The FGCU women's basketball team (9-1) will meet Florida Memorial (6-5) on Monday at 7 p.m. inside Alico Arena. It will be the third-consecutive season the two teams have met.
The matchup is part of Christmas Movie Night and is the team's Silent Night game, where the crowd will stay completely silent until the Eagles score their 10th point.
Wingate on A Tear:
Davion Wingate is averaging 17.3 points per contest through the season's first 10 games, which is just behind Sarah Hansen's 17.4 per game start through the same amount of games in 2012-13. In fact, they're the only two in the program's Division I era to average at least 17 at this point of the season. Trish Fleming also averaged 22.8 points in the 2002-03 season, but that was when the Eagles were an NAIA team.
Nationally-Ranked Eagles?:
Last week, FGCU sat just outside the top 25 in the two major national polls, receiving the 27th-most votes in the Associated Press and 28th-most in the Coaches Poll. A couple teams ahead of them have since lost, giving the Eagles a potential chance to earn their first ranking since finishing 25th in the Coaches Poll on April 2, 2018. Their last AP ranking came April 6, 2015 when they finished the season 21st. The new polls come out Monday and Tuesday.
Real-Time RPI:
While the first official RPI rankings produced by the NCAA haven't come out yet this year, FGCU is ranked 13th in the RealTimeRPI.com rankings with their only loss this year to No. 5 Princeton. For the full rankings, visit here.
AAC who?:
After the 57-45 win over Houston this past Wednesday, FGCU is now 3-0 against American Athletic Conference (AAC) teams. They entered the season slated to face four of the top six teams in the AAC preseason poll, and they've now defeated USF (2nd), UCF (3rd) and Houston (5th). Temple, who was picked sixth, rounds out the action on Dec. 22.
Down Go The Fighting Irish, More Power 5's On Tap:
With their win over defending national runner-up Notre Dame last week, FGCU produced its sixth all-time win against an ACC school, which is its most against any Power 5 conference. The Eagles have also won five against the SEC, four vs the Big 10 and one apiece against the Pac 12 and Big 12. They'll get a chance to improve their 17-27 all-time record against Power 5 schools on Dec. 19 vs No. 25 LSU and Dec. 29 vs Duke.
Rebounding Legend:
Senior forward Tytionia Adderly recently eclipsed Sarah Hansen's (887, 2010-14) career rebounding record. She now has 947 and is attempting to become the first player in program history with 1,000 rebounds, which would also make her only the 12th in ASUN history to achieve that milestone. She surpassed Kristy Brown (Stetson, 2001-05, 941) for 14th-most in the win over Houston and is now only 10 short of eclipsing Kat Sungy (Jacksonville, 1999-2003, 956) for 13th.
Furthermore, Adderly is one of only four players in the program's Division I history to rank in the top 10 in career rebounds, assists, steals and blocks - joining Sarah Hansen, Whitney Knight and DyTiesha Dunson.
Trio reaches 1,000, O'Neal looking to join:
The trio of Keri Jewett-Giles (1,065), Davion Wingate (1,051) and Nasrin Ulel (1,034) eclipsed the 1,000 point plateau in their NCAA careers in back-to-back-to-back games starting with Saint Francis on Nov. 22. They will be honored for their accomplishments prior to the team's next home game against Central Connecticut State on Dec. 17. Additionally, Ashli O'Neal enters tonight's game just 60 points shy of becoming the fourth to achieve the mark.
Back-to-Back in the A-SUN:
Last Tuesday, graduate transfer guard Ashli O'Neal won her second straight ASUN newcomer of the week award, and she proceeded to pour in 15 points in the team's win over Houston on Wednesday. Furthermore, Keri Jewett-Giles was named the ASUN player of the week for the first time this season after dropping 12, 19 and 24 points in wins over Notre Dame, No. 20 USF and South Dakota State.
Raining Threes:
FGCU, which broke the NCAA's all-time record for most 3-pointers made in a season in 2017-18 with 431, is once again leading the nation in three of the four 3-point shooting categories. The only one they don't lead in is percentage, where they rank 79th nationally.
3-point field goals made
1. FGCU - 128
2. South Dakota - 94
3. DePaul - 93
4. Western Illinois - 91
5. Western Carolina - 87
Saint Mary's - 87
3-point field goals attempted
1. FGCU - 374
2. Western Carolina - 292
3. DePaul - 288
4. Western Illinois - 285
5. Harvard - 258
3-point field goals made per game
1. FGCU - 12.8
2. DePaul - 11.6
3. Saint Mary's - 10.9
4. High Point - 10.7
5. Abilene Christian - 10.6
Oregon - 10.6
NCAA Team Statistical Leaders (Top 50)
Assists - 16th, 155
Scoring margin - 28th, 19.7
Scoring offense - 23rd, 78.8
Steals - 11th, 109
Steals/game - 39th, 10.9
Turnovers forced - 26th, 21.70
Win-loss percentage - 17th, .900
Assist/turnover ratio
1. Oregon - 1.98
2. Northwestern - 1.69
3. Penn - 1.66
4. UCLA - 1.61
5. DePaul - 1.57
6. Creighton - 1.55
7. Baylor - 1.50
8. Loyola Chicago - 1.47
9. FGCU - 1.45
Maryland - 1.45
Fewest Turnovers Per Game
1. Creighton - 9.5
2. Arkansas - 10.7
FGCU - 10.7
4. Colorado State - 10.8
5. Minnesota - 11.0
Turnover Margin
1. Mississippi State - 12.22
2. Maryland - 11.22
3. FGCU - 11.00
East Carolina - 11.00
5. Minnesota - 10.71
NCAA Individual Statistical Leaders (Top 50)
Defensive rebounds/game - Tytionia Adderly (27th, 7.4)
Field goal attempts - Keri Jewett-Giles (47th, 130)
Field goals made - Davion Wingate (17th, 65)
Field goal percentage - Davion Wingate (25th, .613)
Total points - Davion Wingate (20th, 173), Keri Jewett-Giles (45th, 154)
Free throw percentage - Ashli O'Neal (22nd, .903)
Total rebounds - Tytionia Adderly (11th, 101)
Rebounds/game - Tytionia Adderly (37th, 10.1)
3-point field goals attempted - Nasrin Ulel (19th, 71), Keri Jewett-Giles (48th, 61)
3-point field goals made - Keri Jewett-Giles (26th, 25)
3-point field goal percentage - Davion Wingate (40th, .468)
Livestats Link: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=280886
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