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MIAMI (Feb. 28, 2015) – The women's basketball team fell to (RV) WKU, 88-47, on senior night from Lime Court at FIU Arena. With the loss, the Panthers drop to 3-24 overall 0-16 against Conference USA opponents, while the win brings the Lady Toppers to 25-4 on the season and 13-2 in league play.
 
Senior Marita Davydova went out with a bang notching her 20th career double-double with 13 points and 12 rebounds. She was one of two Panthers in double-figures as redshirt freshman Kiandre'a Pound added 13 points while hitting six-of-eight attempts from the field. WKU had four players finish in double-figure points, led by freshman Tashia Brown with a game-high 19.
 
FIU opened the game on fire with an 11-3 run over the first three-and-a-half minutes of play. WKU stopped the damage with a jumper from the key that ignited a 12-2 run over five minutes to take its first lead of the night. The Lady Topper lead eventually grew to 14 with about 5:33 to play in the first as the Panthers were held scoreless for almost five minutes. Pound ended the dry spell with a layup, but WKU continued to drive as it went into halftime with a 37-18 advantage.
 
After being held scoreless for the final 2:53 of the first half, FIU came out of the break Labady came out and knocked down a three-pointer to start the second, but the Lady Toppers responded with back-to-back baskets to take 23-point lead. WKU slowly extended it out to 30 with 12:06 left to go. The Panthers pulled back within 24, but the Lady Toppers were too much to handle.
 
For the game, FIU shot 34.5 percent (34-of-55), while WKU hit 60.7 percent (37-of-61) of its attempts. The Lady Toppers edged out the Panthers in rebounds, 37-27, and had 16 second-chance points and 48 points in the paint.
 
FIU will close out the 2014-15 regular season on the road when it first travels to Murfreesboro Tenn., to face off against Middle Tennessee. Tipoff between the old rivals is set for 9 p.m. ET.
 
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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/.