2021 ASUN WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP
Quarterfinal	No. 24/21 FGCU (23-2) vs Jacksonville (4-16)
Date | Time	Thursday, March 11 at 2 p.m. ET
Location	Kennesaw, Ga. | KSU Convocation Center
Tickets	KSU Ticket Office
Live Statistics	StatBroadcast
TV	ESPN+ (HERE) | Nathan McCreary (PxP) | Theresa Gernatt (Color)
Game Notes	FGCU (PDF) | ASUN (PDF)
Twitter	@FGCU_WBB
Instagram	@FGCU_WBB
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ATLANTA --- The No. 24/21 FGCU women's basketball team (23-2) will open the ASUN Championship with a quarterfinal round matchup against No. 9 seed Jacksonville on Thursday at 2 p.m. inside Kennesaw State's Convocation Center. The Dolphins (4-16) earned a spot in the quarterfinals against the top-seeded Eagles by edging out No. 8 seed Kennesaw State 55-52 on Wednesday afternoon. Fans of the Green and Blue are urged to wear blue in support of the team.

The tournament features four quarterfinal matchups on Thursday with tilts between No. 4 Lipscomb and No. 5 Stetson at 2 p.m., No. 2 Liberty and No. 7 Bellarmine at 7 p.m. and No. 3 North Florida and No. 6 North Alabama at 7 p.m. Following that, the remaining teams will be reseeded for Friday's semifinals with the championship taking place on Sunday at 2 p.m.

The Eagles have marched through ASUN regular season play 16-0 and earned the program's first dual top 25 ranking in the AP and Coaches Polls since March 2015. They enter the weekend having won 22 straight, which is the second-longest streak in the country. On Thursday, the team will also be going for its 300th all-time game with at least 10 made 3-point field goals.
For fans not able to attend the games, you can watch live on ESPN+ with Nathan McCreary (PxP) and Theresa Gernatt (color) on the call. For those interested in attending, tickets are $20 and on sale online here.

LOOKING FOR HISTORY

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The Green and Blue will be looking to achieve the rare feat of going undefeated in regular season play and winning the tournament crown in the same season. FGCU has done it three times with the last time coming in 2018-19, but prior to the Eagles joining the conference, only one other team (FIU, 1992-93) had accomplished that in the now 36-year history of the conference. On top of that, the Eagles own six undefeated regular seasons since 2012 alone. The conference has only seen two other such seasons since 1986 (FIU, 1995-96 and FIU, 1992-93).
 
The Eagles will be looking for the program's fifth-consecutive ASUN tournament championship, which would break FIU's (1992-96) all-time conference record. On top of that, they have appeared in nine consecutive ASUN tournament championship games, which is the longest streak in conference history. The next closest are: 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 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 previous record of 21, which took them 11 years, and Georgia State's 20, which took 20 years. The next closest current ASUN member is Jacksonville with 17, which includes Wednesday's win.
 
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 regular season 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) and then pushed the total to 11 this year. 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.

EAGLES MAKE HISTORY IN NATIONAL POLLS

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On Monday, FGCU entered the Associated Press poll at No. 24 in what is the program's first ranking in that poll since March 2015. Then, on Tuesday, the Eagles jumped up to No. 21 in the Coaches Poll, which is a three-spot improvement from last week and was the team's first top 25 ranking of the season. On top of that, it's tied for their highest ranking all-time in the Coaches Poll, and the first time they've been ranked in both polls at the same time since March 2015.
 

AP Poll
2/16/15	No. 22
2/23/15	No. 21
3/2/15	No. 20
3/9/15	No. 20
3/16/15	No. 20
3/8/21	No. 24
Coaches Poll
2/16/15	No. 24
2/23/15	No. 22
3/2/15	No. 21
3/9/15	No. 21
3/16/15	No. 21
4/6/15	No. 21
2/1/18	No. 25
4/2/18	No. 25
12/31/19	No. 25
1/7/20	No. 25
1/28/20	No. 24
2/4/20	No. 24
2/11/20	No. 22
2/18/20	No. 22
2/25/20	No. 23
3/3/20	No. 24
3/10/20	No. 24
3/17/20	No. 24
3/2/21	No. 24

 
FGCU AS A RANKED TEAM

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Including last weekend's sweep of Liberty, FGCU is 25-3 all-time as a ranked Division I program.
 

DATE		OPPONENT	RESULT	RANK	AP	COACHES	OVERALL
2/19/15	A	Kennesaw State	W, 71-60	22/24	1-0	1-0	1-0
2/21/15	A	USC Upstate	W, 75-59	22/24	2-0	2-0	2-0
2/25/15	A	North Florida	W, 56-24	21/22	3-0	3-0	3-0
2/28/15	H	Jacksonville	W, 78-47	21/22	4-0	4-0	4-0
3/6/15	H	North Florida	W, 74-35	20/21	5-0	5-0	5-0
3/11/15	H	Jacksonville	W, 62-42	20/21	6-0	6-0	6-0
3/15/15	H	Northern Kentucky	W, 60-43	20/21	7-0	7-0	7-0
3/21/15	N	Oklahoma State	W, 75-67	20/21	8-0	8-0	8-0
3/23/15	A	No. 7/7 Florida State	L, 47-65	20/21	8-1	8-1	8-1
2/1/18	A	North Florida	L, 73-75	X/25	8-1	8-2	8-2
2/3/18	A	Jacksonville	W, 65-63	X/25	8-1	9-2	9-2
1/4/20	H	Lipscomb	W, 82-56	X/25	8-1	10-2	10-2
1/6/20	H	Liberty	W, 64-57	X/25	8-1	11-2	11-2
1/11/20	A	Stetson	W, 89-47	X/25	8-1	12-2	12-2
1/13/20	A	North Florida	W, 72-50	X/25	8-1	13-2	13-2
2/1/20	A	Liberty	W, 74-65	X/24	8-1	14-2	14-2
2/3/20	A	Jacksonville	W, 81-68	X/24	8-1	15-2	15-2
2/8/20	H	North Florida	W, 76-65	X/24	8-1	16-2	16-2
2/10/20	H	Stetson	W, 67-65	X/24	8-1	17-2	17-2
2/15/20	A	Lipscomb	W, 78-45	X/22	8-1	18-2	18-2
2/17/20	A	Kennesaw State	W, 89-64	X/22	8-1	19-2	19-2
2/22/20	A	NJIT	W, 68-39	X/22	8-1	20-2	20-2
2/29/20	H	North Alabama	L, 55-61	X/23	8-1	20-3	20-3
3/2/20	H	Jacksonville	W, 77-64	X/23	8-1	21-3	21-3
3/7/20	H	Lipscomb	W, 105-71	X/24	8-1	22-3	22-3
3/11/20	H	North Florida	W, 73-57	X/24	8-1	23-3	23-3
3/5/21	H	Liberty	W, 80-60	X/24	8-1	24-3	24-3
3/6/21	H	Liberty	W, 65-50	X/24	8-1	25-3	25-3

 
LET'S GO STREAKING

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FGCU enters this week's ASUN Championship riding a 22-game winning streak overall, which is the second-longest in the country behind California Baptist (25). In terms of program history, the streak is the fifth of at least 20 games in the Division I era (2007-present) and it is the second-longest in the the same era behind the 2014-15 team's 26-game streak.
 
Longest Overall Winning Streaks
Program History (Division I Era)

1.	26	12/6/14	3/21/15
2.	22	11/29/20	Present
3.	21	12/29/11	3/3/12
	21	12/28/12	3/8/13
	21	12/20/15	3/31/16

  
MARCH WARRIORS

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Since beginning its Division I transition in 2007-08, FGCU is 50-14 (.781) in the month of March, including a 38-10 (.792) record since becoming eligible for the ASUN and NCAA Tournaments in 2011-12.
 
500 IN THE REAR VIEW, OTHER MILESTONES

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FGCU is now 516-97 (.842) all-time heading into the ASUN Championship, and they will 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 500 consecutive games with at least one made 3-pointer, and they have 299 games in program history with at least 10-or-more 3-pointers as a team.
 
DYNAMIC DUO

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In conference play, the duo of Kierstan Bell and Tishara Morehouse averaged a combined 43.3 PPG. They have outscored two teams by themselves - Jan. 23 vs Lipscomb (57-49) and Feb. 27 vs North Florida (46-45), and they've come close in several others. Their offensive firepower helped the Eagles scored a conference-best 85.4 PPG in ASUN play.
 
In fact, the duo has averaged 42.4 PPG combined in all games, which isn't too far behind several Division I teams have averaged as a whole, including Monmouth (46.0), South Carolina State (46.0), Northwestern State (46.5), Canisius (48.6), Chicago State (49.4), Albany (49.8) and California (49.8). That firepower has contributed to FGCU having the sixth-highest PPG average in the entire country among all games.
 
In conference play alone, Bell (25.5 PPG) and Morehouse (17.8 PPG) finished first and third in scoring, respectively. Earlier this year, Morehouse 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. She has scored in double-figures in 20 of her 24 games this year, which includes five 25-point plus performances. Bell then became the sixth Eagle to do so with her 36-point and 42-point games at Jacksonville, the latter of which broke the program's single-game scoring record.

ANSWERING THE BELL

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Kierstan Bell has averaged 24.8 points, 10.7 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 2.1 blocks and 1.8 steals this year for the Eagles. Her scoring average not only ranks fifth in the country but is the fourth-highest average in the now 36-year history of the ASUN. The only player in the conference to average a double-double for the whole season this year, the Buckeye State native is a six-time ASUN player of the week and a conference-record 10-time newcomer of the week. She was named to the Wade Trophy Midseason Watch List on Feb. 10, the NCAA.com Starting Five twice and the USBWA co-national player of the week on Feb. 23. On Monday, she was named one of five finalists nationally for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award.
 
Among conference players, Bell led all others in scoring, rebounding and 3-pointers made while finishing second in blocks and eighth in steals. Nationally, she ranks first in the country in total field goals made and ranks among the top 10 in 3-pointers made per game, total 3-pointers made, total points, double-doubles and defensive rebounds per game. Her 15 double-doubles this year ranks sixth nationally and is already the third-most in a career in program history. She twice recorded an FGCU record four straight double-doubles.
 
Most Career Double-Doubles
FGCU's Division I Era (2007-present)

Sarah Hansen	20
Whitney Knight	19
Kierstan Bell	15
Ty Adderly	14
Adrianne McNally	6

 
On Feb. 21, Bell broke the program's single-game scoring record with 42 points and 15 rebounds in a road win over Jacksonville. Overall, she has scored in double-figures in all 22 games, including 18 with 20-plus points. Thirteen of those came in ASUN play, including a streak of 11 straight at one point. On top of that, she had three 30-plus point outings in conference play along with 10 double-doubles.
 
Bell has already broken FGCU's single-season record for most field goals made and sits just 24 points shy of breaking Kaneisha Atwater's single-season scoring record (569, 2015-16), and Bell has played in 17 fewer games than Atwater did that year. While she's on pace to shatter several other records, she just finished off the best conference season in program history by breaking the single-season records for most points (408), scoring average (25.5), field goals made (162), field goals attempted (294), field goal percentage (.551), defensive rebounds (141) and defensive rebound average (8.8). And she did all that while not even ranking among the top 10 all-time in minutes per game played.
 
Bell's season scoring average remains on pace to be the fourth-best single-season offensive average in conference history. In fact, it would be the highest average in the ASUN since Phylette Blake's 26 PPG in 1988-89.
 
BELL MAKES HISTORY WITH DUAL AWARD SELECTION

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On Tuesday, Kierstan Bell headlined the ASUN's postseason awards by becoming the first player in the conference's 36-year history to be tabbed both the player and newcomer of the year. Tishara Morehouse joined Bell on the first team, while Seneca Hackley was named to the all-freshmen team. Karl Smesko was tabbed coach of the year for the 11th time.

Major Awards
Unanimous Player of the Year: Kierstan Bell, FGCU
Defensive Player of the Year: Jazz Bond, North Florida
Unanimous Newcomer of the Year: Kierstan Bell, FGCU
Freshman of the Year: Sakyia White, North Alabama
Unanimous Coach of the Year: Karl Smesko
 
First Team All-Conference
*Kierstan Bell (FGCU) - So. - Alliance, Ohio
*Tishara Morehouse (FGCU) - Jr. - Milwaukee, Wis.
*Jazz Bond (North Florida) - Sr. - Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Ashtyn Baker (Liberty) - Sr. - Nesbit, Miss.
Emily Lytle (Liberty) - Sr. - Memphis, Tenn.
Marissa Mackins (North Florida) - Jr. - Durham, N.C.
 
Second Team All-Conference
Tasia Jefferies (Bellarmine) - Sr. - Louisville, Ky.
Amani Johnson (Kennesaw State) - Jr. - North Versailles, Penn.
Taylor Clark (Lipscomb) - Sr. - Lawrenceburg, Tenn.
Jaida Bond (North Alabama) - So. - Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Yazz Wazeerud-Din (Stetson) - Jr. - Marietta, Ga.
 
All-Freshmen Team
Sakyia White (North Alabama) - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Stacie Jones (Kennesaw State) - Kathleen, Ga.
Bella Smuda (Liberty) - Exton, Penn.
Seneca Hackley (FGCU) - Colorado Springs, Colo.
Jordan Peete (Lipscomb) - St. Louis, Mo.
 
*Unanimous selection
**A tie in voting resulted in a six-person first team
 
BELL NAMED ONE OF 5 FINALISTS FOR MID-MAJOR POTY

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Kierstan Bell, who previously landed a spot on the midseason watch list and the semifinal group for the Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year award presented by HerHoopStats.com, has now been selected as one of five finalists for the award with the winner being announced March 31. Last year, Eagle guard Keri Jewett-Giles was named a semifinalist for the award before Covid-19 ended the season.
 
Assisting Bell's award chase are several efficiency stats that HerHoopStats.com provides. Bell currently ranks first in the country in player efficiency rating (46.7) and win shares per 40 minutes (0.59). She also ranks second in total win shares (9.1), fifth in offensive win shares per 40 minutes (0.38), seventh in defensive win shares per 40 minutes (0.21) and eighth in total defensive win shares (3.2).
 
CECIL CRACKS 1,000

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Senior graduate transfer Andrea Cecil recorded her 1,000th career point in the team's Feb. 27 win over North Florida. In her first season with the Eagles after transferring from Bowling Green, Cecil is one of just 204 active players across the NCAA with at least 1,000 career points, and she is the ninth transfer to join the Green and Blue and then score her 1,000th point. Here's the full list:
 

Pts.	Player	Years	Previous School (If One)
1,498	Kaneisha Atwater	2012-16	VCU
1,464	Keri Jewett-Giles	2015-20	Southern Miss
1,364	Davion Wingate	2015-20	Stony Brook
1,356	Destiny Washington	2014-19	Ball State
1,114	Ashli O'Neal	2016-20	Indiana State
1,093	China Dow	2013-18	Middle Tennessee State
1,060	Betsy Adams	2008-13	Valparaiso
1,035	Lisa Zderadicka	2014-19	Houston Baptist
1,016	Andrea Cecil	2016-present	BGSU

BRACKETOLOGY

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Despite winning 20 straight and riding the nation's longest road winning streak, the Green and Blue are currently projected as a No. 10 seed in River Walk Region in Charlie Crème's latest bracketology on ESPN.com. It's the fourth straight week they've been a 10 seed, which is down from the No. 9 seed they were several projections prior. In his current forecast, he has FGCU slated to face No. 7 seed Texas with the winner taking on the victory of No. 2 Maryland and No. 15 High Point.
 
NCAA INDIVIDUAL STATISTICAL LEADERS (TOP 100)

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Assist/Turnover Ratio	Tyra Cox (27th, 2.50), Emma List (42nd, 2.30)
Total Blocks	Kierstan Bell (25th, 47)
Blocks Per Game	Kierstan Bell (33rd, 2.14)
Defensive Rebounds Per Game	Kierstan Bell (5th, 9.1)
Double Doubles	Kierstan Bell (6th, 15)
Field Goal Attempts	Kierstan Bell (18th, 393), Tishara Morehouse (66th, 332)
Field Goals Made	Kierstan Bell (1st, 219), Tishara Morehouse (44th, 159)
Field Goal Percentage	Kierstan Bell (17th, .557), Tishara Morehouse (96th, .479)
Total Points	Kierstan Bell (6th, 546), Tishara Morehouse (45th, 423)
Points Per Game	Kierstan Bell (5th, 24.8), Tishara Morehouse (74th, 17.6)
Total Rebounds	Kierstan Bell (24th, 236)
Rebounds Per Game	Kierstan Bell (27th, 10.7)
3-Point FGs Attempted	Kierstan Bell (10th, 176), Tishara Morehouse (87th, 132)
3-Point FGs Made	Kierstan Bell (9th, 69)
3-Point FGs Made Per Game	Kierstan Bell (8th, 3.14)
3-Point FG Percentage	Kierstan Bell (56th, .392)

NCAA TEAM STATISTICAL LEADERS (TOP 50)

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Assist to Turnover Ratio	3rd, 1.53
Total Assists	11th, 428
Assists Per Game	14th, 17.1
Defensive Rebounds Per Game	22nd, 29.5
Field Goal Percentage	19th, .459
Total Rebounds	48th, 937
Scoring Defense	49th, 58.9
Scoring Margin	5th, 23.9
Scoring Offense	6th, 82.8
Total Steals	11th, 253
Steals Per Game	32nd, 10.1
3-point FG Defense	7th, 24.9
3-point FGs Attempted	1st, 875
3-point FGs Made	1st, 294
3-point FGs Made Per Game	1st, 11.8
Turnover Margin	9th, 6.96
Fewest Turnovers Per Game	6th, 11.2
W/L Percentage	4th, .920

 
ASUN DOMINANCE

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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 this year, the team has won 11 of 14 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	6	0
Record	114	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	14	0
Record	217	17

 
STREAKING THROUGH THE ASUN

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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

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Since joining the ASUN, FGCU has held opponents to 39 or fewer points 22 times in conference play, including Feb. 14 vs 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
2/14/21	W 88-38	vs Kennesaw State

 
RUNNIN' THRU THE ASUN

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Just how much has FGCU dominated the ASUN since joining the conference in 2007-08? Among current member schools, entering the ASUN Championship, here's how the Eagles stack up.
 
Overall Regular Season Winning Percentage
Among ASUN Schools (Since 2007-08)

School	W	L	Pct.
FGCU	384	76	0.835
Liberty	53	34	0.609
North Alabama	49	35	0.583
Stetson	240	195	0.552
Jacksonville	218	208	0.512
North Florida	162	252	0.391
Kennesaw St.	152	252	0.376
Lipscomb	98	311	0.240
Bellarmine	5	16	0.000

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

School	W	L	Pct.
FGCU	217	17	0.927
Liberty	33	15	0.688
North Alabama	27	20	0.574
Stetson	139	97	0.589
Jacksonville	122	110	0.526
Kennesaw St.	86	145	0.372
North Florida	93	141	0.397
Lipscomb	58	174	0.250
Bellarmine	5	11	0.000

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

School	Titles	Outright
FGCU	11	11
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

  
Most ASUN Tournament Titles
All-Time (Since 1985-86)
 

School	Titles
FGCU	7
FIU	6
Stetson	4
ETSU	3
Georgia State	3
Georgia Southern	3
UCF	2
Campbell	1
Belmont	1
FAU	1
Lipscomb	1
Miami	1
Florida A&M	1
Liberty	1
Jacksonville	1

 

ASUN Tournament Championship History
Year	Final	Result
2020	No. 1 FGCU | No. 3 Liberty	n/a
2019	No. 1 FGCU d. No. 3 Liberty	74-49
2018	No. 1 FGCU d. No. 2 Jacksonville	68-58
2017	No. 2 FGCU d. No. 1 Stetson	77-70
2016	No. 2 Jacksonville d. No. 1 FGCU	56-54
2015	No. 1 FGCU d. No. 3 Northern Kentucky	60-43
2014	No. 1 FGCU d. No. 2 Stetson	72-70
2013	No. 2 Stetson d. No. 1 FGCU	70-64
2012	No. 1 FGCU d. No. 2 Stetson	67-39
2011	No. 2 Stetson d. No. 5 Jacksonville	69-50
2010	No. 1 ETSU d. No. 7 North Florida	63-62
2009	No. 1 ETSU d. No. 2 Jacksonville	58-52
2008	No. 1 ETSU d. No. 2 Jacksonville	75-72
2007	No. 1 Belmont d. No. 3 ETSU	69-57
2006	No. 2 FAU d. No. 4 Gardner-Webb	74-63
2005	No. 5 Stetson d. No. 3 Georgia State	88-62
2004	No. 2 Lipscomb d. No. 4 UCF	64-62
2003	No. 1N Georgia State d. No. 1S UCF	80-63
2002	No. 1 Georgia State d. No. 2 FAU	64-63
2001	No. 2 Georgia State d. No. 1 Campbell	64-62
2000	No. 2 Campbell d. No. 1 Georgia State	66-49
1999	No. 1 UCF d. No. 3 Jacksonville State	80-59
1998	No. 1 FIU d. No. 3 Georgia State	86-50
1997	No. 1 FIU d. No. 2 Jacksonville State	91-71
1996	No. 6 UCF d. No. 5 FAU	81-57
1995	No. 1 FIU d. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana	76-74
1994	No. 1 FIU d. No. 2 Southeastern Louisiana	89-67
1993	No. 1 FIU d. No. 6 Mercer	77-52
1992	No. 1 FIU d. No. 6 Georgia Southern	88-78
1991	No. 2 Miami d. No. 4 Florida A&M	73-44
1990	No. 2 Georgia Southern d. No. 1 FIU	71-70
1989	No. 3 Stetson d. No. 4 Georgia Southern	72-65
1988	No. 1 Georgia Southern d. No. 3 Florida A&M	73-66
1987	No. 1 Georgia Southern d. No. 2 Florida A&M	74-69
1986	No. 1 Florida A&M d. No. 3 Georgia Southern	68-54

 
LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY VS DIVISION I OPPONENT

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FGCU has produced two of the top four blowouts in program history in conference play this year.
 

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

 
ANOTHER ASUN STANDARD SET

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Including this year, the Eagles have produced 12 or more wins in conference play EVERY season since joining the conference in 2007-08. 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 14 of the conference's 33 (42.4 percent) total seasons of 12 or more wins since 2007-08. Furthermore, the Green and Blue has seven 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	14
Stetson	5
ETSU	4
Jacksonville	2
Northern Kentucky	2
Mercer	2
USC Upstate	2
Campbell/Belmont	1

 
PROGRAM FIRST

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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.   

EXPERIENCED TRIO

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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

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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 five times) have combined for 14 instances of consecutive double-doubles in the program's Division I era. Since then, she has twice recorded four straight double-doubles, which tops a program record previously held by Whitney Knight.
 
EVERY FOUR YEARS

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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 Ty Adderly (2016), Katie Meador (2012) and Courtney Chihil (2008).
 
RARE GROUP

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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
Ty Adderly	2017-18, 2019-20
Tyra Cox	2018-19, 2019-20

EFFICIENT FROM LONG DISTANCE

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Tyra Cox (35-for-89, .393) and Kierstan Bell (69-for-176, .392) 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.
 
BLAIR JOINS 100-GAME CLUB, DOWLING ENTERS TOP 20

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In the series finale against Lipscomb on Jan. 24, Alyssa Blair became just the 16th player in program's Division I history to have played at least 100 career games in the Green and Blue. She now sits at 112, which is the 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 92, which is the 19th-most.
 
THE MICROWAVE 

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Aaliyah Stanley, who came to the Eagles as a transfer from Eastern Michigan, has provided instant offense off the bench for FGCU this year. As the team's fourth-leading scorer, the sophomore guard is shooting 36.8 percent (39-for-105) from long distance and has registered double-digit scoring in 12 of 23 games played.

DOUBLE-DOUBLE DUO

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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

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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).

THE WINNING DOESN'T STOP

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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

RARE LOSS

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FGCU's 86-80 loss vs then No. 14 Arkansas was the program's first when scoring at least 80 points since the 2014-15 season. The Eagles are now 120-4 all-time as a Division I program when scoring at least 80 points, including an 18-1 record this year.
 
SUCCESSFUL VS AAC

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Since the start of the 2018-19 season, FGCU is­ 7-0 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. Two years ago, they knocked off Houston at home.
 
SMESKO'S PREPARATION

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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 194-32 (.858) in games where he has four or more days to prepare.

STATE DOMINANCE

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FGCU has won at least 30 more games over the past six-plus seasons than any other Division I team in the state of Florida.
 

1.	FGCU	202
2.	Florida State	169
3.	South Florida	155
4.	Miami	140
5.	Bethune-Cookman	120
6.	Stetson	123
7.	UCF	120
8.	Jacksonville	117
9.	Florida	95
10.	North Florida	85
11.	Florida Atlantic	72
12.	Florida A&M	55
13.	Florida International	45

 
RUNNING THE TABLE

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Despite having to potentially replace more production than any women's basketball team in the nation, FGCU won the ASUN regular season championship with a perfect 16-0 record after being picked to do so 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 represented 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 11 regular season titles, all of which have come outright, including the past four in a row. Six of those titles have come in undefeated fashion, as well. 
   
MID-MAJOR RANKINGS

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FGCU has climbed to No. 3 in the latest CollegeInsider.com Mid-Major poll, which is a one-spot jump from last week's rankings.
 

1	Missouri State (26)	21-2	765	2	Missouri Valley
2	Gonzaga (3)	20-3	740	3	West Coast
3	FGCU (2)	23-2	710	4	ASUN
4	South Dakota	18-4	662	5	Summit
5	South Dakota State	20-3	651	1	Summit

 
PROFESSIONAL STANDARD

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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

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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 577-124 record (.823) 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

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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 514-97 (.841) 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	516-97	.842
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

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Entering this year, FGCU produced 179 wins over the past six seasons, 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

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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 17-straight 20-win seasons dating back to 2004-05, which includes this year.
 
FUN WITH NUMBERS AND STUFF
 

Double-Doubles
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	15	17
Andrea Cecil	0	8
Tyra Cox	1	1
Emma List	1	1

 

Double-Digit Scoring Games
Player	Season	Career
Andrea Cecil	6	42
Kierstan Bell	22	41
Aaliyah Stanley	12	23
Tishara Morehouse	20	20
Emma List	8	10
Tyra Cox	10	11
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	18	19
Andrea Cecil	0	14
Tishara Morehouse	8	8
Aaliyah Stanley	0	3

 

25+ Point Games
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	11	11
Tishara Morehouse	5	5
Andrea Cecil	0	4

 

30+ Point Games
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	4	4
Andrea Cecil	0	2
Tishara Morehouse	1	1

 

Double-Digit Rebound Games
Player	Season	Career
Kierstan Bell	15	17
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

RAINING THREES LEGACY

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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 5,699-for-16,489(.346) from long range over his 18+ years. In fact, the team has made at least one 3-point field goal in 500­ 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.
 
Here's 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	294	875	0.336
Totals	5,699	16,489	0.346

 
FGCU has also made at least 10 or more 3-point field goals in a single game 299 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.
 
Here's a list of FGCU's all-time games with at least 10 made 3-pointers:
 

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	19
TOTAL	299

 
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.
 
Here's how FGCU has finished nationally in total 3-point field goals made since 2011-12:
 

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	294	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.
 
Here's how FGCU has finished nationally in total 3-point field goals made per game since 2011-12:
 

Season	Avg.	Finish
2020-21	11.8	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

  
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COACH SMESKO
FGCU head coach Karl Smesko maintains a record of 577-124 (.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 217-17 (.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 153-5 (.966) record in conference play with six undefeated seasons. The 11-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 17 consecutive 20-win seasons and 10-straight 25-win seasons.
 
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 84 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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