Miami University is continuing its unlikely Cinderella story.On Saturday, the RedHawks put up their 22nd straight win of the season, beating the Northern Illinois Huskies by a score of 85-61.The result was a notable change in pace from Miami’s past three games, which all wound up coming down to the wire.However, the RedHawks only started to pull away from the Huskies in the second half, with Miami maintaining just a narrow two-point lead at halftime.Brant Byers put up the largest contribution to Miami’s final score at 22 points. Following him were Peter Suder at 19 points and Antwone Woolfolk at 14 points.Official numbers from the university put the game at having 10,640 attendees, a record-high turnout for Millett Hall that is over five times as high as what Miami averaged in its first few home games of the 2025-26 season.With the win, Miami set the Mid-American Conference record for the longest win streak in conference history to start a season. Nationwide, only Miami and Arizona remain as the two lone undefeated teams in Division I men’s basketball. Miami now has just nine games left in the regular season in its quest to finish out with a perfect season. Their next game comes on Tuesday night in a rematch against the Buffalo Bulls, who Miami narrowly notched a win against in a 105-102 overtime thriller two weeks ago.
OXFORD, Ohio —
Miami University is continuing its unlikely Cinderella story.
On Saturday, the RedHawks put up their 22nd straight win of the season, beating the Northern Illinois Huskies by a score of 85-61.
The result was a notable change in pace from Miami’s past three games, which all wound up coming down to the wire.
However, the RedHawks only started to pull away from the Huskies in the second half, with Miami maintaining just a narrow two-point lead at halftime.
Brant Byers put up the largest contribution to Miami’s final score at 22 points. Following him were Peter Suder at 19 points and Antwone Woolfolk at 14 points.
Official numbers from the university put the game at having 10,640 attendees, a record-high turnout for Millett Hall that is over five times as high as what Miami averaged in its first few home games of the 2025-26 season.
With the win, Miami set the Mid-American Conference record for the longest win streak in conference history to start a season.
Nationwide, only Miami and Arizona remain as the two lone undefeated teams in Division I men’s basketball.
Miami now has just nine games left in the regular season in its quest to finish out with a perfect season. Their next game comes on Tuesday night in a rematch against the Buffalo Bulls, who Miami narrowly notched a win against in a 105-102 overtime thriller two weeks ago.