When: 3 p.m. today
Where: Millett Hall, Oxford
Radio: 1450, 1230, 101.3
Probable Wilmington starters: Dwight Johnson, 6-0, So., G, 6.0; Klarke Ransome, 6-1, So., G, 9.0; Brandon Candella, 6-3, Sr., G, 14.5; Malcolm Heard II, 6-5, Jr., F, 13.6; Miles Bankston, 6-6, Sr., F, 3.2
Probable Miami starters: Will Felder, 6-7, Jr., F, 9.4; Quinten Rollins, 6-0, Jr., G, 6.0; Allen Roberts, 6-3, Jr., G, 11.6; Reggie Johnson, 6-1, Fr., G, 10.0; Will Sullivan, 6-3, So., G, 2.9
About Wilmington: The Quakers were picked to finish fourth in the Ohio Athletic Conference in the preseason coaches poll. Five of their seven losses this season have come by 10 points or less. … Candella, a Lakota West High School graduate, has 839 career points. … Sophomore guard R.J. Leppert, from Lakota East High School, averaged 6.1 points and 4.3 rebounds in nine games this year before being ruled ineligible. … Wilmington is scoring 68.1 points per game and giving up an average of 67.9. … Candella and Ransome have combined for 27 treys. The team has converted 51.
About Miami: The RedHawks lead this series 11-0, but haven't played Wilmington since posting an 87-41 win on Nov. 21, 1944. W.J. Foster was MU's head coach that season. … Rollins is the only Miami player to start every game this season. … Junior forward Jon Harris has been quietly consistent, averaging 10.0 points and 5.1 rebounds per contest while shooting 46.7 percent from the field, 43.9 percent from 3-point range and 75.0 percent from the foul line. … The RedHawks are 3-0 and averaging 79.7 points per game at home this season. On the road, they're 1-6 and scoring 59.1 points per contest. … MU has one more nonleague game before beginning Mid-American Conference play, hosting Massachusetts on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Coach John Cooper on Wilmington: "Coach (K.C.) Hunt has got that team going in the right direction. He comes from a great lineage of coaching. They get after you and they'll press you. It'll be a fun game. It should be interesting to see how it goes."
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