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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., Jan. 9, 2021 Time: 1 PM BUFFALO BULLS (7-2) Location: Buffalo, NY vs GAME 10 Venue: Alumni Arena TV: ESPN3 Online: ESPN3 CENTRAL MICHIGAN (6-2) Talent: Paul Peck, Josh Whetzel BREAKING DOWN THE MATCHUP Radio: ESPN 1520 AM Talent: Matt Mattia (PxP) BULLS CHIPPEWAS Online: TuneIn 7-2 (4-0 MAC) Record 6-2 (4-0 MAC) Live Stats: UBBulls.com Felisha Legette-Jack Head Coach Heather Oesterle Twitter: @UBwomenshoops 169-100 (9th season) Record at School 29-9 (2nd season) 310-263 (19th season) Career Record 29-9 (2nd season) THE SCHEDULE RESULTS Dyaisha Fair (23.1 PPG) Top Scorer Micaela Kelly (23.5 PPG) Keowa Walters (7.0 RPG) Top Rebounder Kyra Bussell (6.4 RPG) Dyaisha Fair (5.3 APG) Top Assists Molly Davis (4.5 APG) OVERALL RECORD: 7-2 MAC: 4-0 | Non-Conference: 0-0 TODAY'S STORYLINES Home: 3-0 | Away: 4-2 | Neutral: 0-0 INSIDE THE SERIES • The University at Buffalo women's basketball team NOVEMBER Overall: 13-16 opens a two-game homestand on Saturday after- WED. 25 MERCYHURST ! W, 85-49 7-6 noon against Central Michigan. It's the first game of a In Buffalo: doubleheader with the UB men. Mon. 30 at James Madison W, 80-64 In Mount Pleasant: 3-8 • This is the 30th meeting between Buffalo and Cen- Last Meeting: L, 98-93 (2OT) (1/29/20) tral Michigan, with the Chippewas owning the narrow DECEMBER Legette-Jack vs. Central Michigan: 5-10 16-13 series edge. The Chippewas defeated UB 98-93 double overtime at Alumni Arena last season. Thurs. 3 at VCU L, 61-55 THE STATS • The Bulls led wire-to-wire for the second straight Sun. 6 at Canisius W, 87-45 game as they defeated Eastern Michigan 73-68 on Wed. 9 at Purdue L, 82-70 UB Category CMU Wednesday to move to 4-0 in MAC play. The 4-0 start SUN. 13 AKRON* W, 85-77 to league play is the best in program history. 75.9 Scoring Offense 77.6 SAT. 19 ST. BONAVENTURE W, 71-52 64.7 Scoring Defense 70.6 • The MAC has four teams ranked in the Top 100 of +11.2 Scoring Margin +7.0 the initial NET Rakings with Buffalo checking in at 64. TUES 22 WESTERN MICH.* W, 87-66 Bowling Green (53), Central Michigan (61) and Ohio (91) 41.1% FG % 45.7% are also ranked in the top 100. 37.7% FG % Defense 43.7% • The Bulls are ranked No. 11 in the latest Mid-Major JANUARY 33.5% 3PT FG % 38.3% Top 25 poll. Central Michigan (No. 7) Ohio (No. 13) and Sat. 2 at Miami (OH) * W, 75-67 31.7% 3PT FG % Defense 26.5% Bowling Green (No. 18) join UB on the list. Wed. 6 at Eastern Mich.* W, 73-68 6.9 3-Pointers/Game 9.4 • Dyaisha Fair is currently ranked 16th in the nation in SAT. 9 CENTRAL MICH.* 1 PM 71.3% Free Throw % 76.5% scoring (23.1 ppg) while also ranking in the top 20 in 44.4 Rebounds/Game 35.3 assists (48), assists per game (5.3), free throws made WED. 13 BOWLING GREEN* 5 PM +5.8 Rebound Margin +0.6 (59) and attempted (74) and final points (208). Sat. 16 at Ball State* 5 pm 13.8 Assists/Game 15.6 • Fair was named to the midseason watch list for the Wed. 20 at Ohio* 6 pm 13.3 Turnovers/Game 12.5 Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award. SAT. 23 TOLEDO* 2 PM Fair is one of five MAC players on the 15-player list. +3.4 Turnover Margin +0.4 She was also named to the preseason watch list for WED. 27 KENT STATE* 5 PM 8.0 Steals/Game 7.0 the Nancy Lieberman Award, recognizing the nation's Sat. 30 at Central Mich.* 1 pm 2.9 Blocks/Game 1.8 best point guard. FEBRUARY (Projected starters) THE LINEUP Sat. 3 at Akron* 6 pm SAT. 6 EASTERN MICH.* TBD Wed. 10 at Toledo* 5:30 pm Sat. 13 at Northern Illinois* 2 pm WED. 17 BALL STATE* 5 PM Wed. 24 at Kent State* 6 pm SAT. 27 OHIO* 2 PM 1 | Loren Christie 2 | Dyaisha Fair 10 | Hanna Hall 12 | Cheyenne McEvans 52 | Elea Gaba PPG 4.7 PPG 23.1 PPG 8.3 PPG 10.3 PPG 7.9 MARCH RPG 6.4 RPG 6.2 RPG 2.4 RPG 4.8 RPG 3.8 WED. 3 MIAMI (OH)* 5 PM BPG 0.8 APG 5.3 APG 2.4 APG 2.1 BPG 0.4 Sat. 6 at Bowling Green* 2 pm FG% 33.3% FG% 37.6% 3FG 33.3% 3FG 45.5% FG% 53.7% ! - Exhibition Game FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA * - Mid-American Conference Game @UBwomenshoops @UBwomenshoops @UBwomenshoops @UBAthletics @UBAthletics @UBAthletics @UBCoachJack @UBCoachJack 2020-21 WOMEN‘S BASKETBALL Game Notes GAME 10 | CENTRAL MICHIGAN 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 MAC Record ................................................................................................ 9-9 Office Phone ....................................................................... 716-645-6837 MAC Tournament Finish ........Lost to Kent State in the quarterfinals Email.........................................................................stranell@buffalo.edu