Men's basketball set for the Senior Day inclination with Jacksonville State

Miami – The FIU men's basketball program is on Saturday afternoon for the last home game of the 2025 season, of which Jacksonville State in Conference USA (CUSA) (Cusa) will double on Saturday afternoon.

The Panthers (9-19, 3-12 Cusa) accept the Gamecocks (19-10, 11-5 Cusa) at 2 p.m. in the Ocean Bank convocation center. Fiu will honor his senior class from 2025 Jonathan AybarPresent Jaden GrantPresent Onyx pastorizaPresent George Pridgett, Jr. And Dante Wilcox Pregame together with several other final staff.

Saturday, March 1st against Jacksonville State

Time/side: 14 PM ET | Convention on the oceanbank

Series history: Fiu leads 5-4 (Jax State leads 3-1 in the Cusa era)

Last meeting: JSU Def. Fiu, 71-67 (January 30, 2025)

TV: ESPN+

The Fiu recently convincingly defeated the state of Kennesaw on Thursday evening and plunged the OWLS 76-61 at home. The Panthers took the command of the game in the first half, held a lead of 10 points during the break and ended the 15-point victory with 10 consecutive free throw.

Asim Jones And Dashon Gittenens led the rating with 15 points each and collided 17 free throws. As a team, FIU made a high season high of 34 free throws in 41 attempts.

For his career, Aybar is now sitting at 981 points, 19 shy of 1,000, who appear as a panther in his last home game. With the victory against KSU, head coach Jeremy Ballard Is now with 97 career winners.

When JSU and Fiu met at the end of January, the Panthers and Gamecocks fought in a closely contested affair that led to a four-point home win for Jax State. Jayden Brewer scored a team best 15 points while Vianney Salatchoum 14. Seniors Aybar and Wilcox were also in double -digit those with 10 points each.

Scouting the Gamecocks

Jax State comes to Miami after a close defeat against Liberty (59-55). Jao Stuka led the JSU with 14 points, while Jaron Pierre had 13. The Gamecocks drove in half at 3 p.m. and only scored 16 points in the first half, but broke an angry comeback to close the game and climbed within three points with a 25 second lead.

Pierre Jr. leads Jax State with his 21.8 ppg, most in Cusa and the second most common national. JSU is currently second in the Cusa classification, half a game behind the conference manager Liberty with two more games.

Jax State is a strong recipient team with 38.5 rebounds per game, the second most common Cusa and 36.-national. The Gamecocks are the top free throw team in Cusa and shoot 76.9 percent from the charity strip.

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