Tre Donaldson scored 17 factors and Malik Reneau added 14 factors and 11 rebounds to assist No. 22 Miami beat short-handed SMU 77-69 on Wednesday in a late-season Atlantic Coast Convention conflict at Dallas.
The win assured Miami (24-6, 13-4 ACC) a third-place end within the convention standings and a double bye within the upcoming league match. The Hurricanes tied the varsity file for regular-season victories.
The Hurricanes led by seven factors at halftime and rapidly doubled the margin within the first two minutes of the second half.
A Shelton Henderson pullup jumper with 14:37 to go pushed Miami’s benefit to 53-37 earlier than the Mustangs trimmed the deficit to 9 factors on a pair of free throws by Samet Yigitoglu with 11:05 remaining.
Miami rebuilt the margin to 16 factors through a 7-0 run punctuated by two free throws from Donaldson. SMU didn’t stop, drawing inside 71-64 with 36.6 seconds left after Jaron Pierre Jr. scored 10 straight Mustangs factors, however the Hurricanes held on to win their third straight recreation and seventh of their previous eight contests.
Tru Washington added 15 factors for Miami whereas Noam Dovrat scored 12 and Henderson had 11. Ernest Udeh Jr. grabbed 10 rebounds.
Pierre led all scorers with 27 factors, 25 of them within the second half. Boopie Miller contributed 21 for SMU, which performed with out star guard B.J. Edwards (ankle).
The loss retains the Mustangs (19-11, 8-9) in a logjam on the center of the league standings, with a transfer as much as eighth nonetheless a risk if SMU can beat Florida State in its remaining regular-season recreation. The groups seeded No. 5 by way of No. 9 earn a bye to the second spherical of the ACC match.
The Hurricanes by no means trailed, constructing an 18-13 lead when Henderson poured in a 3-pointer. SMU answered, tying the sport at 23 on a pair of free throws by Miller earlier than Miami regained the entrance by means of a 10-4 spurt that was capped by Washington’s tip-in layup.
Miami completed the primary half on a flourish as Reneau had a layup earlier than Dovrat canned a jumper from past the arc with 4 seconds left to push the Hurricanes’ benefit to 38-31 on the break.
Miller led all scorers with 14 factors earlier than halftime whereas Reneau and Dovrat paced the Hurricanes with 9 factors every.
–Area Stage Media
