FGCU WBB vs. Kennesaw Recap

The FGCU women's basketball team (26-4, 12-1 A-SUN) was able to protect their nest as they clipped Kennesaw's wings (7-17, 3-10 A-SUN) with a score of 78-51. With the win, not only are the Eagles 22-2 against the Owls, but have clinched the No. 1 seed in the A-SUN Conference Tournament.

"For us, we wanted to make sure we were in position to get the No. 1 seed in the tournament," FGCU head coach Karl Smesko said. "That was accomplished today. We definitely think it's a big advantage to be playing here, and we now know on Saturday we have a chance to clinch the Atlantic Sun title outright. That's another goal of ours, so hopefully we can take the next few days to get ourselves prepared for what will need to be a great effort against Stetson."

With senior Erica Nelson inactive, the Eagles changed their starting five lineup as redshirt junior Lisa Zderadicka filled in for Nelson. This was Zderadicka's second start of the season.

Nonetheless, senior Rose Julien led the Eagles offensively from the starting lineup. Julien finished with 15 points (6-7 FG, 2-3 3FG, 1-2 FT), one rebound and two assists.

Sophomore Nasrin Ulel had 11 points, three rebounds and two steals.

Zderadicka finished with 11 points (5-9 FG, 1-2 3FG), one rebound, two assist and two steals.

Sophomore Tytionia Adderly had three points, 10 rebounds (four offensive, six defensive), one assist, one block and one steal. With her four offensive boards, Adderly now has 214 career offensive rebounds and remains fourth all-time. Adderly is 23 away from passing Robyn Swain (236) for third all-time. The Jupiter native, however, did pass Kaniesha Atwater (508) for sixth all-time in overall rebounds with 511. She is now 93 away from passing Courtney Chihil (603) for fifth all-time.

Redshirt senior Taylor Grandijan had 12 points, two rebounds, one assist and one steal. With her 12 points, Grandijan has 1,187 career points and passed Shannon Murphy (1,185) for sixth all-time. In addition, Grandijan's three 3-pointers put her at 287 and is eight away from passing Whitney Knight (294) for second all-time in career 3-pointers. Also, the Cudahy, Wisconsin native's now has 476 career rebounds.

Off the bench, redshirt senior China Dow had 15 points (6-10 FG, 3-5 3FG), seven rebounds and four assists.

Redshirt senior Jessica Cattani had seven points, three rebounds, two assists and one steal.

Redshirt freshman Chandler Ryan had two points, one rebound, two assists and one steal.

Freshman Alyssa Blair had two points and two rebounds.

Freshman Sheahen Dowling contributed with one rebound.

For the Owls, freshman Kamiyah Street led the way with a double-double of 18 points and 11 rebounds. Street also added three assists and one block.

Sophomore Carlotta Gianolla had 16 points, nine rebounds, one assist and one steal.

Freshman Alexis Poole had nine points, five rebounds and one steal.

Redshirt senior Clara Young had five points, three rebounds and three assists.

Redshirt sophomore Alexandra Landby contributed with two rebounds.

Off the Owls bench, freshman Breanna Hoover had three points, one rebound and one assist. Hoover was the only reserve player to score in the game.

Junior Janae Omusi contributed with three rebounds, junior Iceis Walker contributed with two rebounds and one assist, freshman Lexi Mann contributed with one rebound and one assist and freshman Caroline Dan contributed with one rebound.

The Eagles wrap up their season with one final road game against Stetson on Saturday, February 24 at 1 P.M.