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 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 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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By Brett Shweky/Editor After scoring a career-high 26 points the game before, Devon Andrews followed up that performance with another stellar night as he posted 25 against Rice to help FIU win 86-65 on Thursday, Feb. 14. The Panthers (15-11, 6-7 Conference USA) bounced back from their two-game losing streak after they dropped consecutive games […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Despite a hot start and Devon Andrews scoring a career-high 26 points, the FIU Panthers couldn’t manage to pull off a key conference victory against the UTEP Miners on Saturday, Feb. 9 as they fell 85-75 in El Paso, TX. The Panthers (14-11, 5-7 Conference USA) dropped their second consecutive game in […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Southern Miss’ Leonard Harper-Baker scored a career-high 21 points to pace the Golden Eagles to an 89-73 victory over the FIU Panthers on Thursday, Jan. 31 at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center. Despite Willy Nunez Jr.’s 21 points off the bench, the Panthers (13-9, 4-5 Conference USA) dropped their second consecutive […]
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By Brett Shweky/Editor Behind two crucial defensive stops and a pair of free throws from Antonio Daye Jr., the FIU Panthers managed to hold off the FAU Owls to secure a 78-74 road victory on Wednesday in Boca Raton. The Owls overcame a 12-point deficit to bring the contest to 76-74 after Michael Forrest converted […]
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