Final Stats

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The Basics:
Score: Buffalo 51, Ohio 43
Location: Alumni Arena - Buffalo, N.Y.
The Short Story: The Ohio women's basketball team (17-4, 9-1 MAC) had its 12-game winning streak snapped Wednesday night, falling to Buffalo (11-9, 3-6 MAC), 51-43.

OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #22 Hannah Boesinger
BUFFALO STARTERS: #1 Stephanie Reid, #4 Joanna Smith, #5 Katherine Ups, #10 Gabi Bade, #31 Cassie Oursler

How It Happened:
- The Bobcats opened the game with the first bucket from a layup from Hannah Boesinger.
- Buffalo took the lead at the 6:58 mark, going up 4-2.
- At the under five media timeout, the score was tied 4-4.
- Buffalo led by as much as five in the first quarter.
- The Bobcats would finish the frame trailing 12-8.
- Ohio would pull within two points early in the second quarter, when Quiera Lampkins connected on a layup, making the score 12-10.
- Ohio and Buffalo would trade baskets throughout the second quarter, with Ohio making it a one point game on a three pointer by Lexie Baldwin with a minute before the half.
- Buffalo would respond with a jumper and the Bobcats entered the half trailing 24-21.
- At the intermission, the Bobcats were led by Kiyanna Black who had six points, going 2-of-11 from the field, 1-of-6 from three-point range and 1-of-2 from the free throw line.
- At the half, Ohio was shooting 30.4% (7-of-23) from the field, 15.4% (2-of-13) from three-point range and 62.5% (5-of-8) from the free throw line.
- Ohio would cut Buffalo's lead to two in the early minutes of the third quarter off of a Baldwin three.
- Buffalo would then go on a 7-0 run, taking a nine-point lead with six minutes left in the third.
- Ohio would then chip away at the Buffalo lead, making it a three point game with three minutes to go when Lampkins hit a free throw, making the score 35-32.
- Buffalo would then hold Ohio scoreless the remainder of the frame.
- The Bobcats would enter the fourth quarter trailing 39-32.
- Buffalo would go up 11 points with five minutes to go in the game.
- Ohio would get within six points with under two minutes to go when Black hit a three making the score 49-43.
- That is as close as the Bobcats would get, and Ohio would fall 51-43.
- Overall, Ohio was led by Black who scored 12 points, going 4-of-21 from the field, 3-of-13 from three-point range and 1-of-4 from the free throw line. She also grabbed two rebounds, had dished out two assists and had four steals.
- Lampkins added 11 points, going 4-of-9 from the field, 0-1 from three-point range and 3-of-3 from the free throw line. She also had three rebounds and three steals.
- Baldwin added six points, going 2-of-8 from the field and 2-of-8 from three-point range. She also added a team-high seven rebounds.
Overall as a team, the Bobcats were 15-of-54 (27.8%) from the field, 5-of-29 (17.2%) from three-point range and 8-of-13 (61.5%) from the free throw line.
- The Bobcats turned the ball over 15 times.
- Ohio dished out 11 assists, had three blocks and had 10 steals.
- The Bobcats grabbed 33 boards.
- The Bobcats scored 20 points in the paint, 14 points off of turnovers and had three bench points.
- For Buffalo, the Bulls were led by Joanna Smith who had 16 points, going 7-of-15 from the field and 2-of-5 from three-point range. She also have five rebounds, two assists and two steals.
- Karin Moss added 10 points, going 4-of-9 from the field and 3-of-6 from the fret throw line.
- Katherine Ups led the Bulls with 10 rebounds.
- Overall, Buffalo shot 42.6% (20-of-47) from the field, 33.3% (5-of-15) from three-point range and 50.0% (6-of-12) from the free throw line.
- The Bulls also dished out 11 assists and had nine steals.
- Buffalo pulled in nine rebounds and turned the ball over 17 times.
- Buffalo scored 11 points off of turnovers and scored 19 bench points.

Beyond the Boxscore:
- The Bobcats had their winning streak snapped at 12 games.
- This was the Bobcats first loss in conference play this season.
- The Bobcats played without forward Jasmine Weatherspoon who suffered an injury against Ball State.
- With 43 points this was the lowest scoring game of the season for the Bobcats.
- This was Ohio's first loss against Buffalo since Feb. 6, 2014.

QUOTABLE
" Things just didn't quite go our way tonight for a number of reasons. We didn't shoot the ball very well. You have to give Buffalo a lot of credit." Head Coach Bob Boldon

COMING UP
The Bobcats return to Athens on Saturday, Feb. 6 when they host Mid-American Conference West opponent Northern Illinois. The game is set for 11:30 a.m. inside the Convocation Center.

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