Florida International Women's Basketball 2013 NIT Tournament Capsule

Florida International Panthers
Sun Belt (19-12, 12-8)

 

Big Wins: 11/23 Iowa (66-65), 12/20 at Middle Tennessee (58-51), 1/12 at Arkansas-Little Rock (55-53)
Bad Losses: 1/17 North Texas (68-70), 2/2 Louisiana-Monroe (61-71), 2/28 at Louisiana-Monroe (53-64)
Coach: Cindy Russo

Probable Starters:
Jerica Coley, Junior, Guard, 25.9 ppg, 3.4 apg, 6.7 rpg, 2.1 spg, 1.5 bpg
Carmen Miloglav, Senior, Guard, 4.6 ppg, 3.4 apg
Zsofia Labady, Sophomore, Guard, 4.0 ppg, 4.4 rpg
Finda Mansare, Senior, Forward, 8.1 ppg, 5.5 rpg
Marita Davydova, Junior, Center, 9.9 ppg, 8.7 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Diamond Ashmore, Senior, Forward, 3.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Arielle Durant, Junior, Forward, 3.1 ppg, 2.1 rpg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 61.2 (189th in nation, 8th in conference)
Scoring Defense: 58.6 (103, 4)
Field-Goal Percentage: 40.9 (86, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 39.2 (202, 2)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 2.3 (337, 11)  
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: n/a
Free-Throw Percentage: 76.6 (12, 1)
Rebound Margin: 7.4 (24, 1)
Assists Per Game: 11.8 (233, 5)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.9 (96, 1)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012    NIT        First Round win over Stetson
2012    NIT        Second Round loss to South Florida
2006    NIT        Opening Round win over Cincinnati
2006    NIT        First Round loss to Miami (FL)
2003    NIT        First Round loss to Florida State
2002    NCAA    Round of 64 win over Creighton
2002    NCAA    Round of 32 loss to Penn State
2001    NIT        First Round loss to UAB

*all team stats through 3/7

 

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