MIAMI (Dec. 14, 2015) – The FIU women's basketball team (2-5) will travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to take on the Cleveland State Vikings (2-5) on Tuesday, Dec. 15, from the Wolstein Center. Tipoff is set for 11:00 a.m.
 
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The Panthers enter Tuesday's contest averaging 66.6 points-per-game on 41.2 percent shooting from the floor. FIU is allowing 79.1 points-per-game as the opposition is shooting 48.0 percent from the field.
 
Looking to pick up the team's first road victory of the year, FIU is led by Janka Hegedus, who is averaging 15.9 points-per-game, shooting 50.0 percent on the year. Senior Taylor Shade is totaling 13.3 points-per-game and leads the squad with 23 assists. Junior Tianah Alvarado rounds out the double-digit scorers for the Panthers, averaging 12.4 points-per-game. Alvarado is averaging 3.00 steals-per-game (No. 26 in the nation) and has shot a team-high 17 treys, converting 48.6 percent of her shots from beyond the arc (No. 18 in the nation).
 
Tuesday's game will be the fifth meeting all-time between the two schools with FIU holding a 3-1 edge in the series history. The last meeting between FIU and Cleveland State resulted in a 73-65 win for the Vikings on Nov. 23, 204 in Miami, Fla.
 
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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 Bank Field 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/.