Game Details
FIU 77, Concordia-St. Paul 67
FIU (2-3), Concordia-St. Paul (1-3)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | UWM Panther Arena
Black & Gold Shootout – Day Three
 
The Basics
- The FIU men's basketball team closed out the 2017 Black & Gold Shootout in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a 77-67 win over Concordia-St. Paul (CSP) on Sunday afternoon at the UWM Panther Arena. The Panthers improve to 2-3 on the year, while CSP moves to 1-3.
 
- Trejon Jacob (Raleigh, North Carolina) led the Panthers with a career-high 23 points, including 16 in the first half. Michael Douglas (Sachse, Texas) added a career-high 16 points.
 
- FIU never trailed during the first 20 minutes of action, but only led by as many as six points, 15-9, during the first eight minutes. The Panthers eventually extended its lead to double figures, using a 12-2 run in just over a four-minute stretch, to take an 11-point edge, 29-18, on a three-point shot by Michael Douglas with 7:33 left in the half. FIU extended the lead to 13 points when Eric Lockett (Warner Robins, Georgia) hit the first of two free-throw attempts with 1:31 left.
 
- Concordia-St. Paul didn't go away in the second half, cutting the FIU lead to as few as six points several times, the last coming with 12:31 left in the game. The Panthers, however, got the lead back to double figures on three-straight field goals on consecutive possessions by Ronald Whitaker (Washington, D.C.), the second coming from behind the three-point arc, to make the score 62-46 with 9:42 left. That was FIU's biggest lead of the game. The Golden Bears did not threaten the rest of the way.
 
- FIU finished the game shooting 45.5 percent (25-for-55) from the field and 37.5 percent (9-for-24) from behind the three-point arc.
 
The Turning Point
With Concordia-St. Paul looking to make a second-half run, Ronald Whitaker scored seven of his career-high nine points on three consecutive possessions to open the game up midway through the second half.
 
Stat of the Game
After three players scored 47 of FIU's 51 points in its loss to Milwaukee on Saturday night, five players scored at least nine points in Sunday's win over the Golden Bears. The Panthers' bench outscored Concordia-St. Paul, 29-12, en route to the win.
 
Notable
- Today's starters for FIU versus Concordia-St. Paul were: guard Trejon Jacob, guard Cordell Veira  (Etobioke, Canada), guard Eric Lockett (Warner Robins, Georgia), forward Hassan Hussein (Lorton, Virginia), forward Elhadji Dieng (Mbour, Senegal).

- FIU's win over the Golden Bears snaps its short three-game losing streak.

- FIU's win over CSP marks the first road non-conference or neutral site win for the Panthers since Dec. 22, 2015 when they handed Binghamton a 66-49 loss.

- Cordell Veira earned his first career start with the Panthers on Sunday against Concordia-St. Paul.

- Trejon Jacob has scored in double figures in all five of his games with FIU.

- Michael Douglas recorded his third double-figure scoring performance of his career with his 16 points against Concordia-St. Paul.

- Veira had a career day in his first collegiate start. In addition to his career-best nine points, Veira handed out a career-high four assists, playing in all but one minute. 
  
Up Next
The Panthers will get a week off before returning 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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