Florida Gulf Coast University women's basketball put on a shooting clinic Thursday, soaring past Kennesaw State 77-42 in Kennesaw, Georgia.
"Kennesaw gave us a great game in the first half," head coach
Karl Smesko said. "We were really fortunate. In the second half, we did a better job of taking care of the ball. We moved it to good shooters, and they knocked them down. It was a great shooting performance tonight for us and a good win."
FGCU (22-4, 12-0 ASUN)Â extended its win streak to 15 games and also extended its win streak over the Owls to 28 consecutive games with the season sweep. The Eagles have yet to be defeated in 2024, and the Green and Blue has now won 34 straight against current Atlantic Sun Conference member institutions, further extending the nation's longest active conference win streak.
With the win, FGCU improved to 12-0 in the ASUN. FGCU has won at least 12 conference games every season since joining the league in 2007-08.
The Eagles produced 16 3-pointers Thursday, the 12th game of the season in which FGCU has drained 10 or more threes. FGCU started 5-of-9 from deep in the opening quarter to set the tone of the game and secured a double-digit lead at the break, 34-23.
Seven different Eagles connected from deep.
Brylee Bartram produced a team-leading five-made threes, shooting 50 percent from distance, and finished with a game-high 16 points.
Sofia Persson made four trifectas, and
Dolly Cairns and
Ajulu Thatha each sank two each. As a team, the Eagles shot a season-best 45.7 percent from behind the arc.
FGCU entered the fourth with a 22-point lead, 58-36, and clamped down on the defensive side of the ball. The Eagles held the Owls without a field goal over the last 7:45 minutes of play, outscoring them 19-6 in the quarter. Defensively, FGCU has held its last three opponents to under 50 points, the 10th such time this season.
FGCU continues to head north for the Tar Heel State to take on Queens University of Charlotte Saturday at 2 p.m.
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