Florida Gulf Coast Eagles
Atlantic Sun (26-7, 17-1)
Big Wins: 11/29 vs South Dakota State (84-59), 12/4 South Florida (60-55), 1/4 Stetson (72-56)
Bad Losses: 11/26 vs TCU (47-68), 12/21 Virginia (56-85), 2/1 at Northern Kentucky (43-63)
Coach: Karl Smesko (12 seasons at Florida Gulf Coast)
Probable Starters:
DyTiesha Dunson, Sophomore, Guard, 5.3 ppg, 3.2 apg
Jenna Cobb, Junior, Guard, 8.4 ppg, 2.4 apg
Sarah Hanson, Senior, Guard, 13.8 ppg, 1.9 apg, 7.1 rpg, 1.9 spg
Kaneisha Atwater, Sophomore, Guard, 7.9 ppg, 1.4 apg
Whitney Knight, Sophomore, Guard, 12.3 ppg, 1.6 apg, 5.1 rpg, 2.7 bpg
Key Roleplayers:
Stephanie Haas, Sophomore, Guard, 11.5 ppg, 1.8 apg
Jaime Gluesing, Sophomore, Guard, 2.6 ppg
Katie Meador, Sophomore, Forward, 3.2 ppg, 3.5 rpg
Amanda Moore, Sophomore, Guard, 4.7 ppg
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 69.7 (127th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 59.3 (37, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 41.3 (130, 2)
Field-Goal Defense: 38.7 (97, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 10.0 (2, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 34.6 (55, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 66.5 (259, 8)
Rebound Margin: -4.0 (278, 8)
Assists Per Game: 14.0 (131, 3)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.3 (36, 2)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013 NIT First Round loss to Winthrop
2012 NCAA Round of 64 loss to St. Bonaventure
2011 NIT Round of 64 win over Drexel
2011 NIT Round of 32 loss to Florida
2010 NIT Round of 64 loss to Miami
2009 NIT First Round win over George Washington
2009 NIT Second Round loss to South Florida
2008 NIT First Round win over South Florida
2008 NIT Second Round loss to Florida
*all team stats through 3/6
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