MBB Hosts Coppin State in Non-Conference Finale
Dec. 21, 2019 | 2 p.m. | ACCN
Watsco Center | Coral Gables, Fla.
Miami (7-3, 0-1 ACC) vs. Coppin State (4-8, 0-0 MEAC)
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. – The University of Miami men’s basketball team will play its last home game of the calendar year Saturday afternoon.
Miami (7-3, 0-1 ACC) is set to wrap up non-conference competition with a 2 p.m. contest against Coppin State at the Watsco Center.
The affair will be broadcast live on ACC Network HERE, with Mike Monaco and Dalen Cuff on the call. Joe Zagacki will have the radio broadcast on 560 The Joe WQAM HERE, while action can also be heard on WVUM 90.5 FM HERE. Live stats for the game will be available HERE.
Miami owns a 2-0 all-time record against the Eagles, with both wins coming at home prior to the start of ninth-year head coach Jim Larrañaga’s tenure in Coral Gables. Most recently, the Hurricanes earned a 64-54 triumph on Jan. 20, 1988. The prior season, Miami logged a 115-76 victory on Feb. 28, 1987, in what remains its highest point total since the program rebirth in 1985-86.
The Hurricanes are coming off an exhilarating 78-77 victory over Temple Tuesday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Junior guard Chris Lykes, who claimed game MVP honors, iced the win with two free throws in the closing seconds and finished with 17 points, a season-high six assists and a career-best five steals.
For the second straight game, five Hurricanes notched double-digit points, with redshirt senior forward Keith Stone’s 13 the second-highest mark on the team. Redshirt junior guard Kameron McGusty had 12 points and a career-high-tying 10 boards to log his second double-double. Redshirt junior center Rodney Miller, Jr., posted 11 points a career-high-tying nine rebounds in his home state, while senior guard Dejan Vasiljevic added 11 points, surpassing 1,000 in his career, and eight boards.
The Eagles head into Saturday’s contest at 4-8 (0-0 MEAC) on the season. Redshirt senior guard Kamar McKnight is the team’s leading scorer at 15.8 points per game. Following an 8-25 (7-9) campaign in 2018-19, Coppin State was picked seventh in the MEAC preseason poll.
After playing the Eagles, Miami will have nine days without a game before it resumes ACC action in a Dec. 31 matchup against Clemson at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C., at 4 p.m., live on ACC Network.
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The 2019-20 Miami Hurricanes men’s basketball season is presented by First National Bank.
