MIAMI (January 27, 2018) -- FIU will look to win its first game on the road in six attempts this season when the Panthers face Marshall at the Cam Henderson Center Sunday. The Conference USA women's basketball rematch, the first of the season for FIU, tips at 1 p.m. The Panthers took out the Thundering Herd back in Miami on January 7, in a 67-54 result.
 
The win would give FIU its fifth sweep of a Conference USA opponent in its fifth season of league membership, and close the gap in the all-time series, which Marshall leads 5-3. Both teams enter at 6-13 overall, but FIU is 3-3 in Conference USA, while Marshall is the league's only winless team in conference, at 0-6.
 
Both programs are coming off of losses, but on a staggered schedule. The Panthers were at home Thursday against UAB, while the Thundering Herd played Friday night at home. Marshall is finishing a three-game homestand, while FIU is beginning a three-game road swing. This is the third Conference USA rematch of the year.
 
The Panthers lost at home Thursday by 10 points to UAB, 71-61. The Panthers held the top-shooting team in the league to a .342 shooting night, but allowed 16 offensive rebounds and 18 second-chance points. Kiandre'a Pound had a season-high 24 points, and 13 rebounds for her eighth double-double of this season.
 
Marshall allowed Middle Tennessee to shoot .542 on the road, while shooting .378 at home in a 16-point loss, 73-57, Friday night. The Thundering Herd got behind 21-11 after the first period and only won the fourth by six points. Guard Shayna Gore led Marshall with 17 points, with Talequia Hamilton adding 14. The Herd hit 15 of 16 free throws, but allowed MT to hit 13 three-point field goals.
 
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