MIAMI (November 14, 2016) -- FIU women's basketball plays its first game away from Lime Court at FIU Arena in the 2016 road opener, at FGCU Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in Fort Myers. The game, which will be streamed live on ESPN3, is the eighth all-time meeting between the two programs.
 
FIU took a 17-point loss Friday night in the season-opening home game, 69-52, to UCF. The Panthers shot well from three-point range (6-for-13, 46.2 percent) and recorded five blocks, but the home team struggled to rebound (15 total) and had 13 more turnovers than the Knights in the home loss. The team also hit 10 of its 12 free attempts in the contest.
 
In the game, FIU got 16 points from returning sophomore point guard Kristian Hudson (Birmingham, Alabama) and 13 in the return of 2015 Conference USA Freshman of the Year Kiandre'a Pound (Gifford, Florida / Sebastian River HS), who missed the entire 2015-16 campaign.
 
FGCU played a pair of games in the state of Connecticut last weekend, losing the opener by 10 points at Quinnipiac and winning by seven at Hartford Sunday. The Eagles, who lost nine players to graduation in last season's program-record 30- win campaign, have not gotten off to a hot start from behind the arc, shooting just 24.1 percent through two contests.
 
FGCU has won all previous seven meetings in the all-time series, including all three games at Alico Arena.
 
The Panthers return home the following Tuesday at 7 p.m. in a contest against Georgetown. It will be the Hoyas' first game at FIU after a pair of contests at the start of the century in the nation's capital.  
 
For women's basketball ticket information, contact the FIU Ticket Office at 305-FIU-GAME or log onto www.FIUSports.com.
 
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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 at the FIU Football Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is recognized as a Carnegie engaged university. Its colleges and schools offer more than 180 bachelor¹s, master¹s and doctoral programs in fields such as engineering, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU is Worlds Ahead in its local and global engagement, finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission. FIU has awarded 200,000 degrees and enrolls 50,000 students in two campuses and three centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell and the Miami Beach Urban Studios. FIU is a member of Conference USA and has 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.