MIAMI (Dec. 21, 2015) – The FIU women's basketball team (2-6) will take on the No. 23/21 Miami Hurricanes (11-1) on Tuesday, Dec. 22, from the BankUnited Center. Tipoff is slated for 2 p.m.
 
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The Panthers will wrap up a current three-game road swing with the team's first contest versus the Hurricanes since the 2008-09 season. UM holds a 33-22 edge in the series history with the last meeting between the two squads resulting in a 66-49 win for Miami on Nov. 25, 2008. FIU has won two of the last three meetings with the Hurricanes.
 
FIU is coming off a 64-57 loss at Cleveland State on Tuesday, Dec. 15. Five Panthers scored in double-figures led by junior Tianah Alvarado's 13 points on 5-of-12 shooting from the floor. Senior Destini Feagin notched her first-career double-double, posting 10 points and grabbing a career-best 11 rebounds versus the Vikings. Also scoring in double-digits were junior Janka Hegedus (10), senior Taylor Shade (10) and freshman Kristian Hudson (10). Shade recorded a team-high four steals, while Hudson led all Panthers with four assists.
 
The Panthers enter Tuesday's contest, averaging 65.4 points-per-game on 41.8 percent shooting from the floor. Hegedus leads the team, averaging 15.1 points-per-game, shooting 84.4 percent. Shade comes into this week's contest averaging 12.9 points-per-game on 42.0 percent shooting. Alvarado rounds out the double-digit scorers, averaging 12.5 points-per-game. The St. Petersburg, Fla., native leads the team and Conference USA in steals, averaging 3.00 per game (No. 19 in the nation).
 
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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/.