Bulls To Open Regular Season at Marshall in MAC-SBC Challenge
7/1/2025 11:52:00β―AM | Women's Basketball
CLEVELAND, OH β The Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Sun Belt Conference (SBC) announced the initial matchups for the 2025 MAC-SBC Challenge on Tuesday afternoon. The Bulls will travel to Huntington, West Virginia to take on Marshall in the regular season opener on Monday, November 3.
This will be the 14th overall meeting between the Bulls and Thundering Herd, with Marshall owning a slim 8-5 series advantage. Buffalo and Marshall last played in 2004, when the Thundering Herd was a member of the Mid-American Conference.
Marshall finished the 2024-25 season with a 15-20 overall record and 6-12 league mark in the first season under head coach Juli Fulks. The Thundering Herd return seven players from a year ago, including Meredith Maier who made 76 three-pointers last season, good for second best in the league and third-most in program history, while adding four transfers and two freshmen.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, with the matchups based on real-time NET rankings and announced on January 5. The MAC women will host the February matchups.
Scheduling assistance is provided by Ordinal Sports Group. In addition to relevant NET data, geography and frequency of past contests is considered in determining the matchups.
Each MAC-SBC Challenge game will be carried on an ESPN platform.
MAC-SBC Challenge Women's Basketball Matchups
Western Michigan at Appalachian St.
Ball State at Arkansas St.
Miami (OH) at Coastal Carolina
Central Michigan at Georgia Southern
Kent State at James Madison
Bowling Green at Louisiana
Buffalo at Marshall
UMass at Old Dominion
Akron at South Alabama
Northern Illinois at Southern Miss.
Ohio at Texas St.
Toledo at Troy
Eastern Michigan at Louisiana Monroe
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This will be the 14th overall meeting between the Bulls and Thundering Herd, with Marshall owning a slim 8-5 series advantage. Buffalo and Marshall last played in 2004, when the Thundering Herd was a member of the Mid-American Conference.
Marshall finished the 2024-25 season with a 15-20 overall record and 6-12 league mark in the first season under head coach Juli Fulks. The Thundering Herd return seven players from a year ago, including Meredith Maier who made 76 three-pointers last season, good for second best in the league and third-most in program history, while adding four transfers and two freshmen.
The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will take place on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026, with the matchups based on real-time NET rankings and announced on January 5. The MAC women will host the February matchups.
Scheduling assistance is provided by Ordinal Sports Group. In addition to relevant NET data, geography and frequency of past contests is considered in determining the matchups.
Each MAC-SBC Challenge game will be carried on an ESPN platform.
MAC-SBC Challenge Women's Basketball Matchups
Western Michigan at Appalachian St.
Ball State at Arkansas St.
Miami (OH) at Coastal Carolina
Central Michigan at Georgia Southern
Kent State at James Madison
Bowling Green at Louisiana
Buffalo at Marshall
UMass at Old Dominion
Akron at South Alabama
Northern Illinois at Southern Miss.
Ohio at Texas St.
Toledo at Troy
Eastern Michigan at Louisiana Monroe
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 Bulls Championship Fund and how you can help UB Athletics.Β
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