Monday, November 12, 2007
Hamilton — The Miami University Hamilton men’s basketball team forced 21 turnovers in Saturday’s season-opening 77-62 victory over Ohio University Chillicothe.
The Harriers (1-0) used defensive pressure in the second half to give the hosts a 25-point margin that Chillicothe couldn’t overcome.
“Our pressure defense is going to win us lots of games,” MUH coach Brad Zellner said. “We had trouble tonight putting OUC away. The guys just have to realize that we need to maintain the pressure for 40 minutes. We need to continue to play hard to put teams away.”
The Harriers’ leading scorers were Bob Gurr (16 points), Tom Campbell (15), Dusty Carroll (13) and La’Tuan Williams (10).
MUH converted 22-of-27 free throws in a game that saw 48 fouls.
“We have to learn how to play based on how the officials are calling the game,” Zellner said. “We had four starters in foul trouble in the first half.”
The Harriers travel to U.C. Clermont on Tuesday (Nov.13) at 7:30 p.m.