MIAMI - FIU Women's Basketball (7-8, 3-1 CUSA) used a 25-6 second-half run to come away with a 61-54 victory over Sam Houston (7-7, 0-4 CUSA) at the Ocean Bank Convocation Center, Saturday afternoon.
Down 24-19 heading into the halftime break, FIU found its hot hand, out-scoring the Bearkats 42-30 in the final two frames, highlighted by a 10-0 run from the 4:50-2:11 mark in the third quarter, which put the Panthers in the lead.
The winning effort was sprung by 20 combined second-half points from junior Parris Atkins and senior Isnelle Natabou.