BALTIMORE (December 3, 2017) -- FIU women's basketball completes its three-game road trip to the mid-Atlantic with a Monday afternoon contest at Morgan State. Tip time is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. from the Hill Fieldhouse. FIU is 2-6 on the season, while the Lady Bears are 5-3.
 
FIU has lost all three road games, while the Lady Bears have not lost at home in four games this season. As a team, Morgan State shoots better than 40 percent from the field, but the Lady Bears allow opponents better than a 40 percent shooting mark. Morgan State averages nearly 10 steals per game. FIU is 0-2 against MSU's conference opponents (Bethune-Cookman, Howard) from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
 
The Panthers got double-doubles from Kristian Hudson and Kiandre'a Pound, but fourth-quarter shooting woes were too much to overcome in a 69-62 loss at Howard Saturday. FIU had four players scoring in double figures for the second-straight time this season, both road games. FIU had a season-best 16 team assists in the game.
 
The Lady Bears won their fifth-straight game at home, dating back to last season, in a 55-43 win over New Jersey Tech Saturday. MSU shot .434 from the floor and held NJIT to just eight fourth-quarter points in the 12-point win. 
 
Live video and audio links are 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.
 
Fans are encouraged to follow the Panthers on Twitter (@FIUWBB) and become a fan on Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUWBasketball) for all the latest FIU women's basketball news. Follow all of FIU's 18 athletic teams on Google+ (FIU Athletics), Twitter (@FIUAthletics), Facebook (Facebook.com/FIUSports), YouTube (FIUPanthers), and Instagram (FIUathletics).
 
#####
 
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/.