MIAMI (November 18, 2017) -- FIU women's hoops plays the third contest of a five-game homestand Sunday when the Panthers welcome Air Force to the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, with a 2 p.m. tip.
 
FIU and Air Force have only met once in their program histories, an 83-78 AFA win down in Coral Gables, back in January of 1985. Both teams have started 0-3 this season.
 
Junior Kristian Hudson (Birmingham, Alabama) averages 19.7 points-per-game for the Panthers fifth-most in Conference USA this early in the season. Redshirt junior Kiandre'a Pound (Gifford, Florida / Sebastian River HS) is ninth in the league with a team-leading 8.0 rebounds.
 
The Falcons do not sport a double-digit scorer by average, with Kaelin Immel's 9.3 points leading the way. Miami Gardens native and Miami Norland graduate Dee Bennett leads the team in rebounding, with 7.7 per game.
 
FIU will host the FIU Thanksgiving Tournament next Saturday and Sunday to complete the homestand before the team's first road trip of the season, up to the Washington, D.C. area.
 
For women's basketball ticket information, contact the FIU Ticket Office at 305-FIU-GAME or log onto www.FIUSports.com.
 
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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 eight different venues on FIU's campuses (Modesto A. Maidique and Biscayne Bay), including Lime Court at FIU Arena and Riccardo Silva Stadium.
 
About FIU: Florida International University is classified by Carnegie as a "R1: Doctoral Universities - Highest Research Activity" and recognized as a Carnegie Community Engaged university. It is a public research university with colleges and schools that offers bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs in fields such as business, engineering, computer science, international relations, architecture, law and medicine. As one of South Florida's anchor institutions, FIU contributes almost $9 billion each year to the local economy and is ranked second in Florida in Forbes Magazine's "America's Best Employers" list. FIU graduates are consistently among the highest paid college graduates in Florida and are among the leaders of public and private organizations throughout South Florida. FIU is Worlds Ahead in finding solutions to the most challenging problems of our time. FIU emphasizes research as a major component of its mission with multiple state-of-the-art research facilities including the Wall of Wind Research and Testing Facility, FIU's Medina Aquarius Program and the Advanced Materials Engineering Research Institute.  FIU has awarded more than 220,000 degrees and enrolls more than 54,000 students in two campuses and centers including FIU Downtown on Brickell, FIU@I-75, the Miami Beach Urban Studios, and Tianjin, China. FIU also supports artistic and cultural engagement through its three museums: Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU, and the Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU. FIU is a member of Conference USA and more than 400 student-athletes participating in 18 sports. For more information about FIU, visit http://www.fiu.edu/.