NEWARK, N.J. - Jessica Cattani made a career-high six 3-pointers to pace the FGCU women's basketball team (24-4, 10-1 ASUN) with a game-high 18 points in an 89-43 win over NJIT on the road in the Wellness and Events Center on Monday.

The Eagles now have three regular season games remaining beginning with a home tilt against Lipscomb at 4 p.m. on Saturday. The team needs any combination of two wins or Jacksonville losses to clinch at least a share of the ASUN championship and home court advantage through the ASUN tournament.

"When we have this many people who can score, it's hard to key on one or two people," FGCU head coach Karl Smesko said. "We want to share the ball. We want to get get everybody involved, and I thought we did a pretty good job of that tonight. I was happy with our effort on the defensive end. We got a lot of extra possessions getting offensive rebounds, especially Ty who was big for us."

Cattani (Muskego, Wis./Muskego HS) finished 6-for-8 from 3-point range while adding four rebounds, two assists and a steal. She topped her previous career-high of five 3-pointers that was set twice - on Dec. 30 against Florida Memorial and Jan. 13 against NJIT. Thus, she is now a combined 11-for-14 from long range against the Highlanders this year. Her scoring output was also a season-high against a Division-I opponent this season.

Four others also scored in double figures for the Eagles as Rosemarie Julien tallied 17, China Dow had 15, Tytionia Adderly had 11 and Chandler Ryan had 10. In fact, the top three scorers for FGCU combined for 50 points, which was seven more than NJIT's entire team.

Julien (Port St. Lucie, Fla./Treasure Coast HS) only played three minutes in the second half due to foul trouble and the score margin, but she finished 6-for-10 from the field and went 3-for-3 from the foul line. It was her ninth double-digit scoring effort over 11 conference games, and she now has 751 points in just 63 career games in an Eagle uniform.

Dow (Louisville, Ky./Christian Academy of Louisville) went 6-for-9 from the field, including a 3-for-4 performance from 3-point range, and added three rebounds and two steals. The senior, who originally began her NCAA career at Middle Tennessee, now has 959 points.

Adderly (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman HS) produced her ninth career double-double as the sophomore finished with 11 points, 16 rebounds (career-high 10 offensive) and three steals. She tied her season-high in rebounds and now has two straight and three double-doubles over the past five games. On top of that, she has 25 career double-digit rebounding efforts.

Ryan (Groveland, Ill./Morton HS) finished 3-for-6 from the field and recorded her fourth double-digit scoring effort of the season, including the second one in ASUN play. She did her damage in just 13 minutes.

Outside of those five, FGCU had five others reach the scoring column including Nasrin Ulel (5), Taylor Gradinjan (5), Erica Nelson (4), Alyssa Blair (2) and Sheahen Dowling (2). Another player, Lisa Zderadicka (Vienna, Austria/HAK Korneuburg) didn't score, but tallied five assists and two rebounds in 13 minutes.

Nelson (Kansas City, Mo./Lee Summit North HS) had a game-high seven assists along with two rebounds and a steal. Blair (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie HS) scored on her lone field goal attempt and produced a steal. Ulel (Murrietta, Calif./Murrietta HS) finished with four rebounds, four assists and two steals. Gradinjan (Cudahy, Wis./Cudahy HS) added another 3-pointer to her career total and chipped in three assists. Dowling (Chicago, Ill./Trinity HS) pulled down two rebounds while adding one assist and one steal in seven minutes.

FGCU finished 17-for-44 from 3-point range as a team, while NJIT attempted 45 field goals as a team. The Eagles also nearly made as many 3-pointers as the Highlanders attempted (19).

The Eagles had 13 steals, which was the team's third straight with at least 12, and they finished 32-for-69 from the field, which was nearly an identical finish to Saturday's 32-for-68 performance at USC Upstate. In fact, FGCU made 17 3-pointers for the second straight game and attempted just one more from long range than they did on Saturday.

The performance on Monday marked the 19th time this season the team has produced 10 or more made 3-pointers.

In terms of field goal percentage, Monday was FGCU's best performance against a Division-I team this year as NJIT finished just 13-for-45 from the field (.289) and scored the second fewest points (43) against the Eagles behind Stetson's 40-point effort on Jan. 6.

FGCU is now 24-0 this year when forcing at least 15 turnovers.

CAREER RECORDS

Gradinjan, who entered the game ranked sixth in the nation among all Division-I players in 3-point field goals in a career, now has 1,163 career points over 140 games, which moves her closer to Shannon Murphy (1,185, 2007-11) for sixth most points in program history. She is also now 400-for-999 from the field in her career. Her total made is just three shy of passing Shannon Murphy (402, 2007-11) for sixth all-time, and she is now one attempt shy of becoming only the sixth player in program history with at least 1,000 and two shy of passing Shannon Murphy (1,000, 2007-11) for fifth most in program history. Gradinjan's 280 career 3-pointers are 15 shy of passing Whitney Knight (294, 2011-16) for second most in program history.

In addition to her offensive production, Gradinjan also continues her march up some other career statistical categories including minutes, games started, games played and rebounds. The sixth-year senior, who played just a handful of games her true freshman year before suffering her first of two ACL injuries, played in her 140th career game vs NJIT and passed Stephanie Haas (139, 2012-16) for second most all-time. She is now tied with Jaime Gluesing (140, 2012-16) for the most in program history. On top of that, she remains the most experienced active Division-I player, two games ahead of UConn's Gabby Williams through Monday.

In addition to that, Gradinjan has now played 3,556 minutes and passed Adrianne McNally (3,532, 2006-10) for fourth most in program history on Monday. She is now 26 shy of moving up one more spot and passing Shannon Murphy (3,581, 2007-11). In terms of games started, she has 118, which ties her with Adrianne McNally (118, 2006-10) for second most all-time. Sarah Hansen tops the list with 131 from 2009-14.

In terms of career rebounds, Gradinjan and Adderly are both in the top 10. Adderly is closing in on 500 in her career and now has 487, while Gradinjan has 472. The duo remains seventh and eighth all-time in total rebounds. Adderly remains on pace to become the program's first to 1,000 career rebounds and is 22 away from passing Kaneisha Atwater's (508, 2013-16) sixth place total. Sarah Hansen (887, 2009-14) is the all-time leader.

Adderly's career-high 10 offensive rebounds pushed her career total to 205 and moved her past Katie Meador (193, 2012-16) and Kate Schrader (194, 2005-07) and into fourth place all-time. Next up is Robyn Swain (236, 2002-04).

With her 3-for-3 performance from the line, Julien has overtaken Kelsey Jacobson (.819, 163-for-199, 2008-12) for the career free throw percentage lead. She is now at .821 and has made 124 of 151 in her career.

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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. Including this year, Smesko has guided the Eagles to 14-straight 20-win seasons. He maintains a record of 428-86 (.833) at FGCU, including a 167-16 (.913) mark in ASUN play. Over the past six + seasons, he has guided FGCU to a 103-4 (.963) 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 489-113 (.812). 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.
 
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.