Thursday, December 07, 2000
Dayton 55, Miami 54
Late 3-pointers beat RedHawks
By John Fay
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Miami's Julius Johnson is pressured by Dayton's Sean Finn.
(Mike Simons photos)
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OXFORD — Julius Johnson, Miami's star of the future, and Tony Stanley, Dayton's current star, carried on a running conversation throughout Wednesday's game.
“He told me, "I'm bringing it,'” Johnson said. “I said, "Bring it on.' He brought it at the wrong time for us.”
Stanley shot his way out of a slump by hitting back-to-back-to-back 3-pointers in the final 2:49 to lift UD over Miami University 55-54 before a crowd of 8,212 at Millett Hall.
It was the Flyers' first victory at Millett Hall since Dec.2, 1987, and ended MU's 20-game home winning streak against nonconference opponents. The streak wasn't ended so much as stolen — by Stanley.
“He big-timed Julius,” MU coach Charlie Coles said. “He big-timed us.”
Stanley, the 6-foot-4 senior, was 2-of-9 from the field and coming off a 3-for-18 shooting performance against Marshall when the barrage began.
Mike Emsinger is pressured by Yuanta Holland.
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Even with Johnson, the 6-5 freshman, chasing him, Stanley remained ready to fire.
“A shooter is a shooter,” Stanley said. “I'm always confident.”
Stanley's lack of offense was one of the reasons Miamiseemed to have things well under control, leading 52-44 with four minutes left.
David Morris hit a driving layup — UD's first field goal in four minutes — then Miami couldn't get the ball in against the Flyer press.
“That shouldn't have happened,” Coles said. “We should have used our timeouts. That's all my fault.”
Then Stanley took over.
Each of the three 3s were from the left side, well behind the line, with Johnson right on him.
“Julius didn't do anything wrong,” Coles said. “We didn't want to foul to give him three shots. I didn't think (Stanley) would take them.”
Said Johnson: “Those were some deep 3s. NBA 3s.”
The second one tied the game with 1:06 left. After Alex Shorts, who led Miami with 20 points, put MU up 54-52 with 1:05 left, UD called time out.
Stanley came off a screen and drilled a rainbow, giving the Flyers a 55-54 lead with 49 seconds to go.
“I contained him the whole game,” Johnson said. “But he hit the ones that counted.”
Miami had two chances to take back the lead. Doug Davis missed a 3 with 15 seconds left. UD's Brooks Hall rebounded, but Jason Grunkemeyer tied him up. The possession arrow gave the ball to the RedHawks.
Grunkemeyer missed a runner from 5 feet with 1.4 seconds left.
“I got a good look at the basket. It felt good. It just didn't fall.”
Coles agreed: “I thought it was a pretty good shot. He was above the defender. He did exactly what he was supposed to do.”
UD's Yuanta Holland rebounded the miss, and one terrific game was over.
Miami falls to 3-4; UD is 3-3 and broke a two-game losing streak.
Coles praised his young team. Shorts was the only player in double figures. But Mike Ensminger had 11 rebounds, and Rich Allendorf came off the bench to score nine points and collect four rebounds.
Miami was 1-for-12 from 3-point range, and Davis and Grunkemeyer combined to go 4-for-22 from the field.
But the defense kept Miami in the game, so Coles looked at the positives.
“We had eight turnovers,” Coles said. “We outrebounded them by three (30-27) after they killed us on the boards last year (46-14). There was a point in the second half where we played better than we've played all year.
“As a coach, I've got to take that.”
The RedHawks missed 14 of their first 18 shots. That helped the Flyers build a 21-13 lead with 5:12 left in the half.
But Miami used with a great start in the second half to build a 41-35 lead with 11:26 to go.
The RedHawks remained in control until Stanley took over.
After Morris cut the lead to three, UD called Stanley's favorite play: a double screen. He came off a screen and fired on each of the three 3s.
“I don't even know where I was,” he said. “My idea was to come off the screen intent on shooting.”
He did, and shot Miami down.
Coles, the coach, was disappointed. Coles, the fan, loved it.
“You hate these nights,” he said. “But you've got to love them, too, because it's Miami-Dayton for the 119th time.”
DAYTON (55)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Green 23 2-2 1-2 2-4 1 4 5
Hall 31 2-6 0-0 0-2 1 1 5
Holland 27 0-1 1-3 1-9 0 3 1
Stanley 32 5-12 0-0 0-4 1 0 15
Morris 26 4-7 2-3 0-0 2 4 10
Marshall 19 2-5 0-0 1-1 2 1 4
Smith 13 1-1 0-3 1-1 1 0 2
Waleskowski 26 6-8 1-1 2-4 2 3 13
Finn 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
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TOTALS 200 22-42 5-12 7-25 10 16 55
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Percentages: FG-.524, FT-.417. 3-Point Goals:
6-14, .429 (Hall 1-4, Stanley 5-8, Morris 0-1,
Marshall 0-1). Team rebounds: 2. Blocked shots: 3
(Holland, Marshall, Waleskowski). Turnovers: 12
(Green 4, Stanley 4, Holland 2, Hall, Morris).
Steals: 4 (Morris 2, Smith, Stanley).
MIAMI (54)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Johnson 24 3-4 0-1 0-2 1 2 6
Shorts 21 9-13 2-3 0-3 0 4 20
Ensminger 36 2-6 0-0 4-11 1 2 4
Grunkemeyer 39 2-10 0-0 1-3 3 3 5
Davis 36 2-12 2-2 0-1 1 2 6
Jameson 5 0-0 0-0 1-1 0 0 0
Drake 11 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 0 2
Seals 3 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
Edwards 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Allendorf 24 4-4 1-3 3-4 0 2 9
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TOTALS 200 24-53 5-9 10-27 6 15 54
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Percentages: FG-.453, FT-.556. 3-Point Goals:
1-12, .083 (Johnson 0-1, Grunkemeyer 1-6, Davis
0-4, Drake 0-1). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked shots:
2 (Johnson, Ensminger). Turnovers: 8 (Grunkemeyer
3, Allendorf, Davis, Ensminger, Johnson, Seals).
Steals: 3 (Ensminger, Johnson, Shorts).
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Dayton 29 26 - 55
Miami 25 29 - 54
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Technical fouls: None. A: 8,212. Officials: Tom
Clark, Mike Foote, Steve Turner.
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