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1 MIAMI MEN’S BASKETBALL 21 MAC Championships | 17 NCAA Tournament Appearances | 26 Postseason Berths 642 Mid-American Conference Wins | Graduating Champions Miami RedHawks (9-13, 2-7 MAC) at 2019-20 SCHEDULE Ohio Bobcats (10-12, 2-7 MAC) Times are listed as Eastern Time and subject to change NOVEMBER Game 23: Saturday, Feb. 8 • 3:30 p.m. ET 4 SHAWNEE STATE (exh.) .............. W, 82-68 Convocation Center (13,080) • Athens, Ohio 9 WRIGHT STATE ............................ L, 81-88 13 at Purdue Fort Wayne ........................ W, 84-80 Series vs. Ohio/Streak: Ohio leads 111-94/Ohio-1 16 ALABAMA A&M .......................... W, 79-63 Last Meeting: Ohio 66 Miami 57, March 8, 2019 20 CENTRAL STATE ......................... W, 80-45 TV: ESPN3 • Russ Eisenstein (Play by Play) Rob Cornelius (Color Analyst) 25 vs. Drake@ .............................................. W, 64-59 Radio: Miami Sports Network from Van Wagner Affiliates and MiamiRedHawks.com 26 vs. South Alabama@ .............................L, 72-81 • Terry Bridge (Play by Play) 27 vs. Wright State@ ...................................L, 66-71 DECEMBER 3 NORTHERN KENTUCKY .............. L, 54-76 s 7 at Evansville .......................................... L, 87-101 15 MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE ....... W, 79-67 PROBABLE STARTERS 18 at #3/5 Louisville ....................................L, 46-70 21 BRADLEY .................................... W, 71-55 MIAMI POTENTIAL STARTERS (Based on previous game) 30 WILBERFORCE .......................... W, 119-52 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG JANUARY 1 Nike Sibande G 6-4 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 22/21 13.4 5.7 2.0 4 at Central Michigan* ............................L, 82-93 3 Dae Dae Grant G 6-2 Fr. Lorain, Ohio 22/19 10.0 3.1 2.1 7 at Bowling Green* .................................L, 76-78 11 Myja White G 6-1 R-Fr. Terre Haute, Ind. 20/11 2.6 1.2 0.6 10 BUFFALO* .................................... L, 78-83 13 Dalonte Brown F 6-7 Jr. Toledo, Ohio 22/22 11.5 5.8 0.6 14 KENT STATE* .............................. W, 77-74 14 Bam Bowman F 6-8 Sr. Bowling Green, Ky. 19/19 6.8 4.1 0.8 18 at Ball State* ............................................L, 62-71 21 AKRON* ....................................... L, 60-81 Off the Bench 25 EASTERN MICHIGAN* ................ W, 73-68 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 28 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* ............ Postponed 0 Javin Etzler # F 6-8 Fr. Convoy, Ohio 2/0 2.5 0.0 0.0 2 Mekhi Lairy G 5-8 So. Evansville, Ind. 22/5 7.9 2.8 3.1 FEBRUARY 4 Isaiah Coleman-Lands G 6-0 R-So. Indianpolis, Ind. 22/1 7.4 2.6 1.8 1 at Northern Illinois* ..............................L, 55-70 5 Precious Ayah F 6-6 R-Jr. Okpoama, Nigeria 21/0 2.7 2.5 0.2 4 WESTERN MICHIGAN* ................ L, 60-64 15 Milos Jovic G 6-4 R-Jr. Leskovac, Serbia 22/9 4.6 2.5 1.2 8 at Ohio* .................................................. 3:30 p.m. 20 Benjamin Litteken G 6-0 Jr. St. Louis, Mo. 7/0 1.3 0.3 0.0 11 at Toledo* .................................................... 7 p.m. 15 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (DH) ...... 3:30 p.m. 22 Elijah McNamara F 6-9 So. Pickerington, Ohio 22/3 3.7 2.4 0.2 22 at Akron* ..........................................................TBA 24 Michael Ritchie F/G 6-5 Jr. Mt. Prospect, Ill. 7/0 0.4 0.3 0.0 25 at Kent State* ............................................. 7 p.m. 33 James Beck # F 6-8 Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich. will redshirt 2019-20 27 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* .....................7 p.m. 35 Josh Brewer F 6-5 So. Indianapolis, Ind. 18/0 3.7 1.5 0.3 29 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) ............ 3:30 p.m. #Denotes Out for Game MARCH STORYLINES 3 at Buffalo* ................................................... 7 p.m. 6 OHIO* ..............................................7 p.m. 1. BATTLE OF THE BRICKS RIVALRY RESUMES: The Miami University men’s bas- ketball team heads to Athens for its first “Battle of the Bricks” rivalry game against MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Ohio this Saturday. Tip time is 3:30 p.m. and it will air live on ESPN3. An audio 9 First Round (at Campus Sites) ...................TBA (Quicken Loans Arena—Cleveland, Ohio) broadcast will be available on the Miami Sports Network from Van Wagner. 12 Quarterfinals ...................................................TBA 2. HALFWAY THROUGH MAC PLAY: While the results have not quite been what 13 Semifinals .........................................................TBA the RedHawks have hoped for so far in Mid-American Conference play, Miami still 14 Championship ................................................TBA has the opportunity to move up in the standings as it begins the second half of @Denotes Gulf Coast Showcase (Fort Myers, the league slate against the Bobcats. The top four teams in the MAC earn byes Fla.) *Denotes Mid-American Conference Game straight to Cleveland for the MAC Tournament March 12-14. Right now those (DH) Denotes doubleheader with Miami wom- schools are Bowling Green (8-2), Central Michigan (6-2), Northern Illinois (7-3) and en’s basketball team Akron (6-3). The remaining eight teams will compete on campus sites in the MAC All game times listed as Eastern Time Tournament First Round on Monday, March 9 for the other four spots in Cleve- and subject to change land. The fifth through eighth seeds will be the hosts for those games. Right now HOME GAMES IN BOLD CAPS that would be Ball State (6-3), Kent State (6-4), Buffalo (5-5) and Western Michigan (3-6). Going on the road right now would be Toledo (3-7), Miami (2-7), Ohio (2-7) Follow Miami Basketball and Eastern Michigan (2-7). Being only one game out of a home spot in the MAC and Miami Athletics Tournament will provide plenty of incentive for the ‘Hawks as they begin the @MiamiOH_BBall second half of league play. @MiamiRedHawks 3. GRANT GETS CAREER-HIGH: Freshman guard Dae Dae Grant set new ca- Miami RedHawks reer-highs with 20 points and five assists against Western Michigan on Tuesday. It was his 10th straight game scoring in double figures. During that stretch, Grant is leading the RedHawks with an average of 13.0 points per game. For the entire year, he is averaging 10.0 points per contest. 2 2019-20 MIAMI UNIVERSITY REDHAWKS MEN’S BASKETBALL 2019-20 MAC STANDINGS EAST DIVISION Team Conference Overall GAMEDAY CENTRAL Bowling Green 8-2 17-6 Miami vs. Ohio Akron 6-3 16-6 Oxford, Ohio ....................................................................Location ..............................................................Athens, Ohio Kent State 6-4 16-7 19,452 ............................................................................. Enrollment ......................................................................... 34,443 Mid-American (East) ..................................................Conference .............................................. Mid-American (East) Buffalo 5-5 14-9 Millett Hall (6,400) ............................................................Arena ....................................Convocation Center (13,080) MIAMI 2-7 9-13 Jack Owens (Eastern Illinois ‘99) ............................Head Coach ...............................................Jeff Boals (Ohio ‘95) Ohio 2-7 10-12 Third Season .............................................................Years at School ...........................................................First Season 40-48 ......................................................................... Record at School ..................................................................... 10-12 Same .............................................................................Overall Record .......................................65-53 (Fourth Season) WEST DIVISION 15-17 .......................................................................... 2018-19 Record ...................................................................... 14-17 Team Conference Overall 7-11 (5th, East) ............................................2018-19 Conference Record .......................................6-12 (6th, East) Central Michigan 6-2 13-8 N/A ..........................................................................2018-19 Postseason .....................................................................N/A 3/2 .......................................................................Starters Returning/Lost ................................................................... 1/4 Northern Illinois 7-3 14-9 9/4 .................................................................... Lettermen Returning/Lost ................................................................ 6/9 Ball State 6-3 13-9 Western Michigan 3-6 10-12 SATURDAY’S GAME: The Miami University men’s basketball team heads to Athens for Toledo 3-7 11-12 its first “Battle of the Bricks” rivalry game against Ohio this Saturday. Tip time is 3:30 Eastern Michigan 2-7 12-10 p.m. and it will air live on ESPN3. An audio broadcast will be available on the Miami Sports Network from Van Wagner. Network as the RedHawks partner with the Van Wagner group to provide coverage ABOUT OHIO: The Bobcats are 10-12 overall and 2-7 in the MAC. They have lost their of Miami men’s basketball with a group last four games, although each contest has been close. In their last game they fell to of affiliates blanketing most of Southwest Ball State, 65-54, in Muncie, Indiana last Tuesday. Under a new coaching staff this sea- Ohio and Southeast Indiana. For all home son, Ohio has a young roster led by sophomore guard Jason Preston. He is averaging games and a select few road games, Terry 15.8 points per game. Redshirt sophomore