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An ugly, ugly half for UB ends not as badly as it could be, as the Jarod Oldham and Javon McCrea were forced to come back in despite sitting on two fouls and helped sparked the Bulls from a 27-20 deficit to a 28-30 halftime score.
Down 27-20 late in the half and unable to do really anything, Jarryn Skeete and Justin Moss helped spark 8-0 run thanks to a three and some hustle play. Skeete followed up the lead, blocking seven footer John Hopkins and lighting up the crowd, only for UB to lose the momentum and the lead by rushing their next possession and allowing Miami to hit a three just before time ran out for a 30-28 lead.
Buffalo came out strong early on, overcoming a 4-2 deficit and eventually building up a 20-12 lead on the strength of their rebounding before succumbing to Miami's swarming pressure and turning the ball over 11 times. The Bulls would go six full minutes without scoring before a McCrea tip in made it 27-22.
Javon has had a relatively quiet first half so far, as the Bulls have struggled to get the ball down low. He has 4 points but already 7 rebounds. Will Regan leads UB in scoring with 7 and several Bulls have 3 or 4 as they have spread the offense around.
| Miami (OH) RedHawks | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STARTERS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Will Felder, F | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Quinten Rollins, G | 2-4 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Will Sullivan, G | 1-4 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Willie Moore, G | 3-5 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Geovonie McKnight, G | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| John Hawkins, C | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Joshua Oswald, F | 0-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaryd Eustace, G | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| 10-26 | 3-10 | 7-10 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 30 | |
| 38.5% | 30.0% | 70.0% | ||||||||||
| Buffalo Bulls | ||||||||||||
| STARTERS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Will Regan, F | 2-6 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Javon McCrea, F | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Xavier Ford, F | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jarod Oldham, G | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Joshua Freelove, G | 1-4 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| Justin Moss, F | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Jarryn Skeete, G | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Shannon Evans, G | 1-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Auraum Nuiriankh, G | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
| 10-25 | 4-10 | 4-5 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 28 |