National Basketball Association
Miami-Florida 72, George Washington 64
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, December 22, 2016
Where: Watsco Center, Coral Gables, Florida
Officials:
# Clarence Armstrong, # Ed Corbett, # Mike Eades
Attendance:
6871
By The Sports Xchange
Senior guard Davon Reed scored 17 points, including four free throws in the closing seconds, and had three steals as Miami outlasted George Washington 72-64 on Thursday night at the Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Fla.
Reed went over the 1,000-point mark for his career (1,004) and the Hurricanes (9-2) also got a double-double from freshman guard Bruce Brown (14 points, 12 rebounds) and 14 points from junior guard Ja'Quan Newton. They improved to 7-0 at home this season and have won 20 in a row at the Watsco Center since a 78-77 loss to Northeastern on Nov. 27, 2015.
Guard Yuta Watanabe led the Colonials (8-5) with 15 points in his first game back after sitting out the previous seven outings with a calf injury. Guard Tyler Cavanaugh added 13 for George Washington.
Both teams experience significant runs/droughts in a first half that ended with the Miami holding a 38-30 lead.
The Hurricanes went on a 15-0 run to build a 28-8 cushion just past the midpoint of the period as the Colonials went scoreless for more than five minutes. Reed had three 3-pointers and guard Dejan Vasiljevic two to fuel the surge.
With Miami up 32-10, the Colonials countered with a 17-0 run that cut their deficit to 32-27 just over five minutes before halftime as Watanabe canned a pair of 3-pointers and a two-point jumper to the run.
Miami's dry spell lasted 5:01 before Brown followed up his own miss to end it. Watanabe countered with yet another triple to get Miami's lead down to 34-30 before Newton scored the final four points of the period.
George Washington managed a 40-40 tie early in the second half but never got a lead. Miami jumped out to a 53-45 advantage, but saw that cut to 55-53 before closing it out.
Top Game Performances
| George Washington |
|
Miami-Florida |
|
Yuta Watanabe 15 |
Scoring |
Davon Reed 17 |
|
Jordan Roland 3 |
Assists |
Ja'Quan Newton 5 |
|
Arnaldo Toro 10 |
Rebounds |
Bruce Brown 12 |
|
Tyler Cavanaugh 5 |
Free Throws Made |
Bruce Brown 6 |
|
Yuta Watanabe 2 |
Steals |
Davon Reed 3 |
|
Collin Smith 2 |
Blocks |
Dewan Huell 1 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
| George Washington
|
64 |
41.1 |
7-22 |
11-15 |
11 |
33 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
| Miami-Florida
|
72 |
43.9 |
7-14 |
15-19 |
10 |
31 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
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