David Drucker/Staff Writer David Drucker speaks to C-USA scoring champ Dennis Mavin For senior guard Dennis Mavin, leading all Conference USA players in scoring wasn’t the goal – it just came with the territory of being a leader. The Gainesville native entered the 2014-2015 men’s basketball season with high expectations. He would have to […]
David Drucker/Staff Writer The men’s basketball team was eliminated from the Conference USA Tournament on Thursday in a 71-83 defeat to the University of Texas at El Paso Miners. The loss comes on the second day of the event after senior guard Dennis Mavin hit a half-court buzzer-beater to down the University of Texas at […]
David Drucker/Staff Writer The men’s basketball team (15-16, 8-10 in Conference USA) stunned the University of Alabama-Birmingham Blazers (16-15, 12-6 in C-USA) at FIU Arena in a 70-66 victory on Saturday night. Junior forward Adrian Diaz notched the school’s first recorded triple-double with 14 points, 12 rebounds, and a University-high 13 blocks in the win. […]
David Drucker/Staff Writer Sophomore guard Ray Rodriguez talks about cutting turnovers. The Panthers (13-14, 6-8 in Conference USA) will travel to West Virginia to play the Marshall University Thundering Herd on Thursday February 26. Senior guard Dennis Mavin will look to guide the Panthers back to a .500 record again during their last road trip […]
David Drucker/Staff Writer The men’s basketball team (13-13) pulled out a last-minute 60-56 victory over the Rice University Owls on Thursday night. Sophomore guard Ray Rodriguez drained a three with 22.6 left in the contest to win the game and guide the Panthers back to .500. Rodriguez was featured as a starter in the game alongside […]
David Drucker/Staff Writer The men’s basketball team (11-12) will travel to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to play the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles (6-16) on Thursday, Feb. 12. Both teams will be looking to move on from botched comebacks in their last games and claim a win in a late-season Conference USA matchup. The Panthers will likely look […]
David Drucker/Contributing Writer Dennis Mavin discusses the final shot. The men’s basketball team dropped to 11-12 after a 67-64 defeat to the University of Texas at El Paso Miners (16-7) on Saturday night. Although the Panthers managed to catch up and even take the lead once, they weren’t […]
David Drucker/Contributing Writer The men’s basketball team suffered a 74-63 defeat at the hands of the University of Texas at San Antonio on Thursday. Florida International University (11-11, 4-5 in Conference USA) blew a 35-26 halftime lead and committed 26 turnovers in the loss. Junior Adrian Diaz had himself another impressive double-double, scoring 22 points […]
By Jacob Spiwak/Staff Writer The student section at FIU Arena was electric as the Panthers completed their season sweep of Conference USA rival Florida Atlantic University with a 64-56 victory Tuesday night. While the score ended up only being an 8-point difference, the Panthers were in control for almost the entire game. The first half […]
David Drucker/Contributing Writer The men’s basketball team fell to the Old Dominion University 71-56 on Thursday night. Junior forward Adrian Diaz’s 17 points were not enough for the Panthers (9-10) to topple the Monarchs (16-4) as his team failed to pull off a second half comeback. Old Dominion was able to maintain control for most […]
By David Drucker/Contributing Writer The men’s basketball team dropped a close game on Saturday against their Conference USA opponent Western Kentucky University in a 65-58 defeat. The Hilltoppers (12-5) improved to 5-0 in Conference USA while the Panthers (9-9) struggled to break free of Western Kentucky’s full-court press the entire second half. “We didn’t have […]
By David Drucker/Contributing Writer The Panthers defeated the Marshall University Thundering Herd in a 66-62 overtime thriller on Thursday. Despite the Thundering Herd’s barrage of three-pointers in the first half, the Panthers survived and used a combination of solid defense and stellar second-half play by junior forward Adrian Diaz and senior guard Dennis Mavin to […]
