FORT MYERS, Fla. - After a strong individual weekend where he averaged 19 points and scored the game-winner at Jacksonville, FGCU junior guard Jalen Warren (Milton, Ontario) has been named the ASUN Men's Basketball Newcomer of the Week.

In the split weekend on the road at Jacksonville and Liberty, along with his 19 point average, Warren added two rebounds and an assist in both games. The junior hit the game-winner with six seconds remaining against the Dolphins as part of an 18 point effort – 12 of which he scored in the second half helping the Eagles to the win. In that game, he shot 7-of-15 from the floor, including 2-of-3 from deep, and added three rebounds and two assists. He followed that with a game-high 20-point night at Liberty where he shot 8-of-12 from the floor and went 4-of-4 from the free throw line.

Overall for the weekend, he was 15-of-27 (55.6%) from the floor, 2-of-4 (50%) from deep and 6-of-7 from the free throw line in an average of 28.5 minutes per game. Warren's 19-point average for the two games was twice his season scoring average entering the weekend (9.5 pts/game), while his 55.6 shooting percentage was 12 points higher than his average (43.3 percent). His 20-point effort at Liberty was one shy of his career high, while the two games marked the fourth and fifth time this season he surpassed 15-or-more points in a game.

"I think this weekend was an indication of what we've known Jalen could do from a scoring standpoint," said head coach Michael Fly. "He has the ability to attack the rim and really took advantage of the scouting report going into both games."

Warren's career-high with FGCU was 21 in the overtime win against FAU on Nov. 21 where he also scored the game-winning basket. That play was the No. 1 Play of the Day on ESPN's SportsCenter highlighting the Eagles' come-from-behind win at home.

For the season, Warren is FGCU's third-leading scorer with 10.3 points per game. In league games, he is now averaging 12.3 points per night which ranks him second on the squad. His 82 assists this year leads the Eagles and ranks second overall in the ASUN.

FGCU will return to action with a pair of home games this week at Alico Arena as Stetson visits on Thursday, Feb. 6, followed by UNF on Saturday, Feb. 8. Both games are slated for 7 PM tips and will be streamed live on ESPN+ and broadcast on Fox Sports Radio as well. With both teams ahead of FGCU (t-6th) in the ASUN standings (UNF, t-1st; Stetson, 3rd), a pair of wins could move the Eagles as high as third.
 
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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 162-104 record (.609 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).
 
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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 80 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 12-plus seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just eight-plus 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 women's basketball (2019-20) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three 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-one 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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