Game Details
Alabama A&M 58, FIU 51
Records: FIU 1-4, AAMU 3-2.
Saturday, November 25 | 12 p.m. | Miami | Ocean Bank Convocation Center

The Basics

-        In a first-ever meeting between programs, Alabama A&M took down FIU 58-51 to open the 2017 FIU Women's Basketball Thanksgiving Tournament in Miami.

-        Both teams played aggressive defense and stymied the other's offense in the contest, as neither team could muster a shooting percentage over .350 in the contest.

-        Despite trailing for more than 32 minutes in the game, AAMU closed on an 8-0 run in the final 1:58 to steal the road victory.

-        The third started with AAMU putting together an 8-1 run to get its first lead of the game with 5:18 in the period, but FIU answered with an 8-2 run to regain the lead. FIU led by as many as seven in the game, but allowed a game-high 20 points in the fourth quarter to the Lady Bulldogs.

-        Redshirt junior Kiandre'a Pound (Gifford, Florida / Sebastian River HS) produced her second double-double of the season with 10 points and 12 rebounds. The 12 boards are a season-high for any Panther in 2017.

-        Freshman Callie Cavanaugh (Holyoke, Massachusetts) led the Panthers with 11 points. She added seven rebounds.

-        FIU was limited to .291 shooting on the afternoon. The Lady Bulldogs shot .438 in the second half and finished at .338 for the game.

Stat of the Match                              
The Panthers finished 1-for-15 from three-point range. The .300 fourth-quarter was their best of the game. 

From the Sideline
"This loss was particularly disappointing," said FIU Head Coach Tiara Malcom. "We allowed them to do everything that we said we wanted to stop. We settled for outside shots when they weren't rolling. At halftime, I wanted the ball to move more and we came right out and did the opposite."

Next Up                                                            
FIU finishes the two-day tournament with a game versus either Hartford or Charleston Southern at approximately 2 p.m.

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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/.