Fairweather Scores 28 to Lead Florida International to 94-69 Win Over UT-Pan American
EDINBURG – Marshod Fairweather scored 28 points and Lucas Barnes added 20 as Florida International rolled to its sixth straight win, 94-69 over UT-Pan American in men’s basketball Monday night at the UTPA Fieldhouse.
Fairweather hit on 10-of-18 shots from the field, including 4-of-9 from beyond the three-point line. He also led the team in assists with six and steals with four. Barnes notched a double-double with 20 points and 13 rebounds. Brian Merriweather led the way for UT-Pan American with 23 points, including 6-of-13 from three-point range. John Braxton and Gary Booker also scored in double figures with 11 and 10 points respectively.
UTPA (7-12) ran out to an early 13-9 lead with Merriweather connecting on his first four field goal attempts. But the Golden Panthers (11-6) responded with a 24-5 run to take the lead. Fairweather scored 10 points and Barnes scored seven points in the run and UTPA never led after that point. The Broncs never cut the lead to less than 10 points in the second half.
“I thought we played with intensity,” said UTPA Head Coach Bob Hoffman. “But they got tip-ins and second shots. They had an answer every time we made a run.”
The Broncs return to action on January 29th at Belmont University in Nashville at 4:00 p.m. Florida International will take the court next on January 27th when they host Louisiana-Lafayette.
Florida International Golden
Panthers at UT-Pan American Broncs
UTPA Fieldhouse, Edinburg,
Texas
January 24, 2000
Florida International (11-6)
No. Name FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 32 Lucas Barnes, f 9 16 0 1 2 2 3 10 13 0 20 3 3 0 1 32 50 Karel Rosario, f 2 4 0 0 4 8 5 2 7 1 8 2 0 0 2 32 42 Darius Cook, c 4 7 0 0 0 3 2 2 4 3 8 1 3 1 0 21 01 Fab Fisher, g 3 5 2 3 0 0 0 3 3 1 8 4 3 0 0 32 12 Marshod Fairweather, g 10 18 4 9 4 6 0 2 2 1 28 6 3 0 4 38 33 Sylbrin Robinson 4 5 0 0 0 0 4 3 7 4 8 1 1 0 0 14 34 Ben Schifferer 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 1 0 1 10 55 Michael Tucker 3 6 0 2 2 2 0 4 4 4 8 0 1 0 4 21 Team 0 0 0 Totals 37 63 8 17 12 21 14 26 40 15 94 18 15 1 12 200
Total FG% 1st Half: 17-33 .515 2nd Half: 20-30 .667 Game: .587 Deadball 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-13 .385 2nd Half: 3-4 .750 Game: .471 Rebounds F Throw% 1st Half: 5-10 .500 2nd Half: 7-11 .636 Game: .571 1
UT-Pan American Broncs (7-12)
No. Name FG FGA 3FG 3FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 11 John Braxton, f 3 8 3 7 2 2 0 0 0 4 11 2 5 0 1 31 21 Kyle Sanders, f 4 4 0 0 1 1 1 2 3 3 9 2 3 0 1 29 33 Matt Palmquist, c 2 4 0 0 1 2 2 2 4 2 5 2 0 0 3 21 05 Kwasinda Curtis, g 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 3 0 0 25 23 Brian Merriweather, g 7 20 6 13 3 4 0 2 2 0 23 0 2 0 3 33 00 Reggie Kuzet 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 01 Bernard Preston 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 8 03 Gabe Rhoads 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 10 Carlos Haywood 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 17 12 Gary Booker 4 5 0 0 2 3 1 2 3 5 10 0 1 0 1 11 15 Watara Banks 1 5 0 2 2 5 0 2 2 1 4 8 3 0 1 17 Team 3 4 7 Totals 24 56 10 24 11 17 9 20 29 18 69 19 20 0 10 200
Total FG% 1st Half: 11-25 .440 2nd Half: 13-31 .419 Game: .429 Deadball 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 .400 2nd Half: 6-14 .429 Game: .417 Rebounds F Throw% 1st Half: 3-5 .600 2nd Half: 8-12 .667 Game: .647 3
Officials: Pete Ranucci, Rick Hall, Rusty Hicks
Technical Fouls: None Attendance: 3,105
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Final Florida International 44 50 94 UTPA 29 40 69