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For the first time in 92 days, after customary stick taps to thank the home crowd at the Steve 'Coach' Cady Arena, Miami hockey skated off the ice to a victorious rendition of the fight song on Saturday night.
Bam Bowman spent Saturday afternoon controlling the paint and racking up points and rebounds.
It has now been 84 days since Miami hockey has won a game, and it has been 91 days since the RedHawks have won on home ice.
The women's basketball team fought off the Eastern Michigan Eagles (10-10, 3-6 MAC) 63-58, bolstering Miami to a 16-4 record while remaining second in the MAC standings (7-2).
Jaylin Walker poses problems.
After going winless in December and January, Miami hockey aimed to kick off February with a much-needed victory.
The Miami RedHawks scored more points in the final 14 seconds than the Ohio Bobcats had in the entire fourth quarter at the Convocation Center on Wednesday night.
The only thing colder than the Oxford air was the Miami RedHawks' shooting.
The Bowling Green Falcons came to Oxford sitting atop the Mid-American Conference and riding the nation's fourth-longest winning streak at 10 games.
According to some experts, the basketball being played in the Mid-American Conference is the best it's been since the 1990s.