FORT MYERS, Fla. - Tytionia Adderly became the program's all-time rebounding leader as the FGCU women's basketball team (4-1) produced an 89-56 win over Johnson and Wales (4-1) inside Alico Arena on Tuesday.
 
"There were definitely some bright spots," FGCU head coach Karl Smesko said of his team's performance. "Davion had another outstanding game. She was explosive offensively. Ty set our all-time rebounding record. She's the best rebounder we've ever had here, so it was a good moment to see her take over the top spot in that area. Other than that, we had some bright spots, but there were a lot of areas that we need to clean up and clean up fast if we're going to beat a team we want to beat."
 
Adderly (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman HS) pulled down an offensive rebound with four minutes left in the opening quarter to break Sarah Hansen's (2010-14, 887) all-time record. She pushed her career total to 890 while finishing with six boards in 10 minutes of action. She is averaging 8.8 rebounds per contest this year, and 517 of her career caroms have come inside Alico Arena.  
 
"Relentless effort," Smesko said when asked post game about what makes Adderly special. "She has a pride in her defensive performance. She wants to defend things the right way. The other thing about Ty is that she is really, really bright. She picks things up quickly. If she sees something on film, she'll instantly make a correction. You combine someone who's athletic, tough, has a relentless effort and really smart, that's how you get someone who's as productive on the defensive end and the boards as Ty."
 
Davion Wingate registered a game-high 21 points, while Keri Jewett-Giles (14) and Alyssa Blair (10) also reached double-digit scoring.
 
The Eagles finished .423 from the field while making 16-of-42 attempts from long range, led by three apiece from Jewett-Giles and Blair. FGCU closed the first quarter on an 11-0 run and extended that stretch to 19 straight following a layup from Wingate (Atlanta, Ga./Stephenson HS) with just under eight minutes left in the half. They led by 36 at the half and by as many as 39 in the second half on six occasions.
 
Anja Marinkovic (Sombor, Serbia/Northern Secondary HS) and Ashli O'Neal scored nine points apiece while just missing double-figures. O'Neal (Wyoming, Ohio/Wyoming HS) made a team-best 5-for-6 from the foul line, while Marinkovic finished 2-for-5 from 3-point range.
 
Emma List (Colorado Springs, Colo./Discovery Canyon Campus HS) had five points, four rebounds, three steals and one assist over 22 minutes in what was her debut in front of the Alico Arena crowd.
 
Wingate has a team-high 99 points through five games. Her .818 shooting percentage on 9-for-11 shooting on Tuesday is tied with Jessica Cattani (.818 vs Florida Memorial on Dec. 30, 2017) for the sixth-best performance in the program's Division I era and inside Alico Arena all-time.
 
Jewett-Giles (Fort Myers, Fla./Dunbar HS) has five straight games with at least 11 points to open the season. Blair (Sun Prairie, Wis./Sun Prairie HS), who made her first start of the season, came within three of matching her season-high before settling for her second double-digit effort of the season.
 
The Eagles will be back in action on Friday against Saint Francis at 2 p.m. The game will be held at Florida Southwestern College (FSW) due to Alico Arena playing host to the ASUN volleyball tournament. The game will not be televised or streamed.
 
Notes
Adderly's 890 rebounds puts her 17th in ASUN history, surpassing Chelsea McMillan (886, USC Upstate, 2008-11) on Tuesday. She needs just 110 more rebounds to become the 12th player in conference history with 1,000 or more in a career.
 
Jewett-Giles (980) and Wingate (977) are now the two closest players to reaching 1,000 points in their NCAA career. Nasrin Ulel (972) and O'Neal (881) are also on track to reach the mark this season, which would make this year's version of the Eagles the first in the program's history to have four reach the milestone in the same season.


 
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COACH SMESKO
FGCU head coach Karl Smesko led the 2018-19 Eagles to the program's fifth undefeated conference regular season since 2011-12, as well as the ninth consecutive season with at least 25 victories. The Green and Blue finished 28-5 overall and 16-0 in ASUN play, capturing the team's ninth ASUN regular season championship and sixth ASUN tournament championship. The team finished the season receiving votes in the final AP Poll and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in eight seasons before falling to host No. 19 Miami in the first round. It was the team's 12th-straight postseason appearance in 12 years of Division-I existence - the only program to ever do such.

Over the past five seasons, Smesko has guided FGCU to three 30-plus win seasons while recording a 149-28 (.841) record overall. That win total ranks eighth-best in the nation over that stretch - the most among all mid-majors and ahead of programs such as Oregon State and Stanford.

Including 2018-19, Smesko has also guided the Eagles to 15-straight 20-win seasons. He maintains a record of 528-120 (.815) overall in his career (third highest winning percentage among active D1 coaches behind only UConn's Geno Auriemma and Baylor's Kim Mulkey), including a 186-16 (.921) mark in ASUN play. Over the past eight seasons (including 2018-19), he has guided FGCU to a 124-4 (.969) record in conference play with five undefeated seasons. The now nine-time ASUN Coach of the Year earned his 400th career coaching win in 2014-15 in just 493 career games, two games faster than Auriemma.

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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 80 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 12 seasons at the Division-I level. Additionally, in just eight seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 36 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Seven FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including both men's and women's soccer again in 2018. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.35 GPA in the classroom in the spring 2018 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for twenty consecutive semesters. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
 
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