2002-03 Women's Basketball Archives

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• Former All-America Ivanyi returns to WNBA for stint with Phoenix Mercury (May 25, 2003)
• FIU falls to Florida State in WNIT First Round (March 20, 2003)
• Golden Panthers to face Florida State in WNIT First Round (March 16, 2003)
• South Alabama ends FIU's title hopes (March 9, 2003)
• Vrancheva posts career-high as FIU rolls over Louisiana-Lafayette (March 6, 2003)
• Cotton, Shafer named first team All-Sun Belt (March 5, 2003)
• Shafer hits the 1,000 point mark as she drops in 27 to lead FIU past UALR (March 1, 2003)
• Shafer's 25 lifts FIU over Arkansas State (Feb. 27, 2003)
• Middle Tennessee downs FIU (Feb. 22, 2003)
• Western Kentucky tops FIU (Feb. 20, 2003)
• Shafer selected to 2003 Verizon Academic All-District 3 Team (Feb. 20, 2003)
• Shafer leads FIU past New Orleans (Feb. 15, 2003)
• Tomova's drops in a career-high 19 points, but FIU falls short against South Alabama (Feb. 13, 2003)
• Vrancheva ties career-high with 20 points as FIU edges Middle Tennessee (Feb. 1, 2003)
• Cotton's 17 are not enough as Golden Panthers fall out of first with loss to Western Kentucky (Jan. 30, 2003)
• Russo picks of 500th win at FIU as Golden Panthers down UALR (Jan. 25, 2003)
• FIU holds off Arkansas State to remain in first place in East (Jan. 23, 2003)
• League-leading FIU heads to the Natural State (Jan. 22, 2003)
• Saturday's Women's Basketball game to be televised on Sunshine Network (Jan. 20, 2003)
• Cotton, Vrancheva post double-doubles as FIU clobbers Louisiana-Lafayette (Jan. 18, 2003)
• Tomova lifts Golden Panthers over Aggies (Jan. 16, 2003)
• FIU downs Denver (Jan. 9, 2003)
• FIU drops Sun Belt opener at North Texas (Jan. 4, 2003)
• Siena races past FIU (Jan. 1, 2003)
• Shafer named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Week
• Shafer pours in 30 as FIU tops Ole Miss to win 18th Annual Sun & Fun Classic (Dec. 29, 2002)
• Cinite leads FIU past Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Dec. 28, 2002)
• FIU set to host 18th Annual Sun & Fun Classic (Dec. 26, 2002)
• FIU outlasts UNC-Greensboro (Dec. 20, 2002)
• FIU falls to No. 1 Duke (Dec. 18, 2002)
• Women's Basketball wins fourth straight; Next up is No. 1 Duke (Dec. 16, 2002)
• FIU notches third-straight victory over cross-town rival Miami (Dec. 14, 2002)
• FIU ranked among nation's 50 best (Dec. 12, 2002)
• FIU routs Stony Brook en route to title (Dec. 7, 2002)
• Vrancheva's triple-double leads FIU past Bradley (Dec. 6, 2002)
• Vrancheva named Player of the Week (Dec. 3, 2002)
• No. 3 LSU races past FIU (Nov. 30, 2002)
• Cinite, Vrancheva lift FIU over Virginia Tech (Nov. 29, 2002)
• Free throws, balanced scoring attack helps Women's Basketball down Alabama State (Nov. 23, 2002)
• Late run helps Georgia State upset Women's Basketball (Nov. 22, 2002)
• Russo, Women's Basketball sign three in early period (Nov. 21, 2002)
• Women's Basketball tops Lynn in exhibition game (Nov. 18, 2002)
• Women's Basketball closes out preseason with exhibition against Lynn (Nov. 17, 2002)
• Women's Basketball drops Tournament of Champions in exhibition (Nov. 5, 2002)
• Women's Basketball named one of Top 50 teams in the nation (Oct. 29, 2002)
• FIU picked to win East; Cotton chosen Preseason Player of the Year (Oct. 23, 2002)
• Moonlight Madness slated for tonight (Oct. 21, 2002)
• Women's Basketball to host annual Tip-Off Dinner (Oct. 14, 2002)
• Women's Basketball finalizes 2002-03 (Oct. 2, 2002)
• Russo named one of the nation's Most Underrated Coaches (Sept. 20, 2002)
• Russo Lands Notre Dame Transfer (September 11, 2002)