LAKEPOINT, Ga. - Keri Jewett-Giles, who has poured in at least 15 points in five straight games and led the FGCU women's basketball team (4-2) to a 2-1 record in this past weekend's Rainbow Wahine Showdown, has been named the ASUN's player and newcomer of the week for the second consecutive week, conference officials announced today.

"Keri had an outstanding tournament in Hawaii," FGCU head coach Karl Smesko said. "She is aggressively attacking the paint and hitting the 3-point shot. That makes her very hard to guard."

Jewett-Giles (Fort Myers, Fla./Dunbar HS), who was named to the All-Rainbow Wahine Showdown Team along with teammate Nasrin Ulel (Murrieta, Calif./Murrieta HS), opened the week with 17 points on 7-for-14 shooting against No. 7 Stanford. She then added 16 points in a win over Hawaii before closing out the week with 22 points on 7-for-11 shooting against American.

In addition to her scoring, Jewett-Giles added seven assists, six steals and five rebounds over the three games. She shot 20-for-40 from the field and 8-for-21 from 3-point range. Her 22 points against American was one shy of her career-high, which she twice set during her time at Southern Miss.

The redshirt junior guard is averaging a team-high 16 points along with two rebounds, nearly three assists and 1.5 steals per game for FGCU.

The Eagles will be back in action on Wednesday in Alico Arena against Houston at 5 p.m. The game, which is a white out, will be the first of a doubleheader as the men will host FIU at 7:30 p.m.

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YOUNG ALUMNI
FGCU recently announced a program in which young alumni – those who have graduated from FGCU within the past five years – can save between 30-70 percent off Priority Level 4 and 5 section season tickets, in addition to receiving discounted Eagles Club membership, which is needed for select premier seats inside Alico Arena. Those interested in taking advantage of this offer are asked to click here or visit FGCUAthletics.com/YoungAlumni to complete a form. Following that, an FGCU Ticket Office representative will be in contact to set up an account. For more information, call 239-590-7145, email tickets@fgcu.edu or visit the Alico Arena Ticket Office Monday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
 
COACH SMESKO
FGCU head coach Karl Smesko led the 2017-18 Eagles to another historic season. The Green and Blue finished 31-5 overall and 13-1 in ASUN play, capturing the program's eighth ASUN regular season championship and fifth ASUN tournament championship. The team finished the season ranked 25th in the final USA Today Coaches Poll, recaptured the NCAA record for most 3-point field goals made in a season with 431 and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the fifth time in seven seasons, where the Eagles knocked off 5th-seeded and No. 15 ranked Missouri in the opening round. It was the team's second tournament win over the past three appearances. Over the course of the season, FGCU knocked off three ranked teams - No. 15 Missouri, No. 20 Kentucky and No. 21 DePaul.

Over the past four seasons, Smesko has guided FGCU to three 30 plus win seasons while recording a 121-23 (.840) record overall. The now eight-time ASUN Coach of the Year rallied the 2016-17 team to its seventh straight 25-win campaign, culminating in an ASUN tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance. In 2015-16, he was named the espnW mid-major coach of the year following a run that witnessed the Eagles claim a WNIT runner-up finish and a Division-I program best ever 33-6 record. In 2014-15, the team achieved its first-ever top-25 ranking and made another trip to the NCAA Tournament, where the Eagles earned a No. 7 seed and won the program's first-ever NCAA Tournament game, toppling No. 10 seed Oklahoma State.

Including the 2017-18 campaign, Smesko has guided the Eagles to 14-straight 20-win seasons and eight-straight 25-win seasons. He maintains a record of 500-116 (.812) overall in his career, including a 170-16 (.914) mark in ASUN play. Over the past seven seasons, he has guided FGCU to a 106-4 (.964) 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. Entering 2016-17, he ranked 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. Over the past year, first-year NCAA Division-I head coaches Nancy Fahey (Illinois) and Bart Brooks (Belmont) pushed the list to six.

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