NEWARK, N.J.. - The FGCU women's basketball team (15-4, 6-0 ASUN) will not only look to win its seventh-straight overall and 14th straight in regular season conference play, but they will be in search of the program's 250th all-time game with at least 10 3-point field goals made when it hosts an improved NJIT team (5-14, 2-4) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. inside the Newark-based team's new Wellness and Events Center.

Matchup: FGCU (15-4, 6-0 ASUN) vs NJIT (5-14, 2-4 ASUN)
When: Tuesday Jan. 29 at 7 p.m.
Rankings: FGCU is No. 4 in the CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major Poll
Where: NJIT Wellness and Events Center | Newark, N.J.
Watch (ESPN+): here
Live Stats: here
Series: FGCU leads 9-0
Game Notes: FGCU (Interactive | Printable)
Coaches: Karl Smesko (17th season at FGCU - 450-91; 20th season overall - 511-118 | Mike Lane (1st season at NJIT - 5-14; 6th season overall - 74-75)
 
NJIT Notes
NJIT, which won just four games all of last season, is an improved team under new head coach Mike Lane, who has led the team to a 5-14 start, including a 2-4 record in ASUN play after spending six seasons as the top assistant coach at Bucknell. In conference play, they've lost three straight, but have knocked off Kennesaw State and Lipscomb.

The Highlanders are led by senior guard Kelly Guarino, who is averaging a team-high 14.1 points per game, while junior guard Danielle Tunstall checks in at 11.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game.

NJIT is coming off a 77-54 loss to North Alabama on Sunday in which Tunstall had a team-high 19 points on 9-for-14 shooting. She was the lone player in double-figures, and she's reached at least 10 points in five straight. On top of that, she finished just one rebound short of a double-double.

NJIT Leaders
PPG: Kelly Guarino (14.1), Danielle Tunstall (11.5)
RPG: Danielle Tunstall (8.4), Tatianna Torres (4.9)
Assists: Tatianna Torres (47), Ellyn Stoll (43)
Steals: Danielle Tunstall (29), Kelly Guarino (26)
Blocks: Danielle Tunstall (18), Milena Bajic (17)

Series History
FGCU is 9-0 all-time against NJIT dating back to a non-conference matchup on March 6, 2008. The Eagles swept the regular season series last year before claiming an 83-62 win in the ASUN quarterfinals. They're 3-0 on the road in the series.

ASUN Dominance
FGCU is 176-16 all-time in ASUN matchups, which has led to eight regular season championships. In the conference tournament, they own a 19-2 record since becoming eligible in 2011-12, which has led to five titles. Since the start of last year, the Eagles have won 19 of the past 20 regular season conference games, including 13 straight entering Tuesday.

At home, the Eagles own a dominant 93-2 record in the regular season against the ASUN and are 114-4 (.966) against conference teams overall since 2011-12. Furthermore, they're 111-10 (.917) against current ASUN teams, and they have won 86 of the past 87 conference home games dating back to Jan. 22, 2009.

Among The Nation's Best
FGCU will enter Tuesday ranked among the top 50 teams in the nation in 13 categories:

Assist/turnover ratio - 26th, 1.21
Assists - 43rd, 314
Assists/game - 32nd, 16.5
Fewest turnovers - 38th, 260
Field goal percentage - 30th, 44.8
Scoring margin - 21st, 16.9
Scoring offense - 21st, 79.2
Turnover margin - 18th, 5.11
Fewest turnovers per game - 38th, 13.7
Win-loss percentage - 36th, 78.9

3-point field goals attempted
1. DePaul - 747
2. FGCU - 650
3. Western Illinois - 615
4. Syracuse - 598
5. Belmont - 573

3-point field goals made per game
1. FGCU - 11.8
1. DePaul - 11.8
3. Idaho - 11.4
4. Oregon - 10.5
5. Creighton - 10.4

3-point field goals made
1. DePaul - 247
2. FGCU - 225
3. Oregon - 209
4. Creighton - 208
5. Oral Roberts - 207
 
"The Best"
Tytionia Adderly (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman HS) became just the third player to reach 700 career rebounds in the Green and Blue with her six against Lipscomb this past Tuesday. She now has 711 and only trails Sarah Hansen (887) and Whitney Knight (735) on the all-time list. The forward, who was ranked as the best rebounder in program history by head coach Karl Smesko in last Tuesday's post-game interview, also eclipsed 500 career points on Sunday. She now has 508 over 86 games.

Scoring Milestones
A total of five Eagles have eclipsed 700 career points and are on pace to reach 1,000 points in their NCAA careers either this year or next. Two of those five, Lisa Zderadicka and Destiny Washington are less than 100 away, while Davion Wingate, Nasrin Ulel and Keri Jewett-Giles round out the group.

Zderadicka (Vienna, Austria/HAK Korneuburg) is the closest to the mark with 966 over 111 career games, which includes 440 in the Green and Blue. Washington (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North HS) has 924 points over 104 games, including 146 this year with the Eagles.

The next two closest are Wingate (Atlanta, Ga./Stephenson HS), who has 764 points over 80 games - including 130 with FGCU, and Jewett-Giles (Fort Myers, Fla./Dunbar HS), who has 750 points over 79 games - including 248 in the Green and Blue. Ulel (Murrieta, Calif./Murrieta HS) was the most recent to join the club. She has 722 points over 81 career games.

Mid-Major Power
Over the past four seasons, FGCU has recorded 121 wins, which is the most among all mid-majors and seventh-most among any Division-I program, trailing only UConn (148), Notre Dame (137), Baylor (135), South Carolina (129), Mississippi State (126) and Maryland (123). On top of that, the program is one of only six in Division-I with three 30-win seasons during that stretch – joining UConn, Baylor, Notre Dame, Maryland and South Carolina.
 
Leading the 3-Point Revolution
At FGCU, head coach Karl Smesko has turned FGCU into one of the premier 3-point shooting teams in the nation. This season alone, NCAA Division-I teams have recorded 14 games with at least 18 3-point field goals made, and the Eagles own four of them. They've had a season-high 19 twice.
 
In 16 + seasons, Smesko's teams have shot a combined 5,081-for-14,644 (.347) from long range, or 9.38 per game. Earlier this season, Kerstie Phills (Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Christian) made the program's 5,000th 3-point field goal. In fact, the team has made at least one 3-point field goal in 428 straight games and went without at least one make in only one game in program history – Feb. 21, 2006 vs Lynn University (0-for-11).

In 2017-18, the Green and Blue made an NCAA Division-I single season record 431 3-pointers on 1,190 attempts, equating out to a .362 percentage. In doing so, the team made and attempted over twice as many as they did in the program's initial season in 2002-03 (212-for-535). Since that first year, FGCU has made at least 300 in a season 10 times, including each of the past nine seasons.

2002-03 --- 212-for-535 (.396)
2003-04 --- 118-for-406 (.291)
2004-05 --- 253-for-722 (.350)
2005-06 --- 242-for-747 (.324)
2006-07 --- 337-for-891 (.378)
2007-08 --- 255-for-734 (.347)
2008-09 --- 296-for-763 (.388)
2009-10 --- 317-for-876 (.362)
2010-11 --- 350-for-940 (.372)
2011-12 --- 342-for-925 (.370)
2012-13 --- 319-for-974 (.328)
2013-14 --- 347-for-1,000 (.347)
2014-15 --- 327-for-928 (.352)
2015-16 --- 372-for-1,194 (.312)
2016-17 --- 338-for-1,058 (.319)
2017-18 --- 431-for-1,190 (.362)
2018-19 --- 225-for-650 (.346)
TOTALS: 5,081-for-14,644 (.347)

Including 12 of 19 games this season, FGCU has made at least 10 or more 3-point field goals in a single game 249 times, including a single-season record 25 times in 2017-18. They have at least 15 games with at least 10 or more in each of the past 11 seasons, including this year.

RPI Tracker
The Green and Blue enter Saturday ranked 88th in the latest RPI poll. Here's how the rest of the teams in the ASUN rank:

North Alabama - 148
Jacksonville - 212
Liberty - 237
Stetson - 261
Kennesaw State - 284
North Florida - 291
NJIT - 314
Lipscomb - 331

Next Up
FGCU will return home to battle Jacksonville on Saturday and North Alabama next Tuesday. Fans are encouraged to wear blue on Saturday and pink on Tuesday.

FGCU Career Record Book

Rebounds 
1. 887 - Sarah HANSEN (329o-558d) - 2010-14
2. 735 - Whitney KNIGHT (114o-621d) - 2011-12,13-16
3. 711 - Tytionia ADDERLY (293o-418d) - 2016-present 
4. 658 - Adrianne MCNALLY (240o-418d) - 2006-10
5. 640 - Robyn SWAIN (236o-404d) - 2002-04
6. 603 - Courtney CHIHIL (183o-420d) - 2008-12
7. 508 - Kaneisha ATWATER (187o-321d) - 2013-16
8. 498 - Taylor GRADINJAN (117o-381d) - 2012-13,14-18
9. 422 - Katie MEADOR (193o-229d) - 2012-16
10. 408 - Kate SCHRADER (194o-214d) - 2005-07
 
Rebounding average (min. 40 games) 
1. 11.2 - Robyn SWAIN (57 games) - 2002-04
2. 8.3 - Tytionia ADDERLY (86 games) - 2016-present 
3. 6.7 - Sarah HANSEN (132 games) - 2010-14
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) - 2011-12,13-16
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) - 2011-12,13-16
2. 558 - Sarah HANSEN (329o-558d) - 2010-14
3. 420 - Courtney CHIHIL (183o-420d) - 2008-12
4. 418 - Tytionia ADDERLY (293o-418d) - 2016-present 
4. 418 - Adrianne MCNALLY (240o-418d) - 2006-10
6. 404 - Robyn SWAIN (236o-404d) - 2002-04
7. 381 - Taylor GRADINJAN (117o-381d) - 2012-13,14-18
8. 324 - DyTiesha DUNSON (61o-324d) - 2012-16
9. 321 - Kaneisha ATWATER (187o-321d) - 2013-16
10. 269 - Stephanie HAAS (96o-269d) - 2012-16
 
Offensive rebounds 
1. 329 - Sarah HANSEN (329o-558d) - 2010-14
2. 293- Tytionia ADDERLY (293o-418d) - 2016-present 
3. 240 - Adrianne MCNALLY (240o-418d) - 2006-10
4. 236 - Robyn SWAIN (236o-404d) - 2002-04
5. 194 - Kate SCHRADER (194o-214d) - 2005-07
6. 193 - Katie MEADOR (193o-229d) - 2012-16
7. 187 - Kaneisha ATWATER (187o-321d) - 2013-16
8. 183 - Courtney CHIHIL (183o-420d) - 2008-12
9. 127 - Noreen MCCALLUM (127o-189d) - 2002-04
10. 122 - Andrea CLARKE (122o-196d) - 2003-05
 
Assists average (min. 40 games) 
1. 4.7 - Chelsea DERMYER (65 games) - 2006-08
2. 4.5 - Brittany KENNEDY (58 games) - 2011-13
3. 3.9 - Megan JONES (86 games) - 2002-05
4. 3.9 - Ebonie HALLIBURTON (60 games) - 2004-06
5. 3.4 - DyTiesha DUNSON (132 games) - 2012-16
6. 3.4 - Shannon MURPHY (124 games) - 2007-11
7. 3.2 - Lisa ZDERADICKA (54 games) - 2017-present
8. 3.0 - Erica NELSON (66 games) - 2016-18
9. 2.8 - Courtney CHIHIL (120 games) - 2008-12
10. 2.6 - Adrianne MCNALLY (128 games) - 2006-10
 
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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 511-118 (.812) overall in his career, including a 176-16 (.916) mark in ASUN play. Over the past seven + seasons, he has guided FGCU to a 114-4 (.966) 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 2018-19, 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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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 contribute, please visit www.fgcu.edu/foodpantry and utilize the hashtag #FeedFGCU to help.
 
SUPPORT THE WOMEN'S BASKETBALL PROGRAM
Do you enjoy watching or following the FGCU women's basketball program? Would you like to play a role in the growth of the program and help take it to heights never before experienced? If so, you can reach out to Director of Advancement, Matt Ring, about opportunities to make an impact on the experiences of our student-athletes. He can be reached by email at mring@fgcu.edu or by office phone at 239-745-4434.