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MIAMI (Dec. 6, 2013) - Three Panthers scored in double-figures as the FIU women's basketball team (2-5) defeated the Prairie View A&M Panthers, 77-52, Friday night from Lime Court at U.S. Century Bank Arena.

Senior Jerica Coley registered 25 points, while going a perfect 8-for-8 from the line. The two-time Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and 2013-14 Conference USA Preseason Player of the Year extended her streak to 37-straight games scoring in double-figures, dating back to her junior year. It's the 29th time since the 2012-13 season that Coley has scored 20-or-more points.

Junior Kamika Idom scored 13 points, one-point shy of her season-high, going 4-of-8 from the floor and a perfect 3-of-3 from the line. Redshirt sophomore Brianna Wright scored eight points, while collecting a season-high tying 11 boards. Junior Tynia McKinzie went 4-of-5 from the charity stripe, adding 10 points and eight rebounds, as sophomore Taylor Shade dished out a career-high seven assists, while tallying seven points.

The two sets of Panthers went basket-for-basket through the first six minutes, before junior Zsofia Labady knocked down back-to-back jumpers, pulling FIU within one, 9-8, at the 14:30 mark. A Coley jumper from the paint with 11:47 to play gave FIU its first lead of the night. A half court pass from Coley to Shade resulted in Shade drawing the charge and hitting both free throws, as the Panthers trailed by one, 17-16, with nine minutes to go in the half. Idom drained a shot from beyond the arc on the following possession, putting FIU ahead, 19-17. Shade then put the Panthers up by a then-high five points, 23-19, from a layup with just under six minutes remaining. Coley, on the following possession, drained her first trey of the night. FIU held a commanding 12-point, 33-21 lead after the first 20 minutes.

Coley shot a game-high 15 points in the first half, going 6-of-12 from the floor and a perfect 2-for-2 from the line. McKinze led the Panthers on the boards with five rebounds, while Shade collected an additional four boards. Shade and Labady each had four points apiece, with Shade netting both of her free throws. FIU shot 39.4 percent from the floor (13-of-33) and hit 83 percent of its free throws (5-of-6).

FIU went on a 7-0 run to open the second half. Idom's layup with just over 16 minutes in the game, followed by a Wright jumper on the following possession, gave FIU a 19-point, 42-23, lead. Redshirt junior Arielle Durant and Idom sank back-to-back baskets from 3-point land with just over 13:50 to play, putting FIU ahead, 48-25. Shade then added a trey of her own with 12:21 to play, as FIU held a 56-29. Wright knocked down a jumper with 9:44 to play, courtesy of an assist by Shade, who juked the PVAMU defender from just inside the 3-point line before dishing the ball to Wright. FIU led by 30 points, 62-32. Freshman Nikolina Todorovic recorded her first collegiate points with 1:36 to go, as the Bosnia and Herzegovina native drained a jumper from just inside the line, giving FIU a 73-45 lead.

FIU led from 8:23 in the first on, via a 3-pointer from Idom. The Panthers shot 41 percent for the night, converting 26-of-63 from the floor, while hitting 91 percent of its shots from the line (21-of-23). Four different Panthers shot a 1.000 clip from the charity stripe. FIU's bench scored a season-high 26 points in a game which saw five lead changes. FIU out-rebounded PVAMU 49-33 and held a slight edge in steals, 12-10 and blocks, 6-5.

The Panthers next travel to Tennessee Tech on Dec. 16. Tipoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET from the Eblen Center in Cookeville, Tenn.

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