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Miami Dominates Florida A&M, 52-33
11/18/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 18, 2006
OXFORD, Ohio--Junior forward Tim Pollitz scored 16 points and hauled in 11 rebounds as Miami University's men's basketball team (1-2) collected a 52-33 win against Florida A&M (1-2) on Friday evening in Millett Hall.
The 33 points were the fewest opponent points since Miami restricted Defiance to 32 points on Dec. 7, 1948. The RedHawks also gave up just 11 points to the Rattlers in the first half, which ties for the fewest points in a half by an opponent in program history. March 2, 2005, was the last time Miami held an opponent to 11 points in a half, holding Kent State to 11 first-half points.
With five points from Pollitz and four points from sophomore guard/forward Michael Bramos, Miami charged out of the gates scoring 14 unanswered points to start the half. Akini Adkins tossed in a jumper at the 13:05 mark of the first half, giving Florida A&M its first points of the game. The Rattlers would get as close as six points off an Adkins jumper at the 5:21 mark, but Miami would go on a 9-0 run, six points coming from Pollitz, to close out the half and owned a 26-11 lead at the intermission.
Florida A&M's Darius Glover and Brian Greene tossed in buckets to cut the Miami lead to 11 points by the 17:49 mark, 26-15, but the RedHawks went on a 10-0 surge to post a 36-15 lead with 13:35 remaining. A jumper by Pollitz with 6:56 remaining gave Miami its largest lead of the game--23 points--47-24. Over the waning minutes, FAMU would close within 17 points, but Miami went on to pick up the 52-33 win.
Bramos was the other RedHawk to score in double-figures with 13 points. Senior forward Nathan Peavy added a career-high four steals, while sophomore guard Carl Richburg notched a game-best six assists. Pollitz's 16 points and 11 rebounds marked his second career double-double.
Florida A&M was led by Lamar Twitty with eight points, while Rome Sanders added nine rebounds.
Miami returns to action hosting the University of Illinois at Chicago on Tuesday, Nov. 21 at 7:30 p.m.
