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Monday, December 3, 2001
UM survives first-half scare
in 77-59 victory
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Jones scored 18 points and tied a school record with eight
blocked shots and Elton Tyler was 6 of 8 from the field
with a season-high 18 points Monday as the University of Miami
knocked off FIU, 77-59, in the resumption of a cross-city series
that had been in hiatus for the past nine years.
Off to its best start since going 9-0 in 1997, Miami (7-0)
has now won 26 straight games against Florida schools.
Taurance
Johnson led all scorers with a career-best 20 points
for FIU (4-3), and Rodrigo
Viegas added 18 points.
Miami, which led 33-30 at halftime, broke the game open with
a 14-4 run to start the second half. Shooting 52 percent in the
second half, the Hurricanes twice led by as much as 20 points.
Miami's defense, led by Jones' eight blocked shots, limited
Florida International to just 37 percent shooting in the second
half.
The Hurricanes seemed in control in the first half and led
26-12 on Tyler's layup with 10:17 to play. But the Golden Panthers
went on a 13-point run over the next three minutes with the use
of the 3-pointer, two straight by Johnson and another by Viegas,
to close within a one point .
On the night, FIU shot 6 of 11 from beyond the three-point
arc.
It's right back on the road for the Golden Panthers who travel
to Morgantown W.Va. this Saturday and a second-straight Big East
opponent in the University of West Virginia. Hear all the action
on WAXY-790 AM with the pregame show beginning at 6:30 p.m. |