FIU hits the road for the final time in non-conference action with a Wednesday tilt at USF. Tip time is set for 7 p.m. from Tampa, Florida's USF Sun Dome. The Bulls enter play at a perfect 4-0, while the Panthers come in off their first win of the year Sunday and enter at 1-4.

USF is 12-8 all-time versus FIU. The Bulls have won six in a row against FIU, including the last meeting between the programs, in round two of the 2012 WNIT, a 77-61 win in Tampa.
 
FIU's victory was a 59-57 win over Robert Morris to conclude the FIU Thanksgiving Tournament in Miami. During the tournament, redshirt sophomore Kiandre'a Pound (Gifford, Florida / Sebastian River HS) secured the Panthers' first double-double of the season with 13 points and 14 rebounds. Her rebound total was one off her career high. The Panthers had three players in double figures, including a career high from freshman Kayla Rogers (Jacksonville, Florida / Jean Ribault HS), who scored 12 points.
 
Entering play, freshman Alexis Gordon (Palm Bay, Florida / Covenant Christian HS) leads the team with a 12.0 points-per-game average, which ties her for 16^th in Conference USA entering this week. She is second in the league by making 2.8 three-point field goals per game and fourth in the league with a .424 three-point shooting percentage. Pound's 6.2 rebounding average is also 16^th in C-USA and is the team-high average. Rogers has only missed one free throw and is third in the league with a .929 free throw shooting percentage. Gordon and sophomore Kristian Hudson (Birmingham, Alabama) are second and third in the league in minutes played, both near 37 minutes per game. As a team, the Panthers sit second in Conference USA with a .364 three-point shooting percentage.
 
The Bulls improved to 4-0 and took the Junkaroo Jam Lucaya Division Title with an 81-65 win over Georgia on Saturday in the Bahamas. Sophomore Kitija Lakasa scored 34 points for the second time this season, thanks to her school-record-tying eight three-point basket mark. She averages 25 points per game in her first four for the Bulls. Ariadna Pujol scored 20-or-more points in her third-straight game, with 23 to average 19 per game.
 
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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/.