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2017-18 @FIUHOOPS GAME NOTES FIUSports.com /FIUMensBball @FIUHoops fiuathletics MBB CONTACT: Michael Hogan, Director of Sports Information • Office: (305) 348-1496 • Cell: (813) 469-0616 • Twitter: @mihogan FIU vs. MARSHALL Saturday, February 2, 2018 • 7 p.m. • Ocean Bank Convocation Center • Miami, Florida 2017-18 SCHEDULE GAME 25 Date Opponent (Television) Time N10 Florida Memorial (CUSA.tv) W, 70-47 FIU MARSHALL GAMEDAY N12 Stetson (CUSA.tv) L, 70-64 (ot) PANTHERS THUNDERING HERD INFORMATION BLACK & GOLD SHOOTOUT Record 11-13 overall, 5-6 C-USA Record 15-8, 6-4 C-USA TV/Video CUSA.tv HOSTED BY UW MILWAUKEE Last Game W, 71-68 vs. Louisiana Tech Last Game W, 74-65 at UTEP Mark Martin (Play-by-play) N17 vs. Elon L, 95-87 (3ot) Bob Bolen (Color commentator) N18 at Milwaukee (CUSA.tv) L, 66-51 February 3, 2018 February 3, 2018 Radio/Audio FIUSports.com N19 vs. Concordia-St. Paul W, 77-67 Head Coach Anthony Evans Head Coach Dan D’Antoni Live Stats FIUSports.com Alma Mater St. Thomas Aquinas, 1994 Alma Mater Marshall, 1970 Series Marshall leads series, 5-1 N27 South Carolina (CBSSN) L, 78-61 Career Record 161-183/11th season Career Record 63-60/Fourth season N29 Florida National (CUSA.tv) W, 79-61 Twitter @FIUHoops Record at FIU 62-89/Fifth season Record at school Same Tickets For ticket information, contact the Top Players Top Players D2 South Alabama W, 87-58 Marshall athletic ticket office at D11 at USF (ESPN3) W, 65-53 Brian Beard, Jr. (16.4 ppg, 5.6 apg, 3.0 spg) Jon Elmore (22.0 ppg, 6.0 rpg) 800-The-Herd (843--4373). D13 at North Florida (ESPN3) L, 87-85 Trejon Jacob (14.8 ppg, 4.7 rpg) C.J. Burks (21.2 ppg, 4.0 rpg) D16 James Madison # L, 76-67 D19 Florida Gulf Coast (CUSA.tv) W, 91-88 QUICK HITS D22 Hartford (CUSA.tv) L, 79-72 D30 Florida Atlantic * (CUSA.tv) W, 58-57 n The FIU men’s basketball team hits the road for what will n Thursday’s game is the first of three-straight that the Pan- be one of its most challenging weekends of its Conference thers will play on the road - their longest C-USA road stretch J4 Middle Tennessee* (CUSA.tv) L, 71-66 (ot) USA portion of its schedule, as it heads to Huntington, West of the season - and the first of five games that FIU will play J6 UAB* (CUSA.tv) L, 75-64 Virginia to take on Marshall and to Bowling Green, Kentucky, on the road game in its final seven regular season games. J11 at UTSA * (CUSA.tv) W, 79-76 to battle WKU ... Both teams are currently in the top-four J13 at UTEP * (CUSA.tv) L, 72-68 of the C-USA standings ... The two-game stretch begins n Brian Beard, Jr. recorded his first career double-double on J18 Old Dominion * (ESPN3) L, 64-54 against the Thundering Herd on Feb. 8, with game time set Feb. 3, in the Panthers’ thrilling win over Louisiana Tech, with J20 Charlotte * (CUSA.tv) W, 79-59 for 8 p.m. ... The game can be seen on CUSA.tv with Mark a 19-point, career-high 10-assist outing ... Eric Lockett added J25 at Rice * (CUSA.tv) L, 73-64 Martin and Bob Bolen calling the action. 15 points, and Trejon Jacob and Michael Douglas chipped in J27 at North Texas * (CUSA.tv) L, 69-67 (ot) with 13 and 10 points, respectively. n FIU comes into the Marshall game having won its last two F1 Southern Miss * (CUSA.tv) W, 76-60 games, and three of its last five F3 Louisiana Tech * (CUSA.tv) W, 71-68 . F8 at Marshall * 8 p.m. F10 at WKU * (Fox College Sports) 7 p.m. FIU PROBABLE STARTERS F17 at Florida Atlantic * (CUSA.tv) 2 p.m. F22 North Texas * (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. F24 Rice * (CUSA.tv) 7 p.m. M1 at Charlotte * 7:30 p.m. M3 at Old Dominion * 7 p.m. CONFERENCE USA TOURNAMENT FRISCO, TEXAS M7 C-USA First Round TBD M8 C-USA Quarterfinals (Stadium) TBD G • 4 • Jr. G • 3 • So. G • 5 • Jr. F • 10 • R-Jr. C • 22 • R-Jr. M9 C-USA Semifinals (Stadium) TBD M10 C-USA Championship (CBSSN) TBD BRIAN TREJON ERIC HASSAN JAY BEARD JR. JACOB LOCKETT HUSSEIN HARVEY # Game played at Barry University, Miami Shores, Fla. Points/Gm 16.4 Points/Gm 14.8 Points/Gm 14.2 Points/Gm 6.2 Points/Gm 1.4 * Conference USA Game Rebounds/Gm 3.7 Rebounds/Gm 4.7 Rebounds/Gm 6.3 Rebounds/Gm 3.6 Rebounds/Gm 2.6 All times are Eastern Time and subject to change Assists/Gm 5.6 Assists/Gm 0.8 Assists/Gm 3.0 Assists/Gm 0.4 Assists/Gm 0.1 Steals/Gm 3.0 Steals/Gm 1.1 Steals/Gm 1.3 Steals/Gm 0.3 Steals/Gm 0.2 FIUSports.com | @FIUHoops FIUGAMENOTES HEAD COACH ANTHONY EVANS QUICK FACTS The University n Name of School FIU Head Coach • St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) (1994) City/Zip Code Miami, Fla. 33199 n Founded/Opened 1965/1972 161-183 Overall (11th Season) • 62-89 at FIU (Fifth Season) Enrollment 56,000 n Nickname Panthers Family • Wife, Kisha; Son, Anthony Arena Lime Court at FIU Arena n Capacity 5,000 Date of Birth • March 25, 1970 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Affiliation NCAA Division I n Named the eighth head basketball coach at FIU on April 16, 2013. Conference Conference USA n Picked up his first win as the head coach at FIU with a 66-58 victory over Kennesaw State on Nov. 10, 2013. The win also marked the 100th-career President Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg victory for Evans. Faculty Representative Dr. Pete E.C. Markowitz n During the 2015-16 season, Evans continued to watch over the development of All-Conference USA second team member - and NABC All-District Exec. Dir. of Sports & Entertainment Pete Garcia honoree - Adrian Diaz, one of the top defenders in C-USA. Diaz would become the all-time leader in blocked shots at FIU during his senior campaign. Senior Woman Administrator Julie Berg In addition, junior college transfer, Donte McGill rose to be one of the top offensive players in the league averaging 16.1 points-per-game, good Ticket Office Phone 305-FIU-GAME (348-4263) enough for eighth in C-USA. n During the 2014-15 campaign, Evans saw two of his players earn All-Conference USA honors. Dennis Mavin earned second team honors while Basketball History Adrian Diaz was named to the All-C-USA Defensive Team. Diaz finished the year as the league leader in blocked shots per game (3.0 bpg), and was First Year 1981-82 sixth in NCAA Division I in total blocked shots (99) and seventh in blocked shots per game. n All-Time Record* 406-630 (37th year) In his first season at the helm, led FIU to a 15-win season. FIU picked up a big 72-61 victory over cross-state rival and 2012 Sweet Sixteen squad Actual On-Court Record 421-614 Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 7 at FIU Arena. FIU earned seven Conference USA wins in its inaugural season in the league, including two victories All-Time C-USA Record 30-51 (fifth season) over rival Florida Atlantic. n All-Time Sun Belt Record** 71-162/.307 (’98-’99 - ’12-’13) Coached Tymell Murphy to a Second-Team All-C-USA honor for his play during the 2013-14 season. Murphy finished the year averaging 16.6 Actual On-Court Sun Belt 80-160/.333 points-per-game (No. 4 in the conference) on 58.6 percent shooting from the floor (No. 4 in the conference; No. 18 nationally). n All-Time TAAC Record 58-48/.547 (’91-’92 - ’97-’98) During his time with the Spartans, Evans amassed a 99-94 record, including back-to-back, 20-win seasons (26-10 in 2011-12 & 21-12 in 2012-13). n All-Time Post-Season 18-22 (14-20)*** During the 2012-13 season, led Norfolk State to an undefeated Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference regular season mark (16-0) en route to being C-USA Tournament 1-2 named the MEAC Coach of the Year and the team’s second-straight post-season berth with an automatic bid to the 2013 Sun Belt Tournament 9-14 (6-14)*** National Invitation Tournament (NIT). n TAAC Tournament 8-5 Was finalist for the Ben Jobe Award for the 2012-13 campaign, presented to the top minority coach in Division TAAC Champions 1995 I basketball. He was also named a finalist for the Hugh Durham Award, presented to the top mid-major coach in NCAA Tournament 0-1 Division I, and the Jim Phelan Award, presented to the top Division I coach. n Years in NCAA Tourn./Last 1/1995 In 2011-12, took the Spartans to new heights with the program’s first-ever Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Last NCAA opponent UCLA (MEAC) title and perhaps the biggest upset in NCAA Tournament history. In the 2012 NCAA Tourna- Result Lost, 92-56, NCAA First Round ment, the Evans-led Spartans knocked off the No. 2 seed Missouri Tigers, 86-84, Post-Season NIT N/A becoming the fifth No. 15 seed (at the time) to defeat a No. 2 seed. All-Time Divsion I Record 325-499/.394 (292-499/.369)* All-Time Division II Record 84-77/.522 (’81-’82 - ’86-’87) Click to view Anthony Evans’ * Vacated 32 wins from 2002-03 to 2005-06 due to NCAA sanctions.