Game Details
Elon 85, FIU 87 3OT
FIU (1-2), Elon (2-2)
Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 | 6:30 p.m. ET
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | UWM Panther Arena
Black & Gold Shootout – Day One
 
The Basics
- The FIU men's basketball team took its show on the road for the first time during the 2017-18 season in the first of three games at the Black & Gold Shootout in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, hosted by UW Milwaukee. The Panthers took the court on day one of the shootout against Elon, dropping a heartbreaking 95-87 triple-overtime thriller to the Phoenix. FIU was unable to hold a 13-point second-half lead. It was the Panthers' second-straight loss.
 
- The Panthers placed four players in the double-figure scoring column, led by Eric Lockett (Warner Robins, Georgia) with a career-high 21 points. Isaiah Banks (Conyers, Georgia) added a career-best 17 points, Brian Beard, Jr. (Rancho Cucamonga, California) a career-best 16 points and Trejon Jacob (Raleigh, North Carolina) 10 points. Lockett also grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds for his first career double-double in a Panthers' uniform.
 
- FIU shot 51.5 percent (17-for-33) in the first half, including 38.9 percent (7-for-18) en route to a 43-39 lead at the intermission. That percentage would level as the Panthers finished the game hitting for 40.5 percent (34-of-84) from the field on the night and 32.4 percent (12-for-37) from long range. However, FIU's Achilles' heel on the night would be its 46.7 percent (7-for-15) shooting from the free-throw line.
 
- The Panthers led by as many as 13 points in the second half, 53-40, on a layup by Beard, Jr. and then with 7:29 left in regulation, 61-48, on a Cordell Veira (Etobioke, Canada) three-pointer. FIU would then be outscored 18-5 through the end of regulation, capped by a Dmitri Thompson three with five seconds left in regulation.
 
- Elon had a chance to win the game at the end of the first overtime after Beard, Jr. missed the second of his two free throws with eight seconds left on the clock. The Phoenix's Steven Santa Ana took the rebound off the miss and threw the ball the length of the court to Brian Dawkins who was running up the middle of the floor. Dawkins looked to have an uncontested layup, however Lockett got back defensively and blocked the shot at the buzzer.
 
- After each team scored just four points apiece in the second overtime, Elon broke away in the third outscoring the Panthers 16-8 for the win. 
 
Stat of the Game
After shooting 51.5 percent (17-for-33) in the first half, the Panthers went 17-for-51 (33.3 percent) in the second half and through overtime in the loss.
 
Notable
- Tonight's starters for FIU versus Elon were: guard Josh Stamps (Chicago, Illinois), guard Brian Beard, Jr., guard Eric Lockett, forward Hassan Hussein (Lorton, Virginia), forward Elhadji Dieng (Mbour, Senegal).

- Three players for the Panthers played 47 or more minutes against the Phoenix. Hussein and Stamps each played 47 minutes, while Lockett logged 50 minutes.

- Cordell Veira hit his first career three-point shot in the first half en route to his six points on the night.

- FIU's 43 first-half points was the most scored in a first half since the Panthers netted 43 in the first stanza against North Florida on Dec. 21, 2016, and the most scored in a half since recording 46 in the second half against UTEP on Feb. 25, 2017.

- Lockett's career-high 21 points marks his third-straight double-figure scoring performance and the seventh of his career.

- Beard, Jr.'s career-high 16 points was his second-straight double-digit performance.

- FIU played its second-straight overtime game of the season, and the second-consecutive extra-session game against Elon (L, 84-81 ot, Nov. 30, 2016).

- Tonight's triple-overtime game is the longest game for FIU since a five-overtime game against UALR (W, 116-114) on Jan. 30, 2005, and the second longest in school history.      
                                                                                                                       
Up Next
The Panthers will get back to work on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. ET when it returns to the hardwood to face the host UW Milwaukee. The matchup, against the other Panthers in the Shootout, can be seen on ESPN 3. FIU closes out the event on Nov. 19 at 2 p.m. ET against Concordia-St. Paul. The Panthers return home to the Ocean Bank Convocation Center to butt heads with 2017 Final Four participant, South Carolina on Nov. 27 at 7 p.m. (CBSSN). The Gamecocks are led by FIU alum, and Miami native, Frank Martin ('93).  


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