The Cincinnati Enquirer

Juby Johnson scored 19 points and Monty St. Clair hit four of Miami's 12 3-pointers as the RedHawks defeated Central Michigan 80-70 Wednesday night at Mount Pleasant, Mich.

Miami improved to 8-6 and 4-2 in Mid-American Conference play.

"It's a big win for us," coach Charlie Coles said. "Coming in, I knew Central Michigan would be ready, so this is a great win."

St. Clair, a Roger Bacon graduate, scored a career-high 14 points with a career-high three assists. He was 4-of-5 from 3-point range, including back-to-back treys that gave MU a 67-60 lead with 5:12 left in the game.

"Monty wouldn't miss a shot in our fall individual practices," Coles said. "However, this season he hasn't been able to hit anything. He saved us tonight, hitting some key 3-pointers for us, which kept us in the game."

Gerrit Brigitha led CMU (3-13, 0-6) with 17 points.

Miami	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Seals	20	3	7	0	0	4	2	1	3	7
Schenke	14	0	2	0	0	3	1	3	0	0
Hausfeld	19	2	6	0	0	0	2	2	3	6
Mason	40	5	11	3	6	7	3	2	3	13
Johnson	38	5	9	7	8	7	2	3	0	19
VanderSluis	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Hatcher	20	4	7	1	2	1	1	0	1	12
St. Clair	19	5	6	0	0	0	3	4	0	14
Peavy	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Horace	22	3	3	3	5	5	2	0	0	9
Van Buskirk	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	200	27	51	14	21	28	16	18	11	80

Team rebounds - 1.

Cent. Mich.	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Voorhees	27	3	7	3	5	8	0	1	2	10
Hoskins	33	6	11	1	1	2	4	1	5	16
Brigitha	38	6	12	5	8	7	1	3	3	17
Bowne	33	5	8	0	0	0	1	3	0	13
Meerman	35	2	6	2	2	5	6	3	0	6
Barrett	15	2	4	2	2	3	0	2	2	6
Sevalia	10	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	2
Nelson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Carr	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dentlinger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	200	25	52	13	18	31	13	16	13	70

Team rebounds - 5.

Miami	39	41	-80
Central Michigan	36	34	-70

3-pointers - MU 12-21 (Seals 1-2, Schenke 0-1, Hausfeld 2-5, Mason 0-1, Johnson 2-3, Hatcher 3-4, St. Clair 4-5), CM 7-23 (Voorhees 1-4, Hoskins 3-7, Bowne 3-5, Meerman 0-4, Barrett 0-1, Sevalia 0-1, Carr 0-1). Technicals - None. Officials - Fouser, Ferrari, Wymer. Attendance - 2,712.

Women

Cincinnati State 94, Columbus State 67

Crystal Norman scored 25 points and had 11 rebounds as Cincinnati State (17-4) defeated Columbus State to remain unbeaten (5-0) in the Ohio Community College Athletic Conference.

The Lady Surge's Ashley Davenport scored 18 points and Asia Polk added 12 points and seven steals.