Brett McKnight leads the Zips with 20 points, but Akron finishes 6-of-27 from 3-point range.
View full sizeBrett McKnight had 20 points for the Zips.The Hurricanes (10-3) went 4-0 in the Classic.
"Coach [Frank Haith] kept us focused on things," said Johnson, who had his seventh double double this season. "It's hard being in Vegas. So many things going on."
Malcolm Grant added 17 points for Miami, highlighted by an 11-of-12 effort from the free-throw line. Durand Scott added 12 points and nine rebounds.
Brett McKnight led the Zips (7-5) with 20 points. Brett McClanahan had 11 points and Nikola Cvetinovic 10 points and seven rebounds for Akron, which finished 6-of-27 from 3-point range and is 2-1 at the Classic.
Haith called Akron's poor 3-point shooting "the key to the game."
Miami, which was 1-of-11 from 3-point range, extended its 38-22 halftime lead to 57-35 with 10:08 left on two Grant free throws after a technical was called on Zips coach Keith Dambrot.
Akron responded with a 16-0 run. But the spurt ended after Johnson's dunk with 4:51 left caused the clock above the basket to shut down. It never was fixed.
Dambrot, whose team has one more game in the Classic, hosting Oral Roberts on Jan. 3, said: "We didn't shoot well. Miami played better defensively than I thought they would. [Our] team is a little immature. We've won a lot of games over the past six years, so our team is not going to quit."
The Hurricanes, who were outrebounded, 41-40, built a 35-16 lead in the first half. The Zips were held to 7-of-24 shooting in the first half and missed all six 3-pointers after making 14 in a win over Stetson on Wednesday.
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