GAME NUMBER SIX: LIU BROOKLYN at FIU
Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015, 7 p.m.
Lime Court at FIU Arena, Miami, Fla
 
FIU PANTHERS
Record  3-2, 0-0 C-USA
Last Game: L, 76-70 (ot) vs. Oral Roberts, November 22, 2015
Head Coach: Anthony Evans
Alma Mater: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1994 
Career Record: 133-129/ninth season
Record at FIU: 34-35/third season
 
LIU BROOKLYN BLACKBIRDS
Record  3-0, 0-0 Northeast Conference
Last Game: W, 78-77 N.C. Central, November 22, 2015
Head Coach: Jack Perri
Alma Mater: Bently, 1998
Career Record: 64-61/fifth season
Record at school: 44-52/fourth season
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: ASN (American Sports Network)
Mike Gleason (play-by-play), Chris Walker (color)
Radio/Audio: PantherVision
Pete Pelegrin (play-by-play)
Live Stats: FIUSports.com            
Serie: Series tied 1-1
Twitter: @FIUHoops
Tickets: 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263), Single game tickets are $10 in advance and $12 on game day.
 
SCOUTING THE BLACKBIRDS
- LIU Brooklyn comes into Wednesday's game with FIU boasting a 3-0 record with wins over Loyola Maryland (71-68) on Nov. 16, Maine (84-79) on Nov. 19, and North Carolina Central (78-77) on Nov. 22.
 
- The Blackbirds place four players in double-figures, led by Mart Hermannsson who is averaging 17.3 points-per-game ... Jerome Frink is a close second netting 17.0-points-per contest, while Aakim Saintil and Joel Hernandez are averaging 14.0 and 11.7 points-per-game, respectively.
 
- Frink is LIUs top rebounder grabbing 7.7 boards-pergame, while Nura Zanna is second on the glass grabbing 7.3 rebounds per contest.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST LIU BROOKLYN
- FIU and LIU Brooklyn have met just twice all-time with the series tied at one-game apiece ... The Panthers defeated the Blackbirds in the inaugural meeting, 54-50, on Dec. 28, 2001 at FIU Arena ... LIU took the last meeting, 69-58, last season on Dec. 18, 2014 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
 
LAST YEAR VS. THE BLACKBIRDS
- FIU and LIU met for just the second time ever last season,  at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, with the Blackbirds coming out on top, 69-58.
 
- The Panthers trailed by as many as 15 points, but rallied and would take a four-point lead in the second half ... LIU Brooklyn finished the game on a 30-15 run though to earn the victory.
 
- Senior guard Dennis Mavin led the way for the Panthers, scoring 12 points to go along with seven rebounds and four assists ... Senior Marco Porcher Jimenez tallied 11 points and made three from downtown, while junior Tashawn Desir scored 11 points and was 5-of-7 from the field.
 
- FIU shot 43 percent (24-of-55) from the field while allowing the Blackbirds to make 44 percent (23-of52) of their shots, the second most allowed by an FIU team to that point of the season (Louisville shot 57 percent on Dec. 5.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS
- Following a brief break for Thanksgiving, the Panthers will get back to action, with the second game of its four-game home stand, when it faces Stetson on Nov. 30 at 7 p.m.
 
- FIU is 14-6 all-time against Stetson dating back to the 1990-91 season ... The Panthers have won their last seven games against the Hatters, and nine of their last 11.
 
- FIU will also face Elon (Dec. 4, 7 p.m.) and Florida Gulf Coast (Dec. 6, 3:30 p.m., ASN) during the home stand.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE PANTHERS
- FIU is coming off a tough, hard-fought 76-70 overtime loss to Oral Roberts, on Nov. 22, during the final day of the JMU Men Against Breast Cancer Classic in Harrisonburg, Va.
 
- FIU placed four players in double-figures in the scoring column for the second time in a three-game stretch ... Adrian Diaz, Cameron Smith and Jason Boswell all scored 14 points apiece, while Kimar Williams added 10 points in the loss ... Ray Rodriguez chipped in with nine points.
 
- Williams sent the game to overtime after hitting the front-end of two free throws with 17 seconds remaining in regulation ... He then got his own rebound, on the missed attempt, and converted a driving baseline layup with 14 seconds on the clock to knot the game at 62-all ... Williams scored all six of the Panthers' points in the final 51 seconds of regulation.
 
- FIU shot 40.3 percent (25-of-62) from the field and 47.1 percent (8-of-17) from three-point range in the game ... The Panthers also turned the ball over 14 times leading to 18 Oral Roberts points.