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When a basketball team has yet to win a conference game, the classy and polite thing to say is that they are hungry for their first win of the season. When a basketball team hasn’t had a conference win since March 13th, 2014 (against Tulane), you can call them the Florida International University Golden Panthers. They went 0-18 in Con USA last year and this season they are 0-8. So hungry for a first win....probably starving.

The Golden Panthers have a new head coach this season. Marlin Chinn. He is a former graduate of Hampton University (BS in accounting) who has served as an assistant coach for Mount St Mary’s (7 seasons), Seton Hall (5 seasons), and Maryland (6 seasons). He is widely phrased for his job as a recruiter and this is his first time serving as head coach.

FIU schedule so far: Record: 2-17. RPI: 316. SOS: 158

Vs Florida A&M 81-65 W Record: 8-8 RPI: 309
@ UCF 72-89 L Record: 4-16 RPI: 241
Vs Fla Gulf Coast 53-81 L Record: 16-4 RPI: 72
Vs Marquette 83-95 L Record: 9-11 RPI: 99
Vs Wichita St 62-76 L Record: 5-14 RPI: 297
Vs U Mass-Lowell 71-68 W Record: 5-14 RPI: 318
@ Jacksonville 44-80 L Record: 11-7 RPI: 192
@ Cleveland St. 57-64 L Record: 4-14 RPI: 299
@ Miami (FL) 55-83 L Record: 18-3 RPI: 41
Vs Rhode Island 50-68 L Record: 10-9 RPI: 177
Vs Wake Forest 53-57 L Record: 11-10 RPI: 152
@ Florida Atlantic 82-87 L Record: 10-8 RPI: 134 (Con USA: 3-5)
Vs WKU 69-71 L Record: 16-2 RPI: 50 8-0
Vs Marshall 58-65 L Record: 11-6 RPI: 186 3-5
@ La Tech 63-82 L Record: 9-8 RPI: 179 5-2
@ SMU 55-82 L Record: 9-8 RPI: 125 3-4
Vs UTSA 52-63 L Record: 4-12 RPI: 246 2-6
Vs UTEP 57-69 L Record: 16-1 RPI: 30 8-0
@ Charlotte 74-87 L Record: 11-8 RPI: 86 4-4
……FIU had five players score in double digits, but due to Charlotte’s 62% shooting in the second half they couldn’t keep up with the 49ers.
@ ODU Record: 8-12 (4-4) RPI: 158

FIU Starting Five
#15 Kristian Hudson 5’5” G Fr 9.8 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 4.4 apg, 1.2 spg, 33.6 FG%, 24.2 3P%, 65.8 FT%, 35.4 mpg
#05 Taylor Shade 5’5” G Sr 14.6 ppg, 3.7 rpg, 2.6 apg, 1.7 spg, 41.0 FG%, 38.7 3P%, 81.1 FT%, 33.8 mpg
#23 Nikolina Todorovic 5’7” G Jr 2.3 ppg, 1.4 rpg, 0.6 apg, 37.8 FG%, 40.0 3P%, 33.3 FT%, 23.7 mpg
#13 Janka Hegedus 6’1” G/F Jr 12.2 ppg, 4.8 rpg, 0.8 apg, 44.1 FG%, 20.0 3P%, 74.1 FT%, 33.7 mpg
#03 Tianah Alvarado 5’9” G Jr 12.9 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 0.7 apg, 2.4 spg, 42.6 FG%, 37.5 3P%, 71.4 FT%, 24.2 mpg
Top Bench
#21 Destini Feagin 5’10” G Sr 8.2 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 1.9 apg, 38.8 FG%, 37.7 3P%, 84.0 FT%, 31.4 mpg

Don't be fooled by the record. They are actually better than there record overall. This is a classic trap game. ODU can't play soft expecting everything to be easy. The Panthers have nothing to lose...and well, everything to gain with a win.

FIU is the game where Simms scored 45 points last season. While she probably could do that again, I would much rather see the team orientated approach that the LM showed against FAU. Still 17 points will get her into the 1,000 ODU LM point club. On a day where we will celebrate 1,000 wins. That might be rather…neato.

And it’s going to an exciting Alumni Day. Marianne Stanley, Anne Donovan, Ticha Penicheiro, and Nyree Roberts are just a few of the names that will come to town. It’s going to be fun and the first 1,000 fans get a free shirt.

It would be nice to see some faces in the stands who have not been to a game this season. If the LM play Saturday like they did on Thursday, you are going to enjoy yourself!

Update? Head it was 32-30 ODU at the half.

(01-30-2016 05:46 PM)LetsGoODU Wrote:  Update? Head it was 32-30 ODU at the half.

84-49 ODU Final

Wow what a second half explosion.

Yeah the third quarter was something else. We outscored them 30-10. But KB did something she normally doesn't do. She kept her starters in for the most part. (First sub in that quarter was when Timmons injured herself at the 1:29 mark) Up to then we had outscored them 25-8. That half court was working and really, FIU didn't have an answer for it.

By the time of the fourth quarter, the lack of depth on FIU's team showed. They just couldn't afford to have too many players foul out.

Two great wins by the LM. At this pace, you think the students would be showing up for the game. After all, they are missing out on free chicken tenders. :-)