GAME 26: FIU vs. UTSA
Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016 | 7 p.m.
Lime Court at FIU Arena | Miami, Fla.
 
FIU PANTHERS
Record: 11-14, 5-7 C-USA
Last Game: L, 84-74 vs. UTEP, February 11, 2016
Head Coach: Anthony Evans
Alma Mater: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1994 
Career Record: 141-141/ninth season
Record at FIU: 42-47/third season
 
UTSA ROADRUNNERS
Record: 4-21, 2-10 C-USA
Last Game: L, 79-73 at Florida Atlantic, February 11, 2016
Head Coach: Brooks Thompson
Alma Mater: Oklahoma State, 1994
Career Record: 187-186/12th season
Record at school: 132-172/10th season
                               
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: PantherVision
Pete Pelegrin (Play-by-play)
Radio/Audio: FIU Sports Radio Network
Pete Pelegrin (Play-by-play)
Live Stats: FIUSports.com           
Series: FIU leads series, 3-2
Twitter: @FIUHoops
Tickets: Call 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263). Single game tickets are $10 in advance and $12 on game day.
 
QUICK HITS
- FIU closes out its two-game homestand on Saturday night when the Panthers welcome UTSA to Lime Court at FIU Arena ... Tip off is slated for 7 p.m. ... FIU will look to end its five-game losing streak against the Roadrunners.
 
- The Panthers' five-game skid equals their longest losing streak of the year ... FIU also dropped five-straight from Nov. 30 through Dec. 19 ... Despite its losing streak, FIU is 7-7 in its last 14 games.
 
- FIU is coming off a tough 84-74 loss to UTEP on Thursday night ... Elmo Stephen scored a career-high tying 18 points to lead four Panthers in double figures ... Donte McGill chipped in with 16 points and Adrian Diaz and Daviyon Draper added 12 points apiece ... Draper also led the team on the glass grabbing seven rebounds.
 
- FIU is looking for its eighth win in its last 15 games, after starting the season 4-6 ... The Panthers are 11-14 on the year and 5-7 in Conference USA.
 
- McGill leads the team in scoring, averaging 15.6 points-per-game on the year, while Draper is a close second, netting 15.5 points per outing ... Diaz rounds out the double-digit scorers, averaging 15.4 points-per-contest, and paces the team on the glass, grabbing 7.6 rebounds-per-game.
 
UP NEXT FOR FIU
- Following its game with UTSA, FIU will hit the road again and travel back to the Lone Star state where it will face North Texas on Thursday, Feb. 18 (8 p.m. ET) and Rice on Feb. 20 (2 p.m. ET).
 
- The Panthers' second swing trip of the season to Texas marks the first two games of a three-straight on the road ... FIU will travel to Florida Atlantic during that stretch to face the Owls on Feb. 27 at 2 p.m. (ASN).
 
- The Panthers will return home on Thursday, March 3 at 7 p.m. when they meet UAB on Lime Court at FIU Arena, before welcoming Middle Tennessee to Miami on Saturday, March 5 at 6 p.m. to close out the regular season.
 
SCOUTING THE ROADRUNNERS
- UTSA comes into this week's games with a 4-21 record, and a 2-10 ledger in Conference USA games following its 79-73 loss at Florida Atlantic on Thursday ... The Roadrunners have dropped its last seven-straight - which started with a loss to FIU - and nine of their last 10 games.
 
- Christian Wilson is leading UTSA in scoring, averaging 18.3 points-per-game, while Ryan Bowie and J.R. Harris round out the double-figure scorers, netting 17.7 and 11.6 points-per-game, respectively ... Bowie also leads the Roadrunners on the glass, grabbing 7.1 rebounds-per-game.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST UTSA
- FIU and UTSA have met just five times all-time, with the Panthers leading the all-time series, 3-2 ... The Panthers are 0-2 in the all-time series at home, however won both of their games in San Antonio ... FIU is 1-0 in neutral site games.
 
- FIU defeated UTSA, 72-56, in its last meeting with the Roadrunners on Jan. 21 in San Antonio ... Donte McGill led three players in double figures with a game-high 23 points, while Adrian Diaz and Daviyon Draper added 12 and 11 points, respectively ... Draper also grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds for his fourth double-double of the season, and the fifth of his career ... All 10 of the Panthers' players found the scoring column.
 
- FIU handed the Roadrunners a heartbreaking loss to end UTSA's season, defeating the Roadrunners, 57-54, in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament in Birmingham on March 1, 2015 ... The Panthers' Dennis Mavin hit the game-winner on a half court buzzer beater.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE PANTHERS
- FIU is coming off a tough 84-74 loss to UTEP on Thursday night ... The setback marked the Panthers' fifth-straight loss.
 
- Elmo Stephen scored a career-high tying 18 points to lead four Panthers in double figures ... Donte McGill chipped in with 16 points and Adrian Diaz and Daviyon Draper added 12 points apiece ... Draper also led the team on the glass grabbing seven rebounds.
 
- The Panthers shot 49.1 percent (26-of-53) from the field, however, were snake bit from the free throw line hitting just 46.9 percent (15-of-32) of their shots.