64 Paint Points Power No. 17 Miami Past North Florida 89-51
The Hurricanes took 83 shots, grabbed 23 offensive rebounds and scored 64 of their 89 points inside, while hitting only five threes in Coral Gables.
Photo: Miami Athletics. Malik Reneau, official roster photo. Card design: The Dyme.
No. 17 Miami beat North Florida 89-51 on Monday night at Watsco Center in Coral Gables, Fla., and scored 64 points in the paint to North Florida's 26, per the ESPN box score. That is 72% of Miami's points from inside, by our count. Attendance was 4,203, per ESPN. Miami moved to 2-1, 2-0 at home. North Florida fell to 1-2.
Miami came in at No. 17 in the AP poll released through games of Nov. 8, down from No. 14, per NCAA.com. North Florida was unranked.
Five Hurricanes scored in double figures, by our count from the ESPN player box. Malik Reneau led with 16 on 7-of-10 shooting, plus five rebounds and two steals in 18 minutes. Shelton Henderson scored 14 on 7-of-14 with seven rebounds and four assists. Caleb Gaskins added 12 on 5-of-11, 2-of-5 from three. Somto Cyril had 10 points, eight rebounds and four blocks, and went 6-of-8 at the line. Robert Miller III scored 10 on 5-of-7 off the bench with eight rebounds, six offensive, in 17 minutes. Acaden Lewis handed out eight assists.
Eddie Placer led North Florida with 12 points on 4-of-14 shooting. BJ Plummer added 10 on 4-of-6, 2-of-2 from three.
44-25 at the half, 45-26 after it
Reneau's layup, assisted by Henderson, at 18:29 of the first half opened the scoring, per the ESPN play-by-play. Dante Allen's driving layup at 10:43 made it 23-13, the first double-digit lead, by our count. Miller's alley-oop dunk from Lewis at 1:16 made it 44-23, the first 20-plus-point lead. Miami led 44-25 at the half.
Brent Bland's 16-foot pull-up, assisted by Reneau, at 8:43 of the second half made it 70-40, the first 30-point lead, by our count. Egor Ryzhov's layup off an Allen assist with 27 seconds left made it 89-51, the 38-point largest lead ESPN lists, and the final margin. Miami won the second half 45-26, per the ESPN linescore. North Florida never led, and ESPN lists zero lead changes.
62 rebounds, five threes
Miami shot 38-of-83 from the field (46%), 5-of-27 from three (19%) and 8-of-14 at the line (57%), per ESPN. North Florida shot 21-of-67 (31%), 6-of-17 from three (35%) and 3-of-8 at the line (38%).
The glass carried the shot volume. Miami outrebounded North Florida 62-34, with 23 offensive rebounds against 25 North Florida defensive boards, per ESPN. Miami also blocked eight shots, scored 21 points off 17 North Florida turnovers and committed only eight fouls.
| Category | Miami | North Florida |
|---|---|---|
| Field goals | 38-83 (46%) | 21-67 (31%) |
| 3-pointers | 5-27 (19%) | 6-17 (35%) |
| Free throws | 8-14 (57%) | 3-8 (38%) |
| Rebounds | 62 | 34 |
| Offensive rebounds | 23 | 9 |
| Assists | 18 | 10 |
| Turnovers | 14 | 17 |
| Steals | 10 | 9 |
| Blocks | 8 | 4 |
| Points in the paint | 64 | 26 |
| Points off turnovers | 21 | 14 |
| Fast-break points | 17 | 9 |
| Largest lead | 38 | 0 |
Where the 38 points came from
North Florida made one more three than Miami, so the whole margin came inside the arc and at the line. Miami made 33 two-point field goals to North Florida's 15, a 36-point edge, and five more free throws, 8 to 3, by our count from the ESPN box. Subtract the three points from North Florida's extra three-pointer and the result is the 38-point final.
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