Head Coach Anthony Evans

Is Coach Ballard, the right man for the job?

By Xavier Holloway/Staff Writer     Because of the newly hired men’s basketball head coach Jeremy Ballard, there is a fresh air of hope and enthusiasm surrounding the ball club with just six weeks away from their first game of the regular season on Wednesday, Nov. 7, when the Panthers face the Webber Warriors at […]

Panthers win their fifth-straight home game by defeating Rice 67-64

By Nicholas Poblete/Asst. Sports Director   The men’s basketball team ended its 2017-18 home schedule with a 67-64 victory over the Rice Owls (6-23), on Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. For the first time since joining Conference USA, the Panthers won their final five conference home games, finishing with a 10-7 […]

Men’s basketball falls short to long-time conference rival

Jasmine Casimir // Asst. Sports Director The Panthers couldn’t get it done after losing another Conference USA game to rival Florida Atlantic University 83-65. The team now drops to 5-16 overall for the season. With a bye week coming up, the Panthers will travel to Norfolk, VA, to face Old Dominion University on Feb. 2, […]

FIU’s big three deliver in win over FAU

In FIU and FAU’s previous meeting this season, Diaz scored a game-high 23 points while his Panthers crushed the Owls 76-59 in the C-USA opener. This weekend’s game was a far cry from that hopeful beginning of the conference stretch.

Panthers come close, lose in final seconds

What doomed FIU was a 20-7 run in the final 5:36 of the game in which they allowed Johnson to play the hero as he scored 16 points in the final stretch.

Panthers lose perfect home record versus Stetson

On a night where offense came easy against a resilient Stetson University team, the men’s basketball team’s own mistakes cost them their perfect home record and suffered a tough loss.

FIU improves to 2-0 after win over Florida Memorial

FIU’s veterans got the job done during the game. Senior forward Daviyon Draper led the Panthers in scoring with 19 points. Senior center Adrian Diaz was dominant on the boards against a smaller Lions team.

Slow start deadly for Panthers as they fall to the Mean Green

A strong second half fell seconds short of a victory as senior Tymell Murphy scored a career-high 31 points in a losing effort, as the Panthers lost to North Texas, 65-63. Down by six at hafltime and with only eight points to show, Murphy battled through and help lead a comeback but the duo of […]

‘Underrated’ Spaniard continues to rise

The word that has been unanimously used to describe the career of junior guard Marco Porcher Jimenez is “underrated” by his coach, his teammates and himself. “I think that it is true that he is underrated,” Head Coach Anthony Evans said. “I think Marco has a skill not a lot of people have to shoot […]

Panthers look to regain momentum versus last years Cinderella

The Panthers will begin a tough three game schedule Saturday as they welcome last season’s sweet-sixteen opponent Florida Gulf Coast to the Lime Court. The group failed to hold on to the ball Tuesday night as they gave up 23 turnovers to Nova Southeastern University, en route to a 77-59 loss. FIU will learn from […]

Class organizes discussion forum for petition to repeal Stand Your Ground law

On April 18, students, University faculty and staff and the community gathered in the Mary Ann Wolfe Theater for “Standing on the Side of Love and Justice : For Trayvon Martin.”
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