HOUSTON (AP) - Jerome Frink scored 14 points and Marco Porcher Jimenez added 12 points to lead Florida International to a 48-45 win over Texas Southern on Saturday.
Both teams struggled from the field - the Golden Panthers (4-5) shot 36 percent while Texas Southern made only 29 percent of its shots.
FIU scored the last 11 points of the first half to lead 28-22 at the break. The Golden Panthers maintained the lead throughout the second half though the Tigers had a chance to tie in the final minute. They missed a pair of 3-point attempts.
Omar Strong led the Tigers (1-11) with 18 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Florida International (4-5) « | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| Texas Southern (1-11) | 23 | 22 | 45 |
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| Florida International Golden Panthers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Murphy, F | 33 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| T. Akomolafe, F | 21 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| J. De La Rosa, C | 9 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Belardo, G | 23 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| M. Smith, G | 21 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Frink | 29 | 6-9 | 2-2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| J. Ferrales | 28 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| M. Porcher Jimenez | 14 | 4-9 | 3-3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| D. Hill | 13 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| I. Jurkovic | 9 | 0-2 | 1-2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 18-50 | 8-12 | 38 | 11 | 10 | 48 | |
| 36% | 66.7% | ||||||
| Texas Southern Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Sturdivant, F | 32 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Clayborn, F | 12 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| M. Gibbs, G | 34 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| O. Strong, G | 34 | 5-17 | 3-3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| R. Penn, G | 23 | 0-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Johnson-Danner | 27 | 3-9 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| D. Ellington | 25 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| K. Sutton | 9 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Blackwell | 4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 16-56 | 5-6 | 38 | 12 | 15 | 45 | |
| 28.6% | 83.3% | ||||||
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