The Associated Press

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Juby Johnson scored 17 points to lead the Miami RedHawks to a 51-48 overtime win over Marshall Wednesday night.

Johnson opened the overtime period with a 3-pointer, followed by a free throw to put Miami (10-6, 6-2 Mid-American Conference) ahead 46-42. Josh Hausfeld followed with another 3-pointer to stretch the lead to 49-42 at the 2:30 mark.

Marshall then connected on six consecutive free throws to cut the deficit to 49-48 with 47 seconds to play.

Danny Horace put back a missed shot by the RedHawks with 10 seconds to play, giving Miami a 51-48 advantage.

Enoch Bunch then fired a desperation 3-pointer at the buzzer for Marshall (7-9, 4-4 MAC), but his shot went wide left and Miami escaped with the victory.

"We're happy," Miami coach Charlie Coles said. "We don't always shoot well, but what we do is hustle like crazy. Our kids play hard, and sometimes I don't know how they come back."

Marshall's Ronny Dawn scored four consecutive points in the final minute to tie the score at 42-42 with 25 seconds to play in regulation.

Miami called back-to-back timeouts before Chet Mason misfired from behind the arch to send the game into overtime.

Dawn led the Thundering Herd with 12 points.

Miami	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Seals	18	0	1	1	2	1	3	1	2	1
St. Clair	15	1	4		0	2	0	5	0	3
Hausfeld	27	3	9	2	2	4	3	4	1	9
Mason	34	2	7	0	1	6	3	4	3	4
Johnson	35	5	14	4	6	8	0	2	0	17
Penno	12	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	3
Vandersluis	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Schenke	26	2	5	0	4	3	0	3	0	4
Hatcher	17	1	5	0	1	2	5	2	0	2
Peavy	19	2	3	2	3	4	1	1	0	6
Horace	18	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	2
Totals	225	18	54	9	19	36	16	24	11	51

Team rebounds - 4.

Marshall	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Black	28	1	2	1	4	4	0	3	3	3
Smith	21	1	2	0	0	6	0	3	2	2
Patton	38	1	4	5	8	8	1	3	2	7
Hamilton	42	2	8	0	0	2	3	1	2	4
Whitted	18	0	5	0	0	3	0	3	1	0
Bunch	29	1	6	6	7	4	1	0	1	9
Dawn	26	4	9	3	4	2	0	1	0	12
Anderson	17	3	7	3	6	4	0	4	1	9
Armpalu	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	1	2
Totals	225	14	45	18	29	38	6	19	13	48

Team rebounds - 4.

Miami	22	20	9	-51
Marshall	19	23	6	-48

3-pointers - Miami 6-26 (St. Clair 1-3, Hausfeld 1-6, Mason 0-3, Johnson 3-5, Penno 1-3, Schenke 0-1, Hatcher 0-4, Peavy 0-1), Marshall 2-17 (Black 0-1, Smith 0-1, Patton 0-1, Hamilton 0-4, Whitted 0-1, Bunch 1-5, Dawn 1-4). Technicals - none. Officials - Foote, Ingram, Lickliter. Att. - 4,463.