Final Stats | PDF Boxscore | Photo Gallery

The Basics:

Score: Buffalo 72, Ohio 60
Location: Quicken Loans Arena - Cleveland, Ohio 
The Short Story: Despite a game-high 23 points from junior guard Quiera Lampkins, the Ohio women's basketball team (24-6) fell to Buffalo (18-13) 72-60 in the quarterfinals of the Mid-American Conference Tournament at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday (March 9).
OHIO STARTERS: #4 Kiyanna Black, #5 Quiera Lampkins, #10 Lexie Baldwin, #12 Yamonie Jenkins, #15 Jasmine Weatherspoon

BUFFALO STARTERS: #1 Stephanie Reid, #4 Joanna Smith, #5 Katherine Ups, #31 Cassie Oursler, #32 Brittany Morrison

How It Happened:
- Senior forward Jasmine Weatherspoon put the Bobcats on the board with a free throw at the 8:24 mark of the first half.
- The Bobcats notched their first field goal on a jumper by Quiera Lampkins at with 6:52 left in the first quarter to tie the game at 3, but the Bulls would go on a 7-0 run to take a 10-3 lead.
- Ohio cut the lead to 10-8 with 3:29 left on a three by junior guard Yamonie Jenkins and a basket by redshirt freshman Kelly Karlis.
- The Bobcats trailed the Bulls 14-10 after the first quarter.
- Ohio opened the second quarter on a 6-0 run with a free throw by Weatherspoon, a layup by Lampkins and a triple by senior guard Kiyanna Black to take a 16-14 lead at the 6:42 mark of the second quarter.
- After Buffalo took a 17-16 lead on a free throw by guard Joanna Smith with 6:11 left in the second, Ohio went on an 8-0 run that featured five points from Lampkins to give Ohio a 24-17 lead with 4:34 remaining in the half.
- The Bobcats would go into the locker room with a 29-28 lead.
- Ohio shot 42.3 percent (11-of-26) from the field in the half and 3-of-9 from beyond the arc.
- Buffalo shot 29 percent (9-of-31) from the field and 1-of-10 (10 percent) from three-point range.
- Lampkins led all scorers in the first half with 15 points on 7-of-12 shooting while leading hauling in six boards and dishing out two assists.
- After Buffalo scored the first five points of the third quarter, the Bobcats answered with a triple by senior forward Lexie Baldwin to give Ohio a 32-31 lead at the 8:48 mark.
- Baldwin broke a 36-all tie with five straight points to provide the Bobcats with a 41-36 lead with 6:23 left in the quarter.
- Buffalo would use a 12-2 run to take a 50-45 advantage with 2:10 remaining in the third.
- Ohio trailed the Bulls 52-47 after three quarters.
- After Buffalo extended its lead to seven, the Bobcats went on a 5-0 spurt with a basket from Lampkins and a triple from Black to cut the deficit to 54-52 with 8:31 left in the fourth.
- The Bulls countered with a 18-2 run to take a 72-54 lead with 59 seconds remaining in the game.
- Ohio made a pair of triples in the closing minute, but Ohio would fall to the Bulls by a score of 72-60.
- Ohio shot 38.5 percent (20-of-52) from the field, 32 percent (8-of-25) from three-point range and 63.2 percent (12-of-19) from the charity stripe.
- Lampkins led the Bobcats with 23 points on 9-of-18 shooting while adding seven rebounds, five assists, two blocks and one steal in 37 minutes.
- Black scored 11 points with five rebounds and two assists in 38 minutes.
- Baldwin tallied 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds in 33 minutes.
- Weatherspoon scored six points and hauled in six boards.
- Buffalo shot 43.1 percent (25-of-58) from the field, 21.4 percent (3-of-14) from behind the arc and 82.6 percent (19-of-23) from the free throw line.
- Smith led the Bulls with 19 points on 7-of-17 shooting while hauling in a game-high 10 rebounds.
- Buffalo guard Stephanie Reid scored 16 points and dished out four assists in 39 minutes.
- Center Stephanie Oursler scored 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting with five rebounds.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Lampkins scored at least 20 points for the eighth time this season.
- Bobcats are now 5-16 all-times in MAC quarterfinal games.

QUOTABLE
"If I knew I would have fixed it by now. We can't guard them and we can't score on them and that's a bad combination when you're trying to win a basketball game." - Head coach Bob Boldon on Buffalo

"They do a good job of staying attached to her. They didn't give her any space. We didn't play in transition a whole lot tonight and that kind of hurts her because she is certainly better in the open floor and we didn't get her in the open floor enough. It's hard when you're the best play, people try to not let you score and Buffalo does a good job of staying with her and staying attached to her." - Head coach Bob Boldon on how Buffalo stopped Black

UP NEXT
The Bobcats will await their postseason fate with the NCAA and WNIT brackets being released on Monday, March 13.

#BleedGreen