JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The No. 25 FGCU women's basketball team (20-3, 6-0 ASUN) will begin a two-game road trip against North Florida (9-12, 2-4 ASUN) on Thursday at 7 p.m. in UNF Arena. The trip concludes with a rematch against Jacksonville on Saturday afternoon.

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.
 
Dirty Birds will get 20 percent off their order by showing the Wings Up App promo photo. 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.

MATCHUP
FGCU, which remains second in the nation in 3-point field goals made, 3-point field goals attempted and 3-point field goals made per game, will face another tough challenge against North Florida. The Ospreys are holding opponents to 30.3 percent from long range, which is second best in the conference behind Jacksonville. In fact, the Dolphins just held the Eagles to a 6-for-15 performance last weekend, which signified the second lowest total attempts and makes from 3-point range for FGCU in a game this year.

THE GREEN AND BLUE
FGCU enters Thursday's matchup riding a 10-game winning streak that has propelled the program to its first top 25 ranking in one of the two national polls for the first time since April 2015. The Eagles, who were already the nation's No. 1 ranked mid-major team according to CollegeInsider.com and espnW, also received three votes in the AP Poll for the second consecutive week. They're 8-1 all-time as a ranked team with all of those coming in the 2014-15 season.

In addition to the winning streak, FGCU has won 14 of its past 15 games. They've recorded at least one double digit winning streak in each of the past eight seasons, and the team's win over Jacksonville this past Saturday gave the team its 14th straight season with 20 or more wins.

Also, with the win over Jacksonville, FGCU is now in sole possession of first place in the ASUN standings. With two wins this weekend, the Eagles would own at least a two game lead over every other team with six games left in the regular season.

The Eagles remain the only team in the ASUN with four players averaging double figures in scoring - Rosemarie Julien (12.8 PPG), China Dow (10.4 PPG), Nasrin Ulel (10.2 PPG) and Taylor Gradinjan (10.0 PPG). Erica Nelson (Kansas City, Mo./Lee Summit North HS) also averages over nine per contest.

Gradinjan (Cudahy, Wis./Cudahy HS), who eclipsed 1,100 career points against Lipscomb and now has 1,115, needs 21 more to pass Stephanie Haas (1135, 2012-16) for seventh most all-time, and she's currently played four fewer career games than Haas. She needs one more game played to pass Katie Meador (135, 2012-16) and move alone into third most all-time, and she is six starts shy of passing Adrianne McNally (118, 2006-10) for second most. Additionally, Gradinjan needs three more made field goals to pass Kelsey Jacobson (385, 2008-12) for seventh place, and she now has 958 field goal attempts.

Tytionia Adderly (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman HS) is just 10 rebounds shy of eclipsing Gradinjan (458) for seventh most on the career list. She's just two offensive rebounds shy of passing Kaneisha Atwater (186, 2013-16) for sixth all-time. Julien (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Treasure Coast HS) is shooting .818 from the line in her career, which is just shy of Kelsey Jacobson (.819, 2008-12) for the best mark in program history. Julien is 19 points shy of 700 in her FGCU career, which has spanned 58 games.

Dow (Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy of Louisville) is just 13 points shy of 900 in her NCAA career, which started at Middle Tennessee.

FGCU features the ASUN's top scoring and rebounding sophomores. Ulel (Murrietta, Calif./Murrietta HS) averages 10.2 points, while Adderly averages 8.4 rebounds. In fact, Adderly also leads all sophomores in steals at 1.7 per contest.

Head coach Karl Smesko is approaching his 600th career game as a collegiate head coach. This will be his 598th career game, and he holds a 485-112 (.811) record.

FGCU's winning streak is tied for the 10th longest in the nation.

SCOUTING NORTH FLORIDA
North Florida is led by 6-1 senior forward Keonna Farmer, who is averaging 16.2 points, 8.3 rebounds and 2.6 steals per game. In ASUN play, she has upped her scoring output to 20.8 PPG, which is the best in the league. 5-11 senior guard Tesh Hanson is averaging 11.4 points and 6.6 rebounds. They're the lone two averaging double figures for the Ospreys, although Tiffany Tolbert and Adrienne Jackson check in at 8.8 points per contest.

As a team, North Florida is second in the ASUN in steals at 9.2 per game, and Farmer's 2.6 per game is best on the team. 

SERIES HISTORY
FGCU is 21-2 all-time against North Florida, which includes 17 straight wins dating back to a 73-51 win on Dec. 2, 2010. Three of the wins during the streak came in the postseason, seven of them came in Jacksonville and every one has been by at least an 11-point margin.

ASUN TEAM LEADERS
As a team, FGCU leads the ASUN in assist/turnover ratio (1.30), assists (361), assists per game (15.7), fewest turnovers (278), field goal percentage (43.0), scoring margin (16.8), scoring offense (77.7), steals (217), steals per game (9.4), 3-point field goals attempted (770), 3-point field goals made (267), 3-point field goals per game (11.6), 3-point field goal percentage (34.7), turnover margin (7.35), fewest turnovers per game (12.1) and win-loss percentage (87.0).

North Florida does not lead the ASUN in any team category, but they rank second in fewest fouls (364), steals per game (9.2) and 3-point field goal defense (31.3).

ASUN TOP 10 INDIVIDUALS

FGCU
PPG - Rosemarie Julien (7th, 12.8)
FT Percentage - Rosemarie Julien (1st, 84.7)
3-Point FG Percentage - Jessica Cattani (1st, 41.6, 32-for-77), Taylor Gradinjan (4th, 38.2, 58-for-152), Nasrin Ulel (6th, 36.8, 43-for-117)
3-Point FGs made - Taylor Gradinjan (1st, 58), Rosemarie Julien (3rd, 44), Nasrin Ulel (4th, 43), Jessica Cattani (T-9th, 32)
FG Percentage - China Dow (8th, 46.4, 85-for-183)
FGs made - Rosemarie Julien (6th, 95)
RPG - Tytionia Adderly (2nd, 8.4), China Dow (8th, 5.9)
APG - Erica Nelson (T-10th, 2.8), Lisa Zderadicka (T-10th, 2.8)
SPG - Tytionia Adderly (T-5th, 1.7), Erica Nelson (T-8th, 1.6)

NORTH FLORIDA
PPG - Keonna Farmer (3rd, 16.9)
FT Percentage: Keonna Farmer (4th, 80.8, 63-for-78)
3-Point FG Percentage: n/a
3-Point FGs made: n/a
FG Percentage: Tesh Hanson (2nd, 50.0, 66-for-132), Keonna Farmer (T-3rd, 48.4, 135-for-279)
FGs made: Keonna Farmer (1st, 135)
RPG: Keonna Farmer (3rd, 8.2), Tesh Hanson (5th, 6.9)
APG: Ty Purifoy (5th, 3.4)
SPG: Keonna Farmer (1st, 2.8)
BPG: Tesh Hanson (T-5th, 0.9)

NCAA LEADERS
As a team, FGCU ranks second in the nation in 3-point field goal attempts (755), 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 (23), assists (26), scoring margin (19), turnover margin (8), fewest turnovers per game (11) and win-loss percentage (9).

3-Point Field Goals Attempted
1. DePaul, 773
2. FGCU, 770
3. Saint Francis (PA), 708
4. Syracuse, 679
5. Western Illinois, 649
6. Belmont, 646
7. Florida, 594
8. Villanova, 591
9. Ohio State, 580
10. New Mexico, 579

3-Point Field Goals Made 
1. DePaul, 277
2. FGCU, 267
3. Western Illinois 241
4. Belmont, 234
T-5. Texas State, 209
T-5. Syracuse, 209
T-7. New Mexico, 208
T-7. Oregon, 208
T-9. Idaho, 564
T-9. Saint Francis (PA) 206

3-Point Field Goals Made Per Game
1. DePaul, 12.6
2. FGCU, 11.6
3. Western Illinois, 11.0
4. Idaho, 10.3
5. Belmont, 10.2
T-6. Texas State, 10.0
T-6. Montana State, 10.0
T-8. Saint Francis (PA) 9.8
T-8. Central Michigan, 9.8
10. Weber State, 9.7

ASUN STANDINGS

1. FGCU - 6-0, 20-3
2. Jacksonville - 5-1, 15-6
3. Stetson - 4-2, 13-9
4. Lipscomb - 3-3, 7-14
T-5. North Florida - 2-4, 9-12
T-5. USC Upstate - 2-4, 7-14
T-7. Kennesaw State - 1-5, 5-12
T-7. NJIT - 1-5, 3-18

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. 1115 - Taylor GRADINJAN (135 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

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

  8. 11.7 - Rosemarie JULIEN (58 games) - 2016-present

  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. 383 - Taylor GRADINJAN (135 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. 958 - Taylor GRADINJAN (135 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

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

  8. .455 - Rosemarie JULIEN (235-517) - 2016-present

  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 (135 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. 726 - Taylor GRADINJAN (135 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

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

  9. .371 - Taylor GRADINJAN (269-726) - 2012-present

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

Free throw percentage (minimum 100 made)

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

  2. .818 - Rosemarie JULIEN (117-143) - 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. 458 - Taylor GRADINJAN (112o-346d) - 2012-present

  8. 448 - Tytionia ADDERLY (185o-263d) - 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. 8.0 - Tytionia ADDERLY (56 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. 346 - Taylor GRADINJAN (112o-346d) - 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. 263 - Tytionia ADDERLY (185o-263d) - 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-263d) - 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

  T-3. 135 - Katie MEADOR - 2012-16

  T-3. 135 - 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. 113 - 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. 3409 - 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 424-85 (.832) at FGCU, including a 163-15 (.915) mark in ASUN play. Over the past six + seasons, he has guided FGCU to a 99-3 (.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 485-112 (.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.