Miami, Fla.-  The 2022-23 season will continue for the FIU women's basketball as the Panthers take on East Tennessee State University in the first round of the Women's Basketball Invitational this Friday, March 17 in Lexington, Kentucky at 12 p.m. ET. at the Clive M. Beck Center.
 
This marks the second postseason berth in just three seasons for head coach Jesyka Burks-Wiley at FIU. The Panthers went 2-1 in the 2021 WBI, defeating Abilene Christian and Manhattan to win the consolation tournament title two seasons ago.

FIU (12-18) will take on ETSU (23-9) out of the Southern Conference in the first game of the tournament and with a win would move on to play the winner of New Mexico State and Illinois-Chicago. Second-round action takes place on Saturday, March 18 with the final day of competition being held on Sunday, March 19.

The Panthers finished the season as one of the top scoring teams in Conference USA averaging 69.03 points per game while making the fifth most three pointers in the conference (183). FIU finished second in C-USA averaging 38.80 rebounds per game (2nd in C-USA) and led the league averaging 14.7 offensive boards per game.  



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