Men’s basketball head coach Jack Owens turned his fortunes around this season. After a breakout season for Owens and his program, let’s take a look at the team’s roster this season and going forward.
The RedHawks may have lost two out of the three games last weekend, but they secured a big win as well.
Sophomore guard Dae Dae Grant was candid about why Miami’s comeback effort wasn’t enough to beat the Buffalo Bulls Thursday night. “First off, I’ll put it on me,” Grant said. “Coming out of the (timeout), coach drew up a play, and I turned the ball over.” Grant’s late-game turnover was costly, as his team lost, 74-63, at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.
Miami plays the University of North Dakota, Friday, March 13, at 7:37 p.m. in the NCHC quarterfinals. The RedHawks have a tough task ahead. North Dakota is currently ranked No. 1 in both the NCHC and the country, and rosters 12 National Hockey League (NHL) draft picks.
It feels like it was a lifetime ago, but this time last year, the Miami RedHawks were six games under .500 and heading into the Mid-American Conference (MAC) tournament as the 12th seed.
It looks like the Miami RedHawks are early birds.
The Western Michigan Broncos swept Miami in a two-game home-and-home series this weekend. The RedHawks drop to 5-17-2 with the losses.
Last week, the Miami men’s basketball team played three games in five days, going 2-1 during its recent stretch. All three games were a perfect microcosm of how the RedHawks have played this season.
Miami baseball in Miami, Florida, was a roller-coaster ride, as the team played a tough four-game series against Florida International University.
“It’s pretty painful,” redshirt sophomore guard Myja White said following the 64-51 loss at Millett Hall.
The Miami RedHawks lost their winning streak when they played against the University of Kentucky today, losing 5-1. The RedHawks take on Florida International University in a four-game series this weekend.
Last year, Miami was ranked No. 33 in the Preseason National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association poll. This year, the RedHawks are not on the list. But that does not mean there is no potential to be found in Miami baseball. The team finished behind Central Michigan and Kent State in the Mid-American Conference preseason poll. The RedHawks had 96 votes with one first-place vote.
The Miami men’s basketball team will look to improve its position in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) standings this week with two games in the state of Michigan.
Jacksonville, Florida seemed like a nice place to be compared to a foot of snow on the ground in Ohio, but then it rained.
With St. Cloud State leading Miami 1-0 about 10 minutes into the third period on Friday, the real action started, as the RedHawks quickly scored two goals en route to a 3-2 win over the 6th ranked Huskies.
On Friday, the RedHawks led by as many as five points in the second half before losing to the Akron Zips, 83-76. This Tuesday, the RedHawks will travel to take on the only team ahead of Akron in the standings, the Toledo Rockets. The Rockets are 16-6 this season, with an 11-3 MAC record. After coming close to beating a top-tier MAC team last Friday, the ’Hawks will get another shot this Tuesday.
The Zips had the ball, up 76-74 with a minute and a half remaining. For 29 seconds, the RedHawks did their job. A good defensive effort from senior forward Dalonte Brown made senior guard Loren Cristian Jackson pick up his dribble with just four seconds left on the shot clock. With an 11-inch height difference between the two, Jackson pivoted and pirouetted into a contested three-pointer with Brown all over him.
Coach Jack Owens and the Miami men's basketball team have the chance to end their two-game losing streak against the Akron Zips Friday at Millett Hall. The contest, which was originally scheduled for Saturday, was moved to Friday night so it could air on ESPNU.
The Miami RedHawks traveled to Minnesota this weekend looking for retribution again against a Duluth team that beat them twice in Oxford last week. They didn’t get it. The RedHawks lost 8-1 Friday night and 3-1 Saturday to a Duluth team that boasts eight National Hockey League (NHL) draft picks and is currently ranked fifth in the country. The team will look to bounce back next weekend against fourth-ranked St. Cloud State at home in Oxford before finishing the season with a home-and-home series against Western Michigan.
The Miami RedHawks fell in both games to the sixth-ranked University of Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs last weekend. Despite the Duluth having 8 NHL draft picks on the team, Miami managed to hold their own against the sixth-ranked Bulldogs. The RedHawks will travel to Duluth to play the Bulldogs again this weekend on Friday, Feb. 5 and Saturday, Feb. 6.