Miami Men's Basketball

1 MIAMI MEN’S BASKETBALL 21 MAC Championships | 17 NCAA Tournament Appearances | 26 Postseason Berths 641 Mid-American Conference Wins | Graduating Champions Miami RedHawks (15-15, 7-10 MAC) at 2018-19 SCHEDULE Ohio Bobcats (13-16, 5-12 MAC) Times are listed as Eastern Time and subject to change Game 31: Friday, March 8 • 7 p.m. NOVEMBER 5 TAYLOR (exh.) ............................. W, 84-53 Convocation Center (13,080) • Athens, Ohio 10 at Butler ....................................................L, 68-90 Series vs. Ohio/Streak: Ohio leads 110-94/MU-2 12 MIDWAY ...................................... W, 91-42 Last Meeting: Miami 79 Ohio 59, February 9, 2019 16 vs. North Dakota State@ ................... W, 89-78 TV: ESPN+ • Marty Bannister (Play by Play) Toni Roesch (Color Analyst) 17 vs. Montana@ ................................................L, 71-73 18 Pepperdine@ ..........................................L, 80-86 Radio: Miami Sports Network from Learfield IMG College Affiliates 24 ARMY WEST POINT .................... W, 85-55 Miami College Sports Live (MiamiRedHawks.com) 28 at Xavier ....................................................L, 55-82 • Steve Baker (Play by Play), Terry Bridge (Color Analyst) DECEMBER 1 WILBERFORCE ............................ W, 88-57 5 at Wright State...................................... W, 65-62 s 8 PURDUE FORT WAYNE ............... W, 85-79 16 at Northern Kentucky ..........................L, 66-72 PROBABLE STARTERS 20 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE .......... W, 79-55 30 EVANSVILLE ............................... W, 70-67 MIAMI POTENTIAL STARTERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG JANUARY 13 Dalonte Brown F 6-7 So. Toledo, Ohio 30/29 11.8 5.2 0.5 5 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* ................. L, 77-84 14 Bam Bowman F 6-8 Jr. Bowling Green, Ky. 29/28 10.3 5.3 0.6 8 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* ................. L, 70-83 1 Nike Sibande G 6-4 So. Indianapolis, Ind. 30/29 15.6 4.8 1.2 12 at No. 19 Buffalo* ..................................L, 64-88 12 Darrian Ringo G 6-2 Sr. Brownsburg, Ind. 30/24 7.3 2.8 4.9 15 at Toledo* .................................................L, 59-71 30 Abdoulaye Harouna G 6-5 R-Sr. Niamey, Niger 30/14 5.2 2.1 0.8 19 AKRON* (DH).............................. W, 68-61 22 at Ball State* .......................................... W, 71-65 Off the Bench 26 BOWLING GREEN* (DH) ............. W, 67-53 No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 29 TOLEDO* ..................................... L, 63-66 2 Mekhi Lairy G 5-8 Fr. Evansville, Ind. 30/6 6.1 1.6 1.4 3 Jalen Adaway G 6-5 So. Logansport, Ind. 30/17 7.6 5.0 0.7 FEBRUARY 2 at Eastern Michigan* .......................... W, 59-48 4 Isaiah Coleman-Lands# G 6-0 So. Indianpolis, Ind. 5/0 6.8 1.2 1.0 5 at Kent State* ..........................................L, 67-70 5 Precious Ayah F 6-6 R-So. Okpoama, Nigeria 24/0 1.9 2.4 0.1 9 OHIO* ......................................... W, 79-59 11 Myja White# G 6-1 Fr. Terre Haute, Ind. 0/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16 at Western Michigan* ................ L, 79-84 (OT) 15/33 Milos Jovic G 6-4 R-So. Leskovac, Serbia 25/0 2.8 1.0 0.4 19 BALL STATE* ............................... W, 69-66 20 Benjamin Litteken G 6-0 So. St. Louis, Mo. 8/0 0.5 0.0 0.1 23 at Akron* ..................................................L, 58-70 21 Aleks Abrams F 6-8 R-Sr. Thousand Oaks, Calif. 29/2 1.4 3.4 0.2 26 at Bowling Green* ............................... W, 82-69 22 Elijah McNamara F 6-9 Fr. Pickerington, Ohio 27/1 1.5 1.1 0.4 24 Michael Ritchie F/G 6-5 So. Mt. Prospect, Ill. 8/0 1.3 0.9 0.0 MARCH #Redshirting 2018-19 Season 1 No. 21/23 BUFFALO* ................... L, 69-77 5 KENT STATE* ............................... L, 66-75 STORYLINES 8 at Ohio* ........................................................ 7 p.m. 1. REGULAR SEASON FINALE: The Miami University men’s basketball concludes MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT the regular season on the road with the second Battle of the Bricks game at Ohio. 11 First Round (at Campus Sites) ...................TBA Tip time is 7 p.m. and it will air live on ESPN+. An audio broadcast of the game (Quicken Loans Arena—Cleveland, Ohio) will be available on the Miami Sports Network from Learfield IMG College Tunein 14 Quarterfinals ...................................................TBA 15 Semifinals .........................................................TBA App. 16 Championship ................................................TBA 2. TOURNAMENT POSITIONING: Miami currently holds the ninth seed in next @Denotes Islands of Bahamas Showcase week's upcoming Mid-American Conference Tournament with a 7-10 record. The (Nassau, Bahamas) RedHawks could still finish with either the seventh, eighth or ninth seed. While *Denotes Mid-American Conference Game the result against the Bobcats will effect seeding for several teams, whether Miami (DH) Denotes doubleheader with Miami wom- en’s basketball team gets a home game will be based on the result of the game between Northern Illi- All game times listed as Eastern Time nois and Ball State (also Friday). If the Huskies win, the RedHawks will be the nine and subject to change seed no matter what they do and will be on the road. If the Cardinals win, Miami will be either the seventh or eighth seed and be at home. The Red and White will Follow Miami Basketball take on either Akron, Ball State or Northern Illinois in their first round MAC Tourna- and Miami Athletics ment game. @MiamiOH_BBall @MiamiRedHawks 3. SIBANDE 16 AWAY FROM 1,000: With 21 points against Kent State, sophomore guard Nike Sibande now has 984 points for his career and needs only 16 Miami RedHawks points from becoming the 35th member of the Miami 1,000-point club. He would be first in school history to accomplish it in his sophomore season. 2 2018-19 MIAMI UNIVERSITY REDHAWKS MEN’S BASKETBALL MAC Tournament Standings (in seed order if tournament began GAMEDAY CENTRAL today) Team MAC Overall Miami vs. Ohio Oxford, Ohio ....................................................................Location ..............................................................Athens, Ohio 1. Buffalo 15-2 27-3 19,452 ............................................................................. Enrollment ......................................................................... 35,000 2. Toledo 12-5 24-6 Mid-American (East) ..................................................Conference .............................................. Mid-American (East) 3. Bowling Green 12-5 20-10 Millett Hall (6,400) ............................................................Arena ....................................Convocation Center (13,080) 4. Kent State 10-7 21-9 Jack Owens (Eastern Illinois ‘99) ............................Head Coach ..........Saul Phillips (Wisconsin-Platteville ‘96) 5. Central Michigan 9-8 20-10 Second Season ........................................................Years at School .......................................................... Fifth Season 6. Eastern Michigan 9-8 15-15 31-33 ......................................................................... Record at School ..................................................................... 90-85 Same .............................................................................Overall Record ......................................224-169 (12th Season) 7. Akron 8-9 16-14 16-18 .......................................................................... 2017-18 Record ...................................................................... 14-17 8. Northern Illinois 7-10 14-16 8-10 (3rd, East) ............................................2017-18 Conference Record .................................... 7-11 (T4th, East) 9. Miami 7-10 15-15 CBI First Round ...................................................2017-18 Postseason .....................................................................N/A 10. Ball State 6-11 15-15 4/1 .......................................................................Starters Returning/Lost ................................................................... 4/1 11. Ohio 5-12 13-16 8/4 .................................................................... Lettermen Returning/Lost ................................................................ 7/6 12. Western Michigan 2-15 8-22 FRIDAY’S GAME: The Miami University men’s basketball concludes the regular season Note: Top 4 teams get bye to quarter- on the road with the second Battle of the Bricks game at Ohio. Tip time is 7 p.m. and it finals in Cleveland. Seeds 5 through 12 participate in first round on cam- will air live on ESPN+. An audio broadcast of the game will be available on the Miami pus sites. Sports Network from Learfield IMG College Tunein App. a select few road games, Terry Bridge ABOUT OHIO: The Bobcats are 13-16 overall and 5-12 in the MAC. They have gone 2-2 will deliver the play-by-play while former in their last four games after ending a six-game losing streak. That includes a domi- RedHawk men’s basketball player John nant 73-49 victory at Akron on March 2, and taking No. 19 Buffalo to the limit before McKenna provides the analysis. For most falling, 82-79, in their last action on Tuesday. Ohio is led by redshirt sophomore Jason road games, “The Voice of the RedHawks” Carter. After missing most of last season due to injury, Carter has come back strong Steve Baker will deliver the play-by-play for the Bobcats, averaging 16.2 points and 6.8 rebounds per game. Another key player coverage, while Bridge will provide color is sophomore guard Teyvion Kirk, He averages

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