FIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL GAME 22: SOUTHERN MISS FEBRUARY 12, 2015 • 6 P.M. ET • MIAMI • FIU ARENA (5,000) TODAY’S MATCHUP • FIU returns to FIU Arena on Thursday to host 2014-15 SCHEDULE FIU Southern Miss the Southern Miss Lady Eagles. The game will tip 3-18, 0-10 C-USA 3-18 Record 15-7 off at 6 p.m. ET and will serve as one of two of NOVEMBER 0-10 C-USA Conference Record 8-3 C-USA FIU’s Play 4Kay games. 4 Palm Beach Atlantic (Exhibition) W, 73-46 NR/NR Ranking NR/NR • Thursday’s game will serve as one of two of 7 Barry (Exhibition) W, 60-57 Head Coach Joye Lee-McNelis the Panthers’ Play 4Kay games, helping to raise 14 Tennessee Tech L, 73-56 Record at School 168-164/14th awareness for breast cancer. FIU is proud to join 18 at Florida Gulf Coast (ESPN3) L, 97-49 Overall Record 397-320/29th NWCA and other NCAA women’s basketball 23 Cleveland State L, 73-65 59.9 Points/Game 67.6 programs across the country to raise awareness 28 Arizona ! L, 65-58 74.4 Opp.Points/Game 61.6 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fun and the fight against 30 Virginia ! L, 74-61 -14.5 Scoring Margin +6.5 all women’s cancers. .364 FG% .448 • FIU and Southern Miss are meeting for the .459 Opp. FG% .372 seventh time overall in the series that the Lady DECEMBER .274 3FG% .364 6 UCF W, 66-57 .314 Opp. 3FG% .288 Eagles own a 4-2 advantage in. • FIU is coming off a 72-56 loss at UTEP, which 14 at Jacksonville L, 76-64 .716 FT% .624 20 Western Carolina $ L, 82-69 41.7 Rebounds/Game 37.6 took place in El Paso on Saturday. In the loss, 21 Wofford $ W, 83-75 36.6 Opp. Rebounds/Game 37.0 Marita Davydova recorded a career-high 16 +5.0 Rebounding Margin +0.6 rebounds. It was the third consecutive game and 29 Auburn % L, 81-44 11.0 Assists/Game 15.7 the 13th time this season that she has produced 30 Bowling Green % W, 68-55 18.7 Turnovers/Game 18.0 double-digit rebounding figures.Kiandre’a 0.6 Assist/Turnover Ratio 0.9 Pound continues to pace FIU offensively for JANUARY 4.3 Steals/Game 9.7 the season with an average of 15.9 points, while 4 Florida Atlantic * L, 79-63 2.7 Blocks/Game 3.0 Davydova ranks fourth in the league and 36th in 8 Middle Tennessee * L, 75-60 the country with 10.3 boards-per-game. 11 UAB * (FSN) L, 68-45 THE SERIES • Southern Miss enters Thursday’s game on a 15 at Marshall * L, 67-61 Number of meetings 6 three-game winning streak which includes wins 17 at WKU (FCN) * L, 81-42 FIU wins 2 over (RV) Middle Tennessee in overtime and 24 at Florida Atlantic * L, 77-62 Southern Miss wins 4 WKU. Last time out, the Lady Eagles posted a 29 Old Dominion * L, 80-67 Last meeting Feb. 19, 2014 (USM 106, FIU 96) 44-39 victory over UAB in Hattiesburg. The Lady 31 Charlotte* L, 81-62 First meeting Dec. 7, 1991 (USM 86, FIU 74) Eagles were led in scoring by this week’s C-USA Player of the Week Tamara Jones and Madness FEBRUARY Streak L1 C-USA Women’s Basketball Player of the Week Last FIU Win Nov. 28, 1998 (FIU 66, USM 47) 5 at UTSA * L, 74-56 Jerontay Clemons, who scored 12 and 11 points, 7 at UTEP * L, 72-56 respectively. Previous Five Meetings 12 Southern Miss * 6 p.m. • After a 36-year career at FIU, Cindy Russo Date Result Location 14 Louisiana Tech * 6 p.m. announced on Thursday that she is stepping down Feb. 19, 2014 L, 106-96 Miami 19 at Rice * 7 p.m. as head coach of the women’s basketball team Nov. 28, 1998 W, 66-47 Hattiesburg, Miss. 21 at North Texas * 5 p.m. effective immediately. Russo was the driving force Nov. 27, 1996 W, 75-68 Hattiesburg, Miss. 26 Marshall* 6 p.m. Jan. 3, 1996 L, 77-69 Miami behind the women’s basketball team for 36 of the 28 WKU * 6 p.m. Dec. 4, 1994 L, 104-89 Syracuse, N.Y. program’s 39 years. MEDIA INFORMATION SOCIAL MEDIA MARCH Follow the FIU women’s basketball on the social 5 at Middle Tennessee * 9 p.m. Live Webcast FIUSports.com media sites listed below for up-to-date news, 7 at UAB * 3 p.m. 11-14 C-USA Championships # TBA Radio FIUSports.com exclusive content and more. Play-by-play Pete Pelegrin Like us on Facebook at ! FIU Thanksgiving Classic (Miami) Team Contacts FIUWBasketball. $ UNF Holiday Classic (Jacksonville, Fla.) FIU Kristina Taylor % FIU Sun & Fun Classic (Miami) Office 305.348.7887 * Conference USA game Cell 205.529.7082 Follow us on Twitter at # Conference USA Tournament (Birmingham, Ala.) E-mail [email protected] FIUWBasketball. All times listed in Eastern and subject to change Southern Miss Shirley Hill Office 601.266.4506 Follow us on Instagram at E-mail [email protected] FIUAthletics. 1 FIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RADIO/TV CHART KIANDRE’A (kee-on-dray-uh) POUND LAST GAME: 16 pts, 9 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl at UTSA CAREER HIGHS G • 6-0 • So. • Vero Beach, Fla. NOTE: Five-time C-USA Freshman of the Week Pts: 29 at Florida Atlantic (1/24/15) (Dec. 1, Dec. 15, Jan. 5, Jan.19 & Jan. 26) ... has Rebs: 15 vs. Cleveland State (11/23/14) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG produced 16 double-digit scoring performances Asts: 2, five times, last at UTSA (2/5/15) in 21 games played ... ranked ninth in C-USA Stls: 4 vs. UAB (1/11/15) 15.4 7.9 0.6 0.7 0.5 28.8 with 15.4 points-per-game and sixth with 7.9 1 rebounds-per-game. JADE CHEEK LAST GAME: did not play at UTEP CAREER HIGHS NOTE: Seen action in three games combining G • 5-8 • Fr. • Orlando Fla. Pts: 2 at WKU (1/17/15) for 10 minutes (3.3 mpg) ... scored her first points Rebs: PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG of her collegiate career with two free throws at Asts: WKU (1/17). 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.3 2 ZSOFIA (JOE-fee) LABADY (lah-BAH-de) LAST GAME: 7 pts, 5 rebs, 2 asts, 1 stl at UTEP CAREER HIGHS NOTE: Dished out a career-high seven assists Pts: 13, two times, last at UTEP (2/8/14) G • 5-10 • Sr. • Pecs, Hungary against Cleveland State (11/23) ... scored a season- Rebs: 12 at South Alabama (1/27/13) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG high seven points three times (last at UTEP on Asts: 7 vs. Cleveland State (11/23/14) 2/7) ... has played in 116 career games, starting Blks: 3 vs. Valparaiso (11/29/13) 2.9 4.6 1.9 0.4 0.3 25.9 in 105 of them ... leads the team in free throw 3 percentage (.880). TAYLOR SHADE LAST GAME: 8 pts, 3 rebs, 2 asts at UTEP CAREER HIGHS G • 5-6 • Jr. • Boynton Beach, Fla. NOTE: Only Panthers to start every game ... her Pts: 26 at Florida Atlantic (1/15/14) 12.3 points-per-game ranks 18th in C-USA in Rebs: 6, four times, last vs. W. Carolina (12/20/14) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG scoring ... also ranks 13th in the league with 2.9 Asts: 8, two times, last vs. Virginia (11/30/14) assists-per-game ... leads the team with 20 steals Stls: 4 vs. Tennessee Tech (11/14/14) 12.3 3.0 2.9 1.0 0.1 32.3 (1.0 spg). 5 MARITA DAVYDOVA (dah-vee-dov-uh) LAST GAME: 9 pts, 16 rebs, 2 asts, 1 blk at UTEP CAREER HIGHS F/C • 6-3 • Sr. • Moscow, Russia NOTE: Ranked fourth in the league and 36th in Pts: 21 vs. Charlotte (1/31/15) the country in rebounding (10.3 rpg) ... one of Rebs: 16 at UTEP (2/7/15) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG four players in C-USA to average a double- Asts: 6 at Florida A&M (1/2/13) doubled (11.5 ppg/10.3 rpg) ... pulled down a Blks: 5 vs. Bowling Green (12/30/14) 12 11.5 10.3 2.0 0.5 0.9 35.0 career-best 16 rebounds at UTEP (2/7). JANKA (yAHn-kuh) HEGEDUS (hed-u-dus) LAST GAME: 7 pts, 7 rebs, 2 stls, 1 blk at UTEP CAREER HIGHS G • 6-1 • So. • Budapest, Hungary NOTE: Scored a season-high seven points and Pts: 9 at Harvard (11/19/13) grabbed a career-best seven rebounds at UTEP Rebs: 7 at UTEP (2/7/15) PPG RPG APG SPG BPG MPG (2/7) ... also had two steals and one block against Asts: 3 at UCF (11/15/13) the Miners in her first start of the season ... aver- Stls: 2 at UTEP (2/7/15) 13 2.7 1.3 0.0 0.3 0.2 8.0 aging 2.7 points and 1.3 rebounds-per-game. AAJAH HAWKINS LAST GAME: 2 rebs at UTEP CAREER HIGHS G • 5-7 • Fr. • Pickerington, Ohio NOTE: Seen action in all 21 games this season, Pts: 4, two times, last vs.