VESTAL, N.Y. - Binghamton men's basketball plays its highest-profile opponent of the season when the Bearcats (1-1) travel to South Florida to face ACC member Miami (1-0) Sunday in Coral Gables. The teams tip at 2 p.m. at Watsco Center in a game broadcast on ACCNX. 

The Bearcats are coming off an 82-63 home win over SUNY Oneonta on Thursday in a game they led by as many as 41 points in the second half. Binghamton held Oneonta to eight first-half field goals and built a 42-20 cushion. The Bearcats then opened the second half with a 30-11 surge to open up a 72-31 lead with 9:39 left. After Binghamton dipped into its bench, Oneonta outscored them 32-10 to end the game.

Graduate forward Ben Callahan-Gold shot 8-of-15, including 4-of-10 from 3-point range. Senior forward Nehemiah Benson tallied 18 points (6-of-10), six boards and three steals. Graduate guard Tymu Chenery had 10 points and seven boards in 19 tidy minutes and sophomore forward Gavin Walsh added nine points and seven boards in 22 minutes.

About Miami
•    Beat FDU 113-72 on Monday at home
•    Built 21-point halftime lead and converted at a 67% rate from floor
•    Return three starters but lost 10 letterwinners from 15-17 team
•    2023-24 team was 15-7 in February before ending season with 10-game losing streak
•    Averaged 76 points on offense but gave up 74 per game
•    Welcomed 12 newcomers, including the No. 7 ranked recruiting class in nation to this year's team
•    Preseason All-ACC First Team graduate guard Nijel Pack (13.6 ppg.)is one of seven seniors/grads on roster
•    Freshman guard Jalil Bethea named to Jerry West Shooting Guard of the Year Preseason Watch List
•    Picked to finish sixth (of 18) in ACC Preseason Poll  
•    Program has gone to NCAAs six times in 13 seasons with three 25-win seasons under head coach Jim Larranaga
•    Have four former players currently in the NBA

All-Time Series vs. Miami 
•    Only meeting came on Dec. 20, 2006 in Coral Gables and Bearcats pulled off 79-74 upset
•    Dick Vitale proclaimed win as his "Shock of the Week" on ESPN.com
•    BU shot season-best 58% (71% in second half)
•    Junior guard Richard Forbes scored game-high and career-high 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting (4-of-6 3-pt.)
•    Senior guard Steve Proctor added 20 points on 8-of-12 shooting
•    BU made four free throws in closing 20 seconds to hold on
•    Bearcats led by three at half and scored 43 points in second half
•    It was BU's first and only win over an ACC member
•    BU warmed up for the game with a 79-61 victory over North Florida two days earlier in Jacksonville

All-Time vs. ACC
•    BU is 1-9 all-time but the win was against Hurricanes
•    Bearcats have faced Pitt (3), Duke (NCAAs), Florida State, UNC, Syracuse, Notre Dame and Boston College (63-49 loss in 2014)
•    ACC is premier mbb conference in country with four teams advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 and three to the Elite Eight last season
•    ACC leads all conferences in Men's Final Four appearances (9) and NCAA Tournament wins (111)

18 Years Ago ...
Binghamton will look to channel its inner 2006 Bearcats, who upended Miami 79-74 in a win that drew national attention. The Bearcats, in their sixth season as a Division I program, scheduled the Hurricanes as a homecoming for senior Miami native Duane James. But it was NYC native and shooting guard Richard Forbes who stole the spotlight with his 27-point, three-steal performance. It remains the program's biggest regular-season win in its 24-year Division I history. Former NBA coach Stan Van Gundy (college teammate of former BU coach Al Walker) gave the team a pregame pep talk and it clearly worked. 

Florida Homecoming
The trip to Miami will be a Florida homecoming for senior guard Chris Walker (West Palm Beach) and sophomore Max Sims (Tampa). In addition, sophomore Gavin Walsh spent a postgraduate year at IMG Academy in Bradenton.