Bulls Soar Past Phoenix, 78-64

Saturday, December 11

2 pm

5-3

Green Bay

4-5

Green Bay

Buffalo

12/11/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo men's basketball team shot a season-high 60 percent from the field to dismantle Green Bay, 78-64, at Alumni Arena on Saturday afternoon. It was Reggie Witherspoon's 150^th win as head coach of the UB Bulls.

The Bulls' starting backcourt of Byron Mulkey and Zach Filzen each scored 21 points to help the Bulls improve to 6-3 on the season and 4-0 at home. Filzen tied a career high with five three-pointers.

Freshman Javon McCrea registered the third double-double of his young career with 13 points and 12 rebounds. He added a career-best five blocked shots.

Titus Robinson also reached double-figures with 10 points.

Down 12-8, the Bulls went on an 11-0 scoring run, capped by a Filzen three-pointer, to gain a 19-12 advantage. Buffalo held the Phoenix to 29 percent shooting in the first half and had a 32-25 lead at halftime.

Green Bay (4-6) opened the second half on a 7-2 scoring run to cut the Buffalo lead to 34-32. But the Bulls answered with a 14-0 scoring run, bookended by Filzen three-pointers, to take a 48-32 lead with 14:50 left in the game.

The UB lead would remain in double-digits until the 2:41 mark when Green Bay's Alec Brown sank a pair of free throws to cut the lead to 66-57. McCrea's rebound and putback at the other end put the Bulls back up 68-57 and the lead stayed in double-digits the rest of the way.

Buffalo has now won all four home games by double-digits.

"I thought they were going to go to the glass as hard as any team we've played and it was going to be a big challenge. I'm glad our guys responded pretty well to it," Witherspoon said. "We wanted to keep them from charging the basket offensive rebounds wise and off the dribble and I thought we did that."

Up next for the Bulls is Houghton College next Saturday at Alumni Arena. Tipoff is slated for 1:00 pm and admission to the game is free.