Florida International 48, Western Kentucky 66

March 8, 2009

Conference Tournament

Sun Belt Men's Basketball Tournament

Summit Arena (Hot Springs, Arkansas)

Attendance: N/A

Officials: Mike Thibodeaux, Kevin Mathis, Curtis Shaw

Team Rebounds: Florida International (4) Western Kentucky (6)

Technicals: Florida International (0) Western Kentucky (0)

  1 2 Final
FIU (13-20) 25 23 48
WKU (22-8) 29 37 66

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
FIU 68 70.2 96.5
WKU 68 96.5 70.2

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
FIU .379 0.219 0.258 0.069
WKU .444 0.161 0.311 0.177

Florida International Golden Panthers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Nikola Gacesa Starter PF 23:00 3-9 0-0 0-0 -3.0 2 1 3 1 2 0 5 0 6
- Alex Galindo Starter SF 28:00 1-9 1-5 1-2 -0.8 1 3 4 2 1 0 2 0 4
- Josue Soto Starter PG 28:00 1-6 1-4 0-0 2.8 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3
- Tremayne Russell Starter SG 17:00 3-8 0-2 1-2 -1.5 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 7
- Freddy Asprilla Starter C 21:00 4-7 0-0 0-1 8.9 0 6 6 4 4 0 2 2 8
- Russell Hicks Bench C 14:00 3-6 0-0 2-5 6.1 3 2 5 0 4 0 1 3 8
- Cedric Essola Bench PF 15:00 0-1 0-0 0-0 0.2 0 2 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
- Antoine Watson Bench SG 10:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 1.2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
- Michael Dominguez Bench SG 31:00 4-7 4-6 0-0 9.2 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 12
- Nick Taylor Bench PG 13:00 0-1 0-1 0-1 -0.4 0 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 0
- J.C. Otero Bench SF 10:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 1.2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
  Team                   4            
        210 19-58 6-22 4-11 24.1 8 23 35 15 21 4 15 5 48
          32.8% 27.3% 36.4%                    

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- A.J. Slaughter Starter SG 35:00 4-11 1-4 3-4 8.0 1 5 6 4 2 0 2 0 12
- Jeremy Evans Starter C 21:00 4-7 0-0 2-2 7.0 3 2 5 0 5 0 1 2 10
- Sergio Kerusch Starter SF 26:00 4-9 0-1 0-0 5.5 1 5 6 1 1 0 1 0 8
- Steffphon Pettigrew Starter PF 31:00 3-11 1-3 2-3 8.9 4 5 9 1 1 0 0 1 9
- Orlando Mendez Starter PG 35:00 6-17 4-9 2-2 13.8 3 3 6 6 0 0 2 0 18
- D.J. Magley Bench PF 15:00 1-4 0-0 1-3 4.6 2 5 7 1 0 0 1 0 3
- Mike Walker Bench SF 04:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dejan Cvoro Bench SG 02:00 1-1 1-1 1-2 1.8 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4
- Anthony Sally Bench PG 22:00 1-2 0-0 0-0 3.0 0 4 4 1 1 2 3 0 2
- Japeth Aguilar Bench PF 03:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.8 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Matt Maresca Bench PF 06:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 -1.5 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
  Team                   6            
        200 24-62 7-18 11-16 51.8 14 31 51 14 14 2 11 3 66
          38.7% 38.9% 68.8%                    

Florida International Golden Panthers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Josue Soto
10.4p, 2.5r, 3.2a
Tremayne Russell
8p, 2.2r, 1.7a
Alex Galindo
14.4p, 4.8r, 1.6a
Nikola Gacesa
9.9p, 4.4r, 0.6a
Freddy Asprilla
13.7p, 9.2r, 0.9a
Rotation Nick Taylor
3.1p, 2.6r, 3.1a
Michael Dominguez
10p, 3.6r, 2.3a
J.C. Otero
0.5p, 0.5r, 0.3a
Cedric Essola
4.6p, 3.1r, 0.6a
Russell Hicks
8.4p, 5.4r, 0.3a
Rotation  
 
Antoine Watson
0p, 1r, 1a
 
 
 
 
 
 

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Orlando Mendez
14.3p, 4.1r, 3.9a
A.J. Slaughter
15.5p, 3.1r, 3.8a
Sergio Kerusch
10.9p, 7.3r, 0.3a
Steffphon Pettigrew
12.9p, 5.1r, 0.7a
Jeremy Evans
8.8p, 5.9r, 0.3a
Rotation Anthony Sally
4.1p, 2.8r, 2.7a
 
 
 
 
D.J. Magley
2.4p, 2.4r, 0.5a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Dejan Cvoro
1.7p, 1.3r, 0.9a
Mike Walker
0.7p, 1.9r, 0.4a
Matt Maresca
0.6p, 1.6r, 0.5a
 
 
Lim PT  
 
 
 
 
 
Japeth Aguilar
1.5p, 0.9r, 0a
 
 

Today's Games

(2) North Carolina 79
(7) Duke 71

(8) Michigan State 62
(19) Purdue 51

(10) Wake Forest 96
(18) Clemson 88

(14) Gonzaga 94
Santa Clara 59

(24) Florida State 63
Virginia Tech 53