FIU PANTHERS 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES SID: Christina Anderson, Director of Athletic Communications • [email protected]
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FIU PANTHERS 2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES SID: Christina Anderson, Director of Athletic Communications • [email protected] BROADCAST INFO THE MATCHUP: GAMES 25-26 TV: ESPN+ Play-by-play: Randy Lee FIU PANTHERS (9-15, 2-13 C-USA) Analyst: Hal Schmitt VS WKU HILLTOPPERS (15-5, 8-2 C-USA) Feb. 28-Mar. 1 2021 • 3/1 PM ET • Bowling Green, Ky. • E.A. Diddle Arena HEAD COACH INFO NUMBERS TO KNOW STAT BREAKDOWN FIU FIU leads the country with 752 three-pointers at- FIU WKU tempted this season. The team is also fifth for 254 Head Coach: Jeremy Ballard (Colgate, ‘03) 74.9 PTS/GM 74.1 Overall Record: 48-42 (3rd Season) threes made and seventh with 10.6 three-pointers 3 per contest. 76.0 PTS ALLOWED/GM 70.0 Record at FIU: Same 32.9 REBOUNDS/GM 37.6 FIU ranks sixth nationally with 206 total WKU steals for its 2020-21 campaign. The team 15.2 ASSIST/GM 13.4 Head Coach: Rick Stansbury (Campbellsville, ‘88) averages 8.6 steals per game, which ranks 3.8 BLOCKS/GM 4.2 Overall Record: 390-223 (19th Season) 6 23rd in the country. 8.6 STEALS/GM 6.6 Record at WKU: 97-57 (5th Season) 14.6 14.8 The FIU men’s basketball team TO/GM includes nine transfers. Of those nine, 43.6% FG% 45.8% 2020-21 SCHEDULE six came to Panther program follow- 33.8% 3FG% 34.4% ing stints at junior colleges. Date Opponent TV/Stream Time/Result 9 66.8% FT% 79.4% Nov. 25 Flagler College C-USA TV W, 85-81 Conference USA announced all 14 all Nov. 27 Flagler College C-USA TV W, 82-75 member institutions may participate Dec. 1 Central Michigan C-USA TV W, 96-76 in its men’s and women’s basketball Dec. 4 Jacksonville State C-USA TV W, 74-70 14 championships this season. Dec. 6 Jacksonville State CANCELLED Dec. 12 North Florida ESPN+ L, 77-80 Dec. 16 Florida Gulf Coast ESPN+ W, 85-69 PROJECTED STARTERS Dec. 19 Georgia Southern C-USA TV L, 99-103 (2OT) Dec. 21 Carver C-USA TV W,111-34 Jan. 1 Old Dominion* ESPN+ W, 82-67 Jan. 2 Old Dominion* ESPN+ L, 71-66 Jan. 8 Middle Tennessee* ESPN+ W, 68-55 Jan. 9 Middle Tennessee* ESPN+ L, 56-67 Jan. 15 Florida Atlantic* ESPN+ L, 79-81 a-n. 16 Florida Atlantic* C-USA TV L, 63-107 Jan. 22 Marshall* ESPN+ L, 66-79 Jan. 23 Marshall* Stadium L, 72-89 Jan. 30 Charlotte* ESPN+ L, 55-63 (OT) Jan. 31 Charlotte* ESPN+ L, 65-68 Feb. 1 Florida Memorial ESPN+ W, 90-74 Feb. 5 UTSA* ESPN+ L, 80-87 0 1 4 10 11 Feb. 6 UTSA* ESPN+ L, 90-47 Dimon Carrigan Isaiah Banks Eric Lovett Radshad Davis Tevin Brewer Feb. 12 UTEP* ESPN+ L, 59-75 F | 6-9 | 215 | Sr. G | 6-5 | 180 | Sr. G | 6-5 | 200 | Sr. F | 6-4 | 205 | R-Sr. G | 5-8 | 160 | R-Jr. Feb. 13 UTEP* ESPN+ L, 68-77 PPG....................7.1 PPG....................5.9 PPG..................11.2 PPG..................12.5 PPG....................9.0 Feb. 19 Southern Miss* ESPN+ L, 72-85 RPG....................6.3 RPG....................2.9 RPG....................2.9 RPG....................6.1 RPG....................2.3 Feb. 20 Southern Miss* ESPN+ CANCELLED APG....................0.7 APG....................0.7 APG....................1.1 APG....................1.1 APG....................4.1 Feb. 26 WKU* ESPN+ 8 PM SPG....................1.2 SPG....................0.1 SPG....................0.8 SPG....................1.6 SPG....................1.0 Feb. 27 WKU* ESPN+ 5 PM Mar 10-13 C-USA Basketball Championship TBD BPG....................2.4 BPG....................0.1 BPG....................0.2 BPG....................0.4 BPG...................N/A FG%.................62.4 FG%.................44.1 FG%.................36.5 FG%.................49.2 FG%.................40.4 Conference USA Game* FT%..................49.2 FT%..................28.6 FT%..................63.6 FT%..................91.3 FT%..................76.7 Home Games Conference USA Tournament - Frisco, Texas All Times Eastern and Subject to Change SOCIAL MEDIA @FIUHoops @FIUHoops @FIUMensBball @FIUAthletics @FIUAthletics @FIUAthletics FIUSPORTS.COM QUICK FACTS 2019-20 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Date Opponent (TV) Attendance Result, Score UNIVERSITY INFO Nov. 5 at Mississippi State 6,230 L, 69-77 Location..........................................Miami, Florida NOV. 8 AVE MARIA 984 W, 101-59 Founded/Opened...............................1965/1972 Nov. 13 at NC State 14,024 L, 77-86 Nov. 19 at Cleveland State# 1,524 W, 107-61 Enrollment...................................................54,000 Nov. 22 Eastern Kentucky# 512 W, 89-70 Nickname.................................................Panthers Nov. 23 UNC Wilmington# N/A L, 63-66 Mascot Name................................................Roary NOV. 26 KEISER 1,025 W, 96-82 Fight Song......................................FIU Fight Song NOV. 30 NEW HAMPSHIRE 653 W, 70-69 Colors...........Blue (PMS 282) & Gold (PMS 871) DEC. 4 FLORIDA GULF COAST 1,408 W, 71-53 Affiliation........................................NCAA Division I Dec. 7 at Kennesaw State 1,202 W, 84-81 Conference..................................Conference USA DEC. 19 FLORIDA MEMORIAL 463 W, 99-74 School President............Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg Dec. 22 at Stetson 363 W, 83-67 Director of Sports & Ent...................Pete Garcia Dec. 28 at Minnesota 10,546 L, 62-89 JAN. 2 UTEP* 525 W, 69-67 SWA.........................................................Julie Berg JAN. 4 UTSA* 543 W, 90-83 (OT) Team Twitter........................................@FIUHoops Jan. 9 at North Texas* 2,262 L, 56-74 Athletics Twitter............................@FIUAthletics Jan. 11 at Rice* 1,490 L, 78-92 Website..........................................FIUSports.com JAN. 16 UAB* 915 W, 93-68 Conference Website..........ConferenceUSA.com JAN. 18 MIDDLE TENNESSEE* 1,928 W, 83-69 Jan. 23 at Old Dominion* 5,443 W, 83-80 Jan. 25 at Charlotte* 4,616 L, 49-75, FIU BASKETBALL HISTORY JAN. 30 MARSHALL* 1,117 L, 74-84 First Year of Men’s Basketball:.............1981-82 FEB. 1 WKU* 695 W, 81-76 All-Time Record*:...............456-677 (39th year) FEB. 5 FLORIDA ATLANTIC* 2,734 W, 69-50 Actual On-Court Record:...................... 473-657 Feb. 8 at Florida Atlantic* 1,934 W, 66-59 All-Time C-USA Record:............ 54-85 (Sixth season) Feb. 13 at Louisiana Tech* 2,951 L, 57-60 All-Time Sun Belt Record**:........71-162/.307 (’98-’99 - ’12-’13) Feb. 15 at Southern Miss* 4,059 L, 67-75 FEB. 27 NORTH TEXAS* 644 L, 78-59 Actual On-Court Sun Belt:............ 80-160/.333 Mar. 1 at Charlotte* 3,116 W, 67-52 All-Time TAAC Record:............ 58-48/.547 (’91-’92 - ’97-’98) Mar. 4 Louisiana Tech* 2,631 L, 73-76 All-Time Post-Season:.......... 18-22 (14-20)*** MAR. 7 WKU* 1,014 L, 85-91 C-USA Tournament:........................................ 2-4 Mar. 11 #12 Seed Rice N/A W, 85-76 Sun Belt Tournament:................ 9-14 (6-14)*** Mar. 12 #4 Seed Charlotte^ N/A Cancelled TAAC Tournament:........................................... 8-5 TAAC Champions:......................................... 1995 Conference USA Game* # Battle for the Capital Tournament NCAA Tournament:.......................................... 0-1 HOME GAMES Years in NCAA Tourn./Last:..... 1/1995, NCAA First Round Conference USA Tournament - Frisco, Texas Collegeinsider.com Tournament (CIT):.........1-1 ^ Final remaining games were cancelled due to COVID-19 Post-Season NIT:............................................ N/A All-Time Division I Record:....386-587/.394 (370-587/.384)* All-Time Division II Record.......84-77/.522 (’81-’82 - ’86-’87) MEDIA INFO * Vacated 32 wins from 2002-03 to 2005-06 due to NCAA sanctions. PRACTICE COVERAGE CHRISTINA ANDERSON ** Vacated nine conference wins from 2003- Due to COVID-19 restrictions, practices this week will Director of be closed to the media. Interviews are available upon Athletic Communications 04 to 2005-06 due to NCAA sanctions. request. All interview requests must be directed to Primary Men’s Basketball Contact *** Vacated three conference tourney wins the FIU Athletic Communications Office at least 24 O: 305-348-2084 due to NCAA sanctions C: 936-648-6382 hours in advance. Please send all requests via email Email: [email protected] to [email protected]. THE PANTHERS IN 2019-20 2019-20 Record...........................................19-13 MEDIA AVAILABILITY FIU Athletics Address Home...............................................................11-3 All interview requests should be made to FIU Director 11200 SW 8th Street Away.................................................................6-9 of Athletic Communications Christina Anderson at OBCC 211 Miami, FL 33199 Neutral..............................................................2-1 least 24 hours in advance. All media availability times are subject to change. Please contact Christina An- C-USA Record/Finish................................9-9/5th Riccardo Silva Stadium Address Starters Returning/Lost.................................2/3 derson for any changes in the schedule. (Note: First 11200 SW 8th Street Letterwinners Returning Lost........................9/3 year players are not available to the media unless by Miami, FL 33199 special request.) Modesto A. Maidique Campus POSTGAME INTERVIEWS REFER AS FIU PANTHERS For home games, all FIU postgame press conference Florida International University has a long will be held over Zoom after each game following a and storied history across all of its Division I 10-minute cooling off period. No interviews will be NCAA programs. We respectfully ask that you allowed on the court with players and/or coaches refer to our University’s athletic programs as immediately following games. Coach Ballard and se- the FIU Panthers. lect FIU players will be available over Zoom following games. Please