Game Details
UTSA 100, FIU 67
FIU (14-10, 5-6 C-USA), UTSA (14-10, 8-3 C-USA)
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019 | 8 p.m. ET
San Antonio, Texas | UTSA Convocation Center
 
The Basics
- The FIU men's basketball team looked to win back-to-back games for the first time since November, however that will now have to wait as UTSA handed the Panthers a 100-67 loss at the UTSA Convocation Center in San Antonio on Thursday night. The loss was the Panthers' worst of the season. FIU drops to 14-10 on the year and 5-6 in Conference USA, while the Roadrunners improve to 14-10 overall and 8-3 in league play.
 
- Devon Andrews (Lorain, Ohio) and Brian Beard, Jr. (Rancho Cucamonga, California) each scored a team-high 14 points, while Phillip Smith (Potomac, Maryland) scored a career-high eight points. Osasumwen Osaghae (Miami, Florida) led the Panthers with a team-high nine rebounds. 
 
- UTSA came out of the locker room on fire in the first half using a 15-2 run to start the game and take control early on. The Roadrunners would never let FIU into the contest extending their lead to as many as 23 points in the first stanza, before taking a 50-30 lead into the locker room at the break. UTSA would push the lead to as many as 33 points, 80-47, in the second half, while outscoring the Panthers, 50-37 in the final 20 minutes.
 
- FIU finished the game shooting 40.0 percent from the field (26-for-65) while UTSA shot an impressive 58.0 percent (40-for-69) from the floor.
 
Notable
- Tonight's starters for FIU were: G Trejon Jacob (Raleigh, North Carolina); G Brian Beard, Jr. (Rancho Cucamonga, California); F Devon Andrews (Lorain, Ohio); F, Antonio Daye, Jr. (Durham, North Carolina); and C Osasumwen Osaghae (Miami, Florida) … FIU is 4-6 with this lineup on the year.

- FIU's loss was its worst of the season, surpassing the 32-point (121-89) setback at Arkansas on Dec. 1, and its worst since a 33-point loss to Louisiana Tec (75-42) on Feb. 14, 2015.

- Beard, Jr.'s three steals against the Roadrunners gives him 162 for his career … He is currently in sole possession of fourth all-time on FIU's career steals list surpassing Patrick McDonald (147, 1982-86) against Old Dominion on Jan. 12 … Next up is Dwight Stewart in third place (172, 1988-91).

- Brian Beard, Jr.'s 14 points marks his 48^th career double figure scoring game.

- In addition, Beard, Jr.'s four assists gives him 331 for his FIU career – in just 55 career games … He sits second on the Panthers' all-time assist list behind Carlos Arroyo (459, 1997-01).  

- Through tonight's game with UTSA, Osasumwen Osaghae has 94 career blocked shots, good enough for sole possession of third all-time in school history.    

- Phillip Smith (Potomac, Maryland) saw action in just his third game with the Panthers, tonight, and his first since Jan. 10 against Charlotte … Smith scored his first collegiate points, tonight against the Roadrunners, on a three-point shot in the first half … He finished with eight points. 

Up Next
The Panthers close out their two-game trip to Texas on Feb. 9, when they travel to El Paso to face UTEP ... Game time is 9 p.m. ET ... FIU will return home for its final two games before Conference USA Bonus Play begins, taking on Rice on Feb. 14, and North Texas on Feb. 16 ... Both games will begin at 7 p.m., with the North Texas game being Senior Day.

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