MIAMI – The FIU men's basketball team clinched the best start to a season in program history with its 72-65 victory over Stetson on Saturday night at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, which also marked its eighth straight win.
The 8-1 start surpasses the 2018-19 squad, which opened the season with wins in seven of their first eight games overall.
The eight straight victories also equal the longest in-season winning streak in program annals – which was set in 1985-86 with wins over the final eight contests.
The Panthers also won the opening two games of 1986-87 – with that 10-game stretch of wins ranking as the longest in the FIU record book.