By Brandon Gonzalez | Contributing Writer Guard Ashton Williamson announced his commitment to play for Coach Jeremy Ballard and the Panthers in the upcoming 2024-2025 season on X on May 28, 2024. This comes after spending a post-graduate year at Sunrise Christian Academy in Wichita, Kansas. Williamson, originally from Indiana, played for two years at […]
By Brett Shweky/Sports Director Behind the efforts of Laquincy Rideau, the South Florida Bulls held off a potential FIU comeback Tuesday, Dec. 18 at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center to defeat the Panthers 82-73. Rideau scored a team-high 28 points while also nailing a career-best four 3-pointers. The junior guard also brought in […]
By Xavier Holloway/Asst. Sports Director With the FIU basketball program barreling its way into the exciting month of December filled with scheduled opponents such as Arkansas, University of South Florida, and Ohio, the Panthers’ already established camaraderie will be the key to garnering a successful run. “We’re a big family,” said senior guard […]
By Xavier Holloway/Asst. Sports Director The Panthers blew out Webber International in their first match of the regular season last Wednesday night, 110-84, to improve their record to 1-0 on the season. First year head coach Jeremy Ballard credited the players all-in approach to Ballard’s coaching philosophy of constantly competing with a high […]
By Brett Shweky/Sports Director Fueled by their high paced offense and their intense defense, first-year head coach Jeremy Ballard and the FIU men’s basketball team tip-offed the 2018-2019 season with a dominating 110-84 win over the Webber International Warriors on Wednesday, Nov. 7 at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. “Great first win. The […]
By Xavier Holloway/Asst. Sports Director The opening week of the men’s basketball regular season has finally arrived, and the Panthers are looking to get their first win of the season against a low-tier Sun Conference opponent in Webber International. The Warriors will open the 2018-19 campaign without the team’s last season’s leading scorer, Osandai […]
By Brett Shweky/Sports Director Intensity, energy and enthusiasm are just a few words being said by the newly guided FIU Panthers as first-year head basketball coach Jeremy Ballard has begun setting the foundation for his new program. “High intensity is a non-negotiable for us when it comes to practice and games,” said […]
By Xavier Holloway/Asst. Sports Director Associate head coach David Cason holds nothing back in his approach of making sure the team gets the best out of their players on the defensive side of the ball. “He brings it every day and sets an example for our guys to come out to practice with […]
By Brett Shweky/Sports Director Jeremy Ballard’s first recruiting class is in the books, and with the first-year head coach trying to implement his new culture, he must overcome the difficulties of erasing the past foundation. “You know it’s tough. I think there’s a preconceived notion of what FIU is as a basketball program, […]
By Xavier Holloway/Asst. Sports Director As the men’s basketball season is rapidly approaching, FIU Panthers head coach Jeremy Ballard is concentrated on the teams’ present and future by implementing a new culture. However, when asked if the first year head coach was looking to adjust any or multiple elements of the program from […]
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 […]
By Xavier Holloway/Staff Writer Freshly hired men’s basketball head coach, Jeremy Ballard, has aggressively started his FIU tenure by signing a pair of talented transfers this offseason. Both transfers are shooting guards, 6-foot-3 guard Marcus Burwell from Virginia, and 6-foot-1 guard Cameron Corcoran from Little Rock University. Marcus Burwell, a standout from Northeastern Junior College, […]
