Wednesday, January 6
Ypsilanti, MI
7:00 PM
7-2,4-0MAC
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Eastern Michigan
4-5,1-3MAC
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Bulls Earn Hard Fought 73-68 Win at Eastern Michigan
1/6/2021 9:46:00 PM | Women's Basketball
YPSILANTI, MI – The University at Buffalo women's basketball team led wire-to-wire for the second straight game as the Bulls defeated Eastern Michigan 73-68 at the Convocation Center on Wednesday night. With the win, the Bulls move to 7-2 on the year and 4-0 in league play. It is the first 4-0 start to MAC play in program history.
The Bulls were led by Dyaisha Fair who scored a game-high 29 points to go along with five rebounds, two assists and two steals. Freshman Cheyenne McEvans recorded a career-high 17 points to go along with five rebounds, four assists and two steals.
The Bulls opened the game on a 9-2 run, including five points from Elea Gaba, to take an early lead at the 6:38 mark. UB would extend the run to 12-5 on back-to-back fastbreak buckets by Fair and Hanna Hall and they would lead 14-8 at the first media timeout. Buffalo then took advantage of a three-plus minute EMU scoring drought and turned defense into offense to end the quarter on a 6-0 run and take a 22-13 lead at the end of the first.
The Eagles would open the second quarter on a mini 4-0 run before Jazmine Young hit a free throw to snap a four minute UB scoring drought and give UB a 23-17 lead at the 6:23 mark. The Bulls would continue to lock down on defense and use a 13-6 run, including a pair of triples from Fair and Loren Christie, to take a 39-23 lead at the half. Buffalo shot 50% from the floor in the opening half while holding the Eagles to just 23 points on 7-of-26 (26.9%) shooting.
The two teams would trade runs to start the third quarter before the offense stalled on both sides as Buffalo maintained a 47-35 lead at the media timeout. The Eagles would take advantage of a prolonged UB scoring drought to put together a 10-0 run and cut the Buffalo lead to 47-45 before McEvans drained a triple in the corner in the final seconds to give UB a 50-45 lead at the end of the third.
McEvans would continue to heat up to start the fourth as she converted the and-one and drilled a step back three to put Buffalo up 56-49 at the 8:17 mark but the Eagles answered with a 7-0 run to cut the UB lead to 59-58 at the final media timeout. It would be all Fair from there as the sophomore scored 12 of UB's final 14 points, including going 9-of-10 from the charity stripe, to seal the victory for Buffalo.
The Bulls held the narrow 36-34 edge on the glass while also outscoring the Eagles 26-24 in the paint. Buffalo also turned 15 EMU turnovers into 14 points in transition.
Buffalo returns to action on Saturday as they host Central Michigan at Alumni Arena at 1pm in the first game of a doubleheader with the UB men.
The Bulls were led by Dyaisha Fair who scored a game-high 29 points to go along with five rebounds, two assists and two steals. Freshman Cheyenne McEvans recorded a career-high 17 points to go along with five rebounds, four assists and two steals.
The Bulls opened the game on a 9-2 run, including five points from Elea Gaba, to take an early lead at the 6:38 mark. UB would extend the run to 12-5 on back-to-back fastbreak buckets by Fair and Hanna Hall and they would lead 14-8 at the first media timeout. Buffalo then took advantage of a three-plus minute EMU scoring drought and turned defense into offense to end the quarter on a 6-0 run and take a 22-13 lead at the end of the first.
The Eagles would open the second quarter on a mini 4-0 run before Jazmine Young hit a free throw to snap a four minute UB scoring drought and give UB a 23-17 lead at the 6:23 mark. The Bulls would continue to lock down on defense and use a 13-6 run, including a pair of triples from Fair and Loren Christie, to take a 39-23 lead at the half. Buffalo shot 50% from the floor in the opening half while holding the Eagles to just 23 points on 7-of-26 (26.9%) shooting.
The two teams would trade runs to start the third quarter before the offense stalled on both sides as Buffalo maintained a 47-35 lead at the media timeout. The Eagles would take advantage of a prolonged UB scoring drought to put together a 10-0 run and cut the Buffalo lead to 47-45 before McEvans drained a triple in the corner in the final seconds to give UB a 50-45 lead at the end of the third.
McEvans would continue to heat up to start the fourth as she converted the and-one and drilled a step back three to put Buffalo up 56-49 at the 8:17 mark but the Eagles answered with a 7-0 run to cut the UB lead to 59-58 at the final media timeout. It would be all Fair from there as the sophomore scored 12 of UB's final 14 points, including going 9-of-10 from the charity stripe, to seal the victory for Buffalo.
The Bulls held the narrow 36-34 edge on the glass while also outscoring the Eagles 26-24 in the paint. Buffalo also turned 15 EMU turnovers into 14 points in transition.
Buffalo returns to action on Saturday as they host Central Michigan at Alumni Arena at 1pm in the first game of a doubleheader with the UB men.
Team Stats
UB
EMU
FG%
.421
.429
3FG%
.375
.263
FT%
.826
.682
RB
36
34
TO
11
14
STL
7
5
Game Leaders
Pts
29
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
14
Pts
17
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
1
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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