Saturday, January 22
JACKSONVILLE
1:45 p.m.
Jax State
vs
No. 24 Florida Gulf Coast
1/21/2022 4:08:00 PM | Women's Basketball
JACKSONVILLE – The Jacksonville State Women's basketball team will host the No. 24/21 ranked Florida Gulf Coast Eagles on Saturday, Jan. 21, at 1:45 p.m. in Pete Mathews Coliseum.
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The matchup will mark just the third time in program history that the Gamecocks have hosted a ranked team in Jacksonville. In six previous meetings with ranked teams JSU is 0-6.
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The Gamecocks enter the matchup 14-3 overall and 5-0 in ASUN play and are currently riding an eight-game winning streak, the longest in D-I program history.
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The game will be streamed live on ESPN+. Fans can follow live stats at JSUGamecocksports.com and listen to the game with Mike Parris on the JSU Gamecock Sports Network.
It's a battle of the unbeatens on Saturday as Florida Gulf Coast, one of the most dominant programs in mid-major women's basketball, comes to Jacksonville with a 5-0 ASUN record and 16-1 overall mark on the season. The Eagles are ranked No. 24 in the latest Associated Press Top-25 Poll and are No. 21 in the latest USA Today WBCA Top-25 poll. In the Women's Basketball Mid-Major Top-25 Poll, produced by CollegeSportsInsider.com, the Eagles are ranked No. 2 while the Gamecocks are not currently ranked but are receiving 16 votes in the poll.
JSU enters the weekend test following a 64-47 win over Central Arkansas on the road to extend the seasons' win streak to the longest of the D-I era. Sophomore Keiara Griffin led the Gamecocks in the win, scoring a career-high 18 points to go along with a team-leading 10 rebounds in her third career double-double.
Jax State returns to THE PETE on Saturday where they boast the 19th longest home winning streak across NCAA Division I with nine consecutive victories and the second-best home record in the nation at 8-0.
FGCU brings to JSU a nine-game win streak and a the third best winning percentage in the nation at 94.1 percent following a 78-41 win over Stetson. Â Over the last decade the Eagles have posted a dominant 154-5 record through ASUN regular season competition and have reached the NCAA Tournament as the ASUN automatic qualifier six times. The last loss for FGCU in conference play was on Feb. 29 against North Alabama, 61-55 at home.
Imari Martin leads JSU on the offensive end this season with 11.5 points per game as the Gamecocks are the second ranked scoring offense in the ASUN at 69.8 points per game. FGCU is ahead of JSU in that regard, scoring 83.2 points per game which ranks seventh nationally. Kierstan Bell leads FGCU and the ASUN with 23.4 points per game, ranking sixth across the NCAA. Bell was named the Preseason ASUN Player of the Year, having won the award last season. She is also the reigning ASUN Player of the Week and is an 11-time winner of the award during her career.
Saturday's matchup will feature two of the best three-point shooting teams in the ASUN. JSU is third around the league in three-pointers made per game (7.2), but FGCU leads the nation with a staggering 12.6 three-pointers per game.
On the defensive side of the ball, JSU is allowing just 57.2 points per game to its opponents, good enough for fourth in the league. The Gamecocks are the only team in the ASUN that ranks in the top four in both scoring offense and scoring defense. FGCU is fifth in scoring defense, allowing 58.6 points per game.
Saturday's contest will feature a key matchup at the point guard spot between two of the top assist leaders in the league. FGCU's Tishara Morehouse is fourth in the league, averaging 4.5 assists per game while JSU's Nekiyah Thompson is fifth at 4.4 per game. Thompson leads the league with a 2.78 assist-to-turnover ratio. Morehouse boasts a 2.17 A/TO this season while Emma List is just behind Thompson at 2.38. Neither side turns the ball over much as the Gamecocks lead the ASUN with 11.2 turnovers per game and the Eagles are second with 11.8.
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Tip-off against FGCU is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. CT. Links to live stats and other available sources will be available at JSUGamecockSports.com as well as shared across JSU's social media platforms when they become available. In-game updates are also available by following the women's basketball twitter account (@JaxStateWBB).
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The matchup will mark just the third time in program history that the Gamecocks have hosted a ranked team in Jacksonville. In six previous meetings with ranked teams JSU is 0-6.
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The Gamecocks enter the matchup 14-3 overall and 5-0 in ASUN play and are currently riding an eight-game winning streak, the longest in D-I program history.
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The game will be streamed live on ESPN+. Fans can follow live stats at JSUGamecocksports.com and listen to the game with Mike Parris on the JSU Gamecock Sports Network.
It's a battle of the unbeatens on Saturday as Florida Gulf Coast, one of the most dominant programs in mid-major women's basketball, comes to Jacksonville with a 5-0 ASUN record and 16-1 overall mark on the season. The Eagles are ranked No. 24 in the latest Associated Press Top-25 Poll and are No. 21 in the latest USA Today WBCA Top-25 poll. In the Women's Basketball Mid-Major Top-25 Poll, produced by CollegeSportsInsider.com, the Eagles are ranked No. 2 while the Gamecocks are not currently ranked but are receiving 16 votes in the poll.
JSU enters the weekend test following a 64-47 win over Central Arkansas on the road to extend the seasons' win streak to the longest of the D-I era. Sophomore Keiara Griffin led the Gamecocks in the win, scoring a career-high 18 points to go along with a team-leading 10 rebounds in her third career double-double.
Jax State returns to THE PETE on Saturday where they boast the 19th longest home winning streak across NCAA Division I with nine consecutive victories and the second-best home record in the nation at 8-0.
FGCU brings to JSU a nine-game win streak and a the third best winning percentage in the nation at 94.1 percent following a 78-41 win over Stetson. Â Over the last decade the Eagles have posted a dominant 154-5 record through ASUN regular season competition and have reached the NCAA Tournament as the ASUN automatic qualifier six times. The last loss for FGCU in conference play was on Feb. 29 against North Alabama, 61-55 at home.
Imari Martin leads JSU on the offensive end this season with 11.5 points per game as the Gamecocks are the second ranked scoring offense in the ASUN at 69.8 points per game. FGCU is ahead of JSU in that regard, scoring 83.2 points per game which ranks seventh nationally. Kierstan Bell leads FGCU and the ASUN with 23.4 points per game, ranking sixth across the NCAA. Bell was named the Preseason ASUN Player of the Year, having won the award last season. She is also the reigning ASUN Player of the Week and is an 11-time winner of the award during her career.
Saturday's matchup will feature two of the best three-point shooting teams in the ASUN. JSU is third around the league in three-pointers made per game (7.2), but FGCU leads the nation with a staggering 12.6 three-pointers per game.
On the defensive side of the ball, JSU is allowing just 57.2 points per game to its opponents, good enough for fourth in the league. The Gamecocks are the only team in the ASUN that ranks in the top four in both scoring offense and scoring defense. FGCU is fifth in scoring defense, allowing 58.6 points per game.
Saturday's contest will feature a key matchup at the point guard spot between two of the top assist leaders in the league. FGCU's Tishara Morehouse is fourth in the league, averaging 4.5 assists per game while JSU's Nekiyah Thompson is fifth at 4.4 per game. Thompson leads the league with a 2.78 assist-to-turnover ratio. Morehouse boasts a 2.17 A/TO this season while Emma List is just behind Thompson at 2.38. Neither side turns the ball over much as the Gamecocks lead the ASUN with 11.2 turnovers per game and the Eagles are second with 11.8.
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Tip-off against FGCU is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. CT. Links to live stats and other available sources will be available at JSUGamecockSports.com as well as shared across JSU's social media platforms when they become available. In-game updates are also available by following the women's basketball twitter account (@JaxStateWBB).
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