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BOCA RATON, Fla. (Jan. 24, 2015) – The women's basketball team dropped a 77-63 decision at Florida Atlantic from FAU Arena on Saturday. With the loss, the Panthers drop to 3-14 overall and 0-6 in Conference USA play, while the win lifts the Owls to 9-8 on the season and 3-3 against league opponents.
 
Redshirt freshman Kiandre'a Pound scored in double-figures for the third-straight game to lead FIU in scoring with a career-high 29 points, while senior Marita Davydova was just shy of double-double with 10 points and eight rebounds. Also contributing double-figure scoring digits was junior Taylor Shade with 11. Florida Atlantic was led by sophomore Shaneese Bailey who had 25 points.
 
For the game, FIU was 38.1 percent (24-of-63) from the floor, while FAU hit 50.0 percent (34-of-68) of its attempts. The Panthers out-rebounded the Owls, 45-42, but only had 15 second chance points. In addition, 50 of the Owls' 77 points came in the paint.
 
Both teams opened the game exchanging the first couple of baskets until the Owls went on a 8-0 run over a two minute span to take an 11-5 lead at the 15:12 mark. FAU kept its lead for the rest of the half, pulling ahead by as many as 21 with 2:33 left.  After remaining scoreless for almost four minutes, the Panthers headed into the locker room on an 11-2 run as they pulled back with 14 after Shade hit a long three as time expired.
 
After the Panthers hit the first basket of the half, the Owls responded with a basket of their own. FIU seemed to get a groove going as it pulled within 12 with 18:33 left to play, but for every basket the Panthers made, FAU responded and kept the double-digit lead. FIU pulled back within 12 at the 5.24 point and had multiple chances to close the gap, but could not convert on a field-goal attempt for over three minutes.  The Panthers pulled back within 12 with about 1:31 remaining, but again could not take advantage of the opportunities on offense.
 
FIU returns to Miami for the first of two consecutive home games when it hosts Old Domination on Thursday, Jan. 29. The game will tip off at 6 p.m. from Lime Court at FIU Arena.
 
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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/.