The Associated Press

LYNCHBURG, VA. - Juby Johnson scored 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds and Danny Horace had 16 points and 10 rebounds to lead Miami of Ohio to a 71-55 season-opening victory over Liberty on Friday.

Josh Hausfeld scored on a layup with 3:28 left in the first half for the RedHawks (1-0) to cap a 13-2 run that gave Miami a 32-25 lead.

In the second half, the RedHawks completed a 16-6 run on a 3-pointer by Tim Schenke with 9:12 remaining in the game to make it 55-38.

Larry Blair made a three-point play to give the Flames a 23-19 lead 6:25 before halftime. After falling behind, Liberty was able to cut the RedHawks' lead to 39-32 on a jumper by David Dees five minutes into the second half.

Chet Mason finished with 12 points for the RedHawks.

The Flames were paced by Gabe Martin with 19 points and seven rebounds.

Miami	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Horace	35	5	8	6	7	10	0	4	2	16
Van Buskirk	12	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	2	4
Hausfeld	29	4	7	0	0	1	4	3	2	9
Mason	36	5	15	2	5	5	1	1	3	12
Johnson	33	8	15	3	4	9	1	1	1	22
Penno	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Jones	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Schenke	22	1	3	1	2	2	4	4	1	4
Hatcher	12	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
St. Clair	8	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	2	0
Peavy	11	0	0	4	4	4	0	4	0	4
Totals	200	24	52	18	25	38	13	23	14	71

Team rebounds - 4.

Liberty	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Martin	30	5	8	7	10	7	1	2	2	19
Sneed	15	1	6	0	0	3	1	5	1	2
Sarchet	22	0	2	0	1	2	0	5	4	0
Blair	21	1	9	1	1	1	1	1	1	3
Mantlo	30	3	7	0	2	6	1	0	4	6
Monceaux	18	1	5	0	0	1	2	1	0	3
Clarke	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turner	19	1	1	3	3	1	0	4	3	5
Dees	12	3	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	7
Woodson	16	2	4	0	0	3	4	3	1	4
Lightbourne	10	1	3	0	0	4	0	1	1	2
Segun	6	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
Totals	200	19	51	13	19	30	11	24	18	55

Team rebounds

- 2.

Miami	36	35	-71
Liberty	28	27	-55

3-pointers - Miami 5-15 (Hausfeld 1-3, Mason 0-3, Johnson 3-6, Schenke 1-3), L 4-21 (Martin 2-4, Sneed 0-1, Blair 0-5, Mantlo 0-2, Monceaux 1-4, Dees 1-3, Woodson 0-1, Lightbourne 0-1). Technicals - None. Officials - Spear, Robinson, Smith. Attendance - 2,373.

N.C.-Wilmington 65, Marshall 56

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Ed Spencer scored 15 points and North Carolina-Wilmington led most of the game to beat Marshall, spoiling the debut of Thundering Herd head coach Ron Jirsa.

Beckham Wyrick (Roger Bacon) was the only other Seahawks player in double figures with 12 points.

A.W. Hamilton led Marshall with 14 points.

In the first meeting between the schools, UNC-Wilmington extended a five-point halftime lead to 39-29 a minute into the second half.

The Seahawks then committed numerous turnovers and went on a six-minute scoring drought when three players picked up their third fouls.

Marshall got as close as six points on two occasions the rest of the way. UNC-Wilmington sealed the contest by making 10-of-14 free throws over the final 90 seconds.

Toledo 71, IUPU-Fort Wayne 53

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - Keith Triplett scored 17 points and Sammy Villegas added 16 to lead Toledo.

The Rockets (1-0) shot 43 percent from the field. Justin Ingram made two of three 3-pointers, while A.J. Shellabarger led all bench scorers with 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting.

Chauncey Shelton grabbed eight rebounds to help the team to a 27-24 advantage on the offensive glass.