OXFORD, Ohio (AP) - Shayne Whittington scored 13 points and Western Michigan won its fifth consecutive game, defeating Miami (Ohio) 72-68 Wednesday night.
The Broncos (13-7, 5-2 Mid-American Conference) overcame 23 turnovers by shooting 60 percent (12 of 20) in the second half to the RedHawks' 28.6 percent (8 of 28).
Miami (7-12, 2-5), which lost its fourth straight, led 35-32 at halftime, but the Broncos started the second half with a 14-5 run. They led 54-45 after David Brown's steal and three-point play with 9:20 left.
The RedHawks rallied to lead 63-62 with 4:07 remaining, but Darius Paul's layup and another steal and three-point play by Brown put Western Michigan ahead to stay.
Reggie Johnson missed a jumper that could have given Miami a tie with 0:13 left.
Paul scored 12 points and Nate Hutcheson and Brandon Pokley had 11 each for the Broncos.
Will Felder's 17 points and 13 rebounds led Miami.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Western Michigan (13-7) « | 32 | 40 | 72 |
| Miami (Ohio) (7-12) | 35 | 33 | 68 |
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| Western Michigan Broncos | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Paul, F | 33 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| N. Hutcheson, F | 26 | 4-5 | 2-3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 |
| S. Whittington, C | 16 | 5-5 | 3-4 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| B. Pokley, G | 30 | 3-7 | 4-4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| J. Klein, G | 15 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Richie | 25 | 1-3 | 2-7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| D. Brown | 19 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| C. Tava | 19 | 3-5 | 1-5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| D. Loney | 12 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| T. Perry | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 24-41 | 20-32 | 29 | 11 | 24 | 72 | |
| 58.5% | 62.5% | ||||||
| Miami (Ohio) RedHawks | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Felder, F | 29 | 4-9 | 9-10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 17 |
| R. Johnson, G | 30 | 2-8 | 1-2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Q. Rollins, G | 30 | 3-4 | 2-8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| W. Sullivan, G | 30 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| G. McKnight, G | 26 | 3-9 | 3-6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Harris | 20 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| A. Roberts | 18 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| D. McGhee | 11 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| V. Legarza | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Tadlock | 3 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-57 | 19-30 | 37 | 10 | 23 | 68 | |
| 38.6% | 63.3% | ||||||
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