MIAMI (February 16, 2017) -- FIU women's hoops faced a pressing Southern Miss team, got behind early and could not get right offensively until it was too late in a 75-37 home loss to the Golden Eagles Thursday night on Lime Court at FIU Arena. The Panthers slip to 5-19 on the season, 3-10 in Conference USA. USM improves to 17-9 overall, 9-5 in league games.
For the first time all season, FIU was without senior starter Nikolina Todorovic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), ending her streak of 28 games in the starting lineup. She is expected to return on Saturday.