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MIAMI (Jan. 31, 2015) – The women's basketball team fell, 81-62, on Saturday evening from Lime Court at FIU Arena. With the loss, the Panthers dip to 3-16 overall and 0-8 against Conference USA opponents, while the win lifts the 49ers to 8-13 on the season and 4-5 in league play.
Senior
Marita Davydova led FIU with a career-high 21 points, while junior
Taylor Shade added 14 points. Davydova also had a game-best 13 rebounds, while senior
Zsofia Labady dished out a team-high five assists. Charlotte had three players register double-digit scoring figures, led by senior Hillary Sigmon with 19 points.
It was a back-and-forth affair over the first six-and-a-half minutes as there were three ties and three lead changes. A 49er three sparked a 7-0 Charlotte run over the next three minutes that gave them an eight-point advantage. The Panthers hit four-consecutive free throws that pulled them back within three. However, 9-0 offensive attack gave Charlotte a 12-point lead with 7:41remaining in the first. After a four minute scoring drought, the Panther offense seemed to come alive after an 11-3 run that pulled them with in four with
3:06 left to play. Charlotte responded yet again with another 9-0 run to close the first.
The 49ers wasted no time picking up where it left off, going four-for-four from the field to open the second half to take a 19-point lead. Charlotte continued to build on its lead eventually going ahead by as many as 22 twice in the game. FIU pulled back within 12 with
3:34 remaining after an 8-0 run, but three-consecutive Panther turnovers that turned into seven Charlotte points. With a 19-point deficit and less than two minutes remaining, FIU could not recover and fell, 81-62.
For the game, Panthers shot 42.9 percent (21-of-49), while the 49ers were 53.0 percent (35-of-66) from the floor. FIU shot better from the free throw line as the Panthers hit 19-of-25 attempts (76.0 percent) compared to Charlotte's 7-for-11 (63.6 percent). FIU out-rebounded Charlotte 37-30 and had 12 second chance points, but the balanced 49er scoring attack received 26 bench points, compared to only five from the Panthers.
Next up, FIU will take to the road, heading to San Antonio to face UTSA
on Thursday, Feb. 6. The Panthers and the Roadrunners will tip off
at 8 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/.
