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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 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) (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 more natural the more you Miami and SMS, Saturday’s game marks the are in these types of games. Hopefully we are getting tougher mentally. I’ve seen that end of non-conference play. SMS enters from our team and hope it’s a permanent thing and not temporary. Our team just needs the game with an 8-3 non-conference to keep playing and working on improving.” mark, while the RedHawks’ non-conference ABOUT SMS: With a 16-10 overall record and an 8-7 Missouri Valley Conference mark, record is an even 4-4. SMS sits at No. 5 in its league standings. The Bears are coming off a 68-59 win over Drake on Tuesday and have won five of their last nine games. Freshman guard Blake LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: Saturday’s game is being televised on ESPN Plus/ESPN Full Ahearn paces the Bears, averaging 11.1 ppg. Ahearn has knocked down an impressive Court as part of ESPN’s Bracket Buster 97-of-100 free-throw attempts (.970), which ranks second nationally for free-throw shooting percentage. He strung together 60 consecutive free-throws earlier this season, Saturday. A total of 10 of the 23 games are being televised on either ESPN, ESPN2 or which is an SMS and MVC record. Senior center Monwell Randle follows, averaging 9.7 ESPN Full Court. Four Mid-American ppg and a team-leading 6.2 rpg, while senior guard Merrill Andrews knocks down 9.2 ppg and dishes out 3.1 apg for the Bears. Strong on the boards averaging 36.8 rpg, SMS Conference schools have their games televised with Kent State and Western is outrebounding opponents by a 6.0 rpg margin, which ranks 25th nationally. The Michigan on ESPN2, while Miami and Bears’ projected starting lineup is a blend of youth and maturity, boasting three freshmen (Ahearn; Deven Mitchell, F; Nathan Bilyeu, F) and two seniors (Randle; Andrews) Toledo’s games will be shown on ESPN Full Court. Four MVC schools also have their THE SERIES WITH THE BEARS: Saturday marks just the second meeting between SMS games televised. Southern Illinois hosts and Miami with the RedHawks owning a 1-0 lead in the series. The teams met on Dec. Hawai’i and will be broadcast on ESPN, 31, 1947, in the consolation game of the Emporia State Tournament with Miami while Creighton travels to Kent State for a prevailing, 50-46. Saturday is the first meeting not on neutral ground. As part of the battle on ESPN2. In addition to SMS, ESPN Bracket Buster agreement, Miami will make a return trip to SMS next season. Wichita State also will have a game on ESPN Full Court. TALE OF THE TAPE MAC AND MVC CLASH: Six of the 10 MIAMI SMS Missouri Valley Conference schools will 14-8 ...... Overall Record ...... 16-10 face Mid-American Conference schools on 10-4 ...... League Record ...... 8-7 ESPN’s Bracket Buster Saturday: .399 ...... Percentage ...... 439 Creighton at Kent State ...... 11 a.m. .291 ...... Three- Field Goal Percentage ...... 366 Drake at Akron ...... 2 p.m. 5.9 ...... Three-Point Field Goals Made ...... 4.7 .697 ...... Percentage ...... 677 Evansville at Central Michigan ...... 2:30 p.m. .422 ...... Opponent Field Goal Percentage ...... 404 Buffalo at Indiana State ...... 4 p.m. .318 ...... Opponent Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ...... 343 SMS at Miami ...... 5 p.m. 32.9 ...... Average ...... 36.8 Northern Illinois at Bradley ...... 7 p.m. +0.7 ...... Rebound Margin ...... +6.0 1.00 ...... /Turnover Ratio ...... 0.80 61.8 ...... Points per Game ...... 65.3 59.8 ...... Points Allowed per Game ...... 61.7 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 3

JOHNSON CAREER WATCH LISTS GENERAL NEWS, NOTES AND UPDATES Games Played 1. 122 Jamie Mahaffey, 1992-95 CLOSE CALLS: Prior to its 51-48 overtime win at Marshall, Miami’s closest game had 2. 121 Mike Ensminger, 1998-2001 been within six points, losing at Dayton and to Ball State by six points apeice. Since 3. 120 Ron Harper, 1983-86 4. 119 Damon Frierson, 1996-99 the Marshall game, Miami’s largest spread has been just seven points—62-55 over 119 Devin Davis, 1994-97 Ball State on Feb. 16—with five games being decided by four points or fewer. Over 119 Landon Hackim, 1993-96 119 Craig Michaelis, 1990-93 the last eight games, Miami is 6-2, dropping its Feb. 2 Ohio and Feb. 11 Akron games 8. 118 Derrick Cross, 1992-95 on the road by a combined seven points. 118 Matt Kramer, 1990-93 10. 117 Scott Belyeu, 1990-93 117 Todd Staker, 1985-88 REDHAWKS PUSH PAST 13: With its 64-63 overtime win over Ohio on Feb. 18, 114 Juby Johnson, 2001-pres. Miami collected its 14th win of the season to surpass its total number of wins in each 111 Gene Seals, 2001-pres. of the past two seasons. The RedHawks are guaranteed to play at least six more Games Started games, and three more wins will equal the number of wins the 2000-01 squad 1. 118 Ron Harper, 1983-86 posted, while two more wins will ensure Miami a season of .500 or better. 2. 116 Damon Frierson, 1996-99 3. 114 Devin Davis, 1994-97 114 Craig Michaelis, 1990-93 BOARD BANTER AGAINST THE BOBCATS: One of the biggest keys to Miami’s 64- 5. 108 Juby Johnson, 2001-pres. 6. 101 Jim Paul, 1988-91 63 overtime defeat of Ohio on Wednesday was its prowess on the boards, the 7. 96 Craig Tubbs, 1980-83 offensive boards in particular. The RedHawks outrebounded the Bobcats 35-29 but 8. 92 Karlton Clayborne, 1986-89 swiped an impressive 15 offensive boards to Ohio’s two. Miami took advantage of its 9. 90 Derrick Cross, 1992-95 10. 88 Landon Hackim, 1993-96 offensive rebounds, posting a 13-2 advantage in second-chance points with the 88 Scott Belyeu, 1990-93 most important points coming on junior guard Chet Mason’s (Cleveland, Ohio/ Minutes Played South) game-winning tip-in with four seconds left in overtime. Mason posted 10 1. 4,164 Ron Harper, 1983-86 rebounds, including four offensive boards, to pace the RedHawks. Freshman forward 2. 4,122 Damon Frierson, 1996-99 Monty St. Clair (Cincinnati, Ohio/Roger Bacon) recorded a career-high seven 3. 3,694 Craig Michaelis, 1990-93 4. 3,657 Juby Johnson, 2001-pres. rebounds, more than doubling his previous best of three boards. 5. 3,541 Devin Davis, 1994-97 6. 3,413 Landon Hackim, 1993-96 7. 3,364 Rob Mestas, 1995-00 TIP-INS: Twice over the last eight games Miami has cinched games on tip-ins with 8. 3,300 Derrick Cross, 1992-95 just seconds remaining in overtime. Junior guard Chet Mason lifted Miami to a 64-63 9. 3,290 , 1996-99 overtime win over Ohio on Feb. 18 with his tip-in, while junior forward Danny 10. 3,258 John Shoemaker, 1975-78 Horace (Cincinnati, Ohio/Western Hills) saved the day when he tipped-in a shot at Points Marshall to secure a 51-48 win over the Thundering Herd on Jan. 28. 1. 2,377 Ron Harper, 1983-86 2. 1,847 Wally Szczerbiak, 1996-99 3. 1,828 Devin Davis, 1994-97 MASON DEALT NEW HAND IN SECOND GAME WITH CARDS: In Miami’s first go 4. 1,679 Eric Newsome, 1984-88 around with Ball State on Jan. 17, junior guard Chet Mason struggled, scoring two 5. 1,644 Damon Frierson, 1996-99 6. 1,493 Landon Hackim, 1993-96 points and collecting one rebound. Mason’s second time against the Cardinals was a 7. 1,490 Archie Aldridge, 1976-78 much different story, shooting 55.6 percent from the field and going a perfect 5-for- 8. 1,410 David Scott, 1989-92 9. 1,401 Wayne Embry, 1956-58 5 from the free-throw line to score 15 points. Mason also pulled down a game-high- 10. 1,307 Craig Tubbs, 1980-83 tying eight boards and dished out a game-best five assists in 39 minutes of action. 1,292 Juby Johnson, 2001-pres. 3-Point Field Goals SECOND TIME AROUND: Miami began facing MAC opponents a second time on 1. 277 Landon Hackim, 1993-96 Wednesday, Feb. 11 at Akron. Of its final seven MAC games, Miami faces only one 2. 204 Wally Szczerbiak, 1996-99 3. 203 Craig Michaelis, 1990-93 opponent for the first time (Northern Illinois on Feb. 25). 4. 177 Matt Kramer, 1990-93 5. 152 Jason Grunkemeyer, 1998-01 HATCHER’S THREE-POINT MISSILES DOWN ROCKETS: Sophomore guard William 6. 148 Tim Stewart, 1987-90 7. 141 Juby Johnson, 2001-pres. Hatcher’s (Flint, Mich./Carman-Ainsworth) 3-point shooting ability has been lifting 6. 133 David Scott, 1989-92 Miami at critical times, and Feb. 7 was a prime example of his clutch shooting. 9. 129 Jamie Mercurio, 1989-92 10. 120 Damon Frierson, 1996-99 Hatcher drilled two crucial 3-pointers over the final 4:15 of the game against the Rockets, including the go-ahead trey with 1:14 left in the game as time expired on 3-Point Field Goal Attempts the 35 second clock. Going 6-of-8 from the field, including 3-of-5 from 3-point 1. 661 Landon Hackim, 1993-96 2. 473 Wally Szczerbiak, 1996-99 range, Hatcher knocked down a career-high 15 points in the winning effort. 3. 472 Craig Michaelis, 1990-93 4. 438 Juby Johnson, 2001-pres. 5. 437 Matt Kramer, 1990-93 THE MASON FACTOR: One glaring statistic when comparing Miami’s wins and losses 6. 366 Damon Frierson, 1996-99 are the averages of junior guard Chet Mason. In Miami’s 14 wins, Mason is averaging 7. 356 Jason Grunkemeyer, 1998-01 12.2 ppg, shooting 44.6 percent from the field and grabbing 8.4 rpg. On the other 8. 353 Tim Stewart, 1987-90 9. 348 Jamie Mercurio, 1989-92 hand, Mason has averaged 7.6 ppg, shot 33.8 percent from the field and posted 6.9 10. 333 Jason Stewart, 1998-00 rpg in the RedHawks’ eight losses. In Miami’s 10 MAC wins, Mason has nearly 3-Point Field Goal Pct. (Min. 100 att.) averaged a double-double, scoring 11.8 ppg, shooting 42.7 percent from the field 1. .431 W. Szczerbiak (204-473), 1996-99 and posting a whopping 9.2 rpg. Over its four MAC losses, Mason averaged 6.8 ppg 2. .430 C. Michaelis (203-472), 1990-93 and 5.5 rpg, while shooting 34.5 percent from the field. 3. .419 L. Hackim (277-661), 1993-96 .419 Tim Stewart (148-353), 1987-90 5. .418 J. Grunkemeyer (125-299), 1998-01 JOHNSON ON THE REBOUND: Entering the season averaging 3.1 rpg for his career, 6. .405 Matt Kramer (177-437), 1990-93 7. .401 David Scott (133-332), 1989-92 senior guard Juby Johnson (Warrensville Heights, Ohio/Warrensville Heights) has 8. .377 J. Mahaffey (63-167), 1992-95 made strides in that area this season. On the season, Johnson is averaging 4.9 rpg. He 9. .371 J. Mercurio (129-348), 1989-92 is averaging 5.5 rpg in league contests and ranks 16th in rebounding among league 10. .364 J. Henderson (86-236), 1994-97 .322 J. Johnson (141-438), 2001-pres. leaders. This season, Johnson has been Miami’s top rebounder in three contests and pulled down a season-high nine boards in Miami’s season-opener at Liberty. 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 4

JOHNSON NEARING MIAMI’S TOP 10 SCORING LIST: Earlier this season, senior ESPN/USA Today Coaches guard Juby Johnson became the 28th player in school history to amass 1,000 February 16, 2004 career points. With 1,292 career points to date, Johnson is just 15 points away from 1. Duke ...... 20-1 tying Craig Tubbs for 10th on Miami’s career scoring list at 1,307. Johnson needs to 1. Stanford ...... 21-0 average 17.3 ppg for the remainder of the season to surpass Wayne Embry’s No. 9 2. Saint Joseph’s ...... 22-0 3. Duke ...... 21-2 total of 1,401 points. 4. Pittsburgh ...... 23-2 5. Mississippi State ...... 21-1 JOHNSON’S 20/20 VISION: So far this season, senior guard Juby Johnson has 6. Gonzaga ...... 21-2 produced 20-point scoring efforts in four of Miami’s 19 games. Johnson scored 20- 7. Oklahoma State ...... 19-2 plus points in two of the Miami’s first three contest and also in two of its last six 8. Connecticut ...... 19-5 games, scoring 23 points in a win at Buffalo and 22 versus Kent State. 9. Kentucky ...... 17-4 10. Wisconsin ...... 17-4 11. Louisville ...... 17-4 MIDWEEK ROAD WARRIORS: On Jan. 21, the RedHawks completed the second of 12. Texas ...... 17-4 their three farthest Mid-American Conference road trips—Buffalo (7 1/2 hours), 13. Arizona ...... 16-6 Central Michigan (6 hours) and Northern Illinois (6 hours). Ironically, all three are 14. Cincinnati ...... 17-4 midweek games for MU. Miami faced Buffalo on Wednesday, Jan. 7 in the second 15. Wake Forest ...... 15-6 half of a doubleheader and arrived in Oxford at 7:30 a.m. the next morning, however, 16. Georgia Tech ...... 18-6 17. Providence ...... 17-5 school was not in session. School is in session for the CMU and NIU contests. The 18. N.C. State ...... 16-5 RedHawks topped Buffalo and returned home to defeat Akron on Jan. 10. After 19. North Carolina ...... 15-7 pulling out an 80-70 win at Central Michigan on Jan. 21, Miami returned to campus at 20. Kansas ...... 15-6 5 a.m. with all 14 players having their first class at 9:30 a.m. or before. While the 21. Southern Illinois ...... 20-2 RedHawks have been able to play a number of their home MAC games on Saturday, 22. South Carolina ...... 20-5 eight of Miami’s nine league road contests fall between Monday and Wednesday. 23. Texas Tech ...... 18-6 24. Syracuse ...... 16-5 25. Utah State ...... 20-2 THIEVING DUO: Senior guard Juby Johnson and junior guard Chet Mason teamed Others receiving votes: Florida 44; Air up to snatch all nine of Miami’s steals against Central Michigan. Johnson grabbed a Force 43; Dayton 28; Memphis 25; LSU 23; career-high five steals, while Mason added four steals. Mason leads the team with 26 Oklahoma 22; Illinois 17; Michigan State steals, while Johnson is second with 25. 9; Vanderbilt 9; Charlotte 7; Purdue 6; Utah 6; Western Michigan 6; Hawai’i 5; Kent State 4; Wisconsin-Milwaukee 3; ST. CLAIR HAS BREAKOUT WEEK: Heading into the Jan. 21 Central Michigan game, Alabama-Birmingham 2; Nevada 2; freshman forward Monty St. Clair was 0-of-7 from 3-point range and 2-of-20 from Creighton 1; Manhattan 1; Maryland 1; the field (.100). St. Clair had a coming out party, unleashing 4-of-5 treys at Central Seton Hall 1; Texas-El Paso1. Michigan and going 9-of-14 from the field for the week (.643) and 7-of-11 from 3- point range (.636), including Miami’s win over Eastern Michigan. At CMU, St. Clair shot Associated Press a scorching 83.3 percent form the field, including 80.0 percent from beyond the arc. February 16, 2004 Over four-game stretch (Central Michigan-Ohio), St. Clair is averaged 9.0 rpg, hitting 1. DUKE ...... 20-1 54.2 percent from the field and 55.6 percent from 3-point range. 1. STANFORD ...... 21-0 2. SAINT JOSEPHS ...... 22-0 3. DUKE ...... 21-2 SHARP SHOOTING: The RedHawks boasted their best shooting night from the field 4. MISSISSIPPI ST ...... 21-16 to date at Central Michigan, while posting their best free-throw shooting night 5. PITTSBURGH ...... 23-24 against Eastern Michigan. Miami went 27-of-51 from the field to shoot 52.9 percent, 6. GONZAGA ...... 21-2 including a 56.0 percent effort in the second half at CMU. From 3-point range, Miami 7. OKLAHOMA ST ...... 19-2 shot a sizzling 57.1 percent (12-of-21), including 58.3 percent in the first half. 8. CONNECTICUT ...... 19-5 9. KENTUCKY ...... 17-4 Against the Eagles, the RedHawks, who were shooting 69.3 percent from the free- 10. LOUISVILLE ...... 17-4 throw line and 67.7 percent in MAC action heading into the game, connected on 24- 11. TEXAS ...... 17-4 of-29 charity tosses (.828). 12. WISCONSIN ...... 17-4 13. NO CAROLINA ST ...... 16-5 BACK IN THE 80’s: With an 80-70 win at Central Michigan on Jan. 21, MU compiled 14. ARIZONA ...... 16-6 80 points for the first time since an 80-77 win over Ball State on Jan. 26, 2002. 15. WAKE FOREST ...... 15-6 16. NORTH CAROLINA ...... 15-7 17. CINCINNATI ...... 17-4 THAT 70’s SHOW: It’s no secret that when Miami scores 70 points or more, it wins 18. GEORGIA TECH ...... 18-6 games. This season, Miami is 6-0 when scoring at least 70 points and has lost just 19. PROVIDENCE ...... 17-5 twice over the past three years when reaching that plateau. Under Coles, Miami 20. SOUTHERN ILL ...... 20-2 owns a 71-11 mark when scoring 70-plus points. 21. KANSAS ...... 15-6 22. TEXAS TECH ...... 18-6 23. MEMPHIS ...... 18-4 BENCH MARKS: Miami’s bench has been averaging 16.6 ppg in its wins and 14.5 24. LSU ...... 17-4 ppg its losses, but had its best scoring night in an 80-70 win over Central Michigan, 25. SOUTH CAROLINA ...... 20-5 knocking down 35 points. Miami’s opponents are scoring 15.7 ppg off the bench in Others Receiving Votes: SYRACUSE 194, RedHawk wins and 17.1 ppg in Miami losses. UTAH ST 117, AIR FORCE 94, ILLINOIS 87, OKLAHOMA 59, FLORIDA 57, DAYTON 40, DON’T GET CAUGHT WATCHING THE PAINT DRY: In 10 of the RedHawks’ last 14 SETON HALL 40, CHARLOTTE 26, KENT ST 26, WESTERN MICH 25, MICHIGAN ST 14, games, Miami has outscored its opponents in the paint, including season highs of 38 BOSTON U 8, MARYLAND 6, NEVADA 6, points in the paint in wins over Akron and Kent State. RedHawk foes’ difference of DEPAUL 1, EAST TENN ST 1, HAWAI’I 1, points in the paint in RedHawk wins in losses is slim. Opponents are averaging 21.7 MANHATTAN 1. ppg in the paint in Miami wins and 22.3 ppg in its losses. Miami, however, is averaging 26.9 ppg in the paint in wins and 22.0 ppg in losses. 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 5

MIAMI HONOR ROLL AND ONE ...: An area that had been a struggle for the RedHawks early this season MAC East Player of the Week was finishing strong when being fouled on shots under the basket to place Juby Johnson (Nov. 24) themselves in an “and one” situation. Heading into the Jan. 10 Akron game, Miami Chet Mason (Jan. 12) had just 12 three-point play opportunities over 10 games, converting on the ensuing free throw on 11 occasions. Against the Zips, Miami muscled in six shots and Boilermaker Invitational All-Tourney Team connected on 4-of-6 of the consequent free-throws. Including the Akron game, Josh Hausfeld Miami has forced in 24 “and one” situations and knocked down 18-of-24 free throws.

Mid-American Conference MASON BACK AMONG NATION’S TOP SMALL REBOUNDERS: Miami junior point Preseason Poll guard Chet Mason has annually ranked among the nation’s top small rebounders West Division according to Stats, Inc. Standing 6-foot-4, growing one inch from last year, Mason 1. Northern Illinois ranks third nationally for rebounders standing 6-foot-4 and under, averaging 7.8 rpg. 2. Bowling Green IUPUI’s Odell Bradley (6-foot-4) tops the list averaging 8.00 rpg. Mason has been 3. Western Michigan Miami’s top rebounder in 17 of its 22 contests. East Division Additionally, Mason, who ranks among the top four league leaders in all three 1. Miami rebounding categories and the top four in league only games, is the MAC’s top 2. Akron rebounder among guards. No other guard ranks higher in any rebounding statistic 3. Kent State than Mason, who averages 5.09 defensive rpg, 7.8 rpg and 2.73 offensive rpg. Tournament Winner Northern Illinois STINGY DEFENSE: One of the hallmarks of Charlie Coles coached Miami basketball teams is a strong emphasis on defense, and continues to be a RedHawk trademark in 2003-04, holding seven opponents to just 55 points or less and allowing 59.8 ppg 2003-04 Preseason All-MAC Teams through 22 games, which ranks 18th nationally according to ESPN.com. Miami West Division Kevin Netter (BGSU) C Sr. finished the 2002-03 season ranked third nationally in scoring defense according to Marcus Smallwood (NIU) F Sr. ESPN.com, giving up just 58.7 ppg on the season. Air Force led the nation in scoring P.J. Smith (NIU) G Sr. defense, allowing only 57.0 ppg. Keith Triplett (Toledo) G Sr. Anthony Kann (WMU) F/C Sr. REDHAWKS AMONG MAC LEADERS: Four Miami players have placed themselves among MAC statistical leaders, while the RedHawks as a team rank among the top East Division three in six categories overall and six categories in conference only games. The Johnny Hollingsworth (Akron) following is a list of rankings (as of 2/19): G Sr. Danny Horace Free Throw Percentage (9th—.758); (13th MAC—.720) Derrick Tarver (Akron) G Sr. Rebounding (14th—5.4) Turner Battle (Buffalo) G Jr. Eric Haut (KSU) G Sr. Juby Johnson Free Throw Percentage (6th—.783); (8th MAC—.793) Juby Johnson (MIAMI) G Sr. Scoring (8th—15.4); (10th MAC—15.8) Defensive Rebounding (15th—3.68); (t-10th MAC—4.21) Rebounding (t-13th MAC—5.5) Athletic Media Relations Steals (t-12th MAC—1.29) Office Phone ...... (513) 529-4327 Chet Mason Defensive Rebounds (t-3rd—5.09); (4th MAC—5.07) Fax ...... (513) 529-6729 Rebounding (t-3rd—7.8); (3rd MAC—8.1) Angie Renninger ...... Associate/Men’s BK Offensive Rebounds (t-4th—2.73); (2nd MAC—3.07) Renninger’s Office:...... 513-529-6239 Assists (12th—3.18) Renninger’s Cell:...... 513-330-0810 Renninger’s E-mail ...... Gene Seals Blocked Shots (14th—0.62); (9th MAC—0.86) ...... [email protected] Free Throw Percentage (11th MAC—.745) Mike Harris...... Director MIAMI Scoring Defense (1st—59.8); (1st MAC—58.4) Kevin Conway ...... Intern/Men’s BK Rebounding Defense (1st—32.1); (2nd MAC—32.2) 3-point Field Goal % Defense (2nd—.318); (2nd MAC—.327) On the ’Net www.MURedHawks.com (click on “Men’s Turnover Margin (3rd—+1.55); (3rd MAC—+1.79) Basketball” and “Miami Media Center”) Scoring Margin (3rd—+2.0); (3rd MAC—+3.6) Assist/Turnover Ratio (3rd—1.03) Releases Via Internet Field Goal % Defense (2nd MAC—.414) Miami’s complete release (same format as seen here) can be downloaded at www.MURedHawks.com, using Adobe GENE SEALS—MIAMI’S PIANO MAN: Following the RedHawks’ win over Akron, Acrobat Reader. This is a free service. Miami head coach Charlie Coles described senior forward Gene Seals (Saginaw, Mich./Saginaw) as Miami’s piano player. Coles explained to the media how the piano RADIO (MIAMI SPORTS NETWORK) player is never really heard unless he is doing a solo ... it is always the singer that is All Miami games can be heard on the heard with the piano playing in the background. Coles went on to describe Seals as Miami Sports Network, anchored by flagship station WMOH-AM 1450 in Miami’s piano player ... in the background consistently playing his game. Hamilton. Steve Baker (play-by-play), Joe After rebounding from an injury that sidelined him throughout the entire Barry (color) and Tim Bray (sideline analyst) preseason, Seals has started 11 of the last 13 games for the RedHawks and has call the action for the RedHawks. Miami’s become an impact in the Miami lineup. Over a five-game stretch (IPFW-Kent State), basketball games also can be heard through www.MURedHawks.com (via Seals averaged 9.8 ppg, 6.6 rpg, had nine assists, seven blocks and six steals with internet) and TEAMLINE (via telephone, 1- Miami winning four of the five contests. 800-846-4700, access code 5768). Each broadcast begins one-half hour prior to DANNY ON THE : In just two short seasons, junior forward Danny Horace tipoff. The primary MSN affiliates include WMOH-AM (1450), WCKY-AM (1360) and placed his name among Miami’s career block leaders. Horace, who owns 51 career WFMG-FM (101.3), WONE-AM (980). blocks, ranks eighth on the list. He needs 19 more to tie for seventh on the list. 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 6

FIRST-HALF FIRE: In the first 20 minutes of action against IPFW, Miami OTHER NOTABLE NUMBERS manufactured one of its best halves of the season. The RedHawks shot a blistering 63.0 percent from the field (17-of-27) and 62.5 percent from 3-point range (5-of-8), CAREER LISTS while knocking down 75.0 of its charity tosses (3-of-4). Miami was perfect in its first Blocked Shots 1. 173 Ron Harper, 1983-86 six field-goal attempts and did not miss a shot until the 15:01 mark in the first stanza. 2. 144 Jim Paul, 1988-91 Miami also posted 13 first-half assists. 3. 109 Kevin Beard, 1993-96 4. 79 Wally Szczerbiak, 1996-99 5. 77 Mike Williams, 1992-93 SECOND-HALF SURGE: Miami generated a powerful second-half surge in its 76-61 6. 74 Devin Davis, 1994-97 win over Wright State on Dec. 11. The RedHawks poured in 54 second-half points 7. 70 Jamie Mahaffey, 1992-95 8. 51 Danny Horace, 2002-pres. after opening the game with 22 points in the first half. Miami’s 54 second-half points 9. 36 Ira Newble, 1996-97 are the most points in a half since scoring 66 points in the first half against Akron in a 10. 34 Chad Allen, 1995-97 99-50 win on Feb. 10, 1996. The RedHawks had scored 53 points in a number of 34 Rich Allendorf, 1998-01 halves since 1996, including a 78-63 win over Dayton last season. Steals 1. 287 Ron Harper, 1983-86 2. 175 Damon Frierson, 1996-99 MASON TURNING THE TABLES ON TURNOVERS: Over the last two years of his 3. 171 Jamie Mahaffey, 1992-95 Miami career, junior guard Chet Mason’s assist/turnover ratio has been anything but 171 Derrick Cross, 1992-95 spectacular, averaging nearly 1.4 turnovers to every assist. This season, Mason has 5. 149 Scott Belyeu, 1990-93 6. 148 Eddie Schilling, 1985-88 turned the tables, so to speak, owning a 1.04 assist/turnover ratio. Mason leads the 7. 136 Devin Davis, 1994-97 team with 70 assists, over 20 more than any other RedHawk. 8. 123 Landon Hackim, 1993-96 9. 122 Rob Mestas, 1995-00 10. 112 Karlton Clayborne, 1986-89 CHARITY CASES: At the charity stripe, Miami’s fortune has been feast or famine this 107 Chet Mason, 2002-pres. season. The RedHawks have shot 70 percent or better in 12 of their 22 games and SINGLE-SEASON LISTS have shot better than 80 percent in just three contests. Miami had it best night at the Games Played free-throw line against Eastern Michigan, hitting 24-of-29 charity tosses (.828). In its 1. 33 Juby Johnson, 2001 next outing (Jan. 28 at Marshall), Miami had one of its worst nights at the free-throw 33 Rich Allendorf, 2001 line, going just 9-of-19 (.474). Twice this season Miami has shot under 50 percent 33 Mike Ensminger, 2001 from the free-throw line. Minutes Played 1. 1,201 Damon Frierson, 1999 10. 1,066 Juby Johnson, 2002 THEY COME IN TWOS ...USUALLY: Over 22 games, Miami players have posted seven double-doubles with six coming in back-to-back contests. Junior forward 3-Point Field Goal Attempts 1. 208 Jason Stewart, 2000 Danny Horace opened the season with back-to-back double-doubles, while junior 7. 151 Juby Johnson, 2003 guard Chet Mason notched double-doubles in five of Miami’s last 12 games. Blocked Shots Against Liberty, Horace pulled down a game-best 10 rebounds and chipped in 16 1. 71 Ron Harper, 1986 points, while scoring 11 points and collecting a career-high-tying 14 rebounds 8. 35 Danny Horace, 2002 against Ohio Dominican. Horace owns six career double-doubles to date. Steals Over a seven-game span, Mason produced four double-doubles. Mason tallied 14 1. 101 Ron Harper, 1986 points and 12 rebounds vs. Xavier and a game-high 19 points and 10 rebounds vs. 6. 51 Derrick Cross, 1994 51 Derrick Cross, 1993 Wright State, 11 points and 12 rebounds at Buffalo and followed up with a 21-point, 51 Chet Mason, 2003 12-rebound double-double against Akron. Most recently, Mason tallied 11 points and 11 rebounds against Eastern Michigan. SINGLE-GAME LISTS Blocked Shots 1. 7 Kevin Beard vs. Toledo, 1-10-96 MASON DOING A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING: Junior guard Chet Mason is doing 7 Ron Harper vs. Bowling Green, 2-5-85 a little bit of everything for the RedHawks. Mason leads the team in assists, steals, 5. 5 Danny Horace vs. Wright State, 12-1-01 5 Kevin Beard at Dayton, 12-30-93 rebounding, defensive rebounds and offensive rebounds and is second on the team 5 Mike Williams at Dayton, 12-12-91 in scoring, and minutes played and ranks among MAC leaders in four statistical 5 Mike Williams at Miami (FL), 12-27-90 categories. 5 Jim Paul vs. Dayton, 12-6-90 5 Jim Paul vs. Bowling Green, 2-10-88 5 Ron Harper at Kent, 2-12-86 MASON REGAINS FORM: Entering the Xavier contest with a season-high of five 5 Ron Harper at Ball State, 1-18-86 5 Ron Harper vs. Virginia Tech, 12-27-85 rebounds, junior guard Chet Mason regained the rebounding form which has 5 Ron Harper vs. Kenyon, 12-12-82 become his trademark. Mason pulled down a game-best 12 rebounds and is 5 Mike Kearney vs. Dayton, 12-3-75 averaging 8.5 rebounds over Miami’s last 18 games. Steals 1. 7 Damon Frierson vs. Ball State, 2-27-99 ROSTER ADDITION: Joining the RedHawk roster in November is 6-foot-2 freshman 7 Ron Harper vs. Marietta, 12-1-84 7 Chuck Goodyear vs. Toledo, 2-11-76 guard Tyler Ford (Springfield, Ohio/North). Ford is a walk-on and wears #10. 4. 6 Chet Mason at Ohio, 1-18-03 6 Damon Frierson vs. Wright State, 12-27-95 JOHNSON SCORES 1,000TH CAREER POINT EN ROUTE TO CAREER HIGH: 6 Ron Harper vs. Toledo, 1-8-86 6 Ron Harper vs. Bowling Green, 1-2-86 Needing just five points to become the 28th player in program history to reach the 6 Ron Harper at Dayton, 12-21-85 1,000-point plateau, senior guard Juby Johnson did much more than that against 6 Ron Harper vs. Dayton, 12-4-85 6 Ron Harper vs. Capital, 12-15-84 Dayton on Dec. 3. At the 10:18 mark of the first half, Johnson tossed in a layup to tie 6 Eric Newsome vs. Central Michigan, 2-18-84 the game, 14-14, and score his 1,001st career point. Miami, however, would 6 Chuck Stahl vs. Central Michigan, 2-18-84 eventually trail the Flyers by 17 at the half. Going 10-of-20 from the field, including 6 Ron Harper vs. Western Michigan, 2-9-83 6 Craig Tubbs at Dayton, 1-3-83 3-of-6 from three-point range, and nailing all five of his free throws, Johnson helped 6 Ron Harper vs. Dayton, 12-8-82 pull Miami within three points of the Flyers in the closing minutes of the game 6 Ron Harper vs. Cincinnati, 12-4-82 6 John Shoemaker vs. W. Michigan, 2-24-77 behind a career-high 28 points. If Johnson, who currently owns 1,292 points, scores 6 vs. Western Michigan, 2-24-77 at his 2002-03 average of 14.8 ppg, he is on pace to score at least 1,368 points, which would place him 10th on Miami’s career scoring list. 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 7

MIAMI BY THE NUMBERS JOHNSON AND SEALS HIT CENTURY MARK: Seeing 28 minutes of action against IPFW on Dec. 21, senior guard Juby Johnson hit the century mark for games played. 1956 The last time a Miami guard Johnson has played in every game during his Miami career, which now totals 114. averaged more rebounds than Chet Against Akron on Jan. 10, senior forward Gene Seals also hit the century mark for Mason. John Powell averaged 9.2 rpg games played and has played in 111 career games. Seals has missed just three games during his Miami career. The two are the league’s top active tandem for that season. games played with a combined 225 appearances. 1157 All-Time Miami wins JOHNSON BREAKS ONTO CAREER START AND MINUTES PLAYED TOP 10 LISTS: 515 Miami’s MAC wins With a start against Ohio Dominican, senior guard Juby Johnson cracked Miami’s career top-10 list for starts. He is currently fifth with 108 and has made 79 411 Career games Charlie Coles has consecutive starts. If he starts every game this season, he will tie for third on the all- time list. Johnson also ranks fourth all-time in minutes played with 3,657. coached

235 Games at Miami Charlie Coles has JOHNSON CRACKS CAREER THREE-POINT LISTS: Going 3-for-6 from 3-point range against Liberty, senior guard Juby Johnson broke onto Miami’s career 3-point field coached goal and 3-point attempt lists. With 141 3-point field goals, he is seventh and needs nine more to tie for sixth. Johnson’s 430 3-point attempts rank fourth. He needs 34 107 Number of Chet Mason career steals more attempts to tie for third on the list. 80 Most points scored by Miami this “HATCHING” OUT OF HIS SHELL: Sophomore guard William Hatcher “hatched” season (vs. Central Michigan, 80-70) his shell at the Purdue Invitational, establishing then-career highs in nearly every statistical category. Hatcher was Miami’s most efficient shooter during the 79 Consecutive starts by Juby Johnson tournament, hitting 58.3 percent of his field goals and 50.0 percent of his 3-pointers, 75 Consecutive starts by Chet Mason while averaging 8.0 ppg. He also dished out 2.0 apg and collected 2.5 spg over 19.5 minutes per game. 39 Consecutive starts by Josh Hausfeld PEAVY PROVIDES SPARK: In just 16 minutes of action against Cincinnati, freshman forward Nathan Peavy (Dayton, Ohio/Chaminade-Julienne) provided quite a spark 28 Most points scored by a player in off the bench for the RedHawks. Peavy swiped a game-high-tying nine boards and 2003-04 (Juby Johnson vs. Dayton) chipped in eight points, while igniting the crowd with an ally-oop dunk that is quickly becoming his trademark. 15 Consecutive home winning seasons WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY (OR TWO) MAKES: On the heels of one of its worst 15 Points Juby Johnson needs to break nights for turnovers and scoring (20 turnovers and 36 points vs. Xavier), Miami came onto Miami’s career scoring list back just 48 hours later and looked like a completely different team. The RedHawks scored 76 points, while committing a season-low five turnovers (all in the first half) 10 Number of starts Juby Johnson against Wright State on Dec. 11. needs to tie Miami’s all-time record THE SCHEN-KEY TO THE GAME: One of the keys to Miami’s win over Wright State 8.5 Rebounds per game averaged by on Dec. 11 was junior Tim Schenke. The 6-foot-6 forward drained a career-high four Wally Szczerbiak in 1999. On his 3-pointers off six attempts to bolster Miami to the 76-61 win. Schenke collected 17 current pace (7.8 rpg), Chet Mason points, one shy of his career high. will become the first RedHawk since Szczerbiak to average more than LENDING A HELPING HAND: Of the 11 players who have registered assists thus far 6.2 rpg. this season, six are averaging one assist or more to every turnover. Sophomore guard Josh Hausfeld owns a 1.75 assists/turnover ratios. Junior forward Tim Schenke 6 Games played Gene Seals needs to follows, averaging 1.69 assists to every turnover. break onto Miami’s career list TRIPLE THREAT: Some might think it is ironic that sophomore guard Josh Hausfeld 5 Number of steals Chet Mason needs (Cincinnati, Ohio/Roger Bacon) wears #3. Hausfeld is one of Miami’s most potent 3- to move onto Miami’s career list point weapons, typically drilling treys at critical points in games. Against Dayton, Hausfeld went 4-for-7 from 3-point range in the second half, draining a three to pull 5 Number of Chet Mason Miami within three of the Flyers. Hausfeld shot 50 percent from 3-point range double-doubles this season against the Flyers.

3 Games played Juby Johnson needs FRESHMAN ORIENTATION: All five of Miami’s freshmen—forwards Monty St. Clair, to break onto Miami’s career list Nathan Peavy and Eric Van Buskirk (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland) and guards Tyler Jones (Dry Ridge, Ky./Grant County) and Doug Penno (Kettering, Ohio/Alter)—have 3 Longest win streak this season played in a least three contest this season with three seeing action on a regular basis. Van Buskirk has started three games for the RedHawks, while St. Clair started against Xavier and has started eight of the past nine games. Peavy has come off the bench in 2.5 Points Johnson needs to average all 22 games, and St. Clair has played in all 22 games. over Miami’s next 6 games to break onto Miami’s all-time scoring list TURNOVERS: Last season, Miami set a single-season standard for fewest turnovers, with just 327. Each of the past four years rank among the top six in fewest single- season team turnovers: 2. 330 (2000), 4. 362 (2001), 6. 378 (2002). 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 8

VAN BUSKIRK GETS STARTING NOD IN COLLEGIATE DEBUT: Earning starting MIAMI IN MILLETT duties in Miami’s season opener at Liberty on Nov. 21, freshman forward Eric Van Season W L Pct. Buskirk became the first true freshman since senior guard Juby Johnson to start 1968-69 ...... 8 ...... 3 ...... 727 his first collegiate game. Van Buskirk scored four points, collected two rebounds and 1969-70 ...... 9 ...... 2 ...... 818 two assists in 12 minutes of action against the Flames. 1970-71 ...... 11 ...... 1 ...... 917 1971-72 ...... 8 ...... 3 ...... 727 1972-73 ...... 9 ...... 2 ...... 818 BRINGIN’ HOME THE BACON: When on the recruiting trail, Miami’s basketball staff 1973-74 ...... 8 ...... 4 ...... 667 has been bringin’ home the bacon ... Roger Bacon, that is. Two players on the Miami 1974-75 ...... 11 ...... 2 ...... 846 roster—sophomore guard Josh Hausfeld and freshman forward/center Monty St. 1975-76 ...... 9 ...... 2 ...... 818 Clair—prepped at Cincinnati’s Roger Bacon. In 2002, the duo paced Roger Bacon to 1976-77 ...... 10 ...... 3 ...... 769 a state title, downing the LeBron James-led Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary’s team, while 1977-78 ...... 11 ...... 1 ...... 917 Hausfeld garnered state MVP honors. 1978-79 ...... 5 ...... 7 ...... 417 1979-80 ...... 7 ...... 4 ...... 636 1980-81 ...... 7 ...... 4 ...... 636 MASON TABBED MAC EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Following back-to-back 1981-82 ...... 9 ...... 4 ...... 692 double-doubles to spearhead Miami to its first two Mid-American Conference wins, 1982-83 ...... 7 ...... 6 ...... 538 junior guard Chet Mason was tabbed the league’s East Division Player of the Week 1983-84 ...... 12 ...... 1 ...... 923 on Jan. 12. Mason posted back-to-back double-doubles for the second time this 1984-85 ...... 12 ...... 1 ...... 923 season, averaging 16.0 ppg and 12.0 rpg, while dishing out 4.5 apg and boasting a 1985-86 ...... 12 ...... 1 ...... 923 1986-87 ...... 8 ...... 4 ...... 667 1.80 assist/turnover ratio. 1987-88 ...... 4 ...... 8 ...... 333 1988-89* ...... 2 ...... 10 ...... 083 JOHNSON TABBED MAC EAST PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Following a 22-point 1989-90 ...... 9 ...... 3 ...... 750 performance at Liberty, senior guard Juby Johnson was named the first MAC East 1990-91 ...... 12 ...... 2 ...... 857 Division Player of the Week for the 2003-04 campaign. This was Johnson’s second 1991-92 ...... 11 ...... 1 ...... 917 career player of the week honor. 1992-93 ...... 11 ...... 3 ...... 786 1993-94 ...... 11 ...... 3 ...... 786 1994-95 ...... 12 ...... 0 ...... 1.000 FAMILY TIES: For the past two seasons, Juby Johnson has clashed with older 1995-96 ...... 12 ...... 2 ...... 857 brother Sonny Johnson, a member of Ohio’s men’s basketball program. Even though 1996-97 ...... 12 ...... 0 ...... 1.000 the elder Johnson has graduated, Juby is still experiencing a sibling rivalry. Younger 1997-98 ...... 10 ...... 3 ...... 769 brother, Demitrius, is a freshman on the Kent State men’s basketball team. 1998-99 ...... 12 ...... 0 ...... 1.000 The Johnson’s are not the only brother vs. brother spotlight the RedHawks have, 1999-00 ...... 7 ...... 5 ...... 583 2000-01 ...... 10 ...... 4 ...... 714 however. Freshman Doug Penno has the opportunity to clash with his brother, Jeff, 2001-02 ...... 10 ...... 4 ...... 714 who was a member of Akron’s basketball team last year but has since transferred to 2002-03 ...... 9 ...... 4 ...... 692 Dayton. 2003-04 ...... 8 ...... 2 ...... 800 As for Miami ties, freshman Eric Van Buskirk has a brother (Mark) who is a senior Totals ...... 334 ...... 109 ...... 754 at Miami and a sister (Kate) who is a Miami graduate. Junior Tim Schenke also has a * Includes four forfeit losses brother (Zak Kampal) who graduated from Miami. MIAMI IS FIRST TO 500!: With a 73-58 REDHAWKS HOT, HOT, HOT IN JANUARY: For just the second time under head win at Eastern Michigan on Jan. 29, coach Charlie Coles, Miami has posted a 6-1 mark in January with the last time 2003, Miami became the first Mid- coming during the 1998-99 campaign. January is typically the strongest month for American Conference school to attain Coles and the RedHawks, who have won 64.7 percent of their January games over 500 league wins. In their 57-year the past eight seasons. November is the next best month under Coles with a .608 history in the MAC, the RedHawks hold winning percentage. Miami started the season 2-0 with November wins, also just the a 515-297 record in conference play second time under Coles the RedHawks have gone undefeated in November with and boast a league-best .635 winning the other time coming during the 1998-99 season. Miami has won 60.3 percent of percentage. The next closest school in its February contests under Coles. the win column is Ohio University, which owns a 458-365 record over 58 UP NEXT: The RedHawks hit the road for the third of their three longest MAC road years in the MAC. Miami also owns 20 trips—all midweek games—traveling to Northern Illinois to clash with the Huskies regular-season MAC crowns, more than on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7:05 p.m. (CT). Miami then returns home to host Buffalo in twice the number of any other league the second half of a Miami women’s and men’s doubleheader with the Bulls. The school. women’s game tips off at 2 p.m. with the men’s following at 4 p.m. or 30 minutes All-Time MAC Only Records after the conclusion of the first game. No. Team Record Pct. 1. MIAMI 515-297 .635 A MIAMI WIN WOULD ... 2. Ball State 282-213 .570 • Give Miami a winning non-conference record at 5-4. 3. Ohio 458-365 .557 • Push Miami’s record to 2-0 in the series with SMS. 4. Toledo 434-346 .556 • Make Miami 12-12 all-time versus current MVC schools. 5. Bowling Green 407-349 .538 6. Marshall 153-151 .503 7. Eastern Michigan 226-278 .448 A MIAMI LOSS WOULD ... 8. Western Michigan 357-447 .444 • Drop Miami’s non-conference mark to 4-5. 9. Kent State 333-444 .429 • Even the series record to 1-1 versus SMS. 10. Northern Illinois 134-183 .423 • Be Miami’s second non-conference home loss. 11. Central Michigan 214-322 .399 12. Akron 81-132 .380 13. Buffalo 22-83 .210 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 9 HEAD COACH CHARLIE COLES COLES SURPASSES TWO COACHING MARKS: With a 72-62 win at Buffalo, Miami head coach Charlie Coles surpassed long-time Miami head coach for third in wins at a MAC institution. Coles owns 226 triumphs over stints at Central Michigan and Miami. With a Jan. 14 win over Kent State, Coles surpassed his former coach, , for second in coaching wins at Miami. Coles, who is in his eighth season as Miami’s head coach, owns a 134-101 mark at the helm of the RedHawk program. Shrider posted a 126-96 record from 1957-66 (nine seasons). FOR THE RECORD: Charlie Coles, the MAC’s sixth-winningest coach, directed his first Miami squad to a 21-9 record, a MAC regular-season co-championship, the MAC Tournament title and the NCAA Tournament. He became just the second coach in school history to lead his team to the MAC title, 20 or more wins and the NCAA Tournament in his first season. SPORTS ILLUSTRATED UNCOVERS “PROFESSOR HOOPS”: In the 2002-03 basketball preview edition of Sports Illustrated, senior writer Grant Wahl uncovered ’s “Professor Hoops” Charlie Coles—the only head coach at any of the nation’s Year-by-Year with Coles 150 largest schools who teaches a course in basketball theory. Coles teaches a nine- week sprint course called Basketball Theory (PHS 331), which goes through the (CENTRAL MICHIGAN) fundamentals of coaching basketball as part of Miami’s coaching minor. Coles Year Overall ... MAC ..Overall Pct. personally teaches every class, which meets for two hours every Tuesday and Thursday 1985-86 11-17 ...... 7-11 ...... 393 at 8 a.m. over the first nine weeks of the fall semester. 1986-87 22-8 ...... 14-2 ...... 733 1987-88 19-13 ...... 10-6 ...... 594 COLES ATTAINS 200th CAREER WIN: A 65-39 win over Ohio Dominican on Nov. 27, 2002, 1988-89 13-15 ...... 7-9 ...... 464 handed head coach Charlie Coles his 200th career win. Coles also spent six seasons as 1989-90 13-17 ...... 6-10 ...... 433 the head coach at Central Michigan where he compiled a 92-84 mark. With a close 50-48 1990-91 14-14 ...... 8-8 ...... 500 win over Akron (Jan. 12, 2002), Coles earned his 100th Miami triumph and now owns a (MIAMI) 132-100 record at the helm of the Miami program. 1996-97 21-9 ...... 13-5 ...... 700 1997-98 17-12 ...... 9-9 ...... 586 BIG NAMES: During his coaching tenure, Charlie Coles has produced two current NBA 1998-99 24-8 ...... 15-3 ...... 750 standouts and one former standout. In his Miami stint, he generated Minnesota 1999-00 15-15 ...... 8-10 ...... 500 Timberwolf Wally Szczerbiak and coached former Atlanta Hawk and current Cleveland 2000-01 17-16 ...... 10-8 ...... 515 Cavalier Ira Newble, while mentoring Dan Majerle, formerly with the Phoenix Suns and 2001-02 13-18 ...... 9-9 ...... 419 2002-03 13-15 ...... 11-7 ...... 464 Miami Heat, during his Central Michigan tenure. 2003-04 14-8 ...... 10-4 ...... 636 TOP COMPETITION: Noted for putting together some of the toughest non-conference TOTAL 226-185 .. 136-101 ...... 550 schedules on an annual basis, Miami head coach Charlie Coles has not only scheduled the best, but beaten the best. Coles owns six of the program’s 26 triumphs over ranked Coaching Records (ranked by winning opponents, equaled only by long-time head coach Darrell Hedric. percentage, min. 30 games) Rk Coach (Years) ...... Record COLES AS A PLAYER: Charlie Coles earned three letters at Miami under coach Dick 1 (1993-96) ...... 708 (63-26) Shrider from 1963-65. He earned second-team all-MAC honors as a junior and senior 2 (1990-93) ...... 678 (61-29) and was a member of Miami’s MAC co-championship team in 1964-65. Coles averaged 3 George Little (1916-17, ’19-22) . .672 (43-21) double figures in scoring all three seasons, including an 18.5 ppg average as a junior. 4 (1951-57) ...... 659 (91-47) He led Miami with a .503 field goal percentage that season (167-of-332). Coles, who was 5 Darrell Hedric (1970-84) ...... 579 (216-157) 6 (1966-70) ...... 571 (56-42) inducted into Miami’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1990, ranks 25th on Miami’s career scoring 7 Charlie Coles (1996-pres.) .. .570 (134-101) list with 1,096 points. 8 Dick Shrider (1957-66) ...... 568 (126-96) 9 W.J. Foster (1942-49) ...... 564 (75-58) HOT SHOT HIGH SCHOOL PLAYER: A native of Yellow Springs, Ohio, Charlie Coles was 10 W. Van Winkle (1939-42) ...... 560 (28-22) the leading high school scorer in the state as a senior at Bryan High School, averaging 42.1 points per game, which is thought to be the second-highest single-season average Coles Versus 2003-04 Foes in Ohio boys’ basketball history. He scored 40 points or more 15 times in his senior year, Opponent Record including a school-record 55 points against Shawnee. His lowest output of the season Akron ...... 10-7 was a 23-point performance. In the fall of 2000, Yellow Springs retired his jersey. Ball State ...... 12-19 Bowling Green ...... 15-13 Buffalo ...... 10-1 Central Michigan ...... 9-1 Coles by Month (Miami Only) Cincinnati ...... 0-3 Dayton ...... 4-4 Month ’96-97 ’97-98 ’98-99 ’99-00 ‘00-01 ‘01-02 ‘02-03 ‘03-04 Total Eastern Michigan ...... 17-10 IPFW ...... 1-0 November 1-1 2-1 4-0 1-1 2-3 1-2 1-3 2-0 14-11 Kent State ...... 16-16 Liberty ...... 1-0 December 4-1 4-2 4-3 3-3 2-4 2-6 2-4 2-5 23-28 Marshall ...... 10-4 Northern Illinois...... 4-4 Ohio ...... 17-14 January 6-3 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 5-3 5-2 6-1 44-24 Ohio Dominican ...... 2-0 Southern Methodist ...... 0-2 February 6-3 6-2 7-2 2-6 4-3 4-5 5-2 4-2 38-25 Toledo ...... 14-10 Western Michigan ...... 14-10 March 4-1 1-1 3-2 3-1 3-2 1-2 0-4 15-13 Wright State ...... 7-3 Xavier ...... 2-6 Total 21-9 17-12 24-8 15-15 17-16 13-18 13-15 14-8 134-101 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 10

Miami’s Record When … 2003-04 2002-03 Under Coles Playing at home ...... 8-2 ...... 9-4 ...... 78-22 When playing on the road ...... 5-4 ...... 4-9 ...... 39-63 When playing on a neutral court ...... 1-2 ...... 0-2 ...... 17-16 When leading at halftime ...... 12-2 ...... 6-6 ...... 88-34 When tied at halftime ...... 0-1 ...... 0-1 ...... 8-6 When trailing at halftime ...... 2-5 ...... 7-8 ...... 38-61 When shooting 50% or better from field ...... 2-0 ...... 3-1 ...... 45-9 When shooting better than opponent from field ...... 8-2 ...... 7-5 ...... 99-22 When shooting same or worse than opponent from field ...... 5-7 ...... 6-10 ...... 34-80 When holding opponents to 50% or less from the field ...... 14-4 ...... 11-12 ...... 122-68 When outrebounding opponent ...... 8-3 ...... 6-6 ...... 87-44 When tied or outrebounded ...... 6-5 ...... 7-9 ...... 47-57 When committing more turnovers ...... 0-4 ...... 2-12 ...... 27-64 When committing same or fewer turnovers ...... 14-4 ...... 11-3 ...... 106-38 When scoring less than 70 points ...... 8-8 ...... 8-12 ...... 62-87 When scoring between 70-79 points ...... 5-0 ...... 5-1 ...... 47-10 When scoring 80 points or more ...... 1-0 ...... 0-0 ...... 25-1 When holding opponents to 70 points or less ...... 14-7 ...... 12-13 ...... 114-71 When holding opponents to 60 points or less ...... 9-3 ...... 9-4 ...... 83-26 In games decided by five points or less ...... 3-2 ...... 5-2 ...... 32-32 In overtime games ...... 2-1 ...... 0-1 ...... 10-10 Miscellaneous 2003-04 Notes/Stats: Current Streak: W, 2 Last Five Games: 4-1 Largest margin of victory: 28 Margin of victory: 10.7 Largest margin of defeat: 23 Margin of defeat: 11.5 Largest lead at any time: 28 Largest deficit at any time: 28 Largest halftime lead: 20 Largest halftime deficit: 17, twice Largest lead surrendered in a loss: 11 Largest deficit overcome in a win: 8 Double-figure scoring games: Johnson 18, Mason 13, Horace 10, Hausfeld 4, St. Clair 4, Seals 3, Hatcher 2, Peavy 1, Schenke 1 30-point scoring games: — 20-point scoring games: Johnson 4, Mason 1 Double-figure rebounding games: Mason 7, Horace 2, Seals 1 Double-figure scoring and rebounding games: Mason 5, Horace 2 Games leading Miami in scoring: Johnson 12*, Mason 4*, Hausfeld 3, Horace 3**, Seals 1, St. Clair 1 Games leading Miami in rebounding: Mason 17**, Horace 4*, Johnson 3*, Peavy 1*, Seals* * Once tied for game-high ** Tied for game high more than once Miami’s Record With These Starting Lineups: (G/G/G/F/F) Johnson, Mason, Hausfeld, Horace, Schenke ...... 3-2 Johnson, Mason, Hausfeld, Horace, Van Buskirk ...... 1-2 Johnson, Mason, Hausfeld, Horace, St. Clair ...... 0-1 Johnson, Mason, Hausfeld, Seals, Schenke ...... 3-1 Johnson, Mason, Hausfeld, Seals, VanderSluis ...... 2-0 Johnson, Mason, Hausfeld, Seals, St. Clair ...... 4-1 Johnson, Mason, Hausfeld, Horace, St. Clair ...... 1-1 Free Throw Shooting in Final Three Minutes and Overtime (In games decided by 10 points or less and all overtime games) Player FT-FTA PCT. Hausfeld ...... 2-2 ...... 1.000 Horace ...... 9-11 ...... 818 Peavy ...... 4-5 ...... 800 Johnson ...... 19-29 ...... 655 Mason ...... 10-16 ...... 625 Seals ...... 7-12 ...... 583 Schenke ...... 0-2 ...... 000 Hatcher ...... 0-1 ...... 000 Miami ...... 51-78 ...... 654 Opponents ...... 48-61 ...... 787 *Players not listed have not shot free throws during the final three minutes or overtime 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 11 2003-04 SEASON/CAREER HIGHS 1 Doug Penno 11 Tyler Jones 25 William Hatcher (6-5, G, Fr.) (6-2, G, Fr.) (6-2, G, So.) Career Highs Career Highs Career Highs Points: 5 vs. E. Michigan, 1-24-04 Points: 3 vs. E. Michigan, 1-24-04 Points: 15 vs. Toledo, 2-7-04 Rebounds: 2 vs. E. Michigan, 1-24-04 Rebounds: 0 Rebounds: 2, several times, last at Akron, 2-11-04 Assists: 1 vs. E. Michigan, 1-24-04 Assists: 0 Assists: 5 at Marshall, 1-28-04 Steals: 0 Steals: 0 Steals: 3, twice, last vs. Ball State, 1-17-04 Blocked Shots: 0 Blocked Shots: 1 vs. E. Michigan, 1-24-04 Blocked Shots: 0 Minutes: 12 at Marshall, 1-28-04 Minutes: 2 vs. E. Michigan, 1-24-04 Minutes: 27 vs. Toledo, 2-7-04 2003-04 Season Highs 3 Josh Hausfeld 21 Gene Seals Points: 15 vs. Toledo, 2-7-04 (6-3, G, So.) (6-6, F, Sr.) Rebounds: 2, three times, last at Marshall, 1-28-04 Career Highs Career Highs Assists: 5 at Marshall, 1-28-04 Points: 19 vs. Akron, 1-20-03 Points: 17 at Buffalo, 1-7-04 Steals: 3, twice, last vs. Ball State, 1-17-04 Rebounds: 5, twice, last vs. N. Illinois, 2-25-03 Rebounds: 16 at N. Illinois, 1-22-02 Blocked Shots: 0 Assists: 6, twice, last at Eastern Michigan, 1-29-03 Assists: 8 at Ball State, 2-9-03 Minutes: 27 vs. Toledo, 2-7-04 Steals: 4 at Liberty, 11-21-03 Steals: 4, twice, last vs. Ohio, 2-11-02 Blocked Shots: 1, several times, Blocked Shots: 4, vs. Toledo, 2-9-02 last vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Minutes: 40 at N. Illinois, 1-22-02 Minutes: 40 vs. Akron, 1-20-03 30 Monty St. Clair 2003-04 Season Highs (6-9, F/C, Fr.) 2003-04 Season Highs Points: 17 at Buffalo, 1-7-04 Career Highs Points: 16 vs. IPFW, 12-21-03 Rebounds: 12 vs. Akron, 1-10-04 Points: 16 vs. Bowling Green, 2-4-04 Rebounds: 2, several times, last at Akron, 2-11-04 Assists: 3, twice, last at Marshall, 1-28-04 Rebounds: 7 vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Assists: 4, several times, last vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Steals: 3, twice, last at Akron, 2-11-04 Assists: 3 at C. Michigan, 1-21-04 Steals: 4 at Liberty, 11-21-03 Blocked Shots: 3 vs. Kent State, 1-14-04 Steals: 2 vs. Xavier, 12-9-03 Blocked Shots: 1, three times, Minutes: 38 vs. Akron, 1-10-04 Blocked Shots: 0 last vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Minutes: 38 at Ohio, 2-2-04 Minutes: 37, three times, last vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 22 Nate VanderSluis 31 Nathan Peavy 4 Chet Mason (6-11, C, So.) (6-8, F, Fr.) Career Highs (6-4, G, Jr.) Points: 9, vs. Northern Illinois, 2-25-03 Career Highs Career Highs Points: 10 vs. Ohio Dominican, 11-24-03 Points: 22 at Ohio, 1-18-03 Rebounds: 4 at BGSU, 3-1-03 Rebounds: 9 vs. Cincinnati, 12-27-03 Assists: 1, twice, last vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Rebounds: 14 at USC, 12-16-01 Steals: 1, three times, last at Ball State, 2-16-04 Assists: 2, twice, last vs. IPFW, 12-21-03 Assists: 9 vs. Marshall, 1-9-02 Steals: 2 vs. Kent State, 1-14-04 Steals: 6 at Ohio, 1-18-03 Blocked Shots: 2 at Buffalo, 1-7-03 Blocked Shots: 1, three times, Blocked Shots: 1, several times, vs. Kent State, Minutes: 18 vs. Akron, 1-20-03 last vs. Bowling Green, 2-4-04 1-14-04 Minutes: 24 at Dayton, 12-3-03 Minutes: 48 at CMU, 1-5-02 2003-04 Season Highs Points: 5 vs. Bowling Green, 2-4-04 Rebounds: 3 vs. Bowling Green, 2-4-04 33 Danny Horace 2003-04 Season Highs Points: 21 vs. Akron, 1-10-04 Assists: 1 vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 (6-5, F, Jr.) Steals: 1, twice, last at Ball State, 1-16-04 Rebounds: 12, three times, last vs. Akron, 1-10-04 Blocked Shots: 2 at Buffalo, 1-7-03 Career Highs Assists: 8 vs. Cincinnati, 12-27-03 Points: 22 at Ball State, 2-9-03 Steals: 4 at C. Michigan, 1-21-04 Minutes: 10, twice, last at Buffalo, 1-7-03 Rebounds: 14, three times, Blocked Shots: 1 vs. Kent State, 1-14-04 last vs. Ohio Dominican, 11-24-03 Minutes: 41 vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Assists: 3, twice, last vs. Dayton, 12-4-02 24 Tim Schenke Steals: 4 at Ohio, 1-18-03 5 Juby Johnson (6-6, F, Jr.) Blocked Shots: 5 vs. Wright State, 12-1-01 Career Highs Minutes: 40, several times, last at Ball St., 2-9-03 (6-5, G, Sr.) Points: 18 vs. Central Michigan, 1-4-03 Career Highs Rebounds: 7, vs. Cincinnati, 12-28-02 2003-04 Season Highs Points: 28 at Dayton, 12-3-03 Assists: 6 vs. IPFW, 12-21-03 Points: 19 vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Rebounds: 12 at N. Illinois, 1-22-02 Steals: 4 vs. Kent State, 1-14-04 Rebounds: 14 vs. Ohio Dominican, 11-24-03 Assists: 5, twice, last at Buffalo, 2-22-03 Blocked Shots: 2 vs. SMU, 12-20-03 Assists: 2, twice, last at C. Michigan, 1-21-04 Steals: 5 at C. Michigan, 1-21-04 Minutes: 33 vs. Wright State, 12-11-03 Steals: 2 vs. E. Michigan, 1-24-04 Blocked Shots: 2, three times, last at Blocked Shots: 1, several times, Evansville, 12-3-01 2003-04 Season Highs last at Ball State, 2-16-04 Minutes: 45, twice, last vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Points: 17 vs. Wright State, 12-11-03 Minutes: 37 vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Rebounds: 5, several times, 2003-04 Season Highs last vs. Ball State, 1-17-04 Points: 28 at Dayton, 12-3-03 Assists: 6 vs. IPFW, 12-21-03 Rebounds: 9 at Liberty, 11-21-03 Steals: 4 vs. Kent State, 1-14-04 40 Eric Van Buskirk Assists: 4 at Ball State, 2-16-04 Blocked Shots: 2 vs. SMU, 12-20-03 (6-8, F, Fr.) Steals: 5 at C. Michigan, 1-21-04 Minutes: 33 vs. Wright State, 12-11-03 Career Highs Blocked Shots: 1, twice, last vs. Ball State, 1-17-04 Points: 4 at Liberty, 11-21-03 Minutes: 45 vs. Ohio, 2-18-04 Rebounds: 2, twice, last at Dayton, 12-3-03 Assists: 4 at Dayton, 12-3-03 10 Tyler Ford Steals: 0 Blocked Shots: 0 (6-2, G, Fr.) Minutes: 21 at Dayton, 12-3-03 Career Highs Points: 0 Rebounds: 1 vs. E. Michigan, 1-24-04 Assists: 0 Steals: 0 Blocked Shots: 0 Minutes: 1, twice, last vs. E. Michigan, 1-24-04 2 0 0 3-0 4 M E N’ S B A S K E T B A L L 12

Miami RedHawk 2003-04 Roster

Numerical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl./El. Hometown (HS/Last School) 1 Doug Penno G/F 6-5 195 Fr./Fr. Kettering, OH (Alter) 3 Josh Hausfeld* G 6-3 212 So./So. Cincinnati, OH (Roger Bacon) 4 Chet Mason** G 6-4 179 Sr./Jr. Cleveland, OH (South) 5 Juby Johnson*** G 6-5 205 Sr./Sr. Warrensville Heights, OH (Warrensville Heights) 10 Tyler Ford G 6-2 185 So./Fr. Springfield, OH (Springfield North) 11 Tyler Jones G 6-2 165 Fr./Fr. Dry Ridge, KY (Grant County) 21 Gene Seals*** F 6-6 210 Sr./Sr. Saginaw, MI (Saginaw) 22 Nate VanderSluis* C 6-11 290 Jr./So. Oak Harbor, OH (Oak Harbor) 24 Tim Schenke** F 6-6 212 Jr./Jr. Cincinnati, OH (Elder) 25 William Hatcher* G 6-2 177 So./So. Flint, MI (Carman-Ainsworth) 30 Monty St. Clair F/C 6-9 244 Fr./Fr. Cincinnati, OH (Roger Bacon) 31 Nathan Peavy F 6-8 200 Fr./Fr. Dayton, OH (Chaminade-Julienne) 33 Danny Horace** F 6-6 242 Jr./Jr. Cincinnati, OH (Western Hills) 40 Eric Van Buskirk F 6-8 228 Fr./Fr. Loveland, OH (Loveland)

Alphabetical No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl./El. Hometown (HS/Last School) 10 Tyler Ford G 6-2 185 So./Fr. Springfield, OH (Springfield North) 25 William Hatcher* G 6-2 177 So./So. Flint, MI (Carman-Ainsworth) 3 Josh Hausfeld* G 6-3 212 So./So. Cincinnati, OH (Roger Bacon) 33 Danny Horace** F 6-6 242 Jr./Jr. Cincinnati, OH (Western Hills) 5 Juby Johnson*** G 6-5 205 Sr./Sr. Warrensville Heights, OH (Warrensville Heights) 11 Tyler Jones G 6-2 165 Fr./Fr. Dry Ridge, KY (Grant County) 4 Chet Mason** G 6-4 179 Sr./Jr. Cleveland, OH (South) 31 Nathan Peavy F 6-8 200 Fr./Fr. Dayton, OH (Chaminade-Julienne) 1 Doug Penno G/F 6-5 195 Fr./Fr. Kettering, OH (Alter) 30 Monty St. Clair F/C 6-9 244 Fr./Fr. Cincinnati, OH (Roger Bacon) 24 Tim Schenke** F 6-6 212 Jr./Jr. Cincinnati, OH (Elder) 21 Gene Seals*** F 6-6 210 Sr./Sr. Saginaw, MI (Saginaw) 40 Eric Van Buskirk F 6-8 228 Fr./Fr. Loveland, OH (Loveland) 22 Nate VanderSluis* C 6-11 290 Jr./So. Oak Harbor, OH (Oak Harbor)

Head Coach: Charlie Coles (8th Season) Assistant Coaches: James Whitford, Jermaine Henderson, Frankie Smith Administrative Assistant: Ryan Himes Athletic Trainer: Dave Donnelly

* Letters earned Miami University Men's Basketball MIAMI Combined Team Statistics (as of Feb 18, 2004) All games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (14-8) (8-2) (5-5) (1-1) CONFERENCE...... (10-4) (6-1) (4-3) (0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (4-4) (2-1) (1-2) (1-1)

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| |----REBOUNDS----| ## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg ------05 JOHNSON, Juby...... 22-22 769 35.0 106-279 .380 25-108 .231 101-129 .783 26 81 107 4.9 47 0 26 35 4 25 338 15.4 04 MASON, Chet...... 22-22 730 33.2 84-204 .412 5-52 .096 59-93 .634 60 112 172 7.8 52 1 70 67 1 26 232 10.5 33 HORACE, Danny...... 20-11 498 24.9 57-125 .456 13-27 .481 69-91 .758 42 67 109 5.5 49 3 14 34 4 9 196 9.8 03 HAUSFELD, Josh..... 22-22 640 29.1 56-150 .373 34-106 .321 5-8 .625 6 23 29 1.3 61 1 49 28 3 22 151 6.9 21 SEALS, Gene...... 21-11 384 18.3 32-81 .395 5-15 .333 44-59 .746 18 41 59 2.8 27 0 22 16 13 15 113 5.4 25 HATCHER, William... 22-0 358 16.3 32-83 .386 16-46 .348 5-14 .357 2 15 17 0.8 19 0 27 19 0 18 85 3.9 30 ST. CLAIR, Monty... 22-8 342 15.5 30-80 .375 16-40 .400 8-9 .889 15 24 39 1.8 55 1 13 14 0 6 84 3.8 31 PEAVY, Nathan...... 22-0 226 10.3 26-52 .500 2-12 .167 18-27 .667 21 23 44 2.0 37 1 10 13 3 5 72 3.3 24 SCHENKE, Tim...... 22-9 341 15.5 19-52 .365 9-25 .360 10-24 .417 15 30 45 2.0 51 2 27 16 3 10 57 2.6 22 VANDERSLUIS, Nate.. 12-2 74 6.2 4-9 .444 1-2 .500 4-4 1.000 6 3 9 0.8 15 0 1 3 2 2 13 1.1 11 JONES, Tyler...... 3-0 4 1.3 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1.0 01 PENNO, Doug...... 10-0 23 2.3 4-10 .400 2-7 .286 0-0 .000 1 2 3 0.3 5 0 1 2 0 1 10 1.0 40 VAN BUSKIRK, Eric.. 11-3 76 6.9 2-4 .500 0-0 .000 2-8 .250 2 5 7 0.6 18 0 9 6 0 0 6 0.5 02 DRAKE, Larry...... 1-0 8 8.0 0-3 .000 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 10 FORD, Tyler...... 2-0 2 1.0 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1 0 1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM...... 38 44 82 3.7 1 7 ------Total...... 22 4475 453-1135 .399 129-443 .291 325-466 .697 253 470 723 32.9 438 9 269 260 34 139 1360 61.8 Opponents...... 22 4475 437-1035 .422 108-340 .318 334-484 .690 211 496 707 32.1 415 16 226 294 57 128 1316 59.8

TEAM STATISTICS MIAMI OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND ------SCORING...... 1360 1316 11-21-03 at Liberty W 71-55 2373 Points per game...... 61.8 59.8 11/28/03 OHIO DOMINICAN W 67-59 3053 Scoring margin...... +2.0 - 12/3/03 at Dayton L 61-67 12798 FIELD GOALS-ATT...... 453-1135 437-1035 *12/6/03 at Western Michigan L 38-61 2823 Field goal pct...... 399 .422 12/9/03 XAVIER L 36-55 6101 3 POINT FG-ATT...... 129-443 108-340 12/11/03 WRIGHT STATE W 76-61 3365 3-point FG pct...... 291 .318 12/20/03 vs SMU L 55-66 - 3-pt FG made per game.. 5.9 4.9 12/21/03 vs IPFW W 63-52 - FREE THROWS-ATT...... 325-466 334-484 12/27/03 at Cincinnati L 63-83 14873 Free throw pct...... 697 .690 *01/07/04 at Buffalo W 72-62 1658 REBOUNDS...... 723 707 *1/10/04 AKRON W 68-60 2537 Rebounds per game...... 32.9 32.1 *1/14/04 KENT STATE W 74-65 2817 Rebounding margin...... +0.7 - *1/17/04 BALL STATE L 50-56 3861 ASSISTS...... 269 226 *01/21/04 at Central Michigan W 80-70 2712 Assists per game...... 12.2 10.3 *1/24/04 EASTERN MICHIGAN W 74-46 3672 TURNOVERS...... 260 294 *1/28/04 at Marshall University W OT 51-48 4463 Turnovers per game..... 11.8 13.4 *02/02/04 at Ohio LOT 64-67 4926 Turnover margin...... +1.5 - *2/4/04 BOWLING GREEN W 66-60 3526 Assist/turnover ratio.. 1.0 0.8 *2/7/04 TOLEDO W 61-57 4318 STEALS...... 139 128 *02/11/04 at Akron L 44-48 2651 Steals per game...... 6.3 5.8 *2-16-04 at Ball State W 62-55 5181 BLOCKS...... 34 57 *02/18/04 OHIO W OT 64-63 3625 Blocks per game...... 1.5 2.6 WINNING STREAK...... 2 - Home win streak...... 4 - ATTENDANCE...... 36875 54458 Home games-Avg/Game.... 10-3688 10-5446 Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 2-0

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total ------MIAMI...... 656 678 26 - 1360 Opponents...... 590 701 25 - 1316