DALLAS (Oct. 26, 2020) – With women's basketball season just around the corner, head coach Jesyka Burks-Wiley and the Panthers announced the 2021 Conference USA slate on Monday.
 
For the web version of the schedule, click here.

"I am really excited that the conference has finalized our schedule," Coach Burks-Wiley said. "We have some truly great teams in Conference USA and I'm looking forward to getting FIU back in that conversation."

This season, C-USA will move to a new 18-game regular season format for conference play that focuses on the health and safety of student-athletes. In this format, schools will play two games per visit at four select C-USA schools and host four select teams for a two-game series, while playing a rival opponent one time home and away.
 
The Panthers will begin the conference campaign on the road at Old Dominion (Dec. 31 & Jan. 2) before returning to Miami for a two-game set with visiting Middle Tennessee (Jan. 7 & Jan. 9). The home-and-home series with FAU is slated to begin on Jan. 14 with a trip up the coast to Boca Raton before the return visit to Miami, occurring on Jan. 16. A trip to Marshall (Jan. 21 & Jan. 23) and a home series with Charlotte (Jan. 28 & Jan. 30) closes out the first month of C-USA play.
 
February opens with back-to-back weekends against Lone Star State teams as the Panthers head to San Antonio to play UTSA (Feb. 4 & Feb. 6) before returning to Ocean Bank Convocation Center for a two-game set against UTEP (Feb. 11 & Feb. 13). To close out the conference slate, FIU will travel to Southern Miss (Feb. 18 & Feb. 20) before ending the season at home against WKU (Feb. 25 and Feb. 27) with Senior Day scheduled for Feb. 27.   
 
The 2021 C-USA Basketball Championships will take place March 10-13, hosted by the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas.
 
FIU enters its first season in the Burks-Wiley era, as she becomes the eighth coach in the program's history. Burks-Wiley joins the Panthers after spending the past three seasons as an assistant coach with the South Florida Bulls. FIU will be the sixth coaching stop for Burks-Wiley, as the former professional forward has spent time at Nebraska-Omaha (2012-13), UMass-Lowell (2013-14), Brown (2014-16), Boston College (2016-17) and USF (2017-20).
  
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2020-21 Conference USA Schedule
Dec. 31 - at Old Dominion
Jan. 2 - at Old Dominion
Jan. 7 - Middle Tennessee
Jan. 9 - Middle Tennessee
Jan. 14 - at Florida Atlantic
Jan. 16 - Florida Atlantic
Jan. 21 - at Marshall
Jan. 23 - at Marshall
Jan. 28 - Charlotte
Jan. 30 - Charlotte
Feb. 4 - at UTSA
Feb 6 - at UTSA
Feb. 11 - UTEP
Feb. 13 - UTEP
Feb. 18 - at Southern Miss
Feb. 20 - at Southern Miss
Feb 25 - WKU
Feb. 27 - WKU 
Mar. 10-13 - Conference USA Championships