FGCU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game 20	Kennesaw State (1-15, 0-3 ASUN) at FGCU (5-14, 2-2 ASUN)
Date // Time	Thurs., Jan. 16 // 7 PM
Location	Fort Myers, Fla. // Alico Arena
Promotions	Blue Out // Multicultural Night
Live Statistics	Statbroadcast
Watch Online	ESPN+
Radio	94.1 FM WFSX, 1240 AM, 103.3 FM, 105.9 FM // FoxSportsFM.com // TuneIn App
Game Notes	FGCU | ASUN | KSU
Twitter	@FGCUEagles // @FGCU_MBB
Instagram	FGCU Men's Basketball
Facebook	FGCU Men's Basketball
Directions // Tickets	Directions to the Alico Arena // Tickets // Clear Bag Policy

 

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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Coming off a thrilling overtime win at Stetson last Saturday, the FGCU men's basketball team opens the third week of ASUN action at home as Kennesaw State visits Alico Arena on Thursday night. Tip-off is set for 7 PM and the game will be streamed live on ESPN+.

The game will be a Blue Out for Eagles fans as well as Multicultural Night at Alico Arena. The Multicultural Night will celebrate diversity and inclusion not only in the FGCU family, but in the Southwest Florida family. This year, our 260-plus student-athletes hail from 29 different countries and, overall, FGCU is home to students from 76 different countries. Fans will have a chance to visit and interact with some of FGCU's various multicultural student organizations – The Office of Multicultural Leadership & Development, the Black Student Alliance, the Coalition of Black Student Organization Leaders, the National Pan-Hellenic Council, and the Salseros Dance Club which will be performing a special halftime performance.

The Eagles split their week two schedule of league play with a road loss at North Florida before the win at Stetson - a game which featured 18 lead changes and eight ties. Sophomore Caleb Catto (Cape Coral, Fla.) scored a team-high and career-high 19 points while junior Jalen Warren (Milton, Ontario) had 16 points - eight of which came in overtime. 

Sophomore Zach Scott (Miami, Fla.) continues to lead the Eagles in scoring this season with 11.3 points per night followed by Catto's 10.9 points. Along with Warren's 9.5 points per outing, the trio's 603 combined points account for half of the team's 1,168 total points.

Warren's 68 assists on the season are the second-most of any other player in the ASUN. Scott's name also pops up in the league rankings leading the ASUN in total steals (30). 

As a team, the Eagles lead the league with an average of 4.1 blocks per game. Both freshman Dakota Rivers (Windermere, Fla.) and junior Justus Rainwater (Enumclaw, Wash.) have spearheaded that effort, combining for a total of 48 blocks, the most of any duo in the conference. Individually, Rainwater ranks 4th with 25, while Rivers is 5th (23). 

Through four ASUN games, Catto and Warren lead FGCU with 13.3 and 11.5 points per game, respectively.

KSU has struggled this year under first year head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim and enters the game with a 1-15 overall record and 0-3 mark in ASUN play. Tyler Hooker (13.5) and Jamie Lewis (13.0) lead the Owls in scoring, while Ugo Obineke and Terrell Burden are each just shy of double-figure scoring averages.

Week three of ASUN play continues this Saturday when FGCU heads to North Alabama on Saturday, Jan. 18 (4:30 PM). The Eagles won't have a Week 4 Thursday game but will host NJIT on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Alico Arena.

Series History vs. Kennesaw State
• FGCU enters Thursday night with a 19-7 all-time record against Kennesaw State following a pair of wins last season. The Eagles won 72-59 in Kennesaw (1/19) before sweeping the series later in February (78-56) in Alico Arena.
• At Alico Arena, the Eagles are 11-3 all-time in the series. Only one of those losses have come in the past 10 games in Fort Myers. 
• FGCU averages 72 points per game in the series.

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BASKETBALL TICKET INFORMATION
FGCU basketball tickets for the 2019-20 season are on sale now including single-game tickets and the popular mini-plan options. For more information, contact an FGCU Ticket Office representative by calling 239-590-7145, visiting Alico Arena Monday-Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or by visiting www.FGCUAthletics.com/Tickets. 

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COACH FLY
Michael Fly was introduced as the fourth FGCU men's basketball head coach on April 5, 2018. He had spent the previous seven years as an assistant coach on the Eagles' staff. In his time with the Eagles, he helped FGCU to a 160-101 record (.618 winning percentage), including six ASUN Tournament Final appearances, three NCAA Tournament victories, three ASUN Tournament titles and three ASUN Regular Season Championships, two berths in the NIT, a CIT appearance and a run to the Sweet 16. He has coached 13 all-conference selections while with the Green and Blue, including two ASUN Player of the Year honors in Sherwood Brown and Brandon Goodwin, two ASUN Defensive Player of the Year selections in Bernard Thompson and Demetris Morant and one ASUN Newcomer of the Year in Schadrac Casimir. Of the top-10 players in career points at FGCU, Fly has helped develop eight of them, including all-time leading scorer Thompson (1,835). Additionally, the Kentucky alumnus has coached both the ASUN all-time assists leader Brett Comer (845; 24th in NCAA history) and FGCU all-time leading rebounder Chase Fieler (714).
 
#FEEDFGCU
FGCU Athletics sponsors events in November and April 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 raise awareness.
 
ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 80 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 13 seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine 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 soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as two of the most recent. 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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