Buffalo Bulls 2020-21 Game Notes
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BUFFALO BULLS 2020-21 GAME NOTES FOUR-TIME MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS 2015 2016 2018 2019 schedule & results buffalo bulls (10-7, 8-5 mac) central michigan chippewas (6-13, 2-10 MAC) @UBmenshoops @CMUMensBBall Date Opponent Time Head Coach: Jim Whitesell (Luther, ‘82) Head Coach: Keno Davis (Iowa, ‘95) 11/25 GANNON Canceled Record at UB: 30-19 (2nd Season, 6th Overall) Record at CMU: 141-140 (13th Season) 11/27 vs. Towson (Bubbleville) W, 74-65 Record Overall: 417-320 (26th season) Record Overall: 215-195 11/28 vs. Army West Point (Bubbleville) L, 78-74 gameday info inside the numbers 12/6 at Bowling Green* L, 86-78 Category UB CMU 12/10 MERCYHURST W, 81-64 Date ____________________________ February 25, 2021 Time ____________________________________ 2:00 pm Scoring Offense 82.6 76.2 12/15 at Miami (OH)* W, 90-62 Venue _______________________________Alumni Arena Scoring Defense 73.1 78.7 12/19 at Syracuse (ACC Network) L, 107-96 (OT) Location _______________________________ Buffalo, NY FG% Offense .462 .443 Television __________________________________ESPN+ FG% Defense .412 .452 12/22 at St. Bonaventure Canceled TV Talent _____________________Matt Mattia, Paul Peck 3pt FG% Offense .328 .324 12/29 at West Virginia Canceled Radio ___________________ Buffalo Bulls Radio Network 3pt FG% Defense .287 .337 Free Throw % .669 .656 1/1 at Akron* Postponed Radio Talent ______________ Josh Whetzel, Bob Gaughan Live Stats _____________________________UBBulls.com Rebounds Per Game 44.3 36.8 1/9 BALL STATE* W, 86-69 Rebounds Allowed 35.9 39.1 1/12 at Western Michigan* W, 85-69 Turnovers Per Game 13.7 13.9 1/15 BOWLING GREEN* (CBS Sports Network) L, 76-69 10 things to know about today’s game 1/19 at Kent State* L, 84-81 1. The Bulls will play their second game in three days on Thursday when UB hosts Central Michigan. This will be 1/21 EASTERN MICHIGAN* W, 92-77 the third time these two teams will attempt to play as games on Jan. 26 and Feb. 12 we both postponed. Buffalo 1/29 OHIO* (ESPNU) L, 76-75 is looking for its second straight win and fifth win in six games. 2/2 at Ball State* W, 78-58 2. Buffalo has won the last 10 meetings against Central Michigan, streak that began with a victory in the 2015 2/6 MIAMI (OH)* W, 88-64 Mid-American Conference Championship game. The Bulls have not lost to the Chippewas since Feb. 14, 2015 at Alumni Arena. UB was swept by CMU in the regular season that year before winning in the MAC Tournament and 2/12 at Central Michigan* Postponed the Bulls haven’t lost since. 2/12 WESTERN MICHIGAN* (CBSSN) W, 86-54 4. The Bulls are currently 6-1 against schools that were part of the former MAC West Division, including two wins 2/16 at Eastern Michigan* Postponed each against Ball State and Western Michigan. Thursday marks the last regular season game against a former 2/19 TOLEDO* (ESPN2) L, 80-70 West opponent. 2/23 at Northern Illinois* W, 102-74 3. In the win on Tuesday, the Bulls had 39 2pt baskets, only the third team this season with at least 39 2pt FG’s 2/25 CENTRAL MICHIGAN* 2:00 pm joining Gonzaga and Rutgers. It’s the most in a game by UB dating back to at least 2010-11 4. After leading the nation in rebounding a year ago, Buffalo again leads the country in that category, averaging 2/27 at Ohio* 2:00 pm 44.3 boards per contest. Junior Josh Mballa is 21st in the nation at 10.2 boards per game, one of three UB players 3/2 AKRON* 2:00 pm with 5.8 boards or more. The Bulls are third in the nation in offensive rebounds, led by Mballa who is fifth nation- 3/5 KENT STATE* (ESPNU) 6:00 pm ally. No team has finished a season averaging 44.0 or more rebounds since Quinnipiac averaged 45.37 during the 3/10 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals Cleveland, OH 2014-15 season. 3/11 MAC Tournament Semifinals Cleveland, OH 5. On Tuesday, the Bulls outrebounded NIU, 55-25. The 30-rebound difference is the largest in a game for the Bulls since Jan. 4, 2012 when UB held a 64-28 advantage against Buffalo State. Over the last two games, UB has held a 3/12 MAC Tournament Finals Cleveland, OH rebounding advantage of 108-55. 6. Since joining the starting lineup at the beginning of February, sophomore LaQuill Hardnett has missed just * Mid-American Conference game • All times are one shot from the field, as he is 14-of-15, including hitting his first two career three-pointers, one in each game Eastern Standard • Mid-American Conference Tour- against Toledo and Northern Illinois. Hardnett had a career high 16 points against the Huskies, he is the first UB player since 2010-11 with at least 15 points in a game without missing a shot from the field. nament (Cleveland, OH) 7. Senior Jayvon Graves is currently 12th in school in scoring with 1,329 points. He is just eight points shy of Rob Middlebrooks (1988-92) for 11th place on the list.. On Thursday night, Graves will play in his 124th career game, which puts him alone in seventh place in school history. 9. Thursday begins a stretch of three of the last four games of the regular season at home. 10. The Bulls have the sixth shortest average possession length according to KenPom.com at 14.7 seconds. probable lineups (based on PREVIOUS GAME) STARTING FIVE HT WT CL HOMETOWN GP/ST PPG RPG APG MPG F 11 Jeenathan Williams 6-5 200 Jr. Rochester, NY 17/17 18.0 7.6 2.6 31.0 F 34 Josh Mballa 6-7 217 Jr. Bordeaux, France 14/12 15.0 10.2 2.3 27.5 F 1 LaQuill Hardnett 6-8 200 So. Philadelphia, PA 17/6 5.9 4.1 1.0 18.3 G 3 Jayvon Graves 6-3 200 Sr. Malvern, OH 17/17 14.6 5.8 3.4 34.2 ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS G 10 Ronaldo Segu 6-0 160 Jr. Orlando, FL 17/17 13.4 3.4 4.0 33.2 Brian Wolff OFF THE BENCH Director of Athletic Communication G/F 0 David Nickelberry 6-7 210 Sr. Orlando, FL 17/0 5.3 2.9 1.3 16.9 E-Mail: [email protected] G 2 Keishawn Brewton 6-2 178 Sr. Spartanburg, SC 11/2 6.5 1.3 1.1 16.9 Office: 716-645-6993 G 5 Savion Gallion 6-4 185 So. Washington, DC 10/0 1.6 0.6 0.5 6.8 F 22 Lucas Saleh 6-6 206 So. Tiburon, CA 5/0 1.4 0.2 0.0 2.3 Cell: 716-359-2750 G 23 Jamon Bivens 6-3 190 Sr. Atlanta, GA 7/0 0.3 0.7 0.3 4.1 Twitter: @UBBrianWolff F 24 Tra’Von Fagan 6-8 197 R-Jr. Waterloo, IA 16/5 3.5 2.7 0.3 11.3 Website: UBBulls.com C 41 Brock Bertram 6-11 247 Sr. Apple Valley, MN 11/9 3.2 4.6 0.2 17.3 C 42 David Skogman 6-10 221 R-Fr. Waukesha, WI 11/0 3.2 2.9 0.0 8.5 game 18 // buffalo VS. central michigan // feb. 25, 2020 // buffalo, ny 2020-21 UB MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER COACHING STAFF No. Name Pos Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/High School/Previous School Head Coach Jim Whitesell 0 David Nickelberry G/F 6-7 200 Sr. Orlando, FL/Windermere Prep / Trinity Valley CC (Second Season, Sixth Overall) 1 LaQuill Hardnett F 6-8 200 So. Philadelphia, PA/Perry Hall / Cincinnati Assistant Coach Angres Thorpe 2 Keishawn Brewton G 6-2 178 Sr. Spartanburg, SC/St. Ignatius Prep/Chipola/Coastal Carolina Assistant Coach Jamie Quarles 3 Jayvon Graves G 6-3 196 Sr. Malvern, OH/St. Vincent-St. Mary Assistant Coach Brendan Foley 4 Malik Zachery G 6-2 175 R-So. Syracuse, NY/West Genessee/Chipola Director of Operations Tom Fox 5 Savion Gallion G 6-4 185 So. Washington, DC/Mt. Zion Prep 10 Ronaldo Segu G 6-0 160 Jr. Orlando, FL/Orlando Christian Prep Video Coordinator Jack Fitzpatrick 11 Jeenathan Williams F 6-5 206 Jr. Rochester, NY/Prolific Prep Sports Performance Sean Conaty 21 Dominic Johnson F 6-5 220 Sr. Windsor, Ontario/Catholic Central Athletic Trainer Andy Bliz 22 Lucas Saleh F 6-6 206 So. Tiburon, CA/Prolific Prep/Feather River JC 23 Jamon Bivens G 6-3 188 Sr. Atlanta, GA/Fayette County 24 Tra’Von Fagan F 6-8 208 R-Jr. Waterloo, IA/Cedar Falls / Florida Southwestern State PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 33 Maceo Jack G 6-5 190 Sr. Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North/St. Thomas More/George Washington Jayvon Graves _____________________ Jay-von 34 Josh Mballa F 6-7 220 Jr. Bordeaux, France/Putnam Science Academy / Texas Tech Ronaldo Segu _____________________Seh-goo 41 Brock Bertram C 6-11 242 Sr. Apple Valley, MN/Apple Valley Jamon Bivens ______________ Jay-mon Bi-vens 42 David Skogman C 6-10 223 R-Fr. Waukesha, WI/Waukesha West Tra’Von Fagan _____________________Tray-von Savion Gallion ___________Say-ve-on Gal-ee-on Josh Mballa ______________________ M-bal-ah David Skogman ________________ Skowg-man Maceo Jack ____________________ May-see-oh RADIO/TV ROSTER #0 #1 #2 #3 #5 #10 #11 David Nickelberry LaQuill Hardnett Keishawn Brewton Jayvon Graves Savion Gallion Ronaldo Segu Jeenathan Williams G/F • Sr.