QUICK FACTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION FIU COACHES & STAFF Name of School:.................................................................Florida International University Head Coach..........................................Tiara Malcom (3rd Season as HC, Delaware 05’) Preferred Name:.....................................................................................................................FIU Record at FIU (Years):..............................................................13-45 (2 Years) Location:...............................................................................................................Miami, Florida C-USA Record (Years):..............................................................8-26 (2 Years) Founded/Opened:.....................................................................................................1965/1972 Overall Record (Years):...........................................................13-45 (2 Years) Enrollment:.......................................................................................................................54,000 Recruiting Coordinator/Assistant Coach..................Keunta Miles (4th Year, UCF ‘07) Nickname:......................................................................................................................Panthers Assistant Coach................................................................Joe Silvestri (3rd Year, UCF ‘12) Mascot Name:.....................................................................................................................Roary Assistant Coach...........................................................Gabriel Lazo (2nd Year, Barry ‘08) School Colors:..................................................................Blue (PMS 282) & Gold (PMS 871) Athletic Trainer.................................................................................................Mick Thompson Conference:.....................................................................................................Conference USA Strength Coach................................................................................................Thomas Carroll School President:...............................................................................Dr. Mark B. Rosenberg Academic Advisor........................................................................................Shirley Caballero Alma Mater/Year ................................................................. Miami (Ohio), 1971 Exec. Director of Sports & Entertainment:......................................................Pete Garcia Alma Mater/Year ...................................................Univ. of Miami (Fla.), 1984 THE PANTHERS IN 2018-19 Senior Associate Athletics Director/SWA:.........................................................Julie Berg 2017-18 Record:.....................................................................................................................8-21 Alma Mater/Year ........................................................... SUNY Cortland, 1985 C-USA Record/Finish:................................................................................................5-11/13th NCAA Faculty Rep..............................................................................Dr. Pete E.C. Markowitz Letterwinners Returning/Lost:.........................................................................................3/8 Alma Mater/Year ..........................................................................Cornell, 1985 Newcomers:..................................................................................................................................7 School Website:.................................................................................................FIUSports.com Athletics Twitter:.................................................................................................@FIUAthletics Team Twitter:...............................................................................................................@FIUWBB LETTERWINNERS RETURNING No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. MPG PPG RPG Hometown Conference Website:.............................................................................ConferenceUSA.com 0 TaMiracle Taylor 5-8 G So. 14.3 3.6 1.2 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 2 Cabria Lee 5-8 G So. 11.2 2.3 1.0 Lake Worth, Fla. ARENA INFORMATION 34 Shante Walker 5-11 F So. 18.1 5.8 4.5 West Park, Fla. Arena Name:........................................................................Ocean Bank Convocation Center Official Capacity:................................................................................................................5,000 NEWCOMERS Ticket Office Phone:................................................................(305) FIU-GAME [348-4263] No. Name Ht. Pos. Yr. Hometown/Previous School 10 Paula Orenes Sanchez 5-8 G Jr. Barcelona, Spain/Casper College [WY] MEN’S BASKETBALL 12 Kylee O’Hara 6-0 F Fr. Ajax, Ontario, Canada/Henry Street HS DIRECTIONS2018-2019 TO OCEAN SEATING BANK MAP CONVOCATION & TICKET PRICING CENTER 14 Chelsea Guimaraes* 6-3 C R-Sr. Almada, Portugal/Georgia Tech MEN’S BASKETBALL OCEAN BANK CONVOCATION CENTER 15 Ieva Spigule 6-0 F Jr. Riga, Latvia/East Florida State College 21 Ce’Nara Skanes 6-0 F Fr. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma/Putnam City West GATE 2 23 Bre’Osha Scott 5-6 G Jr. Garland, Texas/Paris Junior College A B C D 24 Paris Netherly 5-11 G Fr. Crosby, Texas/Crosby HS GATE 3 30 Jiselle Thomas 5-9 G So. Norwalk, Ohio/High Point TABLE * Sat out 2017-18 after transferring from Georgia Tech FIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL HISTORY 2018 FIU WOMEN’S BASKETBALL First Year of Basketball:...............................................................................................1975-76 VISITOR’S BENCH TABLE HOME BENCH NCAA Appearances:....................................................................................................................6 GATE 4 (1993-94, 1994-95,1996-97,1997-98,1998-99,2001-02) WNIT Appearances:.....................................................................................................................7 GATE 1 M L K J (1991-92, 1992-93, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2011-12, 2012-13) Last C-USA Opponent/Result:.....................................................Southern Miss/W, 74-70 SEASON TICKETS PRICES All-Time Record:...............................................................................705-511 (43rd seasons) FROM MIAMI INTERNATIONALCOURTSIDE AIRPORT - $ 500 (Includes $400 non-taxable donation) C-USA Record:..........................................................................................28-78 (5th season) Take State Road No. 836 West (DolphinRESERVED Expressway) - $75 (Includes to the NW $50 107th non-taxable Avenue/South donation) exit. Proceed south on 107th Avenue to RESERVEDSW 8th Street DISCOUNT (SR 41/Tamiami - $50 (Includes Trail). $25 Turn non-taxable right on donation) 8th Street, two traffic lights to SW 112th Avenue. Turn left onto the FIU campus and*FIU then faculty, make staff, right-hand and alumni turns at the first two stop signs. FIU Arena will be on yourSINGLE left, and GAME parking PRICES is available across the street on the right or in the Panther Parking Garage. COURTSIDE - $ 50 RESERVED ADVANCE - $ 10 RESERVED WALK-UP - $ 12 FROM THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE GROUP (10+) - $ 7 Traveling north or south on the Turnpike,UPPER LEVEL exit eastbound GENERAL ADMISSION on SW 8th (If Street applicable) (No. 25/Tamiami - $ 8 Trail). Turn right onto 8th Street (SR 41/Tamiami Trail). At SW 112th Avenue,STUDENT turn right SECTION onto the FIU campus, and then go right at the first two stop signs. FIU Arena will be on your left, and parking is available across305.FIU.GAME the street on the right or in the Panther Parking Garage. FIUsports.com MEDIA INFO FIU ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS TYSON RODGERS Director of Athletic Communications (FB, WBB, SB, WSOC) Office: 305-348-2084 Cell: 662-418-2982 Email: [email protected] MIKE HOGAN Director of Athletic Communications (MBB, MSOC, VB, BEACH VB) Office: 305-348-1496 Cell: 813-469-0616 Email: [email protected] LIVE STATS Live statistics for home FIU games will be made available on FIUSports.com CHRIS SANTIAGO (http://fiusports.com/sidearmstats/wbball/summary). Stat monitors featuring Senior Multimedia Producer StatBroadcast will be made available. (Video Coordinator) Office: 305.348.6666 MEDIA CREDENTIALS Email: [email protected] Credentials for FIU home basketball games are for working media only. Requests for media credentials should be made by contacting Tyson Rodgers via email at tyson.rod- [email protected] in the FIU Athletics Media Relations office. Requests from media covering visiting teams will be confirmed first with each opponent’s sports information contact. A.J. RICKETTS Multimedia Assistant/ Voice of the Panthers All credentials that cannot be mailed will be left at Media Will Call, which is located (TF, XC) at Gate 4 (northwest corner of the arena). Will call will open two (2) hours prior to Cell: 850.898.4914 tipoff. Members of the media picking up credentials at Will Call must provide photo Email: [email protected] identification and the name must match the name on the credential. PHOTOGRAPHERS Photo credentials are issued on a game-by-game basis. FIU will adhere to all NCAA TYLER BRAIN guidelines regarding baseline photography. Athletic Communications Assistant (Secondary FB, BSB, WG) Office: 305.348.2084 PARKING Cell: 256.616.3097 Parking passes are not issued for basketball games at the Ocean Bank Convocation Email: