Freshmen Carry Canes to Third Straight Win
Penn
6274Miami
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| Box Score | Highlights |
| Season Stats | Full Broadcast |
| POSTGAME REACTION | |
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| Jim Larrañaga | Ja’Quan Newton DJ Vasiljevic |
| Steve Donahue | |
| SCORE BY HALF | ||||||
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| Team | 1 | 2 | F | |||
| Penn | 23 | 39 | 62 | |||
| Miami | 28 | 46 | 74 | |||
| TEAM STATS | ||
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| FGs | 22-56 | 28-62 |
| 3FGs | 9-23 | 6-20 |
| Free Throws | 9-13 | 12-13 |
| Rebounds | 34 | 37 |
| Blocks | 4 | 5 |
| Steals | 9 | 11 |
| Assists | 12 | 10 |
| Turnovers | 21 | 16 |
| INDIVIDUAL LEADERS | ||||||
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| POINTS | REBOUNDS | |||||
| Brodeur | 16 | Brodeur | 8 | |||
| Newton | 18 | Murphy | 8 | |||
| ASSISTS | BLOCKS | |||||
| Macdonald | 4 | Brodeur | 2 | |||
| Newton | 3 | Brown | 3 | |||
| 3FG | STEALS | |||||
| Wood | 3-4 | Hamilton/Howard | 2 | |||
| Vasiljevic | 3-5 | Lawrence Jr. | 4 | |||
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) – Ja’Quan Newton scored 18 points to lead Miami to a 74-62 victory over Penn on Saturday afternoon.
The Hurricanes (3-0) were never threatened after a 16-3 run midway through the second half. Consecutive 3-pointers from D.J. Vasiljevic and Bruce Brown capped the surge and increased Miami’s lead to 59-38 with 10:28 remaining in the half.
Brown finished with 15 points and Davon Reed, Vasiljevic and Dewan Huell scored 11 points each for the Hurricanes, who experienced their first deficit of the season when the Quakers ran off eight unanswered points for an 8-4 lead early in the game.
Newton had three steals and scored 16 points in the second half.
A.J. Brodeur scored 16 points to lead the Quakers (1-1).
Postgame Notes
· Starters: G Ja’Quan Newton, G Bruce Brown, G Anthony Lawrence Jr., G Davon Reed, F Kamari Murphy
· Miami improves to 6-3 in the all-time series against Penn, while Coach L earned his first career victory as a head coach in his first career meeting against the Quakers.
· Making his first career start for the Hurricanes, freshman Bruce Brown finished the afternoon with a career high 15 points, three steals and three blocks, to go along with five rebounds and an assist.
· At the end of the first half three freshman led the way with a combined 20 points scored – Dewan Huell (9), Brown (6) and DJ Vasiljevic (5). Huell also led the team in first-half rebounds, grabbing five.
· Vasiljevic (11) and Huell (11) have scored double-digit points in each of their opening three games as Hurricanes. For the third consecutive game Vasiljevic made three 3-pointers, while Huell grabbed five rebounds and remained perfect (7-7) from the free throw line this season, hitting his only attempt.
· Three Hurricanes finished the afternoon with at least three steals – Anthony Lawrence Jr. (4), Brown (3) and Newton (3).
· After making only one 3-pointer in the first half, Miami connected on five shots from downtown in the second half. In addition, the Hurricanes shot 61.5 percent (16-26) from the field in the second half, marking the first time since last season’s Sweet 16 appearance against Villanova (67%), first half, this has occurred.
· Sophomore Ja’Quan Newton led all Hurricanes in second half scoring with 16 points, while also connecting on his first 3-pointer of the year. The Philadelphia native finished the afternoon with a team high 18 points, surpassing 500 total points in his career, now with 506.
· In four of the six halves played this season, the Hurricanes have scored 45+ points. In addition to the 46 points scored in the second half tonight, Miami scored 51 points in the second half against Western Carolina, before scoring 48 in the first and 46 in the second half against UNF.
