1 MIAMI MEN’S 21 MAC Championships | 17 NCAA Tournament Appearances | 26 Postseason Berths 646 Mid-American Conference Wins | Graduating Champions Miami RedHawks (1-0, 0-0 MAC) 2020-21 SCHEDULE at Wright State (0-1, 0-0 Horizon) Times are listed as Eastern Time and subject to change Game 2: Saturday, Dec. 5 • 4 p.m. NOVEMBER Ervin J. Nutter Center (10,400) • Dayton, 25 NORTH DAKOTA...... W, 81-67 30 DEFIANCE...... Canceled Series vs. Wright State/Streak: Miami leads, 21-15/L2 Last Meeting: N/A DECEMBER TV: ESPN3 5 at Wright State...... 4 p.m. Radio: Miami Sports Network Affiliates/TuneIn App • Steve Baker & Terry Bridge 9 WESTERN ILLINOIS^...... 5:30 p.m. 11 MOUNT ST. JOSEPH^...... 5:30 p.m. s 15 BUFFALO*...... 5:30 p.m.. PROBABLE STARTERS 1 9 at Bradley...... 8 p.m. 29 OHIO*...... 5:30 p.m. MIAMI POTENTIAL STARTERS (Based on last game) JANUARY No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 2 at Central Michigan*...... TBA 2 Mekhi Lairy G 5-8 Jr. Evansville, Ind. 1/1 14.0 1.0 0.0 5 BOWLING GREEN*...... TBA 3 Dae Dae Grant G 6-2 So. Lorain, Ohio 1/1 21.0 3.0 4.0 9 NORTHERN ILLINOIS*...... TBA 5 Precious Ayah F 6-6 R-Sr. Okpoama, Nigeria 1/1 8.0 4.0 0.0 12 at Ohio*...... TBA 11 James Beck F 6-8 R-Jr. Grand Rapids, Mich. 1/1 14.0 10.0 0.0 16 at Western Michigan*...... TBA 13 Dalonte Brown F 6-7 Sr. Toledo, Ohio 1/1 6.0 3.0 1.0 19 BALL STATE*...... TBA Off the Bench 23 at Eastern Michigan*...... TBA No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG 26 TOLEDO*...... TBA 0 Javin Etzler F 6-8 R-Fr. Convoy, Ohio 1/0 8.0 1.0 0.0 30 WESTERN MICHIGAN*...... TBA 1 Josh Brewer F 6-5 Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 1/0 2.0 1.0 0.0 4 Isaiah Coleman-Lands G 6-0 R-Jr. Indianapolis, Ind. 1/0 4.0 2.0 5.0 FEBRUARY 14 Luka Eller F 6-7 Fr. Mentor, Ohio —/— — — — 2 at Kent State*...... TBA 15 Milos Jovic G 6-4 R-Sr. Leskovac, Serbia —/— — — — 6 at Buffalo*...... TBA 20 Benjamin Litteken G 6-1 Sr. St. Louis, Mo. —/— — — — 9 EASTERN MICHIGAN*...... TBA 21 Jackson Ames C 6-11 Fr. Batavia, Ohio 1/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 13 AKRON*...... TBA 22 Myja White G 6-1 R-So. Terre Haute, Ind. 1/0 0.0 0.0 0.0 16 at Toledo*...... TBA 24 Michael Ritchie F 6-5 Sr. Mt. Prospect, Ill. —/— — — — 20 at Northern Illinois*...... TBA 30 Bryson Tatum G 6-4 Fr. Urbana, Ill. —/— — — — 27 KENT STATE*...... TBA 33 Elijah McNamara F 6-9 Jr. Pickerington, Ohio 1/0 4.0 2.0 0.0 MARCH 2 at Bowling Green*...... TBA STORYLINES 5 at Akron*...... TBA 1. DOUBLING UP: In his Miami debut, redshirt junior James Beck had an im- All games tentative and subject to change; game pressive outing, notching a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. His times listed as Eastern Time 10 boards led all players. Home games in listed in CAPS *Denotes Mid-American Conference Game 2. ROARING 20s: In the opening game of the 2020-21 season, sophomore ^Miami Invitational (Oxford, Ohio) guard Dae Dae Grant roared out of the gates, pouring in a career-high 21 points off 8-of 15 shooting from the field. Grant also drained three triples to tie a career high. His 21 points led all players. This was the second 20-point scoring Follow Miami Basketball effort of his career. Beck had six points and seven rebounds in 10 minutes of and Miami Athletics action in the opening half. @MiamiOH_BBall Sinking 10-of-10 free-throws @MiamiRedHawks 3. LAIRY PERFECT FROM FREE-THROW LINE: in the season opener against North Dakota, junior guard Mekhi Lairy joined Miami RedHawks several others in tying a Miami record for single-game free-throw percentage (minimum of 10 attempts). The last time a Miami player was perfect from the charity stripe while hitting double figures in free throws was when Willie Moore went 12-for-12 from the line at Bowling Green on Jan. 25, 2014. 2 2020-21 REDHAWKS MEN’S BASKETBALL

MIAMI BY THE NUMBERS GAMEDAY CENTRAL 1391 All-Time Miami wins Miami vs. Wright State 646 Miami’s MAC wins Oxford, Ohio...... Location ...... Dayton, Ohio 489 Number of Miami wins at 19,452...... Enrollment ...... 15,928 Mid-American...... Conference ...... Horizon League 116 Seasons of Miami Basketball Millett Hall (6,400)...... Arena...... Ervin J. Nutter Center (10,400) 27 Number of head coaches for Miami (Eastern Illinois ‘99)...... Head Coach ...... Scott Nagy (Delta State ‘88) Basketball, including Jack Owens Fourth Season...... Years at School ...... Fifth Season 45-54...... Record at School ...... 91-44 21 Mid-American Conference titles Same...... Overall Record ...... 501-284 (26th Season) 11 Returning letterwinners from 2019-20 13-19...... 2019-20 Record ...... 25-7 Juniors & Seniors on the Miami roster 5-13 (6th, East)...... 2019-20 Conference Record ...... 15-3 (1st) 10 3/2...... Starters Returning/Lost ...... 3/2 3 Returning starters from last season 11/2...... Lettermen Returning/Lost ...... 10/4

SATURDAY’S GAME: After having its Monday game canceled due to COVID-19 rea- ALL-TIME MAC ONLY RECORDS sons, Miami hits the road to take on local foe Wright State on Saturday, December 5. No. Team Record Pct. Tip time is 4 p.m. and it will air live on ESPN3. An audio broadcast will be available 1. MIAMI 646-444 .593 on the Miami Sports Network, powered by Pepsi. 2. Ohio 604-495 .550 3. Toledo 577-477 .547 ABOUT WRIGHT STATE: The Raiders are coming off an 80-64 loss to Marshall in 4. Akron 263-226 .538 their season opener Thursday night. Eight players saw action in that contest with 5. Ball State 405-363 .527 Trey Calvin leading Wright State with 16 points and Loudon Love chipping in a 6. Bowling Green 532-498 .517 double-double with 11 points and 16 rebounds. WSU returns three starters and 10 7. Buffalo 185-196 .486 letterwinners from a team that won the Horizon League regular-season title last 8. Kent State 504-550 .478 season. Among the Raiders’ top returners is Love, who averaged 16.7 ppg and 9.9 rpg a season ago. Tanner Holden (12.1 ppg/6.5 rpg) and Jaylon Hall (7.8 rpg, 2.9 9. Western Michigan 499-585 .460 apg) are the Raiders’ other two returning starters. 10. Eastern Michigan 346-436 .442 11. Northern Illinois 239-343 .411 THE SERIES WITH WRIGHT STATE: This is the 37th meeting between Miami and 12. Central Michigan 322-484 .400 Wright State with the RedHawks holding a 21-15 advantage in the all-time series. WSU won the last two meetings between the teams, both coming last season with Miami Athletic a 71-66 Nov. 27 neutral-site win in the Gulf Coast Showcase and an 88-81 Nov. 9 win Communications & Marketing in Millett Hall. The last time the teams met at the Nutter Center, Miami captured a Men’s Basketball Contact...... Angie Redlinger 65-62 win on December 5, 2018. When playing in Dayton, the series is tied 8-8. Cell #...... 513-330-0810 E-mail...... [email protected] UP NEXT: Miami returns to Millett Hall for a three-game home stretch, starting with the recently-announced Miami Invitational Dec. 9-11. The RedHawks will face Assistant AD/CACMO...... Lindsay Sparks Western Illinois on Wednesday, Dec. 9 and Mount St. Joseph on Friday, Dec. 11 as Assistant AD/Communications...... Dave Meyer part of the invite. Both tip times are 5:30 p.m. Another schedule move announced Assistant AD/Broadcast...... Steve Baker late last week pushes Miami’s Mid-American Conference opener to Tuesday, Dec. 15 Coordinator Media Production...... Andrew Gerber as the RedHawks host Buffalo at 5:30 p.m. All three upcoming games will be carried Assistant Director...... Allie Clayboss on ESPN+ or ESPN3. Address...... 230 Millett Hall Oxford, OH 40456 TELEVISION Website...... www.MiamiRedHawks.com The match-up at Wright State will be carried live on ESPN3.

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