Bulls Close Out 2019 with 73-49 Win Over Dartmouth

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Bulls Close Out 2019 with 73-49 Win Over Dartmouth

12/29/2019 4:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo women's basketball team closed out the year and the non-conference portion of the schedule with a 73-49 win over Dartmouth at Alumni Arena on Saturday afternoon to extend their win streak to five games.

Freshman Dyaisha Fair led Buffalo flirted with a triple double as she poured in a game-high 22 points to go along with nine rebounds, seven assists and four steals. Junior Hanna Hall scored 13 points, including 3-of-6 from beyond the arc, and Elea Gaba also got into double figures with 12 points. Freshman Jessika Schiffer tied a career-high with nine points on 3-of-6 shooting from deep.

It was a slow start for UB as the Bulls would trail 11-6 at the first media timeout. Buffalo would heat up from long range out of the media, as Hall drilled a three to cut the lead to three and later would convert another triple off the assist from Onwuka to cut the lead to two. The three's would continue to drop as Schiffer drained a three at the buzzer to give UB a 16-15 lead after one quarter of play.

The Big Green opened the second quarter on a 4-0 run to take a 19-16 lead. Fair ended the three plus minute UB scoring drought by draining a triple to tie the game at 19 and Schiffer buried a three to give UB a 22-19 lead at the media timeout. The Bulls would extend their lead as Gaba knocked down a baseline jumper and got fouled to put UB up 30-23. Dartmouth would answer with a mini 4-0 run to cut the UB lead to 30-27 but Gaba would knock down a mid-range jumper to stop the bleeding and Buffalo would lead 32-29 at the half.

Offense would be a premium for both teams in the early going of the third quarter before Fair knocked down a three to give UB a 35-29 lead at the 8:36 mark. Asha Taylor ended a three minute Big Green scoring drought with a three to cut the lead back to two but Onwuka would answer with a mid-range jumper in the paint to give UB a 37-35 lead at the media timeout. The two teams would trade baskets the rest of the quarter and Buffalo would lead 46-40 at the end of the third.

Hall gave the Bulls a spark early in the fourth quarter as she drained a three in transition off the assist from Fair to give UB a 49-40 lead at the 8:42 mark. Later Fair would find Adebola Adeyeye under the basket for a bucket and Fair would drill a step back three to give UB a 54-42 lead at the final media timeout. The offense would continue to click as Fair found Marissa Hamilton on the block for the easy lay in and Onwuka converted a transition bucket to give UB its largest lead of the game, 61-42, with four minutes to go and that would be all Buffalo would need as the Bulls outscored the Big Green 27-9 in the final quarter to seal the victory.

Buffalo outshot the Big Green from the field and won the battle of the boards 50-37, while turning 19 Dartmouth turnovers into 14 points. The Bulls also dominated the fastbreak category 19-2. Buffalo has now held five straight opponents under 59 points are a perfect 46-0 over the last three seasons when hitting that mark.

"We say we have four seasons and we just got through our second season which is non-conference play," said head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. "Now we are entering our third season, conference play, and our goal is to get to our fourth season which is postseason play."

The Bulls open Mid-American Conference play on Saturday, January 4, as they travel to Oxford, Ohio to take on the Miami (OH) RedHawks in a 2pm contest.