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NelsonVSUNF
64
Winner FIU FIU 1-1,0-0 C-USA
59
Jacksonville JVille 0-3,0-0 ASUN
Winner
FIU FIU
1-1,0-0 C-USA
64
Final
59
Jacksonville JVille
0-3,0-0 ASUN
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
FIU FIU 14 22 15 13 64
Jacksonville JVille 13 10 21 15 59

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Nelson Powers FIU Over Jacksonville for Burks-Wiley’s First Win

Panthers split opening road trip

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Dec. 5, 2020) – For the first time in a full calendar year, the FIU women's basketball team earned a road win, as Kyla Nelson scored a career-high 23 points and the Panthers downed the Jacksonville Dolphins by a score of 64-59.
  
Saturday's game marked the first victory of the Jesyka Burks-Wiley era at FIU, as the first-year head coach officially capped her opening road trip with the Panthers.
 
With the win, FIU pulls even to 1-1 on the year while Jacksonville falls to 0-3.
 
Nelson led all players with 23 points going 7-10 from three-point range and a perfect 2-2 from the free throw line. Fujika Nimmo joined Nelson in double figures, scoring 11 points of her own. Emerald Ekpiteta led all Panthers with 10 boards and added six points in her first start at FIU.
 
After playing a close game for the majority of the first half, FIU finished the second quarter on a 10-3 run before heading into the locker room. The close play returned in the second half before a Diene Diane three-pointer with 45 seconds remaining sealed the historic Panther victory.
 
FIU returns to the friendly confines of the Ocean Bank Convocation Center on Monday, Dec. 14, for its home opener against Florida Memorial. Tip is slated for 7 p.m. ET. 
 
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