCU won its first ever DI NCAA Tournament game against No. 10 Oklahoma State. With 30 wins and counting this year, Smesko has guided the Eagles to 12-straight 20 win seasons.  He maintains a record of 398-80 at FGCU for a win percentage of 83.2 with a mark of 152-14 (91.1 W%) in ASUN contests and has led the team to a 90-2 (97.8) record in conference play in the last five seasons.  The six-time ASUN Coach of the Year earned his 400th career win in 2014-15 in just 493 career games, two games faster than UConn's Geno Auriemma, and holds a career record of 459-107 (81.1 W%).  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 raise awareness.