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ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS | Women's Basektball Contact: Sarah Tranelli BASKETBALL Office: (716) 645-6837 | Cell: (585) 880-2750 | Email: [email protected] | Twitter: @UBWomensHoops NCAA Tournament Appearances: 2015, 2018, 2019 2020-21 UB Women's Basketball Game Notes Date: Sat., Feb. 20, 2021 Time: 1 PM BUFFALO BULLS (11-7) Location: Muncie, IN vs GAME 19 Venue: Worthen Arena TV: ESPN3 Online: ESPN3 BALL STATE (11-8) Talent: Joel Godett, Ta'Shia Phillips BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP Radio: ESPN 1520 AM Talent: Matt Mattia (PxP) BULLS CARDINALS Online: TuneIn 11-7 (8-5 MAC) Record 11-8 (9-6 MAC) Live Stats: UBBulls.com Felisha Legette-Jack Head Coach Brady Sallee Twitter: @UBwomenshoops 173-105 (9th season) Record at School 160-116 (9th season) 314-268 (19th season) Career Record 296-227 (18th season) THE SCHEDULE RESULTS Dyaisha Fair (24.2 PPG) Top Scorer Oshlynn Brown (19.0 PPG) Dyaisha Fair (6.2 RPG) Top Rebounder Oshlynn Brown (11.9 RPG) Dyaisha Fair (5.3 APG) Top Assists Sydney Freeman (4.4 APG) OVERALL RECORD: 11-7 MAC: 8-5 | Non-Conference: 0-0 TODAY'S STORYLINES Home: 5-2 | Away: 6-5 | Neutral: 0-0 INSIDE THE SERIES • The University at Buffalo women's basketball team travels to Muncie for a rematch with the Ball State Overall: 13-18 Cardinals on Saturday afternoon. It is the second of NOVEMBER In Buffalo: 5-9 back-to-back games with the Cardinals. • This is the 32nd meeting between Buffalo and Ball WED. 25 MERCYHURST ! W, 85-49 In Muncie: 6-6 State, with the Cardinals owning the 18-13 series edge. Mon. 30 at James Madison W, 80-64 Last Meeting: L, 76-63 (2/17/21) The Bulls had won five straight meetings before drop- Legette-Jack vs. Ball State: 10-8 ping the last three meetings with the Cardinals. • Buffalo couldn't overcome a slow start as they fell DECEMBER to Ball State 76-63 on Wednesday night. Dyaisha Fair THE STATS led UB with 22 points while Cheyenne McEvans scored Thurs. 3 at VCU L, 61-55 in double figures for the third straight game with 13 points. Elea Gaba and Jazmine Young had 10 points Sun. 6 at Canisius W, 87-45 UB Category BSU each. Wed. 9 at Purdue L, 82-70 74.6 Scoring Offense 71.7 • The MAC has five teams ranked in the Top 100 of SUN. 13 AKRON* W, 85-77 68.6 Scoring Defense 72.3 the initial NET Rakings with Buffalo checking in at 97. Bowling Green (64), Ohio (83), Central Michigan (92) SAT. 19 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 71-52 +5.9 Scoring Margin -0.6 and Northern Illinois (96) are also in the Top 100. 39.6% FG % 43.9% • The Bulls are ranked No. 17 in the latest College TUES 22 WESTERN MICH.* W, 87-66 Insider Mid-Major Top 25 poll. Bowling Green (No. 14), 38.5% FG % Defense 40.6% Central Michigan (No. 15), and Ohio (No. 21) join UB on 31.9% 3PT FG % 29.1% the list. JANUARY 33.3% 3PT FG % Defense 33.3% • Fair is currently ranked sixth in the nation in scor- ing (24.2 ppg) while also ranking in the top 25 in free Sat. 2 at Miami (OH) * W, 75-67 6.9 3-Pointers/Game 5.1 throws made (108) and attempted (134), assists (96), Wed. 6 at Eastern Mich.* W, 73-68 71.3% Free Throw % 68.4% steals (52), field goals made (139), three point field 44.6 Rebounds/Game 38.4 goals made (49) and final points (435). SAT. 9 CENTRAL MICH.* L, 79-63 • Fair was named one of 10 finalists for the 2021 Nancy WED. 13 BOWLING GREEN* W, 82-74 +5.1 Rebound Margin +1.3 Lieberman Award, recognizing the nation's top point 13.4 Assists/Game 12.7 guard. She is the first finalist for the award in UB Wed. 20 at Ohio* L, 84-81 13.8 Turnovers/Game 17.6 women's basketball history and the only nominee SAT. 23 TOLEDO* W, 74-65 from a mid-major conference. +2.7 Turnover Margin -1.2 • The Rochester, NY native was also named to the late WED. 27 KENT STATE* PPD 8.1 Steals/Game 7.4 season watch list for the Dawn Staley Award and is Sat. 30 at Central Mich.* L, 66-62 2.4 Blocks/Game 2.8 one of 10 semifinalists for the Becky Hammon Mid- Major Player of the Year Award. FEBRUARY (Projected starters) THE LINEUP Wed. 3 at Akron* W, 77-55 SAT. 6 EASTERN MICH.* PPD Wed. 10 at Toledo* W, 82-73 Sat. 13 at Northern Illinois* L, 81-75 WED. 17 BALL STATE* L, 76-63 Sat. 20 at Ball State* 1 pm Wed. 24 at Kent State* 6 pm 2 | Dyaisha Fair 5 | Zena Elias 12 | Cheyenne McEvans 15 | Casey Valenti-Paea 52 | Elea Gaba SAT. 27 OHIO* 2 PM PPG 24.2 PPG 2.2 PPG 10.2 PPG 2.7 PPG 8.6 RPG 6.2 RPG 5.4 RPG 5.8 RPG 0.7 RPG 4.5 MARCH APG 5.3 APG 0.3 APG 2.3 SPG 1.0 APG 0.6 WED. 3 MIAMI (OH)* 5 PM FG 35.4% FG 46.4% FG 39.7% FG 30.0% FG 53.2% Sat. 6 at Bowling Green* 2 pm FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA ! - Exhibition Game * - Mid-American Conference Game @UBwomenshoops @UBwomenshoops @UBwomenshoops @UBAthletics @UBAthletics @UBAthletics @UBCoachJack @UBCoachJack 2020-21 WOMEN‘S BASKETBALL Game Notes GAME 19 | BALL STATE 2020-21 UB Women's Basketball Roster Numerical No. Name Pos. Class Height Hometown / High School (Previous) 0 Summer Hemphill F R-Sr. 6-1 Buffalo, NY / Cardinal O’Hara 1 Loren Christie F So. 6-3 Hertfordshire, England / Barking Abbey School 2 Dyaisha Fair G So. 5-5 Rochester, NY / Edison Tech 3 Jazmine Young G Jr. 5-8 Milwaukee, Wisc. / Dominican / Tennessee State 5 Zena Elias C Jr. 6-3 Clearwater, FL / Countryside 10 Hanna Hall G Sr. 5-3 Hamilton, ON, Canada / Lincoln Prep 11 Sophia Ojhammar G Fr. 5-8 Solna, Sweden / Solna Gymansium 12 Cheyenne McEvans G Fr. 5-9 Southfield, MI / Southfield A&T 15 Casey Valenti-Paea G Fr. 5-9 Melbourne, Australia / Maribrynong College 23 Keowa Walters F Jr. 6-2 Toronto, ON, Canada / The Rock 25 Adebola Adeyeye F Jr. 6-2 Brampton, ON, Canada / The Rock 30 Ramatoulaye Keita F R-Fr. 5-11 Bamako, Mali / Lake Forest Academy / Robert Morris 52 Elea Gaba C So. 6-3 Dresden, Germany / Sportgymnasium Chemnitz 55 Jessika Schiffer G So. 5-9 Iserlohn, Germany / Deutschhaus Gymnasium Coaching Staff Pronunciation Guide Head Coach: Felisha Legette-Jack (9th season) #0 Summer Hemphill Hemp-Hill #2 Dyaisha Fair DEE-Asia Assistant Coach: Kristen Sharkey (6th season) #5 Zena Elias Zen-Ah Ah-Lee-Iss Assistant Coach: Khyreed Carter (4th season) #11 Sophia Ojhammar OY-hammar #12 Cheynne McEvans Shy-Ann Assistant Coach: Blair Estarfaa (2nd season) #15 Casey Valenti-Paea Pie-uh Athletic Trainer: Meghann Lassi (3rd season) #23 Keowa Walters Key-Oh-Wah #25 Adebola Adeyeye Add-E-Bowl-Ah Add-E-Yay-Yay Strength Coach: Annette Stutzman (4th season) #30 Ramatoulaye Keita ra-ma-TOO-lie KAY-tuh #52 Elea Gaba Ah-LEE-uh Gah-buh HC Felisha Legette-Jack Le-Ghet Asst. Blair Estarfaa Ess-Star-fah Bulls At A Glance UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO INFORMATION UB WOMEN'S BASKETBALL INFORMATION Location ...........................................................................Buffalo, NY 14260 Home Court ..............................................Alumni Arena (6,100 capacity) Founded .....................................................................................................1846 Date Opened ...........................................................................................2004 Enrollment ............................................................................................29,850 Head Coach .......................................Felisha Legette-Jack (9th season) Nickname ..................................................................................................Bulls Alma Mater ............................................................................ Syracuse 89' Career Record ................................................................................ 303-261 Colors .........................................................................Royal Blue and White Record at Buffalo ............................................................................162-98 Affiliation .............................................................................. NCAA Division I Assistant Coach ........................................Kristen Sharkey (6th season) Conference .............................................................................Mid-American Assistant Coach .........................................Khyreed Carter (4th season) President ............................................................................Satish K. Tripathi Assistant Coach ...........................................Blair Estarfaa (2nd season) Athletics Director .......................................................................Mark Alnutt Director of Operations ......................................Mitch Ford (2nd season) Senior Woman Administrator ................................................D'Ann Keller Athletic Trainer ...........................................Meghann Lassi (3rd season) Athletic Department Phone ................................................. 716-645-3141 Strength and Conditioning............... Annette Stutzman (4th season) ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION 2019-20 SEASON RECAP Address ............................................21 Alumni Arena, Buffalo, NY 14260 Overall Record .........................................................................................19-12 Office Fax ................................................................................716-645-6840 Home ........................................................................................................10-5 Asst. Athletic Communications Director .........................Sarah Tranelli Away ...........................................................................................................7-6 Cell Phone...........................................................................585-880-2750 Neutral ........................................................................................................2-1