EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Colt Ryan scored 18 points, leading four Evansville players in double figures, and the Purple Aces hit 14 of 18 3-point attempts in routing Miami of Ohio 94-68 Wednesday night.
Ned Cox and DJ Balentine had 15 points apiece and Troy Taylor contributed 11 points and nine rebounds for Evansville (5-3). The Purple Aces shot 63 percent overall and Balentine, who was 5 for 6 in 3-point tries, led the 78 percent shooting from behind the arc.
Evansville also had a 38-13 rebounding edge.
Miami shot 49 percent from the field - 65 percent after halftime - but the RedHawks (3-4) couldn't overcome the Purple Aces' 20-point halftime lead.
Allen Roberts led Miami with 15 points. Jon Harris scored 13 and Reggie Johnson had 11 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Miami (Ohio) (3-4) | 26 | 42 | 68 |
| Evansville (5-3) « | 46 | 48 | 94 |
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| Miami (Ohio) RedHawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Harris, F | 30 | 5-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 |
| W. Felder, F | 25 | 3-8 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Q. Rollins, G | 30 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| A. Roberts, G | 28 | 5-9 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 |
| R. Johnson, G | 27 | 4-8 | 3-6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| G. McKnight | 18 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| J. Sewell | 14 | 3-4 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| V. Legarza | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. McGhee | 5 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| W. Sullivan | 5 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Tadlock | 5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Mezher | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-51 | 9-13 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 68 | |
| 49% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Jones, F | 22 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| E. Mockevicius, C | 19 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Taylor, G | 34 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| C. Ryan, G | 29 | 6-13 | 3-4 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| N. Cox, G | 25 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Balentine | 25 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| A. Wing | 17 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| J. Moore | 14 | 4-5 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| R. Sawvell | 7 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Nelson | 6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| R. Cesnulevicius | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Jahr | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 36-57 | 8-11 | 38 | 22 | 11 | 94 | |
| 63.2% | 72.7% | ||||||
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