GAME 12: FIU at BINGHAMTON
Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 | 7 p.m.
The Events Center | Vestal, N.Y.
 
FIU PANTHERS
Record: 4-7, 0-0 C-USA
Last Game: L, 78-75 (2ot) vs. Northern Illinois, December 19, 2015
Head Coach: Anthony Evans
Alma Mater: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1994 
Career Record: 134-134/ninth season
Record at FIU: 35-40/third season
 
BINGHAMTON BEARCATS
Record: 2-8, 0-0 America East
Last Game: L, 67-61 vs. St. Francis (Pa.), December 15, 2015
Head Coach: Tom Dempsey
Alma Mater: Susquehanna, 1997
Career Record: 225-201/14th season
Record at school: 18-84/fourth season
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: BUBearcats.com
Radio/Audio: BUBearcats.com
Live Stats: BUBearcats.com        
Series: First meeting
Twitter: @FIUHoops
Tickets: Binghamton Athletics Ticket Office (607) 777-BTIX (2849)
 
QUICK HITS
- FIU will play its third of three-straight road games - and the second game of a two-game road trip - when it faces Binghamton on Dec. 22 at 7 p.m. ... The Panthers look to snap its five-game losing streak, their longest such streak since the 2013-14 season.
 
- FIU is coming off a heartbreaking 78-75 double-overtime loss at Northern Illinois on Dec. 19 in DeKalb ... The extra session affair was the second in the last three games for the Panthers, and the third of the season (0-3).
 
- Adrian Diaz and Donte McGill lead FIU in scoring, netting 15.3 and 14.3 points-per-game, respectively ... Diaz also leads in rebounding, grabbing 8.6 per-outing.
 
- Diaz leads Conference USA, and is No. 1 in NCAA Division I (through game of Dec. 19), in blocked shots per game, averaging 3.8 rejections-per-outing ... He is also second the nation in total blocked shots (42).
 
- McGill is currently one of the hottest players on the team, averaging 17.8 points-per-game, on 56.5 percent (39-of-69) shooting from the field, including 63.6 percent (7-of-11), from behind the arc, in his last six outings ... He has scored 20-plus points in three of his last six games, and in double figures in all six, and six of his last eight.
 
SCOUTING THE BEARCATS
- Binghamton comes into its game with FIU posting a 2-8 record, and losers of their last four games ... The first setback of that four-game stretch was a 76-33 loss to current No. 1 ranked Michigan State on Dec. 5 in East Lansing ... The Bearcats most recently dropped a 67-61 decision to St. Francis (Pa.) on Dec. 15.
 
- Willie Rodriguez leads three players in double figures, averaging 14.4 points-per-game, while Everson Davis is netting 10.8 points-per-outing ... Marlon Beck II rounds out the double-figure scorers scoring 10.7 points-per-game ... Rodriguez also leads the team in scoring, grabbing 5.9 rebounds-per-game.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST BINGHAMTON
- Tuesday night's game between FIU and Binghamton will be the first meeting between the two schools.
 
FIU vs. THE AMERICA EAST
- FIU comes into its game with Binghamton with a 1-5 (.167) record all-time against teams currently in the America East Conference ... The Panthers have played Maryland-Baltimore County the most - three times - with the Retrievers holding a 2-1 series advantage ... The last America East team to face FIU was Hartford, handing the Panthers an 82-69 loss on Dec. 21, 2014 in the Constitution State.
 
UP NEXT FOR THE PANTHERS
- Following Tuesday's meeting with Binghamton, the Panthers will take a few days off for Christmas break before returning to action on Dec. 29 at 7 p.m. against Florida A&M on Lime Court at FIU Arena.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE PANTHERS
- FIU dropped its fifth straight game when Northern Illinois handed the Panthers a heartbreaking 78-75 double-overtime loss on Dec. 19 in DeKalb ... FIU's skid is the longest losing streak since the 2013-14 season.
 
- Donte McGill scored a game-high 23 points – all coming in the second half and overtime – and Elmo Stephen netted a career-high 15 points, in just his second game with FIU ... Kimar Williams also added a career-high 13 points, and Daviyon Draper chipped in with 10 points ... Draper also grabbed a team-high 10 rebounds for his second career double-double with the Panthers.
 
- FIU's leading scorer, Adrian Diaz, played just 17 minutes in the game, and scored just seven points, after finding himself in foul trouble ... He fouled out of the contest with 5:29 left in regulation.
 
- The Panthers shot just 38.5 percent (25-of-65) from the field, including 38.1 percent (8-of-21) from behind the three-point arc, and 70.8 percent (17-of-24) from the free-throw line.