Peter Holland Jr. // Asst. Sports Director The Panthers are looking to snap a two-game losing streak as they go on the road to face first place in Conference USA, Western Kentucky University on Saturday, Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m. Final score prediction FIU 42 WKU 39 The Panthers showed that they can compete with […]
Kevin Castaneda/staff writer For the last 13 years, FIU stewed in the bottom of the Sun Belt Conference rankings. They were not supposed to get a first-round bye this year. They were not supposed to make it out of their first game in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament, against Arkansas-Little Rock. They were not supposed […]
Kevin Castaneda/staff writer The FIU men’s basketball team defeated No.1 Middle Tennessee 61-57 in the Sun Belt Conference tournament semi-finalson March 10 to advance to the championship round for the first time in school history. The Panthers had every opportunity to collapse like they did on Jan. 31 against the Blue Raiders, giving up a […]
Patrick Chalvire/staff writer FIU continued their dominance at home as the Panthers defeated the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 87-82 at the U.S. Century Bank Arena in Feb.16, bringing their record to 9-1 in their last ten home games. In a nationally televised game, FIU came home hoping to rebound after losing on the road to Troy […]
Ruben Palacios/Staff Writer Junior Jerica Coley led all scorers with 38 points on 14 of 22 shooting from the field as the Panthers blew out Western Kentucky 72-53 at the U.S. Century Bank Arena. The Panthers improved to 17-9 (11-6 SBC) while the Hilltoppers dropped to 18-7 (11-5 SBC). In the nationally televised rematch between […]
Kevin Castaneda/staff writer The Troy Trojans showed no love on Valentine’s Day after handing the FIU men’s basketball team their third consecutive road loss, 69-61. It also marked the second game in a row that FIU’s shooting guard Malik Smith was held to only four points. The game started out extremely slow as neither team […]
