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Buffalo Defeats Men’s Basketball 72-49

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Hamilton, NY — Turner Battle scored 18 points to lead four Buffalo players in double figures, while sparking the Bulls to a 72-49 win over 51·çÁ÷ Tuesday night at Cotterell Court.  The Bulls (3-3) have won three straight games, while 51·çÁ÷ falls to 3-3.

 

Yassin Adbihi tallied 14, while Calvin Cage and Mark Bortz contributed 13 and 11 respectively for 'xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = 'urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags' />Buffalo.

 

Buffalo shot 50 percent from the field for the game, including a blistering 56 percent in the second half, while 51·çÁ÷ struggled from the field shooting only 36 percent for the game.

 

Howard Blue paced 51·çÁ÷ with 20 points.

 

51·çÁ÷ led 8-4 in the first half, before Buffalo went on a 15-2 run to open a nine point advantage, 19-10, with 10:23 left.  The Bulls extended their lead to 15 points at halftime, 37-22.

 

51·çÁ÷ scored the first two baskets of the second half, before Buffalo took control of the game with an 11-3 run with Battle scoring nine points for the Bulls.

 

Buffalo dominated the boards out-rebounding the Raiders 39-22 led by Dan Gilbert with seven and Bortz with six.