Saturday, November 30
Buffalo, NY
2:00pm
7-0,0-0MAC
74
vs
46
St. Bonaventure
2-5,0-0Atlantic 10
1
2
3
4
F
St. Bonaventure
9
19
5
13
46
Buffalo
15
19
24
16
74
Bulls Complete Big 4 Sweep with Wire-to-Wire Win over St. Bonaventure
11/30/2024 4:36:00 PM | Women's Basketball
BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo women's basketball team dominated from start to finish in a 74-46 wire-to-wire victory over St. Bonaventure at Alumni Arena on Saturday afternoon.
With the victory, the Bulls complete the Big 4 sweep for the second straight year and move to 7-0 on the season for the first time since 2016.
Four Bulls scored in double figures, led by Chellia Watson who scored a game-high 15 points. Sophomore Paula Lopez had a breakthrough performance with a career-high 13 points to go with a career-best seven assists and fellow sophomore Kirsten Lewis-Williams stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Terah Harness also scored in double figures for the third straight game with 11 points while Alexis Davis narrowly missed out on a double-double with 9 points and 11 rebounds.
It was a defensive battle early as the Bulls led 6-2 at the first media timeout. The Bulls extended their lead to five off a beautiful wraparound pass from Noelani Cornfield to a backdoor cutting Lopez. The Bonnies ended the run with a corner triple, but UB continued to attack as Lopez hit Ariana Seawell on the block and she finished off glass to put the Bulls up 15-9 at the end of the first.
Watson put her defender in the spin cycle for a layup off glass on UB's first possession of the second quarter before the Bonnies responded with a 5-0 run to cut the lead to three. Watson then scored on back-to-back possessions as the Bulls maintained a 22-18 lead at the media timeout. The visitors would pull within two before Buffalo rattled off a 10-2 run, including a pair of corner triples from Harness, to go up by 11 and they would lead 35-28 at the half.
The Bulls offense to start the third quarter as they put together a 10-0 run in less than two minutes, capped by a pair of triples from Lewis-Williams and Lopez and an offensive rebound putback by Davis, to go up 44-28 and force a timeout at the 7:51 mark. Buffalo continued to attack as they extended the run to 17-2 on a pair of great post-up layups by Seawell, to take a 51-30 lead at the media timeout. Seawell continued to stay aggressive as she powered up for another bucket inside before Lopez drilled a three from the top of the key and Watson skied up for an offensive rebound and beat the buzzer with the putback to give the Bulls a 58-33 lead at the end of the third.
Lewis-Williams got to the rack for a layup before she hit Lopez for a fastbreak layup and Harness drained a triple from the wing to give UB a 67-38 lead at the final media timeout and the Bonnies would get no closer as the Bulls cruised to victory.
Buffalo dominated the paint, owning a 38-18 advantage inside, while also winning the glass for the second straight game, including 11 offensive rebounds which they turned into 15 second chance points. The Bulls continue to turn their opponents over as they forced the Bonnies into 23 turnovers, scoring 25 points off those miscues, while also adding 17 fastbreak points.
Up next, Buffalo will open the month of December with three home games, beginning on Wednesday, December 4 as they take on Binghamton in a 6pm contest at Alumni Arena.
For all the latest on UB women's basketball, follow @UBWomensBasketball on Twitter/X and Instagram and like the UB Women's Basketball Facebook page.
Click here for ticket information.
Click here for information on the Blue & White Fund and how you can help UB Athletics.
With the victory, the Bulls complete the Big 4 sweep for the second straight year and move to 7-0 on the season for the first time since 2016.
Four Bulls scored in double figures, led by Chellia Watson who scored a game-high 15 points. Sophomore Paula Lopez had a breakthrough performance with a career-high 13 points to go with a career-best seven assists and fellow sophomore Kirsten Lewis-Williams stuffed the stat sheet with 12 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Terah Harness also scored in double figures for the third straight game with 11 points while Alexis Davis narrowly missed out on a double-double with 9 points and 11 rebounds.
It was a defensive battle early as the Bulls led 6-2 at the first media timeout. The Bulls extended their lead to five off a beautiful wraparound pass from Noelani Cornfield to a backdoor cutting Lopez. The Bonnies ended the run with a corner triple, but UB continued to attack as Lopez hit Ariana Seawell on the block and she finished off glass to put the Bulls up 15-9 at the end of the first.
Watson put her defender in the spin cycle for a layup off glass on UB's first possession of the second quarter before the Bonnies responded with a 5-0 run to cut the lead to three. Watson then scored on back-to-back possessions as the Bulls maintained a 22-18 lead at the media timeout. The visitors would pull within two before Buffalo rattled off a 10-2 run, including a pair of corner triples from Harness, to go up by 11 and they would lead 35-28 at the half.
The Bulls offense to start the third quarter as they put together a 10-0 run in less than two minutes, capped by a pair of triples from Lewis-Williams and Lopez and an offensive rebound putback by Davis, to go up 44-28 and force a timeout at the 7:51 mark. Buffalo continued to attack as they extended the run to 17-2 on a pair of great post-up layups by Seawell, to take a 51-30 lead at the media timeout. Seawell continued to stay aggressive as she powered up for another bucket inside before Lopez drilled a three from the top of the key and Watson skied up for an offensive rebound and beat the buzzer with the putback to give the Bulls a 58-33 lead at the end of the third.
Lewis-Williams got to the rack for a layup before she hit Lopez for a fastbreak layup and Harness drained a triple from the wing to give UB a 67-38 lead at the final media timeout and the Bonnies would get no closer as the Bulls cruised to victory.
Buffalo dominated the paint, owning a 38-18 advantage inside, while also winning the glass for the second straight game, including 11 offensive rebounds which they turned into 15 second chance points. The Bulls continue to turn their opponents over as they forced the Bonnies into 23 turnovers, scoring 25 points off those miscues, while also adding 17 fastbreak points.
Up next, Buffalo will open the month of December with three home games, beginning on Wednesday, December 4 as they take on Binghamton in a 6pm contest at Alumni Arena.
For all the latest on UB women's basketball, follow @UBWomensBasketball on Twitter/X and Instagram and like the UB Women's Basketball Facebook page.
Click here for ticket information.
Click here for information on the Blue & White Fund and how you can help UB Athletics.
Team Stats
SBU
UB
FG%
.302
.424
3FG%
.174
.421
FT%
.625
.714
RB
35
42
TO
23
16
STL
5
10
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
15
FGM
7
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Pts
13
FGM
5
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Pts
12
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
5
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
3
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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G/F
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG
/ Women's BasketballG
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F
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