No. 12 Miami Hurricanes Rally From Second-half Deficit, Then Holds Off Fiu

By TIM REYNOLDS CORAL GABLES — This time, the only punches that Miami and FIU threw at one another were theoretical. And the Panthers nearly got a stunning knockout. Matthew Cleveland scored 23 points, Bensley Joseph and Wooga Poplar each added 18 and No. 12 Miami rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit to beat neighboring FIU 86-80 on Monday night. Nigel Pack scored 17 points and Norchad Omier had 11 rebounds for the Hurricanes (3-0). “Very proud of our guys for hanging in there,” Miami coach Jim Larrañaga said.