MOBILE, ALABAMA (November 18, 2016) – The FIU men's basketball team got back to work on Friday night with the second game of a four-game road stretch coming against a familiar foe on the first day of the Red Diamond Roundball Classic in Mobile, Alabama … old Sun Belt Conference rival South Alabama. The Panthers tipped off the three-day event by dropping a heartbreaking 69-64 overtime decision to the host Jaguars in their first game of the weekend in front of 2,255 raucous fans at the Mitchell Center.
FIU drops its second-consecutive game and falls to 1-2 on the year, while South Alabama improves to 3-0.