BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (January 1, 2017) -- The half-court pressure administered by WKU proved to be too much for FIU women's basketball to handle as the Panthers lost 90-38 in Bowling Green, Kentucky at E.A. Diddle Arena on New Year's Day in Conference USA action. FIU is now 2-11, 0-2 in Conference USA. WKU moves to 10-4, 2-0 in C-USA.
The only field goal that FIU was able to connect on in the first seven-and-a-half minutes was a floater from Alexis Gordon (Palm Bay, Florida / Covenant Christian) as WKU jumped out to a 21-2 start and led 26-4 at the end of the first quarter.