The Miami University men's basketball team (6-14, 2-6 Mid-American Conference (MAC)) mounted a furious comeback Wednesday night to beat the Eastern Michigan University (10-12, 5-3 MAC) Eagles 62-57 at Millett Hall.

The victory ended a four-game losing streak in the MAC, capped with a 73-64 loss at Western Michigan University last Saturday. The Red and White are now 2-0 in overtime games after beating the University of Dayton in overtime on opening night.

Senior forward Julian Mavunga, who finished with 19 points, a career-high, 19 rebounds and a career-high eight assists, led the RedHawks. This was Mavunga's 12th double-double of the season and the 26th of his career.

"What we did tonight is what we usually do in games," Mavunga said. "We came out and let up a little bit, but we knew this time we had to finish. We have been in games and we know we are capable of finishing."

Mavunga also attributed a lot of the team's success to senior forward Adam Thomas, who came up with a series of huge hustle plays down the stretch. Head Coach Charlie Coles also noted the tremendous job that Thomas did.

"When your best player trusts another player who doesn't play often, good things happen," Coles said.

Coles also said Thomas would be starting the next game for the RedHawks after providing a spark Wednesday night.

The Eagles led the RedHawks 45-34 with 3:28 left in the second half before a 6-0 run brought the Red and White to within five. Sophomore forward Jon Harris then drilled a three-pointer to tie the game at 46-46. Miami came up with the defensive stop to force the overtime period. From there, it was all RedHawks.

"Coach [Jermaine Henderson] was saying that we have to keep fighting and that we can still win this thing," Harris said. "He gave us a great speech before the game and the least we can do is win."

Mavunga then went on to hit eight of 10 free throws in the overtime period, which allowed the RedHawks to close out the Eagles.

Sophomore guard Quinten Rollins was the only other RedHawk in double figures with 10 points and he also came up with some big baskets in the second half. Coles described this game as Rollins' best game, especially on the defensive end.

"This team hasn't gotten a lot of breaks," Coles said. "This is the second best practicing team I've ever had since I've been at Miami and they have never faltered there even with the tough losses."

Senior guard Darrell Lampley, who dropped in 17 points, led Eastern Michigan.

The win also came just hours after an announcement that freshman guard Brian Sullivan was named MAC Freshman of the Month for January. Sullivan scored in double figures in six of the RedHawks eight games in January.

Miami will play Saturday at 4 p.m. at Ball State University. The Red and White defeated Ball State last season 89-75.

The team will look to win two consecutive games for the first time all season as well as looking for its first road win of the season this weekend.