WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 1, 2017) -- FIU women's basketball continues its road trip to the D.C. area with a Saturday afternoon tilt at Howard. The game tips at 2 p.m. at historic Burr Gymnasium. FIU is 2-5 on the season, while the Bison are 1-5.
 
FIU and Howard have played three previous times, all FIU wins, meeting last in 1998. The teams have had trouble rebounding versus opponents this year, both with a negative rebounding margin over 10 per game. The Bison are blocking shots at an incredible rate, nearly five per game (55th in the NCAA), but their assist-to-turnover ratio is less than .500 this season. FIU has scored 70 points in both wins this season.
 
On Wednesday, the Panthers saw freshman Shante Walker score her first 20-point game, but after a 31-all halftime score, FIU shot .286 in the second half and fell 77-56 at Georgetown to start this mid-Atlantic road trip. 
 
The Bison got their first win of the season, thanks to a 19-7 second quarter that got Howard a 38-20 halftime lead. Despite allowing Fairleigh-Dickinson to score 29 in the fourth, the Bison held on for the three-point win, 68-65. Howard had a season-high 16 assists in the Tuesday win.
 
A live video link is available at FIUSports.com.
 
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/.