OXFORD, Ohio — Peter Suder scored 19 points, Antwan Wolfock added 14 and No. 19 Miami (Ohio) closed in on a perfect regular-season win with a 74-72 victory over Toledo on Tuesday night that extended the RedHawks’ season-opening winning streak to 30 games.
The RedHawks (17-0 Mid-American Conference) are the only undefeated team in Division I men’s basketball. They are only the fourth team in the last 35 years to start 30-0, joining 2013-14 Wichita State, 2014-15 Kentucky and 2020-21 Gonzaga.
With the win, Miami claimed its first MAC regular-season title since 2004-05, extending the best start in program history and adding to its school record for wins in a season. Miami also boasts the best start and longest winning streak in Mack history.
Brant Byers added 13 points and Luke Skalczak had 12 for the Redhawks, who extended their home winning streak to 31 games in front of a sellout crowd of 10,640 at Millett Hall. That home run matches Duke’s for the longest streak in the nation.
Leroy Blyden Jr. led Toledo (16-4, 10-7) with 21 points and Sonny Wilson added 13 points.
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 looked like it would lead to the basket on an Austin Parks drive with nine minutes left, but Miami’s Ian Elmer stuffed him at the rim and hit a 3-pointer seconds later to cut the lead back to four points.
The Rockets trailed by two points with 13 seconds left but turned it around with less than a second to play. It was the Redhawks’ seventh game decided by three points or less since 1948-49 to keep a perfect season alive.
The win gave the Redhawks their first season sweep of Toledo since the 1996-97 season and extended their streak to three overall after losing 22 straight from 2012 to 2024.
Associated Press and ESPN research contributed to this report.
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