Miami (Ohio) beats Toledo to extend 30-game winning streak
OXFORD, Ohio — Peter Suder scored 19 points, Antwone Woolfolk added 14 and No. 19 Miami (Ohio) moved closer to a perfect regular season with a 74-72 win over Toledo Tuesday night that extended the RedHawks’ season-opening winning streak to 30 games.
The RedHawks (17-0 Mid-American Conference) remain the only undefeated team in Division I men’s basketball. They are just the fourth team in the last 35 years to start 30-0, joining Wichita State in 2013-14, Kentucky in 2014-15 and Gonzaga in 2020-21.
With the victory, Miami captured its first MAC regular season title since 2004-05, extended the best start in program history and added to its school record for wins in a season. Miami also boasts the best start and longest winning streak in MAC history.
Brant Byers added 13 points and Luke Skaljac added 12 for the RedHawks, who extended their home winning streak to 31 games in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,640 at Millett Hall. This home mark has matched Duke for the longest time in the country.
Leroy Blyden Jr. led Toledo (16-4, 10-7) with 21 points and Sonny Wilson added 13.
Miami was coming off a 69-67 win over Western Kentucky on Friday night when it needed a buzzer-beater from freshman Trey Perry. In Tuesday’s game, the RedHawks jumped out to an early double-digit lead against the Rockets and never trailed.
Toledo cut the deficit to one on four occasions and appeared to take the lead on an Austin Parks drive to the basket with nine minutes remaining, but Miami’s Eian Elmer pushed it to the rim and made a 3-pointer seconds later to cut the lead to four points.
The Rockets trailed by two points and had the ball with 13 seconds left, but gave it back with less than a second to play. It was the RedHawks’ seventh game decided by three points or fewer, tied for the most in maintaining a perfect season since 1948-49.
The victory gave the RedHawks their first sweep of Toledo since the 1996-97 season, and it increased their winning streak to three total after losing 22 in a row from 2012 to 2024.
The Associated Press and ESPN Research contributed to this report.
