OXFORD, Ohio (AP) - Raphiael Putney scored 20 points and Chaz Williams made a late, go-ahead jumper to lift Massachusetts over Miami (Ohio) 70-69 Wednesday night in nonconference action.
Jesse Morgan had 12 and Williams finished with 10 for UMass (9-3), which has won six straight games. The Minutemen also secured their seventh straight road victory, the program's longest road streak since the 1997-98 season.
UMass led 37-29 at intermission but watched Miami (5-7) open the second half on a 9-2 run, cutting the deficit to 39-38. From there, the teams battled through eight lead changes and five ties until Williams' jumper gave UMass the lead for good, 70-69, with 1:12 left.
Miami had a chance to tie but Quinten Rollins missed a free throw and Will Sullivan could not convert a layup as time expired. The Redhawks shot 2 for 9 over the final 6 minutes.
Allen Roberts led Miami with 21 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Massachusetts (9-3) « | 37 | 33 | 70 |
| Miami (Ohio) (5-7) | 29 | 40 | 69 |
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| Massachusetts Minutemen | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| S. Carter, F | 28 | 1-5 | 1-1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| R. Putney, F | 28 | 8-19 | 0-0 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| T. Vinson, F | 21 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| C. Williams, G | 34 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Morgan, G | 32 | 5-18 | 0-0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| F. Riley | 21 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| M. Esho | 19 | 2-3 | 1-2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Lalanne | 9 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| T. Davis | 8 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Totals | 27-69 | 5-8 | 48 | 19 | 14 | 70 | |
| 39.1% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Miami (Ohio) RedHawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Felder, F | 29 | 4-7 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Q. Rollins, G | 38 | 1-5 | 3-5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| A. Roberts, G | 30 | 7-15 | 2-2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| W. Sullivan, G | 30 | 3-7 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| R. Johnson, G | 28 | 3-7 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Harris | 17 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| G. McKnight | 16 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| D. McGhee | 12 | 5-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| Totals | 26-61 | 10-14 | 32 | 12 | 13 | 69 | |
| 42.6% | 71.4% | ||||||
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