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MIAMI – FIU women’s basketball will welcome Georgia State to the Ocean Bank Convocation Center on Friday, December 5 at 7 p.m.

Friday, Dec. 5 vs Georgia State


Time/Site: 7 p.m. / Ocean Bank Convocation Center



Series History: FIU leads, 23-5


QUICK FACTS

The Panthers (from Miami) hold a commanding 23-5 lead in the all-time series against the Panthers from Atlanta, with FIU winning the last matchup in 2019, 70-63. 

Parris Atkins has been as advertised from her CUSA Preseason All-Conference selection. The guard is second in CUSA, averaging 16.8 points per game, and has been all over the court on defense. With 5.2 steals per game, she is first in CUSA and second in the nation in steals. 

Rhema Collins has been a force all season, coming into the matchup second in CUSA in double-doubles with three in five games so far. On the season, Collins is tied for second in CUSA with 16.8 points per game, fifth with 9.2 rebounds per game and tied for second in blocks per game with 1.4.

Early CUSA Leaders:

Scoring:

Parris Atkins, T2 – 16.8 ppg

Rhema Collins, T2 – 16.8 ppg

Rebounding:

Rhema Collins, 5th – 9.2 rpg

Field Goal %:

Rhema Collins, 4th – 46.6%

Assists:

Grecia Ferrer, 1st – 5.2 apg

Total Assists

Grecia Ferrer, 1st – 31 assists

Blocks:

Rhema Collins, T2 – 1.4 bpg

Steals:

Parris Atkins, 1st – 5.2 spg (2nd in NCAA)

Sophomore Ndate Ndiaye scored her career-high against Seattle with 13 points, all coming in the first half. She surpassed her previous career-high of 12 points which came against USF in the first game of the 2025-26 season.

Junior Denika Lightbourne had a career day in the Panthers’ first game of the season against USF (11.3.25). The Bahamas native dropped 21 points and eight rebounds, both of which were career highs.

FIU welcomes back five returners to Miami in senior Parris Atkins, redshirt-sophomore Fantasia James, junior Judit Valero and sophomores Ndate Ndiaye and Claudia Marina.

Parris Atkins and Fantasia James were both honored with CUSA All-Conference awards last season. Parris Atkins, then in her first season as a Panther, was an immediate contributor and made the CUSA All-Conference Second Team. James, a redshirt freshman at the time, was named to the CUSA All-Freshman Team for her performance during the 2024-25 season.

FIU has the most international players rostered in Conference USA. The Panthers boast 12 of their 14 players born outside of the United States.

FIU is coming off a 2024-25 season that saw the Panthers go 11-18 overall and 7-11 in conference-play, ending sixth in the conference. 

SCOUTING THE PANTHERS

Georgia State is off to a 4-4 start this season, earning wins over Oglethorpe and Wofford, along with two victories in the GSU Thanksgiving Tournament against Stony Brook and Samford.

Through eight games, the Panthers are tied for ninth in the Sun Belt in scoring at 65.2 points per game, while allowing 67.5 points per game, which ranks eighth in the conference.

GSU is led by guard Crystal Henderson, who paces the team with 17.4 points per game, third-best in the Sun Belt. She also leads the Panthers in assists, averaging 3.8 per contest. Two other guards are scoring in double figures in Kaleigh Addie at 12.9 points per game and Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu at 12.1.

This will be FIU’s first matchup with Georgia State since 2019, when the Panthers claimed a 70–63 win. Georgia State had won the previous two meetings, snapping FIU’s 17-game winning streak in the series that spanned from 1992–1998.

TICKETS

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