FGCU Women's Basketball Information
Games 20-21	No. 27 FGCU (17-2, 10-0 ASUN) at Jacksonville (3-12, 1-9 ASUN)
Date | Time	Saturday, Feb. 20 at 1 p.m. ET | Sunday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. ET
Location	Jacksonville, Fla. | Historic Swisher Gymnasium
Live Statistics	Sidearm (Saturday | Sunday)
TV	ESPN+ (Saturday | Sunday) | Mia O'Brien (Saturday), Scott Kornberg (Sunday) (PxP) | Artis Gilmore (Color)
Game Notes	FGCU (PDF) | Jacksonville (PDF) | ASUN (PDF)
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - The No. 27 FGCU women's basketball team (17-2, 10-0) will look to extend the nation's longest road winning streak this weekend as the squad travels to Jacksonville University for a two-day series.
 
Both games, which will be streamed live on ESPN+, will start at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Mia O'Brien will be calling play-by-play on Saturday with Scott Kornberg going Sunday. Former Jacksonville star and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Artis Gilmore will be doing color. The former center led the Dolphins to the 1970 NCAA championship game while averaging 26.5 points and 22.2 rebounds per game, ultimately falling to the John Wooden-led UCLA Bruins despite Gilmore's 19 points and 16 rebounds.
 
The Eagles, who are receiving votes in both the AP and Coaches polls, have won 19 straight on the road dating back to a win over Houston last year, which is the longest stretch in the country and just three shy of the program's all-time record. In fact, both road streaks are among the top 15 in NCAA history. They've also won 16 straight overall, which is tied for the fourth-longest streak in the country among teams participating this year, and 26 straight against ASUN teams on the road dating back to Feb. 3, 2018.
 
On top of that, FGCU is looking to extend its streak of consecutive seasons with at least 12 wins in conference play to 14, or once for every season they've been in the ASUN. Over the same span, all other members who have been in the ASUN since then have tallied a total of seven combined such seasons, and FGCU currently has 13 of the conference's 32 (40.6 percent) total seasons of 12 or more wins since 2007-08. Furthermore, the Green and Blue has six of the conference's eight 12-win seasons since the ASUN downsized from an 18-game schedule to a 14-16 game schedule from 2014-present.
 
Another storyline for the weekend is Andrea Cecil, who is approaching 1,000 points in her NCAA career. The graduate transfer from BGSU, who is averaging 6.4 points per contest with five games of 10+ points this year, sits at 987 points. She is looking to become the ninth transfer to join the Eagles and then score her 1,000th point.
 
STREAKS ON THE LINE The Green and Blue will enter this weekend having won 16 straight overall, which is the fourth-longest in the country among active teams, and 26 in a row on the road against ASUN teams. The most impressive streak, however, could be FGCU's 19 game overall road winning streak, which is the longest in the country right now and just three shy of matching the program's longest in the Division I era. Both the 22-game and 19-game road streaks rank among the top 15 in NCAA Division I women's basketball history.
 
Longest Road Winning Streaks
NCAA Division I Women's Basketball History
 

1.	62	UConn	2014-15	2018-19
2.	34	UConn	2000-01	2003-04
3.	30	UConn	2007-08	2010-11
	30	Notre Dame	2011-12	2014-15
5.	28	Baylor	2010-11	2013-14
6.	27	Stanford	2011-12	2013-14
7.	26	Texas	1985-86	1987-88
8.	23	Louisiana Tech	1981-82	1982-83
	23	Tennessee	2002-03	2004-05
10.	22	FGCU	2014-15	2015-16
11.	21	South Carolina	2018-19	2020-21
	21	Green Bay	2010-11	2012-13
13.	20	FIU	1985-86	1986-87
14.	19	FGCU	2019-20	present
15.	18	Montana	1986-87	1987-88

SERIES HISTORY FGCU is 27-3 all-time against Jacksonville, which includes an 11-2 record inside Swisher Gymnasium. In the last meeting between the two teams, the Eagles produced a 77-64 win inside Alico Arena in last year's regular season finale. The Green and Blue have won eight straight in the series dating back to March 2017.

JACKSONVILLE NOTES The Dolphins (3-12, 1-9) were swept by Lipscomb this past weekend and were held to a season-low 36 points in the finale. Erin Wilson, who averaged 15.8 points per game since returning from an injury two months ago, missed the series. Jacksonville is led by third-year head coach Darnell Haney, who served as an assistant with the program for five seasons prior to that.

Jade Cargill, who competed for Jacksonville from 2010-14, recently made her debut as a professional wrestling for the AEW promotion. She averaged 9.8 points per game as a junior and was named a Preseason All-ASUN selection as a senior.

500 IN THE REAR VIEW, OTHER MILESTONES FGCU is now 510-97 (.840) all-time heading into this weekend's series, and they are on pace to become the winningest program in NCAA Division I history at the end of this year as they are one of just two teams with at least an .800 all-time winning percentage (Tennessee, .801). FGCU will qualify for the list once they complete this season and reach the minimum 10 years as a full Division I program.
 
100th win - Nov. 18, 2006 vs Puerto Rico Rio Piedras (106-36)
200th win - Feb. 11, 2010 vs Jacksonville (63-55)
300th win - Jan. 23, 2014 vs Jacksonville (56-49)
400th win - Feb. 18, 2017 vs USC Upstate (80-50)
500th win - Dec. 21, 2020 vs Florida International (80-66)
 
In addition to reaching 500 wins, FGCU currently sits at 494 consecutive games with at least one made 3-pointer, and they have 295 games in program history with at least 10-or-more 3-pointers as a team.

ANSWERING THE BELL After continuing a dominant start to her FGCU career, Kierstan Bell racked up several honors recently. On Monday, she was named the ASUN's player and newcomer of the week in the same week for the fifth time this year. It was her fifth player of the week award of the season, while she extended an ASUN record with her eighth newcomer of the week award.
Last week, Bell was named to the midseason watch list for the prestigious Wade Trophy and earned a spot as one of 10 semifinalists for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award. She is the first player in program history to make the 39-member "Wade Watch" list, which is in its 44th year and honors the best player in college basketball. Meanwhile, she became the second-straight semifinalist for the three-year-old Becky Hammon award following a semifinal appearance from Keri Jewett-Giles last year.
 
Bell has produced 12 double-doubles in her 16 games this year, which shatters FGCU's previous single-season record of eight initially established by Sarah Hansen and Whitney Knight. In fact, behind the Buckeye State native's total, FGCU has produced a total of 14 double-doubles this year as a team, which breaks the old record by two. The 2012-13 and 2013-14 teams each recorded 11 double-doubles as a team, which means Bell has surpassed those two seasons all by herself and out-produced every other team. Furthermore, her total ranks fourth on the program's Division I era career list.
 
Most Career Double-Doubles
FGCU's Division I Era (2007-present)

Sarah Hansen	20
Whitney Knight	19
Tytionia Adderly	14
Kierstan Bell	12
Adrianne McNally	6

 
Statistically, Bell is averaging 23.5 points, 10.9 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 2.3 blocks and 1.6 steals this year. She is on pace to break FGCU's single-season record for field goal percentage as she currently shoots at a 56.6 percent clip, while also making 42.9 percent of her 3-point attempts. As of Thursday, she ranks ninth in the country in scoring, while leading the conference in scoring and rebounding. She also ranks among the top 25 nationally in defensive rebounds per game, double-doubles, field goals made, field goal percentage, total points, points per game, rebounds per game, 3-point field goals made and 3-point field goals made per game.
 
Nationally, Bell has the highest player efficiency rating in the nation at 47.0, ahead of Michigan's Naz Hillmon (45.8) and South Dakot'as Hannah Sjeven (41.7). Only six players nationally have a PER at 40.0 or above, and Bell also ranks second in the country in win shares per minute behind Hillmon (0.61 per 40).
 
Bell also ranks among the nation's top 60 in several other categories.

• 3-point field goal percentage (26th, 42.9)
• Total blocks (28th, 36)
• Blocks per game (31st, 2.25)
• Total rebounds (32nd, 175)
• 3-point field goals attempted (40th, 119)
• Field goal attempts (52nd, 267)

In addition to all that, Bell is currently on pace to produce the seventh-highest scoring average in ASUN history and the best since Albena Branzova of FIU averaged 24.1 points in 1992-93. Her average of 3.19 3-point field goals made per game is also on pace to top the 3.11 that Belmont's Jenny Conkle averaged in 2004-05 for the best in conference history, and her 10.9 rebounds per game is currently tied for the 22nd-best season average in ASUN annals. If that isn't enough, she currently ranks among the top 30 all-time seasons in blocks per game.

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING The lightning to Bell's thunder, junior guard Tishara Morehouse is the third-leading scorer in the conference at 19.1 per game. Morehouse, who became just the fifth Eagle to register a 35-point performance in a single game in the program's Division I era against No. 14 Arkansas on Nov. 28, has scored in double-figures in 15 of her 18 games this year, which includes five 25-point plus performances. In conference play alone, she is averaging 19.3 PPG.
 
THE MICROWAVE Aaliyah Stanley has provided instant offense off the bench for FGCU this year. The sophomore guard is shooting 40.2 percent (33-for-82) from long distance and has registered double-digit scoring in 12 of 17 games played.
 
SCORCHING START FROM DEEP The Eagles have shot 127-for-347 (.366) from long distance through 10 conference games and are on pace to finish with the program's 3-point percentage in ASUN play since the 2011-12 team shot .380. FGCU is currently averaging 12.7 3-pointers per game over those 10 contests, which means the Green is Blue is scoring just over 38 points per game from long distance.
 
On top of that, FGCU is averaging 12.1 3-pointers per game for the whole season, which currently leads the nation and is on pace to approach Sacramento State's (12.5 in 2014-15 and 2015-16) all-time record for the highest per game average in NCAA history.
 
BRACKETOLOGY Despite winning 16 in a row and riding the nation's longest road winning streak, the Green and Blue are currently projected as a No. 10 seed in Region 3 in Charlie Crème's latest 64-team bracketology on ESPN.com, which is down from the No. 9 seed they've been the last several projections. In her current forecast, he has FGCU slated to face No. 7 seed Texas with the winner taking on the victory of No. 2 NC State and No. 15 High Point.
 
NCAA STATS AND RANKINGS LEADERS
NCAA Individual Statistical Leaders (Top 100)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - Emma List (37th, 2.40)
Total Blocks - Kierstan Bell (28th, 36)
Blocks Per Game - Kierstan Bell (31st, 2.25)
Defensive Rebounds Per Game - Kierstan Bell (6th, 8.9)
Double-Doubles - Kierstan Bell (5th, 11)
Field Goal Attempts - Kierstan Bell (52nd, 267), Tishara Morehouse (76th, 253)
Field Goals Made - Kierstan Bell (7th, 151), Tishara Morehouse (49th, 122)
Field Goal Percentage - Kierstan Bell (18th, 56.6)
Total Points - Kierstan Bell (22nd, 376), Tishara Morehouse (51st, 332)
Points Per Game - Kierstan Bell (9th, 23.4), Tishara Morehouse (63rd, 18.4)
Total Rebounds - Kierstan Bell (32nd, 175)
Rebounds Per Game - Kierstan Bell (22nd, 10.9)
3-Point FGs Attempted - Kierstan Bell (40th, 119), Tishara Morehouse (66th, 111)
3-Point FGs Made - Kierstan Bell (16th, 51)
3-Point FGs Made Per Game - Kierstan Bell (12th, 3.19)
3-Point FG Percentage -  Kierstan Bell (26th, 42.9)
 
NCAA Team Statistical Leaders (Top 50)
Assist to Turnover Ratio - 4th, 1.51
Total Assists - 11th, 336
Assists Per Game - 13th, 17.7
Field Goal Percentage - 25th, 46.1
Scoring Margin - 6th, 23.6
Scoring Offense - 7th, 83.6
Total Steals - 25th, 182
Steals Per Game - 50th, 9.6
3-Point FG Defense - 15th, 25.2
3-Point FGs Attempted - 1st, 676
3-Point FGs Made Per Game - 1st, 12.1
3-Point FGs Made - 1st, 230
Turnover Margin - 11th, 6.37
Fewest Turnovers Per Game - 9th, 11.7
W/L Percentage - 14th, 89.5
 
CECIL APPROACHES 1,000 Andrea Cecil, who is averaging 6.4 points per contest with five double-digit efforts this year, has pushed her NCAA scoring total to 987 entering this weekend. She is in her first season with the Eagles after coming to Fort Myers as a graduate transfer from Bowling Green State University and is looking to become the ninth transfer to join the Eagles and then score her 1,000th point. Jordin Alexander is on the list below, but she scored her 1,000th point before coming to FGCU.
 
1,000 NCAA Points, Finished Career with Green and Blue

Pts.	Player	Years	Previous School (If One)
1,901	Sarah Hansen	2010-14
1,574	Whitney Knight	2011-16
1,498	Kaneisha Atwater	2012-16	VCU
1,464	Keri Jewett-Giles	2015-20	Southern Miss
1,415	Adrianne McNally	2006-10
1,364	Davion Wingate	2015-20	Stony Brook
1,356	Destiny Washington	2014-19	Ball State
1,329	Jordin Alexander	2012-17	Brown
1,263	Kelsey Jacobson	2008-12
1,234	Taylor Gradinjan	2012-18
1,185	Shannon Murphy	2007-11
1,138	Stephanie Haas	2012-16
1,114	Ashli O'Neal	2016-20	Indiana State
1,093	China Dow	2013-18	Middle Tennessee State
1,084	Nasrin Ulel	2016-20
1,060	Betsy Adams	2008-13	Valparaiso
1,035	Lisa Zderadicka	2014-19	Houston Baptist
1,016	Courtney Chihil	2008-12

 
BLAIR JOINS 100-GAME CLUB, DOWLING ENTERS TOP 20 In the series finale against Lipscomb on Jan. 24, Alyssa Blair became just the 16th player in program history to have played at least 100 career games in the Green and Blue. She now sits at 106, which matches Kaneisha Atwater (2013-16) and is now three shy of tying Anthi Chatzigiakoumi for 14th-most. Another senior who came to FGCU as a walk-on, Sheahen Dowling, entered the top 20 in career games played following the North Alabama series. She currently sits at 86.

ASUN ROUNDUP  

Place	Team	Overall	ASUN
1.	FGCU	17-2	10-0
2.	Liberty	14-5	10-2
3.	North Florida	10-7	8-2
4.	Lipscomb	9-7	6-4
5.	North Alabama	6-15	5-7
6.	Bellarmine	4-13	4-8
7.	Stetson	5-10	3-7
8.	Kennesaw State	6-9	1-9
9.	Jacksonville	3-12	1-9

 
Weekend Series Schedule
 
Saturday, Feb. 20
FGCU at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Stetson at Kennesaw State, 2 p.m.
Lipscomb at North Florida, 2 p.m.
Bellarmine at North Alabama, 2 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 21
FGCU at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.
Stetson at Kennesaw State, 2 p.m.
Lipscomb at North Florida, 2 p.m.
Bellarmine at North Alabama, 2 p.m.
Sheperd at Liberty, 3 p.m.

ASUN DOMINANCE FGCU joined the ASUN prior the 2007-08 season and immediately saw success among the ranks, winning 84 of their first 85 conference home games and currently having lost just five ASUN regular season games since 2011-12. Including last year, the team has won 10 of 13 regular-season championships since they joined the ASUN, while also never finishing lower than second in the final standings. If that isn't enough, the Eagles have won seven of nine tournament titles since earning postseason eligibility during the 2011-12 season.
 
FGCU vs the ASUN
Regular Season Home Games

Season	W	L
2007-08	8	0
2008-09	9	1
2009-10	10	0
2010-11	10	0
2011-12	9	0
2012-13	9	0
2013-14	9	0
2014-15	7	0
2015-16	7	0
2016-17	6	1
2017-18	7	0
2018-19	8	0
2019-20	7	1
2020-21	4	0
Record	110	3

 
FGCU vs the ASUN
Regular Season Play

Season	W	L
2007-08	13	3
2008-09	17	3
2009-10	17	3
2010-11	17	3
2011-12	18	0
2012-13	18	0
2013-14	17	1
2014-15	14	0
2015-16	14	0
2016-17	12	2
2017-18	13	1
2018-19	16	0
2019-20	15	1
2020-21	10	0
Record	211	17

 
STREAKING THROUGH THE ASUN FGCU has produced winning streaks of 44 (12/3/11 to 1/30/14), 44 (2/6/14 to 2/2/17) and 37 (2/3/18 to 2/22/20) against the ASUN in regular season play. If you include postseason play, the Eagles have recorded 45, 43 and 41 game streaks. All six streaks rank among the top 20 in NCAA history in their two respective categories.
 
DEFENSIVE PROWESS AGAINST THE ASUN Since joining the ASUN, FGCU has held opponents to 39 or fewer points 21 times in conference play, including last weekend against Kennesaw State. The program record for fewest points allowed in a conference game is 24, which came in a 32-point win over North Florida Feb. 25, 2015.
 
39 Points or Below Allowed vs ASUN opponents
Regular Season Only

Date	Result	Opponent
3/1/08	W 70-39	vs North Florida
1/3/11	W 79-39	vs Belmont
1/7/12	W 68-34	vs North Florida
2/11/12	W 54-34	vs Belmont
12/31/12	W 62-35	@ Kennesaw State
1/21/13	W 67-37	vs Lipscomb
2/16/13	W 89-39	@ Lipscomb
3/02/13	W 74-36	vs Kennesaw State
1/25/14	W 54-34	vs North Florida
1/17/15	W 60-37	@ Jacksonville
2/07/15	W 61-39	@ Stetson
2/25/15	W 56-24	@ North Florida
1/18/16	W 70-37	vs NJIT
1/24/16	W 71-39	@ Lipscomb
1/30/16	W 65-38	@ North Florida
2/4/16	W 58-39	vs Jacksonville
2/13/16	W 53-32	@ NJIT
2/11/17	W 69-35	vs Kennesaw State
1/29/19	W 67-35	@ NJIT
1/25/20	W 82-39	vs NJIT
2/22/20	W 68-39	@ NJIT
2/14/20	W 88-38	vs Kennesaw State

 
ANOTHER ASUN STANDARD SET Including last year, the Eagles have produced 12 or more wins in conference play EVERY season since joining the conference in 2007-08, and they have a chance to extend the streak another year with a sweep this weekend. In fact, over that span, all other members who have been in the ASUN since then have tallied a total of seven combined such seasons, and FGCU has 13 of the conference's 32 (40.6 percent) total seasons of 12 or more wins since 2007-08. Furthermore, the Green and Blue has six of the conference's eight 12-win seasons since the ASUN downsized from an 18-game schedule to a 14-16 game schedule from 2014-present.
 
12-Win Seasons In ASUN Play
Since 2007-08

FGCU	13
Stetson	5
ETSU	4
Jacksonville	2
Northern Kentucky	2
Mercer	2
USC Upstate	2
Campbell/Belmont	1

 
NOTABLE ASUN ACHIEVEMENTS

• In 2018-19, FGCU finished undefeated in ASUN play and won the conference tournament in the same season for the third time since the program became eligible for the tournament in 2011-12. Prior to that, only one other team (FIU, 1992-93) had accomplished that in the now 35-year history of the conference. On top of that, the Eagles own five undefeated regular seasons since 2012 alone. The conference has only seen two other such seasons since 1986 (FIU, 1995-96 and FIU, 1992-93).

• FGCU has claimed four consecutive ASUN tournament championships, tying FIU (1992-96) for the all-time record.

• The Eagles have appeared in nine consecutive ASUN tournament championship games, the longest streak in conference history. The previous records were Georgia Southern (1986-90, five straight), FIU (1992-95, four straight), Georgia State (2000-03, four straight) and ETSU (2007-10, four straight). 
• FGCU is now 24-2 all-time in the conference tournament, which represents the most victories in ASUN history, and they've done it in just 26 games over nine years. In doing so, they surpassed FIU's 21, which took them 11 years, and Georgia State's 20, which took 20 years. The next closest current ASUN member is Jacksonville with 16. 
• On a related note, the Green and Blue's 24-2 (.923) winning percentage in the conference tournament tops anyone else. The closest current member is Jacksonville (16-15, .516) and the best former members include FIU (21-5, .809) and Georgia Southern (13-4, .765). 
• With last year's title, FGCU is the first ASUN program (past or present) to win 10 regular season conference titles. They broke a tie with FIU, who had nine (seven outright). Additionally, the Eagles have dominated the league so much that only one other current member school has an ASUN regular season title since FGCU joined the conference (Stetson, 2017). Lipscomb shared the 2003-04 regular season crown with three others, which took place four years prior to the Green and Blue joining the ASUN.

RUNNIN' THRU THE ASUN Just how much has FGCU dominated the ASUN since joining the conference in 2007-08? Among current member schools, entering this weekend, here's how the Eagles stack up in regular season conference wins and overall wins since then.
 
Overall Regular Season Winning Percentage
Among ASUN Schools (Since 2007-08)
 

School	W	L	Pct.
FGCU	378	76	0.833
Liberty	50	32	0.610
North Alabama	48	33	0.593
Stetson	236	193	0.550
Jacksonville	217	204	0.515
North Florida	159	249	0.390
Kennesaw St.	151	249	0.378
Lipscomb	96	309	0.237
Bellarmine	4	13	0.000

 
ASUN Regular Season Play (Since 2007-08)
Among ASUN Schools (Since 2007-08)

School	W	L	Pct.
FGCU	211	17	0.925
Liberty	31	13	0.705
North Alabama	26	18	0.591
Stetson	135	95	0.587
Jacksonville	122	106	0.535
Kennesaw St.	85	143	0.373
North Florida	90	138	0.395
Lipscomb	56	172	0.246
Bellarmine	4	8	0.000

 
Most ASUN Regular Season Titles
All-Time (Since 1985-86)

School	Titles	Outright
FGCU	10	10
FIU	9	7
UCF	4	3
Georgia State	3	2
Georgia Southern	3
Belmont	3
ETSU	2
Mercer	2
Stetson	1
Florida A&M	1
Campbell	1
Lipscomb	1

 
LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY VS DI OPPONENT FGCU's 103-49 win over Lipscomb on Jan. 23 represented the largest margin of victory in program history over a Division I opponent. Last weekend, the Eagles knocked off Kennesaw State by 50 in the series finale, which is tied for the fourth-largest blowout vs a Division I team.

1/23/21	54	vs Lipscomb
2/16/13	51	at Lipscomb
12/4/10	51	at Jacksonville
2/14/21	50	vs Kennesaw State
3/7/18	50	vs Lipscomb
1/23/17	50	vs USC Upstate
2/5/09	49	at USC Upstate
2/13/17	48	vs Lipscomb
11/18/14	48	vs Florida International
1/2/12	48	at Mercer
3/5/11	48	vs Longwood

 
 A PROGRAM FIRST Andrea Cecil, a graduate transfer from Bowling Green State University, was tabbed as FGCU's lone preseason all-conference selection, becoming the first player in program history to land a spot on the team despite never playing a prior minute for the Green and Blue. She registered 891 points in her career with the Falcons, where she was named Third Team All-MAC while averaging a team-best 15.8 points, along with 5.9 rebounds and 2.2 assists, in her most recent season with BGSU. 
 
Preseason Award Winners
Player of the Year: Jazz Bond, North Florida
Defensive Player of the Year: Jazz Bond, North Florida
 
Preseason All-Conference

Pos.	Player	School	Yr.
*F	Jazz Bond	North Florida	Sr.
*F	Jada Perry	Jacksonville	Sr.
*G	Amani Johnson	Kennesaw State	Jr.
*G	Emily Lytle	Liberty	Sr.
*F	Taylor Clark	Lipscomb	Sr.
*F	Olivia Noah	North Alabama	Sr.
*F	Day'Neshia Banks	Stetson	Sr.
G	Breia Torrens	Bellarmine	Sr.
G	Andrea Cecil	FGCU	Gr.
G	Ashtyn Baker	Liberty	Sr.

*Unanimous selection
 
HER HOOP STATS Kierstan Bell, who was initially selected as one of 15 players nationally to land a spot on the midseason watch list for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award, has now been selected as one of 10 players to make the semifinalist list. The award, which is in its third year of existence, features a watch list that includes representation from 14 teams and 10 conferences. It is the same award that Keri Jewett-Giles was named a semifinalist for last year.
  
EXPERIENCED TRIO After losing its top seven scorers from last year, five of which went on to play professionally overseas, head coach Karl Smesko had to find some players with Division I experience, and he did so with the additions of Andrea Cecil (BGSU), Kierstan Bell (Ohio State) and Aaliyah Stanley (Eastern Michigan). The trio each started and averaged double-figure points per game for their previous schools. Cecil is a graduate transfer, while Bell and Stanley became eligible immediately after receiving transfer waivers.
 
DOUBLE-DOUBLE STREAK Kierstan Bell became the first player in program history to open her FGCU career with back-to-back double-doubles. In fact, a total of just six players (including Bell four times) have combined for 13 instances of consecutive double-doubles in the program's Division I era. Several weeks ago, Bell produced four consecutive double-doubles, breaking Whitney Knight's record of three straight from February 2016.
 
EVERY FOUR YEARS Maddie Antenucci, who started and scored a game-high 18 points in the season-opening win over Florida Memorial, became just the fourth true freshman in the program's Division I era to start the season's very first game, joining Tytionia Adderly (2016), Katie Meador (2012) and Courtney Chihil (2008).
 
RARE GROUP Tyra Cox, who finished with more steals than turnovers in each of her first two seasons with FGCU, is one of just eight players in program history with multiple such seasons, but her teammate holds the record for the most as Alyssa Blair with three.
 
Here's the list of the eight:
Alyssa Blair -  2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
Courtney Chihil - 2008-09, 2011-12
Brittany Kennedy - 2011-12, 2012-13
DyTiesha Dunson - 2012-13, 2013-14
Whitney Knight - 2014-15, 2015-16
Jessica Cattani - 2015-16, 2017-18
Tytionia Adderly - 2017-18, 2019-20
Tyra Cox - 2018-19, 2019-20

EFFICIENT FROM LONG DISTANCE Kierstan Bell (51-for-119, .429) and Aaliyah Stanley (33-for-82, .402) each have a chance to join just 16 others in program history to shoot at least .400 from long distance with at least 30 made 3-pointers in a single-season.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE DUO In the team's win over Davidson on Nov. 29, Kierstan Bell (24 points, 20 rebounds) and Emma List (11 points, 10 assists) became just the 10th duo in the program's Division I era to record a double-double in the same game.
 
RARE FEAT Emma List's double-double vs Davidson (11 points, 10 assists) was just the fourth double-double in program history that didn't involve rebounds, joining Lisa Zderadicka (15 points, 10 assists vs UNF on Jan. 12, 2019), Courtney Chihil (14 points and 12 assists vs Indiana on Dec. 21, 2010) and current assistant coach Shannon Murphy (11 points, 10 assists at USC Upstate on Feb. 28, 2011).
   
FUN WITH NUMBERS AND STUFF  

Double-Doubles
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	12	14
Andrea Cecil	0	8
Tyra Cox	1	1
Emma List	1	1

 

Double-Digit Scoring Games
Player	Season	Career
Andrea Cecil	5	41
Kierstan Bell	16	35
Aaliyah Stanley	12	23
Tishara Morehouse	15	15
Emma List	7	9
Tyra Cox	7	8
Alyssa Blair	3	7
Tanner Bryant	1	4
Seneca Hackley	3	3
Sheahen Dowling	1	3
Maddie Antenucci	1	1
Tomia Johnson	1	1

 

20+ Point Games
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	13	14
Andrea Cecil	0	14
Tishara Morehouse	7	7
Aaliyah Stanley	0	3

 

25+ Point Games
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	7	7
Tishara Morehouse	5	5
Andrea Cecil	0	4

 

30+ Point Games
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	2	2
Andrea Cecil	0	2
Tishara Morehouse	1	1

 

Double-Digit Rebound Games
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	12	14
Andrea Cecil	0	8
Tyra Cox	1	1

 

20+ Rebound Games
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	1	1

 

Double-Digit Assist Games
Player	Season	Career
Emma List	1	1

 
THE WINNING DOESN'T STOP FGCU lost more scoring and rebounding than any other team in the nation entering this year but hasn't skipped a beat thanks to a mix of talented newcomers and increased production from their returners. Here's how the Eagles stack up in most lost production among major statistical categories against teams across the nation.
 
Scoring Lost

FGCU	90.1 percent
Norfolk State	85 percent
UNLV	83.9 percent
North Alabama	73.1 percent

 
Rebounding Lost

FGCU	86.5 percent
Norfolk State	86 percent
UNLV	84.1 percent
North Alabama	79.3 percent

 
Assists Lost

Norfolk State	89 percent
Western Kentucky	84.5 percent
Eastern Kentucky	83 percent
FGCU	82.8 percent
North Alabama	82.8 percent
Southern Utah	81.2 percent
UNLV	80.6 percent

 
Steals Lost

North Alabama	79.2 percent
FGCU	76 percent

BOUNCING BACK Since scoring just 18 points in the first two quarters combined against No. 24 Missouri State on Nov. 27, which featured the largest halftime deficit in program history (31), the Eagles have scored 20+ points in 21 of the 30 first-half quarters since, as well as 47 of the 70 quarters overall - including all eight this past weekend against Kennesaw State. The previous record for largest halftime deficit was 30, which came on Dec. 13, 2009 vs No. 21/24 Michigan State in East Lansing.
 
RARE LOSS FGCU's 86-80 loss vs No. 14 Arkansas was the program's first when scoring at least 80 points since the 2014-15 season. The Eagles are now 114-4 all-time as a Division I program when scoring at least 80 points.
 
SUCCESSFUL VS AAC Since the start of last season, FGCU is­ 6-0 against American Athletic Conference (AAC) teams, including the road win over UCF on Dec. 13. Last year, the Eagles defeated UCF at home (72-50), USF in Cancun (81-77), Houston on the road (57-45) and Temple on the road (93-67). This year, they have defeated Temple at home (78-69) in addition to UCF.
 
DEPTH SHINES In FGCU's season-opening win over Florida Memorial, six players scored in double-figures, signaling just the sixth game in the program's Division I era with six-or-more in double-figures.
 
SMESKO'S PREPARATION Coach Smesko's game preparation is one of the most crucial factors in the Eagles' all-time success. Overall, in 18+ seasons at FGCU, Smesko holds a record of 192-32 (.857) in games where he has four or more days to prepare.
 
STATE DOMINANCE FGCU has won nearly 30 more games over the past six-plus seasons than any other Division I team in the state of Florida.
 

1.	FGCU	196
2.	Florida State	167
3.	South Florida	150
4.	Miami	137
5.	Bethune-Cookman	120
6.	Stetson	119
7.	Jacksonville	116
8.	UCF	115
9.	Florida	94
10.	North Florida	82
11.	Florida Atlantic	68
12.	Florida A&M	55
13.	Florida International	41

 
A FAMILIAR PLACE Despite having to potentially replace more production than any women's basketball team in the nation, FGCU was tabbed to repeat as the ASUN regular season champion by the coaches and media this year. The Eagles collected five of the nine first-place votes in the coaches poll, while nabbing 23 of the 28 in the media poll, with Liberty and North Florida finishing second and third in each poll.
 
This year's predictions represent the ninth time the Eagles have been tabbed to win the crown by both the coaches and media polls since 2009-10. In 2012-13 and 2016-17, they were picked to win by the media only. FGCU was selected to finish 10th in its first season in the conference in 2007-08 and ultimately finished second by just one game. Then, in 2008-09, the Eagles were tabbed fifth before winning the first conference title in program history. Since then, the Green and Blue has compiled 10 regular season titles, all of which have come outright, including the past three in a row. Five of those titles have come in undefeated fashion, as well. 
 
Preseason Media Poll

Rk.	Team (1st Place)	Votes
1.	FGCU (23)	243
2.	Liberty (4)	211
3.	North Florida (1)	172
4.	North Alabama	154
5.	Jacksonville	148
6.	Stetson	135
7.	Lipscomb	78
8.	Kennesaw State	77
9.	Bellarmine	46

 
Preseason Coaches Poll

Rk.	Team (1st Place)	Votes
1.	FGCU (5)	75
2.	Liberty (1)	71
3.	North Florida (3)	65
4.	Stetson	47
5.	Jacksonville	46
6.	North Alabama	36
7.	Lipscomb	29
8.	Kennesaw State	25
9.	Bellarmine	11

 
MID-MAJOR RANKINGS FGCU is currently ranked No. 4 in the country in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll. In fact, much of the top five has remained unchanged for the past several weeks, while BYU currently sits at No. 5 for the second straight poll.
 

Rk.	Team (1st Place Votes)	Record	Votes	Prev.	Conference
1.	Gonzaga (26)	17-2	767	1	West Coast
2.	South Dakota State (4)	17-2	744	2	Summit
3.	Missouri State	14-2	711	3	Missouri Valley
4.	FGCU (1)	17-2	686	4	ASUN
5.	BYU	13-3	621	5	West Coast

 
PROFESSIONAL STANDARD A large reason for the lack of returning experience on this year's team is that last year's squad has five players currently playing professionally overseas - Keri Jewett-Giles (Wetterbygden/Sweden), Nasrin Ulel (Uniao Sportiva/Portugal), Tytionia Adderly (Fribourg/Switzerland), Anja Marinkovic (Kraljevo/Serbia) and Davion Wingate (Kraljevo/Serbia).
 
Four others from previous years who are also playing include: Whitney Knight (Ceyhan Belediyespor/Turkey), Rosemarie Julien (RC Celta/Spain), Anthi Chatzigiakoumi (AEO Proteas Voulas/Greece) and Lisa Zderadicka (BK Duchess/Austria). 
 
LEGENDARY LEADER On pace to reach 600 career wins faster than legendary coaches such as Pat Summitt (734 games) and Tara VanDerveer (767 games), FGCU head coach Karl Smesko has compiled a 569-124 record (.821) in his career, which ranks him as the third-winningest active Division I head coach behind Geno Auriemma (1,091-142, .885) and Kim Mulkey (604-101, .857). Furthermore, he passed VanDerveer (1,094-253, .812) in 2017-18 to become the fifth-winningest Division I head coach of all-time – behind Auriemma, Leon Barmore (576-87, .869), Mulkey and Summit (1,098-208, .841). If that isn't enough, he is the 10th-winningest active head coach across all divisions, as well as the 12th-winningest such coach all-time. 
 
WINNINGEST OF ALL-TIME? Head coach Karl Smesko has FGCU on pace to shatter the NCAA's all-time Division I winning-percentage record by the end of the 2020-21 season as his team is one of only two in the nation along with Tennessee (.801) with at least an .800 all-time winning percentage. In fact, FGCU is 510-97 (.840) since the program's inception in 2002-03, which is easily the best winning percentage in the nation and also ahead of third-place UConn (.795), but the NCAA requires at least 10 years as a Division I program, and FGCU's four reclassification years (2007-11) do not count towards the 10-year minimum. Thus, Smesko and the Green and Blue are well on their way to becoming the NCAA's all-time winning percentage leader by the end of this season.
 

# School	1st Yr.	Yrs.	Record	Pct.
* FGCU	2002	18	510-97	.840
1. Tennessee	1903	75	1,384-343	.801#
2. UConn	1975	46	1,182-304	.795
3. Stanford	1975	46	1,118-340	.767
4. La. Tech	1975	46	1,139-352	.764
5. Notre Dame	1978	43	1,012-351	.742
6. Green Bay	1974	47	1,024-363	.738
7. Texas	1975	46	1,107-409	.730
8. Maryland	1975	49	1,029-431	.705
9. SFA	1969	52	1,103-463	.704
10. Old Dominion	1967	51	1,084-459	.703

#Includes two ties
*Unofficial
 
AMONG THE NATION'S BEST Over the past six seasons, FGCU produced 179 wins, which is the most among all mid-majors and seventh-most among any Division I program – behind UConn (212), Baylor (200), Mississippi State (186), Notre Dame (185), South Carolina (184) and Maryland (180). In fact, it puts them ahead of schools such as Louisville (178), Stanford (167), Oregon State (165) and Oregon (157). On top of that, the program is one of only five in the nation at the Division I level with four 30-win seasons during that stretch – joining UConn, Baylor, Notre Dame and South Carolina.
 
RARE AIR The Eagles have registered a level of sustained success matched by only three other Division I schools as Coach Smesko has guided the Eagles to 10 straight 25-win seasons - an accomplishment only achieved by UConn and Baylor. FGCU has also recorded 16-straight 20-win seasons dating back to 2004-05.

RAINING THREES LEGACY At FGCU, Smesko has turned FGCU into one of the premier 3-point shooting teams in the nation as his teams have made a combined 5,635-for-16,290 (.346) from long range over his 18+ years. In fact, the team has made at least one 3-point field goal in 494­ straight games and went without at least one made in only one game in program history – Feb. 21, 2006 vs Lynn University (0-for-11). In 2019-20, the Eagles led the nation in 3-point field goals made (397), 3-point field goals attempted (1,155) and 3-point field goals per game (12.0). In 2017-18, the Green and Blue made an NCAA Division I single season record 431 3-pointers, which remains a record entering this season.
 
FGCU's Year-By-Year 3-Point History

Year	Made	Att.	Pct.
2002-03	212	535	0.396
2003-04	118	406	0.291
2004-05	253	722	0.350
2005-06	242	747	0.324
2006-07	337	891	0.378
2007-08	255	734	0.347
2008-09	296	763	0.388
2009-10	317	876	0.362
2010-11	350	940	0.372
2011-12	342	925	0.370
2012-13	319	974	0.328
2013-14	347	1,000	0.347
2014-15	327	928	0.352
2015-16	372	1,194	0.312
2016-17	338	1,058	0.319
2017-18	431	1,190	0.362
2018-19	364	1,111	0.328
2019-20	397	1,155	0.344
2020-21	230	676	0.340
Totals	5,635	16,290	0.346

 
FGCU has also made at least 10 or more 3-point field goals in a single game 295 times, including a single-season record 25 times in 2017-18. They have at least 15 games with at least 10 or more in each of the past 13 seasons, which now includes this year.
 
Games With 10+ 3-Point Field Goals

2002-03	6
2003-04	1
2004-05	11
2005-06	8
2006-07	18
2007-08	9
2008-09	15
2009-10	17
2010-11	18
2011-12	19
2012-13	15
2013-14	18
2014-15	20
2015-16	19
2016-17	18
2017-18	25
2018-19	20
2019-20	23
2020-21	15
TOTAL	295

 
On top of that, the 2017-18 team produced three of the program's seven games all-time with at least 20 or more, and the Eagles have added four games with 19 over the past two seasons. The program's single-game record of 22 was initially set on Jan. 12, 2013 in a 97-60 win over ETSU (22-for-43) on the road, and the 2017-18 team tied the mark at Abilene Christian (22-for-45) on Dec. 3 and at home against Lipscomb (22-for-44) on March 7. The latter represents the program's postseason mark, and they own three of the top seven single-game totals in NCAA Division I history entering the 2020-21 season. In fact, there has been only 30 times since 1988 that an NCAA Division I team had made at least 20 3-point field goals in a game, and FGCU owns seven of those, or 23.3 percent.
 
In 2019-20, FGCU became the first team in NCAA Division I women's basketball history to record five straight seasons with at least 1,000 3-point field goal attempts. Sacramento State achieved the yearly benchmark over four straight seasons from 2013-17, and DePaul will also carry a three-year streak into this year. The 2013-14 FGCU squad joined Sacramento State as the first two teams to attempt 1,000 in a season.
 
Prior to breaking the single-season record for made 3-point field goals in 2017-18, FGCU claimed a then single-season NCAA record 342 in 2011-12, which was the first year they were eligible for NCAA statistical championships. Had they been eligible in 2010-11, they also would have led the nation with 350 – 26 more than the second-place team. The 2009-10 team would have finished second. In fact, over the past nine years, the Green and Blue have finished among the nation's top five in made 3-point field goals every year, including three first-place finishes.
 
Total 3-Point Field Goals Made - National Finish

Year	Total	Finish
2011-12	342	1st
2012-13	319	3rd
2013-14	347	2nd
2014-15	327	5th
2015-16	372	2nd
2016-17	338	3rd
2017-18	431	1st
2018-19	364	4th
2019-20	397	1st
2020-21	230	1st

 
In addition to the aforementioned record, the 2011-12 team also set a then NCAA single season record for most 3-point field goals made per game at 10.7, and they followed it up in 2012-13 by making 9.4 per game, which was the most in the nation. In 2017-18, FGCU joined DePaul as the first two teams to eclipse 400 made 3-point field goals in a season in NCAA Division I history, and they remain the only two entering this year after last year's Green and Blue squad fell just three shy in a CoVID-19 shortened season. In fact, the Eagles stood out in the NCAA's deepest 3-point shooting year as eight teams averaged 10 or more made per game in 2017-18, which was equal to the total from the previous two seasons combined and the same as 2009-15 combined. Six teams reached the milestone in 2018-19 and four more followed last year. Among the 13 teams to average at least 10 or more made per game over a single season, FGCU is one of just three to do it at least four times – joining Sacramento State and Idaho.
 
3-Point Field Goals Per Game - National Finish

Season	Avg.	Finish
2020-21	12.1	1st
2019-20	12.0	1st
2018-19	11.0	2nd
2017-18	12.0	2nd
2016-17	9.7	5th
2015-16	9.5	T-6th
2014-15	9.6	3rd
2013-14	10.2	2nd
2012-13	9.4	1st
2011-12	10.7	1st

 
Approaching 3-Point Milestone Inside Alico Arena
FGCU is 2,965-for-8,513 (.348) from the 3-point line inside Alico Arena all-time, putting the Eagles just 35 makes shy of reaching the 3,000 milestone. 

Year	Made	Att.	Pct.
2002-03	98	241	0.407
2003-04	59	207	0.285
2004-05	128	361	0.355
2005-06	147	455	0.323
2006-07	229	609	0.376
2007-08	131	365	0.359
2008-09	158	390	0.405
2009-10	154	418	0.368
2010-11	217	575	0.377
2011-12	158	415	0.381
2012-13	143	458	0.312
2013-14	167	470	0.355
2014-15	156	444	0.351
2015-16	215	676	0.318
2016-17	176	551	0.319
2017-18	216	581	0.372
2018-19	200	585	0.342
2019-20	194	586	0.331
2020-21	117	367	0.319
Totals	2,965	8,513	0.348

 
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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.

COACH SMESKO
FGCU head coach Karl Smesko maintains a record of 571-124 (.821) overall in his career (third highest winning percentage among active Division I coaches behind only UConn's Geno Auriemma and Baylor's Kim Mulkey), including a 211-17 (.924) mark in ASUN regular season play and a 24-2 (.923) record in ASUN tournament play. Over the past nine-plus seasons, including this year, he has guided FGCU to a 147-5 (.966) record in conference play with five undefeated seasons. The 10-time ASUN Coach of the Year has guided the Green and Blue to four 30-plus win seasons over the past six years. He has also guided the program to 16 consecutive 20-win seasons and 10-straight 25-win seasons.
 
#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 83 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 in their sport. 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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