Coppin State takes on Wisconsin in a non-conference NCAA Men's Basketball game at the Kohl Center on Tuesday, November 06, 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin.
Steve Gotter
60
Coppin St. Coppin 4-9,0-0 MEAC
91
Winner Miami (FL) Miami 8-3,0-1 ACC
Coppin St. Coppin
4-9,0-0 MEAC
60
Final
91
Miami (FL) Miami
8-3,0-1 ACC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Coppin St. Coppin 20 40 60
Miami (FL) Miami 34 57 91

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Steven Kramer

Giir Ring Scores Career-High in Men’s Hoops’ Loss at Miami (Fla.)

CORAL GABLES, Fla. – Coppin State's Giir Ring scored a career-high 13 points and four Eagles scored in double figures in a 91-60 loss at Miami (Fla.) on Saturday afternoon at the Watsco Center.
 
The Basics
Final Score: Coppin State 60, Miami (Fla.) 91
Records: Coppin State (4-9), Miami (8-3)
Location: Coral Gables, Fla. (Watsco Center)
Series History: Miami (Fla.) Leads, 3-0 

Inside the Numbers
  • Sophomore Giir Ring made 3-of-6 shots from distance and 4-of-6 from the free throw line to finish with a career-high 13 points.  His previous career-best was six points and he came into today's game with just three points this season and 24 in his career.
  • Koby Thomas notched his third-straight double-double with 12 points and ten rebounds.
  • Ibn Williams added 11 points while Dejuan Clayton was also in double figures with ten points, five rebounds, four assists and three steals.
  • Miami outshot Coppin, 50.9% to 30.3% and made a program-record 18-of-38 (47.4%) from 3-point range. 
  • Kameron McGusty (28 points) and DJ Vasiljevic (21 points) combined to score 49 points and eight 3-pointers for the Hurricanes.
 How it Happened
  • Miami scored the first nine points of the game before Andrew Robinson got Coppin on the board with a three with 14:37 to go in the first.
  • The Hurricanes scored another ten-straight to go up 19-3 but Reggie James snapped the spurt with a driving layup and made the free throw at the 10:05 mark.
  • James' three-point play sparked a 10-2 CSU run which included a pair of buckets by Dejuan Clayton and a three by Giir Ring.
  • Now leading, 21-13, Miami went on another long run to extend its advantage to 19 points with 4:05 to play, but Coppin pulled to within 34-20 at the half as Koby Thomas slammed home a pair of dunks in the closing minutes of the stanza.
  • The 14-point margin was as close as Coppin got the remainder of the way as the hosts opened the second on a 13-2 run and made 58.1% of its shots in the period.
Up Next: Coppin will be back in action on Friday, December 27 at Mount St. Mary's for a 7 pm tipoff in Emmitsburg, Md.
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