Bulls Travel to Central Michigan for Tuesday Night Slate

BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo men's basketball team will travel to Mount Pleasant, Mich. for a Tuesday evening game against the Central Michigan Chippewas. The game will tip-off at 7 p.m. on ESPN+. Be sure to tune in and listen to Josh Whetzel over on Buffalo 1520/Rochester 1280 or on the Varsity Network App as it's his 600^th game for the Bulls.

LAST TIME OUT
The Bulls are coming off an 80-66 loss to the Ball State Cardinals on Saturday afternoon. Freshman Kavon Bradford had a career day at Worthen Arena as he scored a career-high 18 points to go with 4 rebounds. Ryan Sabol scored 14 points with 4 boards as Tyson Dunn added 10 points, 7 assists and 2 steals.

ABOUT THE SERIES
This will be the 45^th all-time meeting between the Bulls and Chippewas. Buffalo leads the all-time series, 29-15 (.659). In conference play, the Bulls hold a 22-11 (.667) lead. Buffalo Head Coach George Halcovage III is 2-0 against Central Michigan as Head Coach Tony Barbee is 1-4 against the Bulls.

The Bulls and Chippewas last faced each other on Jan. 28^th where Buffalo came out with the 75-69 victory. Ryan Sabol scored a game-high 24 points as he was 6-for-12 from deep. Ben Michaels scored 12 points with 6 rebounds as Tyson Dunn added 12 points, 9 assists and 2 blocks.

The Bulls are 226-242 (.484) all-time in MAC games. In road MAC games, the Bulls are 91-144 (.386).

THE BULL-ETIN BOARD
• In two meeting against the Chippewas, Ryan Sabol is averaging 19.5 ppg and 3.2 rpg. From the floor he is shooting 54.2% (13-of-24) and 55.0% from deep (11-of-20).

• Tuesday's game against Central Michigan will mark Buffalo radio broadcaster Josh Whetzel's 600^th game for the Bulls.

• Noah Batchelor is tied for 10^th in rebounds per game in MAC play with 6.07. Batchelor recorded 10 rebounds on Saturday at Ball State. He's just one of 11 players this season in the MAC to have 2+ games with 10+ rebounds.

• This season, Ryan Sabol has made at least 3 three-pointers in 14 of the 27 games. In his career, he has made 134 three-pointers. He's moving up the program's all-time three-pointers made list as passed Jeenathan Williams (2018-22) for ninth all-time against Western Michigan on Feb. 18^th.
     7. Jeremy Harris (2017-19), 154
     8. Rodney Pierce (2007-10), 137
     9. Ryan Sabol (2023-pres.), 134
     10. Jeenathan Williams (2018-22), 133

• Tyson Dunn is up to 148 assists on the season. He is nearing the all-time assist leaders list in Buffalo history as he needs 5 assists to tie Shannon Evans (2014-15) and Jarod Oldham (2013-14) for most assists in a single season.
     7. John Boyer, (2009-10), 159
     8. Ken Pope (1973-74), 156
     9. Byron Mulkey, (2010-11), 154
     T-10. Jarod Oldham (2013-14), 153
     T-10. Shannon Evans (2014-15), 153
     11. Tyson Dunn (2024-25), 148

• Tyson Dunn is 32^nd in the country and first in the MAC in total assists with 148. His 5.5 assists per game is 36^th in all of college basketball and the best mark in the MAC.

• Ryan Sabol has made 72 three-pointers on the season that's second in the MAC and 73^rd in the country.

• The Bulls are 6-0 on the season when they score at least 80 points.

UP NEXT
The Bulls are back in action on Saturday at home against the Toledo Rockets with tip-off at 4:30 p.m. on ESPN+. The game will follow the women's game at 2 p.m. when they honor Kourtney Brown into the Alumni Arena Wall of Fame.

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Bulls Travel to Central Michigan for Tuesday Night Slate

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Noah Batchelor

Kavon Bradford

Tyson Dunn

Ben Michaels

Ryan Sabol

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