OXFORD, Ohio (AP) — Luke Skaljac scored a career-high 22 points, Eian Elmer added 21 and No. 22 Miami University beat Bowling Green 91-77 on Friday night to become the only undefeated team in Division I.
Peter Suder and Antwone Woolfolk each scored 10 points for the Redhawks (27-0, 14-0 Mid-American Conference), who extended their home winning streak to 30 games and tied Duke for the nation’s longest winning streak.
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Javontae Campbell scored 24 points for Bowling Green (16-12, 7-8). Josiah Shackelford and Mayar Wol had 12 each.
Cleveland Browns star Myles Garrett was among the crowd at Millett Hall.
The Redhawks have had several close losses during their record-setting winning streak, with six games decided by five points or less and three wins in overtime. Bowling Green kept Friday’s game relatively close for some time.
Bowling Green led 21-19 at halftime, but the Redhawks answered with a 10-0 run.
Scaliak scored 16 points in the first half and made 3 of 5 three-pointers to help Miami lead 45-30 at halftime.
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Miami led by 18 points early in the second half, but Wall’s three-pointer tied the Falcons to eight points with 13:06 left. The Redhawks committed 12 turnovers to help the Falcons tie the game.
Skaliak’s fifth 3-pointer extended the Heat’s lead to 66-51 with nine minutes left. His previous career high was 19 points on February 3 in Buffalo.
With 2 minutes and 56 seconds left in the game, Elmer hit consecutive three-pointers to chase the score to 85-64. Elmer made 5 of 8 three-pointers. The Redhawks made 13 of 30 three-pointers.
This is the 155th meeting between the two schools. The Miami Heat lead the series 94-61, including a 93-83 win on December 30.
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Next
Bowling Green: Hosts Western Michigan on Tuesday night.
Miami: At Eastern Michigan on Tuesday night.
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