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Newton scores 20, No. 15 Miami rolls past Charleston 85-63

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Ja’Quan Newton scored a career-high 20 points off the bench, Sheldon McClellan added 14 and No. 15 Miami returned from an 11-day break to beat College of Charleston 85-63 on Saturday.

Anthony Lawrence scored 11 and Tonye Jekiri added 10 for the Hurricanes (9-1), who led 43-40 early in the second half before blowing the game open. It was also the 100th win at Miami for coach Jim Larranaga, coming in his 150th game with the Hurricanes.

Canyon Barry, the son of former Miami great and Basketball Hall of Famer Rick Barry, scored 20 points for Charleston (7-3). Jerrell Brantley scored 13 and Marquise Pointer scored 11 for the Cougars, who had their five-game winning streak snapped.

Miami shot 56 percent.


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