FORT MYERS, Fla. - Thanks to nimble scheduling, what was originally slated as a bye week for the FGCU men's basketball team (6-5, 1-3 ASUN) now has the Eagles taking on Stetson (4-8, 2-4 ASUN) this weekend at Alico Arena. Both games will tip at 7 PM and will be streamed online through ESPN+.

Single-game tickets, group tickets (as low as $8 each), along with several mini-plan packages, are on sale now through the Alico Arena Ticket Office. Fans are encouraged to order tickets online through www.FGCUTickets.com or by calling 866-FGCU-TIX. FGCU is using mobile ticketing this year as part of its COVID-19 protocols so please check www.FGCUTickets.com for complete details or call the ticket office to speak with a customer service representative. Fans who order one of the four-game mini-plans that are offered, they will also receive their choice of an Eagles hat, bag, or t-shirt!

The Eagles are coming off a split weekend at Lipscomb last Friday and Saturday where FGCU picked up its first ASUN win of the year in the first game of the series. Cyrus Largie (Miramar, Fla./Mater Lakes Academy) was sensational with a pair of career-best 22-point games. Zach Anderson (Orlando, Fla./Apopka HS) also had a standout weekend averaging 10.0 rebounds, four points, one block and one assist per game. He had a career-high 12 rebounds in Friday's win, while adding a team-high eight on Saturday.

Caleb Catto (Cape Coral, Fla./Southwest Florida Christian Academy) has been one of the top players in the ASUN this year averaging a team-best 14.7 points per night. Largie continues his walk-on to scholarship player story line averaging 13.3 points and 6.2 rebounds, while Jalen Warren (Milton, Ontario/Eastern Florida State) rounds out the top scorers with 11.4 points per game.

Dakota Rivers (Windermere, Fla./Windermere HS) has been a force on the defensive end leading the league in blocks per game (1.64), while Luis Rolon (Ponce, Puerto Rico/Central Pointe Christian Academy) is the league leader and ranks among the top 20 nationally in steals (2.44) and leads the ASUN in assists (4.9).

Friday's game is the 31st in the history between the Eagles and the Hatters, which favors FGCU 21-9. In the past four games between the sides, the results are split. Each program won one of their two meetings in both 2019 and 2020. Since FGCU's first outing against Stetson in 2008, the team has averaged 76 points per game when taking on the Hatters.

Stetson is coming off a pair of loses to Bellarmine last weekend. The Knights won Friday's meeting, 67-62, and Saturday's contest, 76-65. Overall, the Hatters have lost four of their last six, but do have a win against both North Alabama and Liberty in their series with those schools. Chase Johnston leads Stetson with 13.4 points, while Rob Perry and Christiaan Jones are also averaging double figures at 12.8 and 10.6 points per night, respectively.

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UPCOMING ASUN SCHEDULE
Friday, Jan. 29
Bellarmine at Kennesaw State - 6 PM
Stetson at FGCU - 7 PM
North Alabama at North Florida - 7 PM
Liberty at Jacksonville - 7 PM

Saturday, Jan. 30
Bluefield State at Lipscomb - 3 PM
Bellarmine at Kennesaw State - 4 PM
Stetson at FGCU - 7 PM
North Alabama at North Florida - 5 PM
Liberty at Jacksonville - 6 PM



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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 170-113 record (.603 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 82 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 38 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 (No. 24, 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 (APR) in their sport and have had the highest percentage of teams so honored from these two groups over each of the past three years. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.46 GPA in the classroom in the spring 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 22 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall and 2020 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA. 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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