Eian Elmer scored 14 points, going 6 of 9 (2 for 5 from 3-point range). Mekhi Cooper shot 4 for 5, including 2 for 3 from beyond the arc to finish with 12 points. It was the seventh straight win for the RedHawks.
Cian Medley finished with 15 points and two steals for the Golden Flashes (11-6, 2-3). Kent State also got 11 points from Jalen Sullinger. Delrecco Gillespie also put up 10 points and eight rebounds.
Byers scored 10 points in the first half and Miami went into the break trailing 41-32. Miami pulled off the victory after a 13-2 second-half run erased a nine-point deficit and gave them the lead at 45-43 with 13:59 remaining in the half. Cooper scored 12 second-half points.
Miami hosts Bowling Green on Tuesday night.
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