Miami Earns First Conference Win With Second-Half Push Against Akron

Saturday, January 19

Oxford, Ohio

3:30 p.m.

Miami University

Akron

Miami (OH)

Miami Earns First Conference Win With Second-Half Push Against Akron

1/19/2019 5:45:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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The RedHawks defeated the Zips by a 68-61 margin on Saturday.

OXFORD, Ohio – The Miami University men's basketball team (9-9, 1-4 MAC) beat Akron (10-8, 2-3 MAC) by a 68-61 margin on Saturday. Darrian Ringo scored 16 points and totaled nine assists. Bam Bowman picked up a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Nike Sibande scored the first two points of the game on a layup before Akron put up six-straight to take a 6-2 lead with 16:50 remaining in the first half. Miami answered with an 8-0 run, started by a three-pointer from Abdoulaye Harouna.

.@Youngmamba31 for THREE!!!#RiseUpRedHawks pic.twitter.com/AWVuXIEHPc
— MiamiOH Basketball (@MiamiOH_BBall) January 19, 2019

Akron tied the game at 12 points before taking a 14-12 lead. Milos Jovic gave Miami the lead back midway through the first half with a three-point shot.

Nice corner look!!#RiseUpRedHawks pic.twitter.com/Ulw9ITyc1Y
— MiamiOH Basketball (@MiamiOH_BBall) January 19, 2019

The Zips went on a 10-0 run over three minutes of play to take a 26-19 lead with 5:32 left in the first half. The RedHawks responded with eight-straight points to take a 27-26 lead. Bam Bowman and Harouna each sunk a shot from behind the arc during the run.

Fadeaway from three-point range? No problem💪#RiseUpRedHawks pic.twitter.com/kAuvhoQGmr
— MiamiOH Basketball (@MiamiOH_BBall) January 19, 2019

The teams ended the first half of play tied at 30.

Akron scored the first four points of the second half to take a 34-30 lead but Miami tied the game at 34. The teams were tied again at 36 points apiece before the Zips jumped out to a 43-36 lead with 13 minutes to play.

Miami scored 11 points in a row, six of those coming on back-to-back three-point shots from Jovic and Ringo.

Ok, @Trevonringo12!! 👀#RiseUpRedHawks pic.twitter.com/O07oH781Go
— MiamiOH Basketball (@MiamiOH_BBall) January 19, 2019

With eight minutes remaining, the RedHawks held a 47-43 lead. The Zips cut that lead to two points before Miami put together a 10-0 scoring run to take a 57-45 lead with five minutes to play. This run also included three-pointers from Bowman and Dalonte Brown as the 'Hawks continued shooting well from long range.

After this three from @DalonteBrown24, @32_markeith sunk another from long range as well!#RiseUpRedHawks pic.twitter.com/cHKKasTImt
— MiamiOH Basketball (@MiamiOH_BBall) January 19, 2019

Akron put together a 9-2 run to decrease Miami's lead to five. The RedHawks led 59-54 with 1:09 to play. Ringo and Jalen Adaway each made two free throws to increase Miami's lead to 63-54 with 44 seconds remaining. Scoring was capped at 68-61 as the buzzer sounded.

Miami travels to Ball State on Tuesday. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN+.