Jan. 14, 2004

Box Score

OXFORD, Ohio (AP) - Juby Johnson scored 22 points and Chet Mason added 19 to lead Miami to a 74-65 victory over Kent State on Wednesday night.

Miami (7-5, 3-1 Mid-American Conference) led 38-21 at the half, but Kent State (10-3, 4-1) went on a 10-1 run in the second half to pull within nine points at 53-44 with 8:52 left to play. Armon Gates made a 3-pointer at the 3:45 mark to close the gap to seven at 60-53, but could never pull any closer.

Miami scored 17 points off Kent State turnovers in the first half, while Kent State scored just two points off Miami turnovers.

John Edwards, DeAndre Haynes and Gates led scoring for Kent State with 15 points each.

Mason led the game in rebounds with seven, while Gene Seals and Johnson added six each for Miami.

In 3-point shooting, Josh Hausfeld went 3-of-5 for Miami. Gates made 5-of-7.