FORT MYERS, Fla. - The story lines are aplenty as the FGCU women's basketball team (19-3, 5-0 ASUN) will meet Jacksonville (15-5, 5-0 ASUN) in a meeting of the conference's lone two undefeated teams.

PROMOTIONS
VETERANS & FIRST RESPONDERS APPRECIATION: Current and former military (with ID) will be receive free admission, with immediate family members receiving a discounted ticket price.
RED OUT: All fans in attendance are encouraged to wear red to create a red out atmosphere. For the past several weeks, FGCU GO RED shirts, hats and scarves have been available for purchase at Alico Arena, with proceeds benefiting the American Heart & Stroke Association.
LACES OF LOVE: FGCU product and current Boston Red Sox staff ace Chris Sale and his wife, Brianne, have once again partnered with local charity Laces of Love. New shoes/sneakers will be accepted upon entry to Alico Arena and will be given to children in need in Lee and Collier counties.
AZUL's 16TH BIRTHDAY: Azul the Eagle will be celebrating his 16th birthday with several other local mascots in attendance. The first 150 youth (12 and under) will receive a Dunk City cookie to celebrate following the women's game and before the men's contest.
PRESENTING GAME SPONSOR: Bank of America

MATCHUP
The matchup is the first of two for the teams over a stretch of seven days. Should one team win both, it would create a bit of separation at the top of the conference. Should FGCU win both vs Jacksonville and defeat North Florida on Thursday, coupled with a Jacksonville win over Stetson on Thursday, the Eagles would have a three-game lead over everyone else with six left.

FGCU, who remains the No. 1 team in the CollegeInsider.com and espnW mid-major polls, also continues its attempt at a Top-25 ranking in the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls. This week, the team received three votes in the AP Poll and 19 in the Coaches Poll. The 19 vote tally is just 12 shy of the amount No. 25 Iowa received, and the AP votes signaled the first time in six weeks the Eagles received any votes in that poll.

Additionally, FGCU enters the game having won nine straight and 13 of its past 14 games. Incredibly, with a win, it would give the program eight straight seasons with a 10-game winning streak and 14 straight seasons with 20 or more wins overall. On the other side, Jacksonville has won six straight and 11 of its past 12. The only loss during that stretch? An 82-50 decision to No. 8 Florida State on the road.

Saturday's game will feature the conference's top 3-point shooting team in FGCU against the conference's best team at defending the 3-point shot. In fact, the Dolphins are holding opponents to just 28.5 percent from the 3-point line this year, while FGCU ranks among the nation's top two in 3-point field goals attempted, 3-point field goals made and 3-point field goals made per game. Jacksonville also leads the ASUN in rebounds per game (43.8) and offensive rebounds per game (16.8).

THE GREEN AND BLUE
FGCU is coming off a 68-54 win over USC Upstate on Monday. Despite not playing at a peak level, the Eagles held the Bisons to just six points over the final 12 minutes and forced 20 turnovers on 12 steals.

With that win, FGCU won its ninth straight game, which is tied for the eighth longest streak in the nation behind Mississippi State (20), UConn (19), Mercer (15), Baylor (14), American (10), Gonzaga (10) and Quinnipiac (10).

Taylor Gradinjan, who eclipsed 1,100 career points against Lipscomb and now has 1,108, needs 28 more to pass Stephanie Haas (1135, 2012-16) for seventh most all-time, and she's currently played five fewer career games than Haas. She needs two more games played to pass Katie Meador (135, 2012-16) for third most all-time, and she is seven starts shy of passing Adrianne McNally (118, 2006-10) for second most. Additionally, Gradinjan (Cudahy, Wis./Cudahy HS) needs five more made field goals to pass Kelsey Jacobson (385, 2008-12) for seventh place, and she now has 952 field goal attempts. With her 10 attempts on Monday, she passed Stephanie Haas (945, 2012-16) and is 37 shy of Kelsey Jacobson (988, 2008-12) for sixth place. 

Tytionia Adderly (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman HS) is just six rebounds shy of eclipsing Gradinjan (452) for seventh most on the career list. Her four offensive rebounds on Monday gave her 185 in her career and pushed her past Courtney Chihil (183, 2008-12) for seventh most all-time. She's just two shy of passing Kaneisha Atwater (186, 2013-16) for sixth.

Rosemarie Julien, who had her streak of 10 consecutive free throws made snapped on Monday, is still shooting .816 from the line in her career, which is just shy of Kelsey Jacobson (.819, 2008-12) for the best mark in program history. Julien (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Treasure Coast HS) is 30 points shy of 700 in her FGCU career, which has spanned 57 games.

FGCU, which enters Saturday with an 11-0 record at home this season, features the ASUN's top scoring and rebounding sophomores. Nasrin Ulel (Murrietta, Calif./Murrietta HS) averages 10 points, while Adderly averages 8.7 rebounds. In fact, Adderly also leads all sophomores in steals at 1.7 per contest.

FGCU is the only team in the ASUN with four players averaging double figure scoring - Julien (12.9 PPG), China Dow (Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy of Louisville) (10.4 PPG), Gradinjan (10.2 PPG) and Ulel (10.0 PPG)

Head coach Karl Smesko is approaching his 600th career game as a collegiate head coach. This will be his 597th career game, and he holds a 484-112 (.811) record.

SCOUTING JACKSONVILLE
The Dolphins feature three of the league's best player in Jasmyn Brown, Brandi Buie and Kayla Gordon.

Brown, a junior guard, is averaging a team-high 13.9 points along with 3.6 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game. Buie, a senior guard, is second on the team in scoring at 12.3 per contest while adding 3.9 rebounds, three assists and 1.7 steals. Gordon, a senior forward, averages 11.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.4 steals and nearly one rebound per game. Another senior, Nagaiyyah Teague, is fourth on the team in scoring at 7.1 per game, while redshirt junior Shakayla Nevitt checks in at 6.5 per contest.

Buie and Gordon eclipsed 1,000 career points on Jan. 13, while Brown is on pace to do the same with 709 as a junior. Gordon has 26 career double-doubles, including six this year. Brown is the reigning ASUN player of the week.

Jacksonville's five losses so far this year have come to NC State in the season opener, Alabama, Florida, Troy by one point and No. 8 Florida State. All five have come on the road. In conference play, the team has started 5-0 for the fourth time in five seasons and are winning by an average margin of 26.2 points per contest.

Defensively, Jacksonville has one of the best defenses in the conference. They're allowing just 59 PPG overall and 49.6 PPG in ASUN play.

Jacksonville is led by fifth-year head coach Yolett McPhee-McCuin, who has turned around the Dolphins program. In the three seasons prior to her arrival, the team won a combined 37 games including three losing seasons. Over the past two plus years alone, she has led the team to 60 wins, which included an NCAA Tournament berth in 2015-16 that came following a 56-54 win over FGCU in the ASUN Championship game. Overall, she is 85-59 in her four plus seasons at the helm.

SERIES HISTORY
FGCU is 20-3 all-time against Jacksonville, but the teams have split the past four meetings. Prior to that, the Eagles had won 18 straight in the series, and they are 12-1 against the Dolphins in Alico Arena. The past five meetings have been decided by eight points or fewer and four of those have been by four or fewer.

ASUN TEAM LEADERS
As a team, FGCU leads the ASUN in assist/turnover ratio (1.33), assists (353), assists per game (16.0), fewest turnovers (266), field goal percentage (43.2), scoring margin (17.3), scoring offense (78.3), steals (210), steals per game (9.5), 3-point field goals attempted (755), 3-point field goals made (261), 3-point field goals per game (11.9), 3-point field goal percentage (34.6), turnover margin (7.45), fewest turnovers per game (12.1) and win-loss percentage (86.4).

Jacksonville leads the ASUN in blocks (90), blocks per game (4.5), field goal percentage defense (38.1), offensive rebounds per game (17), rebounding margin (7.2), rebounds (832), rebounds per game (41.6), scoring defense (59.0) and 3-point field goal defense (28.5).

ASUN TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS

FGCU
PPG - Rosemarie Julien (7th, 12.9)
FT Percentage - Rosemarie Julien (1st, 84.6)
3-Point FG Percentage - Jessica Cattani (1st, 41.6, 32-for-77), Taylor Gradinjan (4th, 38.7, 58-for-150), Nasrin Ulel (7th, 36.0, 41-for-114)
3-Point FGs made - Taylor Gradinjan (1st, 58), Rosemarie Julien (3rd, 43), Nasrin Ulel (5th, 41), Jessica Cattani (8th, 32)
FG Percentage - China Dow (8th, 46.8, 81-for-173), Rosemarie Julien (10th, 43.7, 93-for-213)
FGs made - Rosemarie Julien (6th, 93)
RPG - Tytionia Adderly (2nd, 8.7), China Dow (9th, 6.0)
APG - Erica Nelson (8th, 2.9), Lisa Zderadicka (10th, 2.8)
SPG - Tytionia Adderly (T-5th, 1.7), Erica Nelson (T-9th, 1.6)

JACKSONVILLE
PPG - Jasmyn Brown (5th, 13.9), Brandi Buie (T-8th, 12.3)
FT Percentage: Brandi Buie (7th, 73.3), Kayla Gordon (8th, 73.0)
3-Point FG Percentage: Jasmyn Brown (6th, 37.2, 42-for-113)
3-Point FGs made: Jasmyn Brown (4th, 42)
FG Percentage: Kayla Gordon (4th, 48.9, 85-for-174)
FGs made: Kayla Gordon (8th, 85), Brandi Buie (T-9th, 84)
RPG: Kayla Gordon (1st, 8.8)
APG: Brandi Buie (3.0)
SPG: Brandi Buie (T-5th, 1.7), Jasmyn Brown (T-9th, 1.6)
BPG: Kayla Brown (T-2nd, 1.0), Shakayla Nevitt (T-5th, 0.9), Kayla Gordon (T-5th, 0.9)

NCAA LEADERS
As a team, FGCU ranks first in the nation in 3-point field goal attempts (755), while checking in at second in 3-point field goals per game (11.9) and 3-point field goals made (261). They also rank among the top 30 in assist/turnover ratio (20), assists (21), scoring margin (16), steals (28), turnover margin (7), fewest turnovers per game (11) and win-loss percentage (12).

Jacksonville is eighth in the nation in offensive rebounds per game.

3-Point Field Goals Attempted
1. FGCU, 755
2. DePaul, 739
3. Saint Francis (PA), 640
4. Syracuse, 624
5. Western Illinois, 609
6. Belmont, 581
7. Florida, 560
8. New Mexico, 554
9. Ohio, 553
10. Denver, 536

3-Point Field Goals Made 
1. DePaul, 266
2. FGCU, 261
3. Belmont, 214
4. Western Illinois, 204
5. New Mexico, 202
T-6. Oregon, 190
T-6. Minnesota, 190
8. Syracuse, 189
9. Idaho, 186
10. Texas State, 185

3-Point Field Goals Made Per Game
1. DePaul, 12.7
2. FGCU, 11.9
3. Idaho, 10.3
T-4. Western Illinois, 10.2
T-4. Belmont, 10.2
T-6. Montana State, 9.8
T-6. Central Michigan, 9.8
T-8. Texas State, 9.7
T-8. Saint Francis (PA), 9.7
10. New Mexico, 9.6

ASUN STANDINGS

1. FGCU - 5-0, 19-3
1. Jacksonville - 5-0, 15-5
3. Stetson - 3-2, 12-9
4. North Florida - 2-3, 9-11
4. Lipscomb - 2-3, 6-14
6. Kennesaw State - 1-4, 5-11
6. USC Upstate - 1-4, 6-14
6. NJIT - 1-4, 3-17

CHASING PROGRAM CAREER RECORDS

Points

  1. 1901 - Sarah HANSEN (132 games) - 2009-14

  2. 1574 - Whitney KNIGHT (130 games) - 2011-16

  3. 1415 - Adrianne MCNALLY (128 games) - 2006-10

  4. 1312 - Kaneisha ATWATER (106 games) - 2013-16

  5. 1263 - Kelsey JACOBSON (124 games) - 2008-12

  6. 1185 - Shannon MURPHY (124 games) - 2007-11

  7. 1135 - Stephanie HAAS (139 games) - 2012-16

  8. 1108 - Taylor GRADINJAN (134 games) - 2012-present

  9. 1062 - Kate SCHRADER (65 games) - 2005-07

 10. 1016 - Courtney CHIHIL (120 games) - 2008-12

Scoring average (minimum 40 games)

  1. 16.3 - Kate SCHRADER (65 games) - 2005-07

  2. 14.4 - Sarah HANSEN (132 games) - 2009-14

  3. 13.5 - Chelsea LYLES (62 games) - 2008-10

  4. 13.2 - Andrea CLARKE (55 games) - 2003-05

  5. 12.4 - Kaneisha ATWATER (106 games) - 2013-16

  6. 12.1 - Whitney KNIGHT (130 games) - 2011-16

  T-7. 11.8 - Rosemarie JULIEN (57 games) - 2016-present

  T-7. 11.8 - Robyn SWAIN (57 games) - 2002-04

  9. 11.2 - Delia DE LA TORRE (61 games) - 2006-08

 10. 11.1 - Adrianne MCNALLY (128 games) - 2006-10

Field goals made

  1. 685 - Sarah HANSEN (132 games) - 2009-14

  2. 523 - Whitney KNIGHT (130 games) - 2011-16

  3. 498 - Adrianne MCNALLY (128 games) - 2006-10

  4. 457 - Kaneisha ATWATER (106 games) - 2013-16

  5. 413 - Stephanie HAAS (139 games) - 2012-16

  6. 402 - Shannon MURPHY (124 games) - 2007-11

  7. 385 - Kelsey JACOBSON (124 games) - 2008-12

  8. 381 - Taylor GRADINJAN (134 games) - 2012-present

  9. 376 - Kate SCHRADER (65 games) - 2005-07

 10. 327 - Candy MYERS (87 games) - 2003-06

Field goals attempted

  1. 1366 - Sarah HANSEN (132 games) - 2009-14

  2. 1341 - Whitney KNIGHT (130 games) - 2011-16

  3. 1084 - Adrianne MCNALLY (128 games) - 2006-10

  4. 1073 - Kaneisha ATWATER (106 games) - 2013-16

  5. 1000 - Shannon MURPHY (124 games) - 2007-11

  6. 988 - Kelsey JACOBSON (124 games) - 2008-12

  7. 952 - Taylor GRADINJAN (134 games) - 2012-present

  8. 945 - Stephanie HAAS (139 games) - 2012-16

  9. 816 - Candy MYERS (87 games) - 2003-06

 10. 727 - Courtney CHIHIL (120 games) - 2008-12

Field goal percentage (minimum 200 made)

  1. .593 - Kate SCHRADER (376-634) - 2005-07

  2. .527 - Robyn SWAIN (259-491) - 2002-04

  3. .524 - Andrea CLARKE (264-504) - 2003-05

  4. .511 - Delia DE LA TORRE (266-521) - 2006-08

  5. .501 - Sarah HANSEN (685-1366) - 2009-14

  6. .493 - Trish FLEMING (206-418) - 2002-03

  T-7. .459 - Rosemarie JULIEN (233-508) - 2016-present

  T-7. .459 - Adrianne MCNALLY (498-1084) - 2006-10

  9. .448 - Courtney CHIHIL (326-727) - 2008-12

 10. .441 - Noreen MCCALLUM (213-483) - 2002-04

3-point field goals made

  1. 330 - Kelsey JACOBSON (124 games) - 2008-12

  2. 294 - Whitney KNIGHT (130 games) - 2011-16

  3. 269 - Taylor GRADINJAN (134 games) - 2012-present

  4. 219 - Shannon MURPHY (124 games) - 2007-11

  5. 212 - Candy MYERS (87 games) - 2003-06

  6. 171 - Eglah GRIFFIN (95 games) - 2009-12

  7. 133 - Jen CONELY (66 games) - 2005-07

  8. 123 - Haley LAUGHTER (90 games) - 2013-17

  9. 122 - Courtney CHIHIL (120 games) - 2008-12

 10. 115 - Megan JONES (86 games) - 2002-05

3-point field goals attempted

  1. 846 - Kelsey JACOBSON (124 games) - 2008-12

  2. 791 - Whitney KNIGHT (130 games) - 2011-16

  3. 724 - Taylor GRADINJAN (134 games) - 2012-present

  4. 597 - Shannon MURPHY (124 games) - 2007-11

  5. 556 - Candy MYERS (87 games) - 2003-06

  6. 418 - Eglah GRIFFIN (95 games) - 2009-12

  7. 382 - Kaneisha ATWATER (106 games) - 2013-16

  8. 375 - Megan JONES (86 games) - 2002-05

  9. 360 - Stephanie HAAS (139 games) - 2012-16

 10. 355 - Sarah HANSEN (132 games) - 2009-14

3-point FG percentage (minimum 100 made)

  1. .420 - Jen CONELY (133-317) - 2005-07

  2. .409 - Eglah GRIFFIN (171-418) - 2009-12

  3. .398 - Steffi SORENSEN (105-264) - 2006-07

  4. .390 - Kelsey JACOBSON (330-846) - 2008-12

  5. .381 - Candy MYERS (212-556) - 2003-06

  6. .378 - Haley LAUGHTER (123-325) - 2013-17

  7. .378 - Courtney CHIHIL (122-323) - 2008-12

  T-8. .372 - Taylor GRADINJAN (269-724) - 2012-present

  T-8. .372 - Whitney KNIGHT (294-791) - 2011-16

 10. .367 - Shannon MURPHY (219-597) - 2007-11

Free throw percentage (minimum 100 made)

  1. .819 - Kelsey JACOBSON (163-199) - 2008-12

  2. .816 - Rosemarie JULIEN (111-136) - 2016-present

  3. .772 - Whitney KNIGHT (234-303) - 2011-16

  4. .772 - Sarah HANSEN (417-540) - 2009-14

  5. .769 - Chelsea LYLES (180-234) - 2008-10

  6. .768 - Kate SCHRADER (295-384) - 2005-07

  7. .766 - Courtney CHIHIL (242-316) - 2008-12

  8. .753 - Shannon MURPHY (162-215) - 2007-11

  T-9. .753 - Chelsea DERMYER (110-146) - 2005-08

  T-9. .753 - Brittany KENNEDY (110-146) - 2011-13

Rebounds

  1. 887 - Sarah HANSEN (329o-558d) - 2009-14

  2. 735 - Whitney KNIGHT (114o-621d) - 2011-16

  3. 658 - Adrianne MCNALLY (240o-418d) - 2006-10

  4. 640 - Robyn SWAIN (236o-404d) - 2002-04

  5. 603 - Courtney CHIHIL (183o-420d) - 2008-12

  6. 508 - Kaneisha ATWATER (186o-322d) - 2013-16

  7. 452 - Taylor GRADINJAN (112o-340d) - 2012-present

  8. 447 - Tytionia ADDERLY (185o-262d) - 2016-present

  9. 422 - Katie MEADOR (193o-229d) - 2012-16

 10. 409 - Kate SCHRADER (194o-215d) - 2005-07

Rebounding average (minimum 40 games)

  1. 11.2 - Robyn SWAIN (57 games) - 2002-04

  2. 8.1 - Tytionia ADDERLY (55 games) - 2016-present

  3. 6.7 - Sarah HANSEN (132 games) - 2009-14

  4. 6.3 - Kate SCHRADER (65 games) - 2005-07

  5. 5.8 - Andrea CLARKE (55 games) - 2003-05

  6. 5.7 - Whitney KNIGHT (130 games) - 2011-16

  7. 5.6 - Delia DE LA TORRE (61 games) - 2006-08

  8. 5.5 - Noreen MCCALLUM (57 games) - 2002-04

  9. 5.4 - Chelsea LYLES (62 games) - 2008-10

 10. 5.1 - Adrianne MCNALLY (128 games) - 2006-10

Defensive rebounds

  1. 621 - Whitney KNIGHT (114o-621d) - 2011-16

  2. 558 - Sarah HANSEN (329o-558d) - 2009-14

  3. 420 - Courtney CHIHIL (183o-420d) - 2008-12

  4. 418 - Adrianne MCNALLY (240o-418d) - 2006-10

  5. 404 - Robyn SWAIN (236o-404d) - 2002-04

  6. 340 - Taylor GRADINJAN (112o-340d) - 2012-present

  7. 324 - DyTiesha DUNSON (61o-324d) - 2012-16

  8. 322 - Kaneisha ATWATER (186o-322d) - 2013-16

  9. 269 - Stephanie HAAS (96o-269d) - 2012-16

 10. 262 - Tytionia ADDERLY (185o-262d) - 2016-present

Offensive rebounds

  1. 329 - Sarah HANSEN (329o-558d) - 2009-14

  2. 240 - Adrianne MCNALLY (240o-418d) - 2006-10

  3. 236 - Robyn SWAIN (236o-404d) - 2002-04

  4. 194 - Kate SCHRADER (194o-215d) - 2005-07

  5. 193 - Katie MEADOR (193o-229d) - 2012-16

  6. 186 - Kaneisha ATWATER (186o-322d) - 2013-16

  7. 185 - Tytionia ADDERLY (185o-262d) - 2016-present

  8. 183 - Courtney CHIHIL (183o-420d) - 2008-12

  9. 123 - Noreen MCCALLUM (123o-188d) - 2002-04

 10. 122 - Andrea CLARKE (122o-196d) - 2003-05

Games played

  1. 140 - Jaime GLUESING - 2012-16

  2. 139 - Stephanie HAAS - 2012-16

  3. 135 - Katie MEADOR - 2012-16

  4. 134 - Taylor GRADINJAN - 2012-present

  T-5. 132 - Sarah HANSEN - 2009-14

  T-5. 132 - DyTiesha DUNSON - 2012-16

  7. 130 - Whitney KNIGHT - 2011-16

  8. 128 - Adrianne MCNALLY - 2006-10

  T-9. 124 - Shannon MURPHY - 2007-11

  T-9. 124 - Kelsey JACOBSON - 2008-12

Games started

  1. 131 - Sarah HANSEN - 2009-14

  2. 118 - Adrianne MCNALLY - 2006-10

  3. 112 - Taylor GRADINJAN - 2012-present

  4. 111 - Courtney CHIHIL - 2008-12

  5. 103 - Shannon MURPHY - 2007-11

  6. 102 - Kaneisha ATWATER - 2013-16

  7. 97 - Whitney KNIGHT - 2011-16

  8. 96 - DyTiesha DUNSON - 2012-16

  9. 69 - Candy MYERS - 2003-06

  T-10. 66 - Megan JONES - 2002-05

  T-10. 66 - Eglah GRIFFIN - 2009-12

Minutes

  1. 3877 - Sarah HANSEN - 2009-14

  2. 3621 - DyTiesha DUNSON - 2012-16

  3. 3581 - Shannon MURPHY - 2007-11

  4. 3532 - Adrianne MCNALLY - 2006-10

  5. 3501 - Courtney CHIHIL - 2008-12

  6. 3377 - Taylor GRADINJAN - 2012-present

  7. 3330 - Kelsey JACOBSON - 2008-12

  8. 3277 - Whitney KNIGHT - 2011-16

  9. 3160 - Kaneisha ATWATER - 2013-16

 10. 2833 - Stephanie HAAS - 2012-16

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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 423-85 (.832) at FGCU, including a 162-15 (.915) mark in ASUN play. Over the past six + seasons, he has guided FGCU to a 98-3 (.970) record in conference play with four undefeated seasons. 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 484-112 (.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.

WATCH PARTY
Miller's Ale House in Gulf Coast Town Center will serve as the official watch party destination for all remaining women's and men's basketball road games for the 2017-18 season. The establishment has invested in HD streaming equipment, giving fans the opportunity to watch in outstanding quality on ESPN3, while offering discounts during the game.
 
Those with an FGCU or Eagles Club ID will receive 10 percent off their bill. Those who bring an FGCU Basketball ticket stub will receive $5 off their $25 bill (or higher). Additionally, those simply wearing FGCU gear will receive $5 zingers.