Late Rally Leads Bulls To Third Straight Win

Saturday, February 12

Buffalo, NY

2:00 pm

13-8,7-4MAC

Ball State

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Ball St.

Buffalo

Late Rally Leads Bulls To Third Straight Win

2/12/2022 5:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo men's basketball team erased an eight-point second half deficit as the Bulls won their third straight game with an 80-74 victory over Ball State on Saturday afternoon. The win improves the Bulls to 13-8 and 7-4 in MAC play.

It was a back and forth affair that saw 15 lead changes and 15 ties with both teams getting a lead by as many as eight.

In the first half, neither team grabbed a big lead until late when the Bulls went on a 10-3 run to grab a seven-point advantage. Four different Bulls scored during the run as UB opened a 38-31 lead with 1:18 left. The Cardinals would go on to score the last five points of the first half as UB took a 38-36 lead into the break.

The Bulls led by one with 14:26 left in the second half when the Cardinals went on a 9-0 run, giving Ball State its largest lead of the game at 56-48 with 11:00 left. The Bulls continued to trail 58-51 when the Bulls answered with a 10-0 run, picking up big threes from Jeenathan Williams and Maceo Jack, to pull ahead 61-58.

Buffalo would trail once again at 64-63 with 4:25 left, but jumper from Williams ignited a 13-4 run, giving the Bulls their largest lead of the afternoon at 76-68 with 1:17 left. The Cardinals cut the Buffalo lead in half to four but couldn't get any closer.

Williams led all scorers with 24 points, while Josh Mballa finished with 13 points and eight rebounds, including six offensive boards. Mballa also finished with a game-high four blocks.

Ronaldo Segu added 13 points and six assists, while Jack finished with 10 points and two blocks. Sophomore David Skogman just missed out on the double-double with nine points and a game-high 13 rebounds.

Tra'von Fagan chipped in seven points and six boards off the bench, while Keishawn Brewton added three points and Curtis Jones had one point, two rebounds, and two assists.

Buffalo forced Ball State into 19 turnovers, the highest by a Division I opponent this season. The Bulls also held the advantage on the glass again, outrebounding Ball State, 42-36.

The Bulls will hit the road Tuesday to begin a stretch of six games in 12 days. UB will begin that at Bowling Green Tuesday night at 7pm.