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davion wingate vs stetson 03-05-19.
Linwood Ferguson
42
Stetson STET 16-14, 11-5
61
Winner FGCU FGCU 25-4, 16-0
Stetson STET
16-14, 11-5
42
Final
61
FGCU FGCU
25-4, 16-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Stetson STET 10 12 8 12 42
FGCU FGCU 12 28 11 10 61

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Wingate's Second Half Propels @FGCU_WBB To Perfect ASUN Regular Season

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Davion Wingate registered 14 of her game-high 15 points in the second half to lead the FGCU women's basketball team (25-4, 16-0) to a 61-42 win over Stetson (16-14, 11-5) in Alico Arena on Tuesday.

"I was really proud of Davion," FGCU head coach Karl Smesko said. "The second half, when we were kind of out of sync and our mind was elsewhere, I thought she was the one who made a lot of big plays. She hit open threes, which was huge, but she also found the shooter in conversion, drew an offensive foul and was doing other things to help us. Her second half was really the difference that helped us keep enough of a lead to where we weren't in a panic situation."

The victory allowed FGCU to clinch its fifth undefeated conference regular season since 2011-12 and produce its ninth-consecutive season with at least 25 victories. They have won 23 straight and 29 of the past 30 ASUN regular season games dating back to last year. Additionally, the team's current 16-game overall winning streak is the fourth-longest in the nation, moving ahead of North Carolina A&T's 15-game streak.

Wingate (Atlanta, Ga./Stephenson HS) finished 5-for-8 from the field, including 4-for-5 from 3-point range, in the second half alone and totaled 15 points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal in 22 minutes overall. Four others also reached double-figures in points including Destiny Washington (13), Nasrin Ulel (11) and Keri Jewett-Giles (10).

Neither team shot the ball well in the opening quarter as Stetson led 10-9 with 1:12 left. Washington (Indianapolis, Ind./Lawrence North HS), though, converted a pair of layups to highlight an 8-0 run that spilled into the second quarter.

Moments later, Jewett-Giles (Fort Myers, Fla./Dunbar HS) and Chandler Ryan hit back-to-back 3-pointers to give FGCU a 23-11 lead. Down the stretch, Tytionia Adderly and Ulel each added 3-pointers as the Green and Blue took an 18-point lead into the break.

Just over three minutes into the second half, Washington put the Eagles on the board with a layup, but Stetson opened the frame on a 7-2 run over the first 7:11 to pull within 13. That's when Wingate buried back-to-back 3-pointers to help FGCU take a 51-30 lead into the final quarter. She then added eight more points over the first five minutes of the fourth to put the game away.

NOTES
Adderly's (Jupiter, Fla./Cardinal Newman HS) six rebounds moves her within two of becoming just the second player in program history along with Sarah Hansen to compile at least 800 in a career. She also chipped in four assists and a game-high four steals against the Hatters.

Jewett-Giles, meanwhile, had a solid all-around game by producing six rebounds, a game-high six assists and two steals to go along with her 10 points. It was her third consecutive double-digit scoring effort, and she's averaging 16.3 PPG over that stretch.

Ryan (Groveland, Ill./Morton HS) nearly reached double figures before finishing with nine points on 3-for-5 shooting from long distance in 13 minutes off the bench.

FGCU's 16-game regular season winning streak, which will carry into next year's season-opener, is just one shy of matching the 17-game streak achieved Jan. 10, 2009 to Nov. 13, 2009 for the sixth-longest in program history.

The Eagles are now 25-4 all-time against Stetson, which includes five straight wins.

ASUN TOURNAMENT CENTRAL
The Eagles will carry the No. 1 seed into the ASUN tournament and will host NJIT in a quarterfinal on Friday at 7 p.m. A full bracket can be found here. A new feature to the tournament this year is that the teams will be re-seeded after the quarterfinal round from highest to lowest remaining. For example, if FGCU advances past the quarterfinal and the No. 7 seed upsets the No. 2 seed in another quarterfinal, the Eagles would play the No. 7 seed in the semifinal.

The FGCU ticket office has reserved and general admission tickets available for the quarterfinal, which can be purchased at FGCUtickets.com, by stopping by the box office between 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day this week or by calling 239-590-7145. Should the Eagles advance to the semifinals, tickets for that game would go on sale immediately after the end of the quarterfinal.

Final ASUN Standings (listed by tournament seed)
1. FGCU - 25-4, 16-0
2. Stetson - 16-14, 11-5
3. Liberty - 14-15, 10-6
4. North Alabama - 19-7, 10-6
5. North Florida - 14-13, 9-7
6. Jacksonville - 14-15, 7-9
7. Kennesaw State - 8-21, 4-12
8. NJIT - 6-23, 3-13
9. Lipscomb - 4-25, 2-14

ASUN Quarterfinal Matchups
Friday, March 8
No. 1 FGCU vs No. 8 NJIT, 7 p.m. ET
No. 4 North Alabama vs No. 5 North Florida, 7:30 p.m. ET
No. 3 Liberty vs No. 6 Jacksonville, 7 p.m. ET
No. 2 Stetson vs No. 7 Kennesaw State, 7 p.m.

Semifinals
Wednesday, March 13

Championship
Sunday, March 17
 
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.
 
Smesko has guided the Eagles to 15-straight 20-win seasons (including 2018-19) and eight-straight 25-win seasons. He maintains a record of 521-118 (.815) overall in his career, 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. 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. Second-year NCAA Division-I head coaches Nancy Fahey (Illinois) and Bart Brooks (Belmont) pushed the list to six.
 
FOLLOW ALONG
For up-to-the-minute information and behind-the-scenes access to the women's basketball program, follow @FGCU_WBB on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook at /FGCUWBB.
 
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.
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Players Mentioned

Tytionia Adderly

#42 Tytionia Adderly

F
5' 10"
Junior
Keri Jewett-Giles

#3 Keri Jewett-Giles

G
5' 6"
Redshirt Junior
Chandler Ryan

#4 Chandler Ryan

G
5' 7"
Redshirt Sophomore
Nasrin Ulel

#31 Nasrin Ulel

G/F
5' 9"
Junior
Davion Wingate

#0 Davion Wingate

G
5' 6"
Redshirt Junior
Destiny Washington

#22 Destiny Washington

G/F
5' 10"
Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

Tytionia Adderly

#42 Tytionia Adderly

5' 10"
Junior
F
Keri Jewett-Giles

#3 Keri Jewett-Giles

5' 6"
Redshirt Junior
G
Chandler Ryan

#4 Chandler Ryan

5' 7"
Redshirt Sophomore
G
Nasrin Ulel

#31 Nasrin Ulel

5' 9"
Junior
G/F
Davion Wingate

#0 Davion Wingate

5' 6"
Redshirt Junior
G
Destiny Washington

#22 Destiny Washington

5' 10"
Redshirt Senior
G/F