The Miami Hurricanes held on to beat the FIU Panthers tonight at the Watsco Center, 86-80. Matthew Cleveland led the Canes with 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists. Wooga Poplar had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 4 assists. Bensley Joseph also had 18 points and 4 assists. Arturo Dean led the Panthers with 19 points, 5 rebounds, and 6 assists. Miami improves to 3-0. FIU falls to 0-3.
Below are some random thoughts from tonight’s game.
Bombs away!
Miami shot 13-21 from three-point range tonight, 62%. Good thing they did, because they weren’t getting any second chance points against the much taller FIU team.