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2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 1 230 Millett Hall Miami Oxford, OH 45056 (513) 529-4327 Fax: (513) 529-6729 University Email: [email protected] Web Site: www.MURedHawks.com Athletic Mike Harris, Director Angie Renninger, Associate Director Vince Frieden, Asst. Dir./Pub. Coord. Media Relations Ryan Erb, Asst. Director Kevin Conway, Intern NOTES: Feb. 21, 2004 Norma McClure, Sr. Program Asst. 2003-04 MIAMI SCHEDULE 2003-04 — GAME 23 NOVEMBER 8 320 ALL STARS (Exh.) L, 63-70 MIAMI MEN’S BASKETBALL 13 FINDLAY (Exh.) W, 63-60 21 at Liberty W, 71-55 Miami (14-8; 10-4 MAC) vs. SMS (16-10; 8-7 MVC) 24 OHIO DOMINICAN (DH) W, 67-59 Saturday, Feb. 21 • Oxford, Ohio • 5 p.m. • ESPN Plus/ESPN Full Court DECEMBER MATCH-UP AT A GLANCE: 3 at Dayton L, 61-67 Arena ............................................................................................................................................................ Millett Hall (9,200) 6 at Western Michigan* L, 38-61 Tipoff ....................................................................................................................................................................................5 p.m. ET 9 XAVIER L, 36-55 Radio .................................................................................Miami Sports Network (Pregame at 4:30 p.m. ET) Television ............................................... ESPN Plus/ESPN Full Court; UPN Cincinnati (Channel 25) 11 WRIGHT STATE W, 76-61 Coordinates .............................................................................................................................AMC-9 Transponder 9K 20-21 at Purdue Invitational Cybercast .................................................................................................................................www.MURedHawks.com 20 vs. SMU L, 55-66 Series Record/Streak ................................................................................................................ Miami leads, 1-0/W, 1 21 vs. IPFW W, 63-52 27 vs.No. 14/12 Cincinnati L, 63-83 Probable Starters JANUARY 7 at Buffalo* (DH) W, 72-62 MIAMI PROBABLE STARTERS 10 AKRON* W, 68-60 No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG MIN 14 KENT STATE* W, 74-65 4 Chet Mason G 6-4 179 Jr. Cleveland, OH 10.5 7.8 33.2 3 Josh Hausfeld G 6-3 212 So. Cincinnati, OH 6.9 1.3 29.1 17 BALL STATE* L, 50-56 5 Juby Johnson G 6-5 205 Sr. Warrensville Heights, OH 15.4 4.9 35.0 21 at Central Michigan* W, 80-70 30 Monty St. Clair F 6-9 244 Fr. Cincinnati, OH 3.8 1.8 15.5 24 EASTERN MICHIGAN* W, 74-46 33 Danny Horace F 6-6 242 Jr. Cincinnati, OH 9.8 5.5 24.9 28 at Marshall* W, 51-48 (OT) Off The Bench FEBRUARY 1 Doug Penno G 6-5 195 Fr. Kettering, OH 1.0 0.3 2.3 10 Tyler Ford G 6-2 185 Fr. Springfield, OH 0.0 0.5 1.0 2 at Ohio* L, 64-67 (OT) 11 Tyler Jones G 6-2 165 Fr. Dry Ridge, KY 1.0 0.0 1.3 4 BOWLING GREEN* W, 66-60 21 Gene Seals F 6-6 210 Sr. Saginaw, MI 5.5 2.8 18.3 7 TOLEDO* W, 61-57 22 Nate VanderSluis C 6-11 290 So. Oak Harbor, OH 1.1 0.8 6.2 11 at Akron* L, 44-48 24 Tim Schenke F 6-6 212 Jr. Cincinnati, OH 2.6 2.0 15.5 25 William Hatcher G 6-2 177 So. Flint, MI 3.9 0.8 16.3 16 at Ball State* W, 62-55 31 Nathan Peavy F 6-8 200 Fr. Dayton, OH 3.3 2.0 10.3 18 OHIO* W, 64-63 (OT) 40 Eric Van Buskirk F 6-8 228 Fr. Loveland, OH 0.5 0.6 6.9 21 SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE ESPN BRACKET BUSTER 5 p.m. 25 at Northern Illinois* 7:05 p.m. (CT) 28 BUFFALO* (DH) 4 p.m. STORYLINES 1. ANOTHER TOUGH STRETCH: For the second time in three weeks, Miami is MARCH in rounding out a six-day, three-game stretch when it hosts Southwest Missouri 3 at Kent State* 7 p.m. State on Saturday, Feb. 21 in a 5 p.m. tilt. 6 MARSHALL* 4 p.m. 8 MAC Tournament First Round TBA 2. JOHNSON NEARING MIAMI’S TOP 10 SCORING LIST: With 1,292 career (at Campus Sites) points to date, senior guard Juby Johnson is just 15 points away from tying Craig Tubbs for 10th on Miami’s career scoring list at 1,307. 11-13 First Energy MAC Tournament (Gund Arena—Cleveland, OH) 3. CLOSE CALLS: The RedHawks’ last eight games have been decided by seven 11 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals points or less, including five games decided by four points or fewer. Miami is 6-2 12 MAC Tournament Semifinals over its last eight games. 13 MAC Tournament Championship 4. REDHAWKS ROUND OUT NON-CONFERENCE: Miami’s game vs. SMS, as All game times are tentative part of ESPN’s Bracket Buster Saturday, is the final non-conference tilt of the and subject to change regular season for both teams. Miami is 4-4 in non-conference games. All Home Contests in BOLD CAPS * Denotes Mid-American Conference Contest 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 2 COMMON GROUND: The one common denominator on the SMS and Miami GAMEDAY CENTRAL schedules is Mid-American Conference East Division leader Kent State. SMS Miami vs. SMS suffered a 64-63 loss to the Golden Flashes Oxford, OH...........................................................................Location ........................................................ Springfield, MO on the Bears’ homecourt on Nov. 29. Miami 16,300 .................................................................................Enrollment ..........................................................................20,671 posted a 74-65 win over KSU in Millett Hall Mid-American (East) .................................................. Conference ...................................................... Missouri Valley on Jan. 14 to snap a five-game losing skid Millett Hall (9,200) ............................................................Arena ................... Hammons Student Center (8,846) Charlie Coles (Miami ‘65) ........................................Head Coach .......... Barry Hinson (Oklahoma State, ‘83) to the Golden Flashes. It remains the only Eighth Season ............................................................Years at School ......................................................... Fifth Season blemish on Kent State’s MAC record. Miami 134-101 ......................................................................Record at School ..................................................................... 86-64 travels to Kent State on Feb. 3 in its final 226-183 (14th Season) ........................................Overall Record ....................................... 122-87 (7th Season) road contest of the regular season. 13-15 .............................................................................2002-03 Record ...................................................................... 17-12 11-7 (2nd, East) .......................................... 2002-03 Conference Record .......................................................... 12-6 4/1 ..........................................................................Starters Returning/Lost ..................................................................4/1 MIAMI VERSUS THE MVC: Entering 8/4 .......................................................................Lettermen Returning/Lost ...............................................................8/3 Saturday’s contest, Miami owns an 11-12 mark against Missouri Valley Conference Coles’ Thoughts: schools. In its most recent meeting with an KEYS TO THE GAME VERSUS SMS: “First, we need to come out and play with intensity, MVC member institution, the RedHawks which we didn’t do a good job of on Wednesday. Second, we need to improve our suffered a 66-58 loss in Oxford to Evans- halfcourt defense. We played great defense at Ball State but didn’t have as good of a ville on Dec. 30, 2002. The following is defensive effort against Ohio. Third, we must score points, which remains our season- Miami’s record versus MVC schools: long objective.” Bradley ......................................................Have Not Met Creighton ........................................................................... 1-0 ON THE ESPN BRACKET BUSTER: “This is a good idea to try to bring attention to and Drake ...................................................................................... 0-1 pique people’s interest in some of the lesser publicized programs around the country. This is probably the best time of the season to do this type of thing, because it doesn’t Evansville ........................................................................... 3-6 Illinois State ..................................................................... 4-0 hurt your league standing, but you still want to win for your program and for your Indiana State ................................................................... 1-4 conference. And it could be meaningful for teams in our league like Kent State and Western Michigan to get a potential at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. Hats off to Northern Iowa ....................................Have Not Met Southern Illinois .......................................................... 1-0 the people who put this together, who probe to find new ways to bring attention to SMS ........................................................... 1-0 some of the lesser publicized programs.” Wichita State ................................................................... 0-1 ON MIAMI’S SEVERAL CLOSE GAMES: “I’ve often said sometimes what is your strength Totals ................................................................................ 11-12 becomes your weakness and what is your weakness becomes your strength. Our veterans have been through a lot. They’ve lost some, but also won some. Experience NON-CONFERENCE FINALE: For both helps in these types of situations ... the response becomes