Just three days removed from a closely contested season opener, Miami men’s basketball flipped the script against Bethune-Cookman, winning in an emphatic fashion. Spurred by dominant interior play, the Hurricanes hung triple digits on the visiting Wildcats, cruising to a 101-61 victory Thursday night at the Watsco Center.
Guard Tre Donaldson led the squad in scoring with 23 points. Forward Malik Reneau finished with 22 points and five assists, and center Ernest Udeh Jr. nearly logged a double-double, notching eight points and corralling a team-high 10 rebounds.
Bethune entered Thursday’s non-conference tilt on the heels of a wire-to-wire overtime loss to Auburn on Monday night, a team that had advanced to last year’s Final Four as a No.