GAME 23: FIU at UAB
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016 | 7 p.m. (ET)
Bartow Arena | Birmingham, Ala. | American Sports Network
 
FIU PANTHERS
Record: 11-11, 5-4 C-USA
Last Game: L, 64-60 vs. Old Dominion, January 30, 2016
Head Coach: Anthony Evans
Alma Mater: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1994 
Career Record: 141-138/ninth season
Record at FIU: 42-44/third season
 
UAB BLAZERS
Record: 18-4, 8-1 C-USA
Last Game: W, 81-78 at Marshall, January 30, 2016
Head Coach: Jerrod Haase
Alma Mater: Kansas, 1997
Career Record: 72-50/fourth season
Record at school: Same
 
GAMEDAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: American Sports Network
Dave Armstrong (Play-by-play)
Tim Scarborough (Color commentary)
Radio/Audio: None
Live Stats: UABSports.com         
Series: FIU leads series, 2-1
Twitter: @FIUHoops
Tickets: For ticket information on the FIU-UAB game, call (205) 975-UAB1 
 
QUICK HITS
- FIU will look to snap it's two-game losing streak when it travels to Birmingham to face UAB on Thursday, Feb. 4 ... Tip off at Bartow Arena is slated for 7 p.m. (ET) with the game being televised live on the American Sports Network ... The contest will be the first of a two-game road trip for the Panthers, the second of which will be against Middle Tennessee on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m. (ET).
 
- The Panthers are coming off a disappointing 64-60 loss to Old Dominion on Saturday ... Adrian Diaz paced FIU with 21 points while Daviyon Draper added 19 points and a team-high eight rebounds ... Despite the loss, the Panthers have still won seven of their last 11 games.
 
- FIU is looking for its eighth win in their last 12 games, after starting the season 4-6 ... The Panthers are 11-11 on the year and 5-4 in Conference USA ... FIU's 5

-4 conference slate is its best league start since the 1999-2000 season when FIU started the Sun Belt season 5-4.
 
- Donte McGill leads the team in scoring, averaging 16.1 points-per-game, just ahead of Diaz who is netting 16.0 points-per-outing ... Draper rounds out the Panthers' double-digit scorers, averaging 15.1 points-per-contest.
 
- McGill has also scored 20-or-more points in six of his last 12 games, and eight of his last 17.
 
UP NEXT FOR FIU
- Following its game at UAB, FIU will head to Murfreesboro to butt heads with Middle Tennessee on Saturday, Feb. 6 ... Tipoff is slated for 7 p.m. (ET).
 
- FIU will return home on Thursday, Feb. 11 to face UTEP, before welcoming UTSA to Lime Court at FIU Arena on Feb. 13 ... Both games tip off at 7 p.m.
 
SCOUTING THE BLAZERS
- UAB, the top team in Conference USA, comes into its meeting with the Panthers following a thrilling 81-78 win at Marshall on Saturday ... The win was the Blazers' 15th in their last 16 games ... UAB is currently 12-0 at home.
 
- Dirk Williams led five UAB players with double-digit points against Marshall, netting 16 points ... Robert Brown and Nick Norton added 15 and 14 points, respectively while Chris Cokley and William Lee chipped in with 13 points apiece ... Tosin Mehinti grabbed 10 rebounds in the win.
 
- Cokley leads three UAB players in double figures averaging 13.8 points-per-game ... Brown and Lee are netting 13.1 points- and 10.2 points per-game, respectively ... Cokley also paces the team on the boards, grabbing 6.4 rebounds-per-game on the year. 
 
THE SERIES AGAINST UAB
- FIU holds a slight 2-1 series lead in all-time meetings with UAB, with both wins coming in Miami.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE PANTHERS
- FIU comes into Thursday's game with UAB on the heels of a disappointing 64-60 loss to Old Dominion on Jan. 30 ... The setback was the Panthers' second straight, and third in their last five games.
 
- Adrian Diaz led the way for FIU with 21 points on 8-of-11 (72.7 percent) shooting from the field and 5-of-7 (71.4 percent) from the free throw line ... Daviyon Draper also chipped in with 19 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
 
- FIU was outrebounded, 43-29, including 20-8 on the offensive boards ... The 20 offensive rebounds for the Monarchs led to a 22-10 advantage for ODU in second chance points ... In addition, the Monarchs' bench outscored the Panthers' reserves, 20-7.