Game Details
Morgan State 62, FIU 51
Records: FIU 2-7, Morgan State 6-3.
Monday, December 4 | 5:30 p.m. | Baltimore, Md. | Hill Fieldhouse

The Basics                                   

-        FIU lost its third of three games on its mid-Atlantic road trip, falling 62-51 Monday afternoon in NCAA women's basketball action. FIU is now 2-7 on the season. Morgan State improved to 6-3, winners of six in a row at home, dating back to last season.

-        Redshirt junior Kiandre'a Pound (Gifford, Florida / Sebastian River HS) finished with 17 points and eight rebounds. She hit six of 12 field-goal attempts, the best shooting mark for any Panther for the afternoon.

-        The Panthers had trouble finding the bottom of the net early on, starting 1-for-10 from the floor. After a Panthers' timeout and quick refresher of the game plan, FIU hit its last four attempts to pull to within six at the quarter break, 16-10.

-        The Panthers tried to run a little more in the second, but missed layups cost the team on several possessions. FIU was 6-for-18 in the second quarter, while the Lady Bears were a scorching 9-for-18 (.500) and extended the lead to 13 at intermission, 38-25. It was FIU's lowest-scoring first half of the season.

-        FIU shot its best quarter of the game in the third, but the Lady Bears had twice as many shot attempts due to six FIU turnovers and three MSU offensive rebounds.

-        The Panthers outscored Morgan State 13-10 in the fourth, but the margin was too great to overcome.

-        In addition to Pound's 17, freshman Callie Cavanaugh (Holyoke, Massachusetts) scored 10 and a season-high 10 came from freshman Cabria Lee (Lake Worth, Florida / Northeast HS). Lee finished with a season-best three assists and hit her first collegiate three-point bucket in the game.

Stat of the Match
FIU had 10 more free-throw attempts and eight more rebounds, but MSU gained a 20-point edge in points in the paint, along with eight blocks.

From the Sideline
"We really lacked energy today," said FIU Head Coach Tiara Malcom. "Toughness has been an issue and we really didn't focus on what we worked on defensively. Once we got down, we just could not get back in the game today."

Next Up                                                            
FIU will take a break for exams and resume play on December 17, with a 3 p.m. tipoff against USF. The home game was moved to Nova Southeastern's Rick Case Arena due to facilities conflicts on campus.

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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/.