WBB Game Day: FIU

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Liberty (9-9, 3-4 CUSA) will tip off a two-game homestand Thursday with its first contest against FIU (11-7, 4-3 CUSA) this season.
The Lady Flames are 3-1 all-time against the Panthers, having won the last three head-to-head matchups. Liberty has been victorious in its two home meetings with FIU by an average of 22.0 ppg.
Liberty is 39-5 in conference play at Liberty Arena but 0-2 in CUSA home games this season. The Lady Flames are looking to snap their first-ever three-game home losing streak in their six seasons playing at the facility.
Avery Mills, who ranks No. 5 nationally with 3.11 three-pointers per game, is two triples away from becoming the 16th Lady Flame to make 100 career three-pointers. She totaled a team-high 29 points in two victories over FIU a year ago as a freshman.
Elisabeth Aegisdottir is coming off her first career double-double, Friday at Middle Tennessee, consisting of a season-high 12 points and a season-best 11 rebounds. She has stepped up during CUSA play, averaging 8.7 ppg and 6.4 rpg while shooting 42.3 percent (11-of-26) from beyond the arc. Aegisdottir needs 10 boards to join Liberty's all-time top 50 list.

Notes and Anecdotes

Liberty and FIU will meet for the first time this season as two of eight CUSA teams who have between two and four conference losses thus far in 2025-26.
The Lady Flames have won three straight meetings with the Panthers, including a pair of victories at Liberty Arena by an average of 22.0 ppg.
Liberty has played five of its first seven CUSA games on the road, while FIU has played five of seven CUSA contests at home. Liberty is 0-2 in CUSA home games, part of a three-game overall home losing streak. FIU is 2-0 in CUSA road games, part of the Panthers' three-game road winning streak.
The Lady Flames will look to slow down FIU's Rhema Collins. The transfer from Ole Miss tops CUSA in scoring (18.5 ppg) and rebounding (9.9 rpg). The Panthers lead the nation in free throw attempts per game (26.8) and sit No. 8 nationally in turnovers forced per game (24.6).
Appropriately for the school's name (Florida International University), 12 of the Panthers' 14 players are international, representing seven different nations.
Avery Mills was effective off the bench as a freshman during the Lady Flames' two wins over FIU last season. She totaled a team-high 29 points in 39 minutes of total playing time.

Home Sweet Home

Despite dropping their first two CUSA home games, the Lady Flames are 39-5 all-time in conference games at Liberty Arena, including 24-1 in the ASUN and 15-4 in CUSA.
Liberty is 3-4 at home this season, pushing its all-time mark at Liberty Arena to 68-13.
The Lady Flames will look to snap their first three-game home losing streak in six seasons playing at Liberty Arena.

CUSA Checkup

Liberty has been successful during its first three years of CUSA membership, headlined by its regular-season and tournament titles in 2024-25.
The Lady Flames are 35-12 versus CUSA foes over the last three seasons, including 30-11 in conference play, 5-1 in the CUSA Championship, 15-4 at home and 15-7 on the road.
Liberty has faced three CUSA foes without suffering a loss over the past three years, including Kennesaw State (2-0), New Mexico State (6-0) and UTEP (5-0).
The Lady Flames got off to their first 2-0 conference start as a CUSA member this season.
However, Liberty followed that hot start with its first three-game conference losing streak since joining CUSA.

Climbing the Charts

Coming off her first career double-double at Middle Tennessee, Elisabeth Aegisdottir needs 10 boards to overtake Jayne Mottershead and become one of the top 50 rebounders in program history.
Avery Mills scored her 500th career point at Middle Tennessee on Friday. She now needs two triples to become the 16th Lady Flame ever to connect on 100 career three-pointers.
With 56 three-pointers this season, Mills is seven away from moving into a fourth-place tie on Liberty's single-season list. Cynthia Thomson (1990-91) and Mills' former teammates Emma Hess (2022-23) and Asia Boone (2023-24) each knocked down 63 triples in a season. Hess owns the Liberty single-season record of 76, set in 2023-24.

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