OXFORD, Ohio Bobcats (AP) Brant Byers scored 21 points, Peter Suder had 20 and 23rd-ranked Miami University beat Ohio 90-74 on Friday night to remain the lone unbeaten team in Division I.
Eian Elmer added 15 points for the RedHawks (25-0, 11-0 Mid-American Conference), who tied the single-season school record for victories set last season.
Jackson Paveletzke led Ohio (13-13, 7-6) with 22 points and Javan Simmons scored 12. The Bobcats struggled on 3-pointers, making only 5 of 21 while the RedHawks were 9 of 18 from beyond the arc and 21 of 28 on free throws.
Byers, Suder and Almar Atlason had six rebounds apiece as the RedHawks had a 38-29 advantage on the boards.
Miami had a 43-35 lead at halftime before steadily pulling away. It opened the second half on a 7-2 run, including five points by Byers, who finished 13 of 16 from the foul line.
The largest lead was 83-63 with four minutes remaining.
The game was close for the first 15 minutes. The RedHawks were up 30-26 before getting some breathing room with an 11-4 run to extend their lead to 41-30 with 1:58 remaining in the first half.
Miami tied a school record for single-game home attendance with a sellout crowd of 10,640 at Millett Hall. It was the same crowd figure for the Jan. 31 game against Northern Illinois.
Ohio: Hosts Ball State on Tuesday night.
Miami: At UMass on Tuesday night.
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13
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J. Paveletzke G | 22PTS | 4REB | 3AST | |
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22
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B. Byers G | 21PTS | 6REB | 0AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Paveletzke | 22 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| J. Simmons | 12 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| A. Hadaway | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Sheldon | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Kelly | 8 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Byers | 21 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| P. Suder | 20 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
| E. Elmer | 15 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| L. Skaljac | 12 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| A. Woolfolk | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Atlason | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Kirby | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Robbins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T. Perry | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| E. Yofan | – | – | – | – |
| B. Anderson | – | – | – | – |
| J. Kotecki | – | – | – | – |
| E. Wright | – | – | – | – |
| L. Stowers | – | – | – | – |
| K. Waltz | – | – | – | – |
| B. Ganley | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 90 | 34 | 15 | 17 |