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MIAMI (Jan. 11, 2015) –  The women's basketball team fell to UAB, 68-45, Sunday afternoon from Lime Court at FIU Arena. With the loss, the Panthers sit at 3-11 overall and 0-3 in Conference USA play on the season.
 
FIU junior guard Destini Feagin led all Panther scorers with 12 points. Senior forward Marita Davydova also scored double-digits, contributing 11. Davydova also led the effort on the boards for FIU with 11 to record her fifth double-double of the season.
 
For the game, UAB shot 51.9 percent (28-of-54), while FIU was 31.7 percent (20-of-63) from the floor. The Blazers narrowly outrebounded the Panthers, 38-35, but UAB had 18 points from the bench while FIU only had eight.
 
Both teams got off to a sleepy start over the first two minutes of play, but things slowly heated up as they both hit three of their next three shots over the next four minutes. Three consecutive Blazer threes sparked a 15-4 run at the 12:41 mark in the first. The Panthers were held to only one field goal and over four minutes until a Tynia McKinzie layup ended the dry spell. With 7:31 remaining in the opening half, UAB continued its offensive tear as it embarked on a 13-4 run and headed into the locker room with a 39-21 lead.
 
The Blazers picked up right where they left off coming out of the break scoring the first basket of the second to take a 20-point lead. FIU responded with a 4-0 run; however, the Panthers had no answer for the Blazer offensive attack as they would pull ahead by as many as 25 with 6:09 remaining.  FIU pulled back within 14, but it would be too little too late as FIU fell 68-45.
 
Next up, the Panthers hit the road on Thursday, Jan. 15, traveling to Huntington W.Va., to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd. Tipoff for the conference contest is set for 6 p.m. ET.
 
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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 Ocean BankField at FIU Stadium.
 
 About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offer more than 180 bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes $8.9 billion each year to the local economy. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded over 200,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has over 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.