IRVING, Texas (March 5, 2017) -- Following the completion of the regular season, FIU freshman guard Alexis Gordon (Palm Bay, Florida / Covenant Christian) was today named to the 2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball All-Freshman Team. The team is voted on by the league's head coaches and media members from outlets that cover each school.
 
"We are all very excited for Lex," said FIU Head Coach Tiara Malcom. "All season long, she was asked to do a number of things for us, including playing a large amount of minutes and scoring. She is very deserving of this award, but it is also a testament to the support of her teammates."
 
Gordon was the highest-scoring freshman among several talented newcomers on the FIU squad. She averaged 9.1 points and led the team with 61 made three-point baskets for the season. Her 31.9-minutes-per-game average was second-most on the squad.
 
She was ninth overall among all C-USA players with an average of 2.1 threes made per game. In C-USA games only, she was tied for 13^th, with 1.7 per game.
 
Gordon was one of four Panthers to play in every game, and her 26 starts were tied for second-most on the team.
 
Gordon scored a season-high 21 points when she hit a team-season-high six three-point field goals in a home loss to Georgetown on November 22. It was her first-career start and she played 39 minutes, a season-high for a regulation game.
 
In FIU's triple-overtime win over UTEP, Gordon played 52 minutes, scoring 15 points including a 4-for-8 day behind the arc.
 
Gordon joins Nikolina Todorovic in selection to an end-of-season conference honor. Todorovic was selected to the In-Touch Credit Union 2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball All-Academic Team earlier in the week.
 
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About FIU Athletics: FIU Athletics is home to more than 400 student-athletes in 18 different sports. Athletic events are played in seven different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including FIU Arena and at the FIU Football Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.