Sunday, February 27, 2000
Miami 67, Buffalo 58
But leading scorer Taylor hurt
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Miami snapped its four-game losing streak Saturday, but lost its leading scorer.
Anthony Taylor, who averages 18.1 points per game, went down with an ankle sprain six minutes into the RedHawks' 67-58 comeback win at Buffalo. He's questionable for Miami's first-round Mid-American Conference Tournament game Wednesday at Eastern Michigan.
Jason Grunkemeyer, bothered by a bad back the last month, came off the bench to score a career-high 26 points on six 3-pointers.
“It was sort of a blessing in disguise Anthony got hurt,” Miami coach Charlie Coles said. “It allowed Jason to come to life, and we needed him.”
Miami (12-14, 8-10) trailed 25-5 but took the lead at 44-43 with 11:06 to play on a layup by Rich Allendorf.
The RedHawks hit 10 straight free throws late, four by Grunkemeyer.
Jason Stewart had 20 points and a career-high 10 rebounds.
MIAMI (67)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Stewart 37 6-19 4-4 4-10 1 3 20
Ensminger 34 3-4 2-2 3-5 1 2 8
Lethunya 19 1-2 0-0 1-6 1 1 2
Mestas 40 2-6 0-0 0-1 10 2 5
Taylor 6 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Grunkemeyer 31 7-19 6-8 2-6 0 1 26
Helmers 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Reed 5 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2
Allendorf 25 2-4 0-0 3-6 0 3 4
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TOTALS 200 22-58 12-14 14-36 13 15 67
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Percentages: FG-.379, FT-.857. 3-Point Goals:
11-30, .367 (Stewart 4-13, Mestas 1-3,
Grunkemeyer 6-14). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked
shots: None. Turnovers: 10 (Mestas 4, Grunkemeyer
2, Stewart 2, Allendorf, Ensminger). Steals: 4
(Stewart 2, Ensminger, Grunkemeyer).
BUFFALO (58)
fg ft rb
min m-a m-a o-t a pf tp
Kleidon 34 4-7 3-4 1-6 3 4 12
Foster 38 3-13 3-6 2-5 3 3 10
Alexeev 31 6-9 2-2 0-7 1 2 14
Vasiliev 37 4-9 0-0 0-4 3 3 11
Campbell 40 0-4 4-5 2-5 4 1 4
Mckie 14 2-3 1-2 2-3 0 0 5
Lawrence 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
Sinclair 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0
Cook 0 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 2
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TOTALS 200 20-47 13-19 7-30 14 14 58
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Percentages: FG-.426, FT-.684. 3-Point Goals:
5-20, .250 (Kleidon 1-3, Foster 1-5, Alexeev 0-1,
Vasiliev 3-8, Campbell 0-3). Team rebounds: None.
Blocked shots: 1 (Alexeev). Turnovers: 12 (Foster
5, Campbell 4, Vasiliev 2, Mckie). Steals: 3
(Alexeev, Campbell, Foster).
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Miami 26 41 - 67
Buffalo 36 22 - 58
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Technical fouls: None. A: 2,128. Officials:
Grzywinski, Kyle Ingram, Lamar Simpson.
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