Florida Gulf Coast Women’s Basketball 2019 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 

Florida Gulf Coast Eagles

Atlantic Sun (28-4, 16-0)

 
 
Big Wins: 11/25 vs American (90-71), 11/28 Houston (76-71), 2/9 at Liberty (65-64)
Bad Losses: 11/9 at South Dakota State (62-80), 12/21 UAB (60-62), 12/30 at Duke (41-57)
Coach: Karl Smesko
 
Probable Starters:
Keri Jewett-Giles, Junior, Guard, 12.4 ppg, 3.2 apg
Davion Wingate, Junior, Guard, 7.7 ppg
Nasrin Ulel, Junior, Guard/Forward, 14.9 ppg, 2.8 rpg
Destiny Washington, Senior, Guard/Forward, 9.5 ppg, 6.7 rpg, 1.5 bpg
Tytionia Adderly, Junior, Forward, 6.4 ppg, 8.7 rpg
 
Key Role Players:
Chandler Ryan, Sophomore, Guard, 6.7 ppg
Kerstie Phills, Sophomore, Guard,  5.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 76.4 (24th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 57.6 (38, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.7 (43, 1)  
Field-Goal Defense: 38.7 (115, 4)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 11.0 (3, 1)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 42.7 (112, 2)
Free-Throw Percentage: 69.0 (198, 6)
Rebound Margin: -0.1 (194, 4)
Assists Per Game: 16.0 (38, 1)
Turnovers Per Game: 12.8 (23, 1)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2018 NCAA Round of 64 win over Missouri
2018 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Stanford
2017 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Miami (FL)
2016 NIT First Round win over Bethune-Cookman
2016 NIT Second Round win over Wake Forest
2016 NIT Third Round win over Tulane
2016 NIT Quarterfinal win over Hofstra
2016 NIT Semifinal win over Michigan
2016 NIT Championship loss to South Dakota
2015 NCAA Round of 64 win over Oklahoma State
2015 NCAA Round of 32 loss to Florida State
2014 NCAA Round of 64 loss to Oklahoma State
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 3/7