GEORGIA SOUTHERN 63, WESTERN MICHIGAN 57
INDIANA 86, MIAMI 56
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – With 2.1 seconds remaining and Ohio trailing by two, graduate student forward Dwight Wilson III tied the game at 63-63 as time expired. However, the Ohio men's basketball team (1-3) was unable to overcome 20th-ranked Michigan (4-1) in overtime Sunday night (Nov 20), falling 70-66, inside the Crisler Center.
"We're really proud of our guys," head coach Jeff Boals said. "Coming off the loss of Detroit, they came back and had a couple of really good days of practice. They responded, came out and competed from the start and I thought we deserved the win. But give Michigan credit, they made the plays in the first half and overtime to win it. But our guys battled and controlled most of the game. And we just came up short."
As a team, Ohio shot 35 percent from the field, 25 percent from three and were 5-of-11 from the line, while Michigan shot 38 percent from the field, 31 percent from three and were 12-of-20 from the line. Ohio outrebounded Michigan, 49-46 and dished out 14 assists to their 12, Ohio also grabbed six steals and forced 11 turnovers, while Michigan had three steals and forced eight turnovers.
Individually, Ohio was led by Wilson III with 21 points, going 10-of-19 from the field and grabbed nine rebounds, followed by junior guard Jaylin Hunter with 14 points, six rebounds and five assists. Senior Miles Brown added 11 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Senior forward Ben Roderick added six points, while senior guard DeVon Baker scored five points and grabbed five rebounds. Sophomore forward AJ Clayton grabbed seven rebounds.
HOUSTON – Western Michigan dropped the final game of the Owl Invitational, 63-57, to Georgia Southern on Sunday afternoon at Rice's Tudor Fieldhouse.
Trailing by 10 at halftime, 37-27, Western Michigan (2-4) scored the first six points out of the locker room to trim the deficit to 37-33. The Broncos held Georgia Southern (3-3) without a point for nearly four minutes to start the period.
At the 15:09 mark, Lamar Norman Jr. converted an old-fashioned three-point play to get WMU back to within a point, 39-38. The next four points went to the Eagles, but Seth Hubbard answered with a triple to close the gap to 43-41. GSU responded with an 8-0 run to boost its lead back to 10, 51-41, at the midway point of the half.
The Georgia Southern cushion vacillated between seven and 10 points until a Markeese Hastings lay-in at the 2:36 mark got Western Michigan to within five, 57-52. A Norman triple with 1:14 remaining trimmed the margin to 59-55, but the Eagles sank a few free throws in the final minute to hold off the Broncos and pick up the victory.
Norman paced the Broncos in scoring for the fourth consecutive game, as he netted a game-high 23 points, including six three-pointers. Hastings collected a game-high 12 rebounds to help Western Michigan claim a 37-36 rebounding edge, while Jefferson Monegro handed out a career-high six assists. Titus Wright chipped in eight points and seven rebounds for WMU.
Western Michigan struggled from the floor, as it made 19-of-51 (37.3 percent) field goal attempts. The Broncos hit 7-of-16 (43.8 percent) from three-point range and went 12-of-15 (80.0 percent) from the charity stripe. Georgia Southern connected on 40.3 percent from the field. The Eagles started off hot from beyond the arc, hitting eight of their first 11 from downtown, but the WMU defense tightened, and GSU missed its final 11 three-point attempts.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind -- Mekhi Lairy and Julian Lewis scored 12 points apiece to lead Miami, but the RedHawks fell to No. 12 Indiana 86-56 Sunday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
It was the third straight loss in six days for Miami (1-4), which fell to Marshall and Georgia earlier in the week. Indiana (4-0) is undefeated through four games, with its only encounter coming Friday against Xavier. That was an 81-79 win.
Miami shot 32.4 percent from the field overall and 29.4 percent from long distance. The RedHawks had just five opportunities at the foul line and made two.
Indiana, on the other hand, connected on 17-of-24 charity tosses. The Hoosiers shot 49.2 percent from the field and 33.3 percent beyond the arc. They were able to turn 14 MU turnovers into 27 points and scored 42 points in the paint.
Miami enjoyed two brief leads - each by one point. The last was at 11:01 of the first half following a bucket by Lairy to put MU in front 12-11.
Indiana moved back in front, but the RedHawks were still within one (21-20) with 7:43 remaining before intermission. The Hoosiers then went on a 22-6 run to finish the period.
After leading by 17 (43-26) at the break, Indiana expanded its lead to as many as 32 points in the final stanza.