Miami Men's Basketball

1 MIAMI MEN’S BASKETBALL 21 MAC Championships | 17 NCAA Tournament Appearances | 26 Postseason Berths 634 Mid-American Conference Wins | Graduating Champions Miami RedHawks (8-9, 0-4 MAC) vs. 2018-19 SCHEDULE Akron Zips (10-7, 2-2 MAC) Times are listed as Eastern Time and subject to change Game 18: Saturday, Jan. 19 • 3:30 p.m. NOVEMBER 5 TAYLOR (exh.) ............................. W, 84-53 Millett Hall (6,400) • Oxford, Ohio 10 at Butler ....................................................L, 68-90 Series vs. Akron/Streak: Miami leads 31-29/MU-3 12 MIDWAY ...................................... W, 91-42 Last Meeting: Miami 64 Akron 62, February 24, 2018 16 vs. North Dakota State@ ................... W, 89-78 17 vs. Montana@ ................................................L, 71-73 TV: ESPN3 • Steve Baker (Play by Play) Randy Hollowell (Color Analyst) Emily Simanskis (Sideline) 18 Pepperdine@ ..........................................L, 80-86 Radio: Miami IMG Sports Network Affiliates/Miami College Sports Live (MiamiRedHawks.com) 24 ARMY WEST POINT .................... W, 85-55 • Terry Bridge (Play by Play)John McKenna (Color Analyst) 28 at Xavier ....................................................L, 55-82 DECEMBER s 1 WILBERFORCE ............................ W, 88-57 5 at Wright State...................................... W, 65-62 PROBABLE STARTERS 8 PURDUE FORT WAYNE ............... W, 85-79 16 at Northern Kentucky ..........................L, 66-72 (BASED ON LAST GAME) 20 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE .......... W, 79-55 MIAMI POTENTIAL STARTERS 30 EVANSVILLE ............................... W, 70-67 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 13 Dalonte Brown F 6-7 So. Toledo, Ohio 17/16 14.2 5.4 0.6 JANUARY 14 Bam Bowman F 6-8 Jr. Bowling Green, Ky. 16/16 8.8 4.9 0.8 5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* ................. L, 77-84 1 Nike Sibande G 6-4 So. Indianapolis, Ind. 17/16 16.9 4.3 1.3 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* ................. L, 70-83 3 Jalen Adaway G 6-5 So. Logansport, Ind. 17/17 7.3 4.6 0.8 12 at No. 19 Buffalo* ..................................L, 64-88 12 Darrian Ringo G 6-2 Sr. Brownsburg, Ind. 17/16 6.6 2.7 5.1 15 at Toledo* .................................................L, 59-71 19 AKRON* (DH)............................. 3:30 p.m. Off the Bench 22 at Ball State* ............................................... 7 p.m. No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 26 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) ............ 3:30 p.m. 2 Mekhi Lairy G 5-8 Fr. Evansville, Ind. 17/1 7.0 1.8 1.5 29 TOLEDO* .........................................7 p.m. 4 Isaiah Coleman-Lands G 6-0 So. Indianpolis, Ind. 5/0 6.8 1.2 1.0 5 Precious Ayah F 6-6 R-So. Okpoama, Nigeria 11/0 1.6 2.2 0.1 FEBRUARY 11 Myja White# G 6-1 Fr. Terre Haute, Ind. 0/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2 at Eastern Michigan* ................................ Noon 15 Milos Jovic G 6-4 R-So. Leskovac, Serbia 15/0 2.2 0.9 0.3 5 at Kent State* ............................................. 7 p.m. 20 Benjamin Litteken G 6-0 So. St. Louis, Mo. 6/0 0.7 0.0 0.2 9 OHIO* ..............................................2 p.m. 21 Aleks Abrams F 6-8 R-Sr. Thousand Oaks, Calif. 16/1 1.8 4.3 0.3 16 at Western Michigan* ............................. 2 p.m. 19 BALL STATE* ....................................7 p.m. 22 Elijah McNamara F 6-9 Fr. Pickerington, Ohio 17/1 2.4 1.4 0.4 23 at Akron* ..................................................... 2 p.m. 24 Michael Ritchie F/G 6-5 So. Mt. Prospect, Ill. 6/0 1.7 0.8 0.0 26 at Bowling Green* .................................... 7 p.m. 30 Abdoulaye Harouna G 6-5 R-Sr. Niamey, Niger 17/1 4.2 1.9 0.5 #Redshirting 2018-19 Season MARCH 2 BUFFALO* ........................................2 p.m. 5 KENT STATE* ...................................7 p.m. STORYLINES 8 at Ohio* ........................................................ 7 p.m. 1. REDHAWKS RETURN HOME AS PART OF TRIPLEHEADER: The Miami Univer- MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT sity men’s basketball team returns home Saturday as it welcomes Akron to Millett 11 First Round (at Campus Sites) ...................TBA (Quicken Loans Arena—Cleveland, Ohio) Hall. Tip time is 3:30 p.m. and it will air live on ESPN3. It is part of a tripleheader 14 Quarterfinals ...................................................TBA that will start with the women’s basketball team taking on Ball State at 1 p.m. It 15 Semifinals .........................................................TBA concludes with the hockey team facing defending national champion Minnesota 16 Championship ................................................TBA Duluth at 7:05 p.m. inside Steve Cady Arena. @Denotes Islands of Bahamas Showcase (Nassau, Bahamas) 2. SIBANDE HAS STRONG SHOOTING PERFORMANCE: Sophomore guard Nike *Denotes Mid-American Conference Game Sibande had a season-high 26 points. It was his most efficient game of the season (DH) Denotes doubleheader with Miami wom- as he finished 6-for-9 from the field, including going 4-for-6 from behind the arc. en’s basketball team All game times listed as Eastern Time Despite the high volume of points, it was tied for the fewest number of shots he and subject to change attempted in a game this year. Sibande set a new career-high with 10 free throw makes to complete his performance. Follow Miami Basketball and Miami Athletics 3. ALSO CLIMBING CLOSER TO 1,000 POINTS: Sibande’s 26 points against @MiamiOH_BBall Toledo allowed him to cross the 800 point barrier for his career. He is now at 802 @MiamiRedHawks career points and only 198 points away from becoming the 35th player to score 1,000 points at Miami. If Sibande can accomplish it this season, he would be the Miami RedHawks first in RedHawk history to reach it as a sophomore. 2 2018-19 MIAMI UNIVERSITY REDHAWKS MEN’S BASKETBALL 2018-19 MAC STANDINGS EAST DIVISION Team Conference Overall GAMEDAY CENTRAL Buffalo 4-0 16-1 Miami vs. Akron Bowling Green 4-0 12-5 Oxford, Ohio ....................................................................Location ................................................................Akron, Ohio Kent State 2-2 13-4 19,452 ............................................................................. Enrollment ......................................................................... 20,500 Akron 2-2 10-7 Mid-American (East) ..................................................Conference .............................................. Mid-American (East) Millett Hall (6,400) ............................................................Arena ................................James A. Rhodes Arena (5,500) Ohio 1-3 9-7 Jack Owens (Eastern Illinois ‘99) ............................Head Coach .........................................John Groce (Taylor ‘94) MIAMI 0-4 8-9 Second Season ........................................................Years at School .................................................... Second Season 24-27 ......................................................................... Record at School ..................................................................... 24-25 WEST DIVISION Same .............................................................................Overall Record ......................................204-156 (11th Season) 16-18 .......................................................................... 2017-18 Record ...................................................................... 14-18 Team Conference Overall 8-10 (3rd, East) ............................................2017-18 Conference Record .......................................6-12 (6th, East) Central Michigan 3-1 14-3 CBI First Round ...................................................2017-18 Postseason .....................................................................N/A Northern Illinois 3-1 10-7 4/1 .......................................................................Starters Returning/Lost ................................................................... 3/2 Toledo 2-2 14-3 8/4 .................................................................... Lettermen Returning/Lost ................................................................ 6/7 Eastern Michigan 2-2 8-9 Ball State 1-3 10-7 SATURDAY’S GAME: The Miami University men’s basketball team returns home Western Michigan 0-4 6-11 Saturday as it welcomes Akron to Millett Hall. Tip time is 3:30 p.m. and it will air live on ESPN3. It is part of a tripleheader that will start with the women’s basketball team Southwest Ohio and Southeast Indiana. taking on Ball State at 1 p.m. It concludes with the hockey team facing defending For all home games and a select few national champion Minnesota Duluth at 7:05 p.m. inside Steve Cady Arena. road games, Terry Bridge will deliver the play-by-play while former RedHawk ABOUT AKRON: The Zips are 10-7 overall and 2-2 in the MAC. They knocked off men’s basketball player John McKenna Eastern Michigan, 51-49, in a low-scoring affair in their last game on Tuesday. Akron provides the analysis. For most road has had the top defense in the MAC this season, holding opponents to only 62.1 games, “The Voice of the RedHawks” points per game. Three players average in double figures, led by junior forward Daniel Steve Baker will deliver the play-by-play Utomi. He averages 15.1 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. Another key player is coverage, while Bridge will provide color commentary. Tune in to one of Miami’s senior guard Jimond Ivey. He averages 13.7 points and a team-leading 6.6 rebounds game-day affiliates: WMOH-AM 1450 per contest. (Hamilton, Ohio), WFMG-FM 101.3 (Richmond, Ind.), WONE 980 (Dayton,

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