Wednesday, January 15
Buffalo, NY
7:00 pm
11-4,2-2MAC
65
vs
59
Bowling Green
7-9,0-4MAC
1
2
3
4
F
Bowling Green
10
14
21
14
59
Buffalo
17
15
12
21
65
Bulls Rally, Defeat Bowling Green 65-59
1/15/2020 9:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo women's basketball team (11-4, 2-2 MAC) outscored Bowling Green 21-14 in the fourth quarter to defeat the Falcons 65-59 on Alzheimer's Awareness night at Alumni Arena on Wednesday.
Buffalo was led by freshman Dyaisha Fair who scored a game-high 26 points to go along with seven rebounds, two assists and three steals. Sophomore Adebola Adeyeye had another double-digit effort on the glass as she grabbed 11 rebounds to go with nine points and senior Theresa Onwuka also turned in a double digit rebounding performance with 11 boards, while scoring seven points and recording three steals.
"We are a deep team and if we stay locked in and we can use those eight or nine players like we did today, that will continue to help us down the stretch," said head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. "Bowling Green is a great team but we had more depth."
The Falcons jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, but Buffalo answered with an 8-0 run of their own to take an 8-5 lead at the first media timeout. The Bulls would take advantage of a six-plus minute BGSU scoring drought to extend their lead to 17-5 on a pair of threes by Fair and Schiffer before the Falcons would knock down a three to end the run, but UB would maintain a 17-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Sophomore Keowa Walters made an impact to start the second quarter with back-to-back buckets to give UB a 21-10 lead before BGSU rattled off a 6-0 run to cut the UB lead to 21-16, but Schiffer answered with another dagger from behind the arc to start a 5-2 run to extend the lead to 26-18 at the media timeout. The Falcons put together another 6-0 run to cut the lead to two at the 1:17 mark, before Fair knocked down a jumper in the lane to end a five minute UB scoring drought and spark a 6-0 Bulls run to close the half to give Buffalo a 32-24 lead at the break.
The Bulls would extend their lead to 10 early in the third quarter on back-to-back buckets by Onwuka and Adeyeye but BGSU would respond with an 8-2 run to cut the lead to 38-34 at the media timeout. BGSU would extend their run to 15-2 out of the media and take a 44-40 lead at the 1:47 mark. Fair would drill a step back triple to tie the game at 44 but a BGSU free throw would give the Falcons a 45-44 lead at the end of the third.
The two teams would trade baskets to start the fourth quarter before Fair knocked down a three to tie the game at 49 with 7:58 remaining. Bowling Green capitalized on a two plus minute UB scoring drought and put together a 7-2 run to take a 56-51 lead at the final media timeout, but Buffalo responded with a 6-0 run in less than a minute to retake the lead 57-56 with 3:25 remaining. Later, back-to-back transition buckets by Hanna Hall and Fair would put UB up by one and freshman Loren Christie would deliver the dagger, drilling a triple from the corner as the shot clock expired to cap a 12-0 UB run and give the Bulls a 63-56 lead and that would be all they would need to secure the victory.
Buffalo has now held eight of its opponents to 59 points or less and are a perfect 47-0 over the last three years when holding opponents under that mark. The Bulls won the battle on the glass 49-40 while scoring 18 points in the fastbreak.
"Our team played hard tonight and it was really special to do it on this Alzheimer's Awareness night in honor of a woman named Thalia Legette, my mom," said Legette-Jack. "She is a passionate woman who worked two jobs and would leave her second job to come watch me play and if she could come and watch these young ladies, she would be all about it. The team went out there and played for themselves and their families but I think they played for a lady named Thalia Legette as well and I'm so excited and grateful for the flowers they presented me with."
The Bulls conclude their homestand on Saturday, January 18, as they welcome Eastern Michigan to Alumni Arena at 2pm.
Buffalo was led by freshman Dyaisha Fair who scored a game-high 26 points to go along with seven rebounds, two assists and three steals. Sophomore Adebola Adeyeye had another double-digit effort on the glass as she grabbed 11 rebounds to go with nine points and senior Theresa Onwuka also turned in a double digit rebounding performance with 11 boards, while scoring seven points and recording three steals.
"We are a deep team and if we stay locked in and we can use those eight or nine players like we did today, that will continue to help us down the stretch," said head coach Felisha Legette-Jack. "Bowling Green is a great team but we had more depth."
The Falcons jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, but Buffalo answered with an 8-0 run of their own to take an 8-5 lead at the first media timeout. The Bulls would take advantage of a six-plus minute BGSU scoring drought to extend their lead to 17-5 on a pair of threes by Fair and Schiffer before the Falcons would knock down a three to end the run, but UB would maintain a 17-10 lead at the end of the first quarter.
Sophomore Keowa Walters made an impact to start the second quarter with back-to-back buckets to give UB a 21-10 lead before BGSU rattled off a 6-0 run to cut the UB lead to 21-16, but Schiffer answered with another dagger from behind the arc to start a 5-2 run to extend the lead to 26-18 at the media timeout. The Falcons put together another 6-0 run to cut the lead to two at the 1:17 mark, before Fair knocked down a jumper in the lane to end a five minute UB scoring drought and spark a 6-0 Bulls run to close the half to give Buffalo a 32-24 lead at the break.
The Bulls would extend their lead to 10 early in the third quarter on back-to-back buckets by Onwuka and Adeyeye but BGSU would respond with an 8-2 run to cut the lead to 38-34 at the media timeout. BGSU would extend their run to 15-2 out of the media and take a 44-40 lead at the 1:47 mark. Fair would drill a step back triple to tie the game at 44 but a BGSU free throw would give the Falcons a 45-44 lead at the end of the third.
The two teams would trade baskets to start the fourth quarter before Fair knocked down a three to tie the game at 49 with 7:58 remaining. Bowling Green capitalized on a two plus minute UB scoring drought and put together a 7-2 run to take a 56-51 lead at the final media timeout, but Buffalo responded with a 6-0 run in less than a minute to retake the lead 57-56 with 3:25 remaining. Later, back-to-back transition buckets by Hanna Hall and Fair would put UB up by one and freshman Loren Christie would deliver the dagger, drilling a triple from the corner as the shot clock expired to cap a 12-0 UB run and give the Bulls a 63-56 lead and that would be all they would need to secure the victory.
Buffalo has now held eight of its opponents to 59 points or less and are a perfect 47-0 over the last three years when holding opponents under that mark. The Bulls won the battle on the glass 49-40 while scoring 18 points in the fastbreak.
"Our team played hard tonight and it was really special to do it on this Alzheimer's Awareness night in honor of a woman named Thalia Legette, my mom," said Legette-Jack. "She is a passionate woman who worked two jobs and would leave her second job to come watch me play and if she could come and watch these young ladies, she would be all about it. The team went out there and played for themselves and their families but I think they played for a lady named Thalia Legette as well and I'm so excited and grateful for the flowers they presented me with."
The Bulls conclude their homestand on Saturday, January 18, as they welcome Eastern Michigan to Alumni Arena at 2pm.
Team Stats
BGSU
UB
FG%
.355
.343
3FG%
.333
.207
FT%
.889
.733
RB
40
49
TO
17
12
STL
4
13
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
26
FGM
9
3FGM
3
FTM
5
Pts
9
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
7
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
6
FGM
2
3FGM
0
FTM
2
Players Mentioned
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