National Basketball Association
Miami-Florida 72, Fordham 66
When: 11:30 AM ET, Sunday, December 12, 2021
Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York
Officials:
# Clarence Armstrong, # Ron Groover, # Sean Hull
Attendance:
N/A
By Field Level Media
Charlie Moore scored 18 points and Isaiah Wong added 17 to lift Miami to a 72-66 win over Fordham on Sunday in New York.
Kameron McGusty had 15 points for the Hurricanes (8-3), who won their fourth straight game.
Chuba Ohams led Fordham (7-5) with 15 points, while Antonio Daye Jr. added 13 and Darius Quisenberry 12.
The Rams made 8 of 38 attempts from 3-point range.
The difference in the game was a 16-0 run for the Hurricanes early in the second half, in which Miami saw its four-point deficit turn into a 51-39 advantage. Wooga Poplar sank a jumper with 12:58 to play.
The Rams rallied to cut their deficit to four at 57-53, after Miami went ahead by 14 points on Poplar's fastbreak scoop layup. Josh Colon-Navarro made three free throws and a layup during a 12-2 run.
But Miami scored the next six points. Kam'Ron Cunningham responded with a pair of late 3-pointers, the second one off a turnover to make it 63-59 with 2:08 to play.
McGusty was fouled on a layup with 1:46 left, made the free throw and gave Miami a seven-point lead.
Turnovers and missed shots gave Fordham a chance inside the final 90 seconds, but it couldn't take advantage of the opportunities. McGusty and Jordan Miller each made two free throws in the final 40 seconds, giving Miami a 70-63 lead, and the Rams ran out of time.
In what was a tight game early, Miami led by as many as five points in the first half and Fordham led by three in the first 20 minutes. A 9-2 run by the Rams turned a 20-15 Hurricanes' lead into a 24-22 Fordham advantage, after Quisenberry connected from beyond the arc with 4:07 to play.
Quisenberry had 12 points in the first half and Ohams 11, but the Rams made only 4 of 17 3-point tries. Daye had one of those, a fall-away 3 which beat the first-half buzzer for a 37-35 Fordham lead.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Miami-Florida |
|
Fordham |
Charlie Moore 18 |
Scoring |
Chuba Ohams 15 |
Charlie Moore 2 |
Assists |
Antonio Daye Jr. 6 |
Jordan Miller 9 |
Rebounds |
Antrell Charlton 9 |
Kameron McGusty 3 |
Free Throws Made |
Antonio Daye Jr. 4 |
Charlie Moore 3 |
Steals |
Antrell Charlton 1 |
N/A |
Blocks |
Chuba Ohams 3 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Points |
FG% |
3PM-3PA |
FTM-FTA |
Assists |
Rebounds |
Blocks |
Steals |
Turnovers |
Miami-Florida
|
72 |
44.1 |
5-16 |
15-19 |
8 |
39 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
Fordham
|
66 |
38.3 |
8-38 |
12-14 |
11 |
32 |
7 |
4 |
11 |