FGCU broke an 11-11 tie\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0by going on a commanding 23-6 run to take a 34-17 lead with approximately five minutes left in the first half. Though the Spartans (9-10, 1-3) then went on a 6-3 run of their own to narrow the lead to 37-23, FGCU closed out the half by outscoring Upstate 6-3 to go into halftime leading 43-26.<\/span><\/p>\n Katie Meador, who finished with career high 14 points on the night, had ten in the first half.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI was feeling good,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was a long day, and it felt great to come out and play.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n FGCU then started the second by outscoring Upstate 24-9 to take full control of the game with a 67-35 advantage and under ten minutes left to play.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI thought we played pretty well in the first half,\u201d Eagles coach Karl Smesko said. \u201cThey did a good job defensively and I thought we executed offensively. We didn\u2019t shoot great from 3-point range (6-19; 31.6% for the night) but we picked back up some points in transition. We take what the defense gives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Whitney Knight led all Eagles\u2019 scorers with 17 points. DyTiesha Dunson had 11 while Gradinjan Taylor had nine. Kaneisha Atwater and Jenna Cobb each added eight for FGCU.<\/span><\/p>\n Upstate\u2019s Raven Jefferson led all scorers with 20.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cOn different days, we have different players having really good nights,\u201d Smesko said. \u201cWe are getting good production from the bench.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Though the Eagles are on a good roll, Smesko seems more focused on the next game, then celebrating what his team has already accomplished.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWhen there is a next game, you really can\u2019t reflect,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will watch this game. We will learn from it. We will see some things we did well. We will see some things that we need to work on.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>If we don\u2019t play well, any team in this league can beat us.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Eagles are slated to out their 12-game winning streak on the line\u00a0on Saturday\u00a0as they host Kennesaw State at\u00a07 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By BILL LEVY For the Gulf Cost University women\u2019s basketball team, their win streak has reached 12 games by virtue of a convincing 79-61 victory over USC Upstate in front… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[114],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34635"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMG_5462-e1421986350574-200x300.jpg\" "\\"IMG_5462\\"")
For the Gulf Cost University women\u2019s basketball team, their win streak has reached 12 games by virtue of a convincing 79-61 victory over USC Upstate in front of 1,426 at the Alico Center\u00a0on Thursday\u00a0night. With the win, the Eagles improved to 17-2 overall and 4-0 in the Atlantic Sun Conference.<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The Eagles have not lost since December 29<\/span>th<\/span><\/sup>, when the fell to Ohio State 90-83 in double overtime. The win\u00a0on Wednesday\u00a0also marks the fifth straight season FGCU has gotten off to a 4-0 start to begin conference play.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n