GAME 18: FIU vs. UTSA
Saturday, January 14, 2017 | 4 p.m. (ET)
UTSA Convocation Center | San Antonio, Texas | Spectrum Sports
 
FIU PANTHERS
Record: 4-13, 0-4 C-USA
Last Game: L, 88-87 (2ot) at UTEP, January 12, 2017
Head Coach: Anthony Evans
Alma Mater: St. Thomas Aquinas, 1994 
Career Record: 147-159/10th season
Record at FIU: 48-65/Fourth season
Top Players: Donte McGill (18.8 ppg, 43.8% FG), Michael Kessens (14.8 ppg, 9.8 rpg)
               
UTSA ROADRUNNERS
Record: 8-9, 3-1 C-USA
Last Game: W, 68-63 vs. Florida Atlantic, January 12, 2017
Head Coach: Steve Henson
Alma Mater: Kansas State, 1990
Career Record: 8-9/First season
Record at school: Same
Top Players: Jeff Beverly (15.8 ppg, 6.3 rpg), Nick Billingsley (11.1 ppg, 3.0 rpg)
 
GAME DAY INFORMATION
TV/Video: Spectrum Sports (San Antonio)
Radio/Audio: UTEPathletics.com
Tom Franklin (Play-by-play)
Jeff Power (Color analyst )
Live Stats: FIUSports.com
Series: FIU leads series, 4-2
Twitter: @FIUHoops
Tickets: For ticket information, contact the UTSA athletic ticket office at (210) 458-UTSA (8872).
 
QUICK HITS
- The FIU men's basketball team closes out its three-game road stretch on Saturday, Jan. 14 when it travels to San Antonio, Texas, to face UTSA ... Tipoff at the UTSA Convocation Center is slated for 4 p.m. (ET) ... This is FIU's only trip to the Lone Star State after making two Texas swing trips during the 2015-16 campaign (UTSA/UTEP and North Texas/Rice).
 
- The Panthers are coming off a 88-87 double overtime loss to UTEP on Thursday night in El Paso ... The extra session affair was FIU's fourth overtime game of the season (0-4), with all four being decided by five points or less ... The Panthers placed six players in double figures, led by a career-high 16 points from Kimar Williams.
 
- Michael Kessens added 15 points against the Miners before fouling out of the game with 2:24 left in regulation ... Eric Nottage and Hassan Hussein each scored 13 points in the loss, with Hussein's point total marking a career-high ... Eric Lockett tied his career-high with 12 points and Elmo Stephen added 10 points.
 
- McGill leads the team in scoring through 17 games this season, averaging 18.8 points-per-contest ... Kessens is netting 14.2 points-per-game, good enough for second on the team, and a team-high 9.8 rebounds-per-outing ... His rebounding average is tops in Conference USA ... Eric Nottage is third in scoring, averaging 10.0 points-per-game.
 
- Anthony Evans is in his fourth season as head coach of the Panthers, and his 10th season overall ... FIU's game against Georgia Southern on Dec. 15 was Evans' 300th of his head coaching career.
 
UP NEXT FOR FIU
- Following Saturday's game with UTSA, FIU will return home on Jan. 19, when they face defending Conference USA Tournament champion Middle Tennessee (7 p.m.) and then UAB on Jan. 21 (7 p.m.).
 
SCOUTING UTSA
- UTSA comes into its game with FIU with an 8-9 record and a 3-1 mark in Conference USA play ... The Roadrunners already surpassed their win total posted last season (5-27) ... UTSA has won five of its last six and six of its last eight games after starting the season 2-7.
 
- Jeff Beverly leads two players in double figures in the scoring column, averaging 15.8 points-per-game and Nick Billingsley is scoring 11.1 points-per-contest ... Byron Frohnen, who is fourth on the team in scoring at an 7.7 point-per-game clip, is also the team's top rebounder, grabbing 6.5 boards-per-contest.
 
THE SERIES AGAINST THE ROADRUNNERS
- FIU and UTSA have met just six times all-time, with the Panthers leading the all-time series, 4-2 ... The Panthers are 1-2 in the all-time series at home, however FIU won both of its games in San Antonio ... FIU is 1-0 in neutral site games ... The Panthers are winners of their last three-straight against the Roadrunners.
 
LAST YEAR AGAINST UTSA
- FIU swept the season series with UTSA last year with a 72-56 win in San Antonio on Jan. 23 and a 79-65 victory in Miami on Feb. 13.
 
LAST TIME OUT FOR THE PANTHERS
- The Panthers are coming off a 88-87 double overtime loss to UTEP on Thursday night in El Paso ... The extra session affair was FIU's fourth overtime game of the season (0-4), with all four being decided by five points or less ... The Panthers placed six players in double figures, led by a career-high 16 points from Kimar Williams.
 
- Michael Kessens added 15 points against the Miners before fouling out of the game with 2:24 left in regulation ... Eric Nottage and Hassan Hussein each scored 13 points in the loss, with Hussein's point total marking a career-high ... Eric Lockett tied his career-high with 12 points and Elmo Stephen added 10 points.
 
- The Panthers shot 44.8 percent (30-of-67) from the field, however just 29.2 percent (7-of-24) from behind the three-point arc ... FIU was 76.9 percent (20-of-26) from the charity stripe.
 
- UTEP outrebounded FIU 47-35, including 14-8 on the offensive glass, leading to 16 second chance points.