GAME NOTES

MIAMI (Feb. 25, 2015) – The women's basketball team (3-22, 0-14 C-USA) will play its second to last home game of the season when it hosts Marshall (15-10 C-USA) on National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The game will tip off from Lime Court at FIU Arena at 6 p.m. ET.
 
PROMOTIONS
Thursday's game will be FIU's National Girls and Women in Sports Day. All female fans who attend the game will receive a free NGWSD t-shirt.
 
THE BROADCAST
Thursday's game will be broadcasted live via Panther Vision on FIUSports.com . The game can also be heard on the FIU Sport Radio Network with Pete Pelegrin announcing the action. There will also be live updates throughout the game available on Twitter at @FIUWBasketball.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Thursday's game will be the fourth meeting between FIU and Marshall. The Panthers hold the 2-1 advantage in the series, but the Panthers were edged by the Herd earlier in the season, 67-61, for their only loss in the series. The first meeting between the two teams came back in 2014 at the UCF Christmas Classic in Orlando, Fla. This will be the second time FIU and Marshall face off in Miami.
 
SCOUTING FIU
FIU returns home after dropping back-to-back road contests to take on the Marshall Thundering Herd. The two road losses officially outsted the Panthers from this year's Conference USA Championships. Thursday's game will serve as National Girls and Women in Sports Day and is one of two remaining contests in Miami for the season. Last time out, FIU dropped a 77-61 decision at North Texas Saturday afternoon. Three FIU players finished in double-figures, led by redshirt freshman Kiandre'a Pound who had 19. She was joined by seniors Zsofia Labady and Marita Davydova, who added 12 and 10, respectively. Labady's 12 points were a season-best and one point shy of her career-high 13. The trio led FIU in rebounding with a combined 20, led by Davydova's nine. Pound continues to lead the team for the season (15.0 pg) and Davydova leads the Panthers on the boards (9.8 rpg).
 
SCOUTING MARSHALL
Marshall's three-game losing skid was snapped last Saturday with a 71-52 victory over UAB. Senior A.J. Johnson had 21 points to fuel the Herd offense in the win against the Blazers. Fellow seniors Leah Scott and Ezeigbo Chukwuka also contributed double-figures with 15 and 10 points, respectively. Four players average double-digit scoring figures for the season with Scott leading the way at 14.1 points-per-game, while Chukwuka is one of three players in the conference to average a double-double with 10.5 points and 10.5 rebounds-per-game. The Thundering Herd is one of the best defensive teams in the league as they lead C-USA in field goal percentage defense holding their opponents to 37.0 percent from the floor. As a team, Marshall averages 66.0 points-per-game and 40.7 rebounds-per-contest.
 
 
POUND EARNS LEAGUE LEADING SIXTH C-USA FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK NOD
Redshirt freshman Kiandre'a Pound was named the Conference USA Women's Basketball Freshman of the Week for the sixth time this season, the league announced this afternoon. She is the only player in FIU history to garner a conference weekly award more than four times in one season. Pound posted two double-digit scoring efforts on the week to average 20.0 points per game on 41.9 percent shooting from the field (13-of-31), 60.0 percent (3-of-5) from three point range and 78.6 percent from the free throw line. The redshirt freshman's 21 points at Rice (Feb. 19) and 19 points at North Texas (Feb. 21) were the 18th and 19th time in 25 games she has reached double figures this season. In the outing at Rice, Pound posted 10 rebounds to notch her eighth double-double on the year. For the week, Pound averaged 7.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 0.5 blocks. The Vero Beach, Fla., native continues to lead the Panther offensive threat with an average of 15.0 points per game, raking 10th in the conference.
 
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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/.