Game Details
FIU 77, Charleston Southern 70
Records: FIU 2-4, CSU 2-3.
Sunday, November 26 | 2 p.m. | Miami | Ocean Bank Convocation Center

The Basics

-        FIU quickly forgot an off-shooting game and responded Sunday with a 77-70 win over Charleston Southern in the final game of the FIU Women's Basketball Thanksgiving Tournament Sunday at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center.

-        The Panthers hit on seven of their first 10 attempts from the field, including their first two three-point tries. FIU outshot the Bucs .583 to .278 in the opening period. Freshman Lauryn Snipes (Wellington, Kansas) had seven of the Panthers' nine points in the game.

-        FIU held CSU without a field goal for six full minutes of game time from the last minute of the first to the midway point of the second quarter, putting together a 7-0 run in that span. The Panthers led CSU 30-25 at the half.  

-        Charleston Southern was the better team in the third quarter, scoring 13 of the first 18 points in the period to take the lead at the midway point. The lead changed four times in the final five minutes of the quarter.

-        The lead changed six more times in the fourth period, the last time on the first of three three-point field goals from sophomore Alexis Gordon (Palm Bay, Florida / Covenant Christian) in the frame. She finished with 12 points on 4-for-7 shooting from long range.

-        Redshirt junior Kiandre'a Pound (Gifford, Florida / Sebastian River HS) produced her third double-double of the season with 17 points and 11 rebounds. She was named to the All-Tournament Team for her efforts.

-        A season-high five Panthers finished with double digits in scoring. Freshman Shante Walker (West Park, Florida / South Broward) had her first-career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 12 rebounds. Snipes had 11 points and seven rebounds, both career-high totals.

-        FIU finished at .419 shooting from the field, including a .500 mark (6-for-12) from three-point range.

Stat of the Game                                 
FIU gathered a season-high 52 rebounds in the contest. That is the team's highest rebound total since recording 53 in a win over Wofford on December 21, 2014.                                 

From the Sideline
"I thought we did a good job of being resilient, playing through mistakes and listening to what we wanted to do in pressure situations," said FIU Head Coach Tiara Malcom. "It took a team effort and everyone in the game did what they needed to do. Today, we played hard and dove on the floor for the ball. When we play hard, good things tend to happen. Charleston Southern hit a bunch of shots, but it was how we responded when they scored that was important for us."

"We were getting on the floor for the ball and coach put an emphasis for us to rebound when we were on defense and she said it would lead to points, which it did," said Pound after the game. "I started slow, but my teammates kept picking me up and encouraging me and it got me to a place where I could play harder and produce for my team."

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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/.