Miami basketball suffered its first loss of the season to an undefeated Drake Bulldogs team, losing 80-69 at TD Arena during the first round of the 2024 Shriners Children’s Charleston Classic. Graduate student Nijel Pack led the Hurricanes in scoring with 17 points,

University of Miami men’s basketball fans are about to find out just how good the revamped Hurricanes really are as the team plays Drake Thursday at noon in the opening game of the Charleston Classic in South Carolina.

Miami trailed by double figures the entire second half until Matthew Cleveland made a difficult shot in the lane while being fouled. He made the free throw to pull the Hurricanes within 75-67 with

Tyler Nickel made six 3-pointers on his way to a career-high tying 24 points and Vanderbilt beat Seton Hall 76-60 Friday in the semifinals of the Charleston Classic. Vanderbilt (6-0) will play Drake, a 75-63 winner over Florida Atlantic, in Sunday’s championship game. The Pirates (3-3) will play FAU.

The Bulldogs beat Miami, 80-69, on Thursday in the Charleston Classic opener. That was Drake's first victory against an ACC opponent since topping Wake Forest 77-74 in its second game of the 2017-18 season. Drake will play the winner of Seton Hall/Vanderbilt in the tournament championship game at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

He added six rebounds and six assists. Daniel Abreu was next with 18 points. He led Drake with 10 rebounds.In the lead-up to the 2020 election, all eyes are on Iowa. Get updates of all things Iowa politics delivered to your inbox.