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KENT, Ohio - Danny Horace rebounded a missed shot and scored as time expired Wednesday night, lifting Miami to a 59-57 victory over Kent State in a Mid-American Conference game.

"We were just trying to keep the ball alive, and Danny was able to muscle that final bucket in," Miami coach Charlie Coles said.

Horace's basket capped a huge Miami rally after the RedHawks had fallen behind by 17 points in the second half.

Miami trailed 45-28 but closed the game with a 23-6 run.

"This is a great team effort. We really needed this game, and the kids worked really hard to pull this one out," Coles said. "Juby (Johnson) had a great effort for us tonight. He really played like a senior."

Johnson scored a career-high 31 points, 26 in the second half. Chet Mason had 11 rebounds.

Miami (15-10, 11-6 MAC) can clinch the No. 3 seed in the MAC Tournament - and a first-round bye - with a victory over Marshall (11-15, 8-9) Saturday.

Kent State, in first place in the MAC East, fell to 20-6, 13-4.

Miami	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Horace	37	6	10	0	0	10	0	3	1	13
St. Clair	7	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	1	0
Hausfeld	31	1	7	0	0	3	3	2	2	3
Mason	35	1	6	2	4	11	1	2	3	5
Johnson	38	9	15	10	13	0	0	2	5	31
Penno	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jones	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Seals	9	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	0	2
Vandersluis	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0
Schenke	21	1	1	0	0	4	3	4	0	2
Hatcher	14	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	2	1
Peavy	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2
Van Buskirk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Totals	200	20	46	13	20	35	10	22	15	59

Team rebounds - 2.

Kent State	M	FG	Att	FT	Att	R	A	F	TO	TP
Howard	9	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2
Bedford	19	1	5	0	0	2	0	1	0	3
Edwards	30	7	15	3	7	5	1	4	4	17
Jakeway	29	2	3	4	5	5	0	1	0	9
Haut	24	4	8	0	0	4	3	3	0	10
Cutley	25	2	7	0	1	4	0	2	0	5
Edwin	16	1	2	0	0	3	3	2	0	2
Haynes	30	3	11	2	4	1	4	4	3	9
Gates	11	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0
Totals	200	21	53	9	17	32	11	21	7	57

Team rebounds - 2.

Miami	23	36	- 59
Kent State	28	29	- 57

3-pointers - Miami 6-23 (Horace 1-3, Hausfeld 1-7, Mason 1-3, Johnson 3-7, Penno 0-1, Seals 0-1, Hatcher 0-1), Kent State 6-13 (Bedford 1-3, Jakeway 1-2, Haut 2-3, Cutley 1-2, Haynes 1-2, Gates 0-1). Technicals - None. Officials - Bart Wegenke, Tim Fogarty, Lamont Simpson. Attendance - 5,557.

Ohio St. 71, Penn St. 64

COLUMBUS - Tony Stockman set a Value City Arena record with seven 3-pointers and scored 25 points to lead Ohio State. Stockman hit seven of 13 3-pointers to break the arena record of five 3-pointers set by Sean Connolly three years ago.

PENN ST. (9-17)-Johnson 3-6 5-6 12, Summers 0-3 0-1 0, Jagla 5-10 0-0 12, Luber 4-12 1-2 10, Smith 10-17 0-1 26, Fellows 0-0 0-0 0, Egekeze 2-2 0-0 4, McDougald 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-50 6-10 64.

OHIO ST. (14-14)-T.Dials 1-2 0-0 2, Radinovic 4-8 2-2 10, Fuss-Cheatham 4-7 2-2 11, Stockman 8-18 2-5 25, Billings 2-2 0-0 5, Sullinger 6-10 4-6 16, N.Dials 1-1 0-0 2, Jenkins 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 26-49 10-15 71.

Halftime-Ohio St. 35, Penn St. 27. 3-point goals-Penn St. 10-14 (Smith 6-8, Jagla 2-3, Johnson 1-1, Luber 1-2), Ohio St. 9-20 (Stockman 7-13, Billings 1-1, Fuss-Cheatham 1-3, Sullinger 0-3). Rebounds-Penn St. 26 (Johnson 6), Ohio St. 25 (Sullinger 4). Assists-Penn St. 10 (Luber 4), Ohio St. 16 (Fuss-Cheatham 4). A-13,869.

Indiana 61, Michigan 56

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Marshall Strickland scored a career-high 21 points and hit four 3-pointers in the second half to lead Indiana. The Hoosiers (7-8 Big Ten) snapped a four-game losing streak.

MICHIGAN (16-10) - Robinson 1-9 0-0 2, Brown 1-3 0-0 2, Sims 4-8 5-6 13, Abram 4-10 5-7 13, Horton 4-12 0-1 12, Harris 0-2 0-0 0, Petway 3-3 0-0 6, Hunter 2-4 4-5 8. Totals 19-51 14-19 56.

INDIANA (13-13) - Ewing 3-5 1-2 7, Leach 1-6 5-6 7, Moye 3-8 1-2 7, Wright 3-8 5-9 14, Strickland 7-17 2-2 21, Wilmont 2-2 0-0 4, Perry 0-0 1-2 1. Totals 19-46 15-23 61.

Halftime-Indiana 31, Michigan 31. 3-Point goals-Michigan 4-11 (Horton 4-7, Abram 0-1, Robinson Jr. 0-3), Indiana 8-15 (Strickland 5-10, Wright 3-5). Rebounds-Michigan 29 (Sims, Abram 7), Indiana 37 (Moye 15). Assists-Michigan 8 (Horton 4), Indiana 11 (Strickland 4). A-17,191.