MIAMI, Fla. – The FIU men's basketball team collected a resilient 77-66 season-opening win over Houston Christian on Monday night, as the Panthers rallied from a 17-point deficit in the first half to outscore the Huskies by 20 in the second half and notch the comeback victory inside the Ocean Bank Convocation Center.
Monday's contest was certainly a tale of two halves, seeing the Panthers come out flat and suffer to a blistering hot Houston Christian squad that hit 9-of-14 from beyond the arc (64.3%) through the opening 20 minutes before clamping down defensively to hold HCU to just 31.