By Brett Shweky/Editor With the 2018-19 season in the rearview mirror for FIU, one aspect is blatantly obvious for the Panthers as they head into year two of the Jeremy Ballard era – the team will significantly miss graduating senior point guard Brian Beard Jr. Behind the impactful efforts of Beard Jr., the Panthers orchestrated […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor In his final game at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, senior point guard Brian Beard Jr. scored a team-high 24 points to help pace the Panthers over the North Texas Mean Green 73-58 on Sunday. Beard Jr. joined two other Panthers in the game in double-digit scoring with Devon Andrews and Trejon […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor With one game left on the regular season schedule for FIU, the Panthers are set to host the North Texas Mean Green on Saturday at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center before heading into the Conference USA Championship Tournament. FIU (18-12, 9-8 C-USA) comes into the contest aiming to complete the regular season […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Despite Osasumwen Osaghae’s career-high 19 points, the FIU Panthers had their four-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday at the Cam Henderson Center as they fell 94-78 against the Marshall Thundering Herd in their regular season road finale. A second half surge by Marshall ended up being the difference maker in the contest […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Following their fourth consecutive victory, the FIU Panthers are set to travel to Huntington, WV to square off against the Marshall Thundering Herd in their closing regular season road game. During the teams’ last matchup on Saturday, Jan. 19, the Thundering Herd (16-13, 9-7 Conference USA) made easy work of the Panthers […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Behind Devon Andrew’s game-high 21 points, FIU defeated the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 83-76 in a Sunday Bonus Play showdown as the Panthers completed the regular season sweep against their Conference USA foe. Andrews was instrumental for the Panthers (18-11, 9-7 C-USA) during the second half of the contest with him scoring […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor With game one of FIU’s Bonus Play schedule in the books, the Panthers are slated to host the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs for the second time this season on Sunday at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. The Panthers (17-11, Conference USA) enter the contest riding a three-game winning streak after defeating Rice, North […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor In their first game of Conference USA Bonus Play, the FIU Panthers edged out the rivaled FAU Owls 79-76 behind Antonio Daye Jr.’s career-high 22 points on Saturday, Feb. 23 in Boca Raton. The freshman guard made nine of his 14 shots while also going three for five from behind the three-point […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor The FIU Panthers are set to begin their Conference USA Bonus Play with a series-deciding matchup against the rivaled FAU Owls on Saturday, Feb. 23 in Boca Raton. After long awaiting the announcement from the conference, the Panthers finally learned their fate as the league released the complete Bonus Play schedule for […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Brian Beard Jr. and Antonio Daye Jr. scored 22 and 20 points, respectively, to help fuel the FIU Panthers to a 69-59 victory over the North Texas Mean Green on Saturday, Feb. 16 at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. FIU (16-11, 7-7 Conference USA) got off to a hot start behind Beard […]
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