Women's Basketball Game Notes vs. Akron (PDF) - Buffalo Athletics

2004-05 BUFFALO BASKETBALL 

BUFFALO (3-15, 1-6 MAC) vs. AKRON (3-16, 3-5 MAC) 

TUE., FEB. 1, 2005 • 7 PM • ALUMNI ARENA • BUFFALO, NY 

Quick Facts 

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO 

Please note: The proper school name is the University 

at Buffalo, not the University of Buffalo. Please make 

all references to the school name as the University at 

Buffalo, Buffalo or UB. Thank you. 

Location .................................................Buffalo, NY 14260 

Founded ..........................................................................1846 

Enrollment .................................................................. 27,255 

Nickname ........................................................................ Bulls 

Colors .......................... Royal Blue (PMS 293) and White 

Affiliation ................................................... NCAA Division I 

Conference .................................................. Mid-American 

Facility ............................................................. Alumni Arena 

Capacity ..........................................................................6,100 

Press Row Phone ........................................ 716-645-3360 

President ................................................... John B. Simpson 

Interim Athletics Director ................................Bill Maher 

Athletic Department Phone ................... 716-645-3141 

Ticket Information ...................................... 716-645-6666 

Website .........................................www.buffalobulls.com 

ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS 

Address ..................................................175 Alumni Arena 

Buffalo, NY 14260 

Office Phone ................................................. 716-645-6311 

Office Fax ....................................................... 716-645-6840 

Women’s Basketball SID ..................................Heidi Roth 

E-mail ..................................................heroth@buffalo.edu 

Office Phone ................................................. 716-645-6993 

Home Phone ................................................ 716-633-0181 

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE 

Address .............................. 24 Public Square, 15th Floor 

Cleveland, OH 44113 

Office Phone ................................................. 216-566-4622 

Office Fax ....................................................... 216-696-2622 

Website ..........................................www.mac-sports.com 

Women’s Basketball Contact .............Bryan McGowan 

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL INFORMATION 

2003-04 Record ..............................................................6-21 

2003-04 MAC Record/Finish ................. 4-12 (5th, East) 

MAC Tournament ............................................................ 0-1 

Lost to Marshall 69-45, First Round 

Letterwinners Returning/Lost .................................... 4/3 

Starters Returning/Lost ................................................. 3/2 

COACHING INFORMATION 

Head Coach ...... Cheryl Dozier (Aquinas College, ‘89) 

Record at UB .................................... 88-98 (seventh year) 

Career Record ...............................................................Same 

Assistant Coach ........ Cheri Euler (Michigan State, ‘98) 

Assistant Coach ........... Stephanie Schueler (Iowa, ‘92) 

Assistant Coach .........Evelyn Thompson (Auburn, ‘90) 

Administrative Assistant ......... Kim Coon (Buffalo, ‘00) 

Basketball Office Phone ........................... 716-645-3025 

Best Time to Reach Coach ................................Mornings 

Buffalo Roster 

PROBABLE STARTERS 

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School PPG/RPG 

14 Allison Bennett G 5-9 Sr. Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge 9.6/4.2 

~ Scored a career-high 21 points against Miami (OH) on January 12; posted 

her first career double- 

double against Niagara on December 11 (12 points, 11 rebounds); team co-captain; has started 74 

consecutive games to date 

22 Brooke Meunier G 5-9 Jr. Saginaw, MI/Heritage 10.6/4.2 

~ Missed the Ohio game with a hamstring injury; had career highs of 25 points, nine field goals and five 

three-pointers against Niagara on December 11 

23 Stephanie Bennett G 5-8 Fr. Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge 6.6/4.3 

~ Had a season-high 18 points, including four three-pointers, and seven assists against Miami (OH) on 

January 12; averaging 3.1 assists per game; younger sister of senior Allison Bennett 

24 Belinda Gibb G 5-9 So. Denmark, Western Australia/Willetton 7.5/3.9 

~ Had career highs of 19 p 

oints, 

nine rebounds and six assists at Ohio on Saturday; also averaging 

3.1 

assists per game; 

team’s Top Newcomer last season 

40 Heather Turner F 6-0 Fr. West Seneca, NY/Mount Mercy Academy 10.3/7.1 

~ Had her third career double-double against Canisius on December 18 (14 points, 12 rebounds); currently 

leads the Mid-American Conference in field goal percentage (.561, 78-for-139); head coach Cheryl Dozier’s 

first NLI signee from Western New York 

RESERVES 

No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown/Previous School PPG/RPG 

5 Diana Orozco Gollaz G 5-10 Fr. León Guanajuato, Mexico/Monterrey-León 1.2/2.1 

~ Had six points and five rebounds against Lafayette on November 21 

10 Talia Merlino G 5-4 Sr. Newtown, PA/Notre Dame (NJ) HS 1.8/0.9 

~ Team co-captain; had a career-high 13 points, including four three-pointers, at Akron on January 19; 

missed the past two games after having surgery on a broken nose 

11 Amy Kucheran F 6-1 Jr. Delta, British Columbia/College of S. Idaho 1.3/1.5 

~ Scored a career-high eight points at Canisius on December 18 and grabbed a career-high seven 

rebounds at Holy Cross on November 21 

12 Viorica Badinici F 6-3 So. Turku, Finland/Central Florida CC 5.6/3.1 

~ Returned to the lineup at Akron on January 19 after missing six games with a leg injury 

30 Lauren Burd F 6-2 Jr. York, PA/Central York 0.0/0.8 

~ Joined the team on January 2; 

also a member of UB’s volleyball team for the past two years 

31 Flynn Pyykkonen G/F 5-11 Fr. Clarkston, MI/Birmingham Marian 5.5/2.8 

~ Scored a career-high 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting at Toledo on January 26 

42 Barbora Homolová F 6-3 Fr. Ceska Lipa, Czech Republic/Strakonice 0.7/0.5 

~ Had four points, two rebounds, one assist and two steals at Youngstown State on December 14 

Statistical Comparison 

Buffalo (3-15, 1-6 MAC) 

Akron (3-16, 3-5 MAC) 

372-997 .................................................... Field Goals-Attempted ......................................................... 369-1035 

.373 ............................................................. Field Goal Percentage ......................................................................357 

83-268 .................................................. 3-Pt. Field Goals-Attempted .......................................................... 93-332 

.310 ........................................................ 3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage .................................................................280 

166-276 ................................................... Free Throws-Attempted ...........................................................233-335 

.601 ............................................................Free Throw Percentage .....................................................................696 

652-36.2 .......................................................Rebounds-Average...............................................................670-35.3 

325 ...............................................................................Fouls.......................................................................................332 

239 ............................................................................. Assists .....................................................................................231 

378 ..........................................................................Turnovers ..................................................................................394 

31 .................................................................................Blocks........................................................................................ 33 

113 .............................................................................. Steals ......................................................................................163 

993-55.2 ................................................... Points Scored-Average ........................................................ 1064-56.0 

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Schedule/Results 

NOVEMBER 

Fri., 19 at No. 4/4 Connecticut# L, 40-107 

Sun., 21 at Holy Cross$ L, 42-73 

Sat., 27 LAFAYETTE# (at HSBC Arena) W, 54-45 

DECEMBER 

Wed., 1 at Northeastern L, 41-77 

Sat., 4 MAINE# L, 57-69 

Tues., 7 at Bucknell L, 56-68 

Sat., 11 NIAGARA# (Adelphia 13) L, 65-68 (OT) 

Tue., 14 at Youngstown State L, 43-75 

Sat., 18 at Canisius# L, 65-81 

Tue., 21 at Oakland L, 54-93 

JANUARY 

Sun., 2 EAST CAROLINA W, 50-48 

Wed., 5 BOWLING GREEN* L, 45-70 

Wed., 12 MIAMI (OH)* W, 80-61 

Sat., 15 BALL STATE*# L, 55-75 

Wed., 19 at Akron* L, 63-71 

Sat., 22 MARSHALL* L, 51-72 

Wed., 26 at Toledo* L, 60-81 

Sat., 29 at Ohio* L, 69-73 

FEBRUARY 

Tue., 1 AKRON*# 7 pm 

Mon., 7 WESTERN MICHIGAN*# 7 pm 

Wed., 9 at Eastern Michigan* 7 pm 

Sat., 12 at Central Michigan* 2 pm 

Wed., 16 KENT STATE*# 7 pm 

Sat., 19 at Marshall* 2 pm 

Wed., 23 at Miami (OH)* 7 pm 

Sat., 26 NORTHERN ILLINOIS* (FSN Ohio/Adelphia 13) 2 pm 

MARCH 

Tue., 1 at Kent State* 7 pm 

Sat., 5 MAC Tournament First Round (campus sites) 

Wed., 9 MAC Tournament Quarterfinals (Cleveland, OH) 

Fri., 11 MAC Tournament Semifinals (Cleveland, OH) 

Sat., 12 MAC Tournament Final (Cleveland, OH) 

* Mid-American Conference Games 

All times Eastern and subject to change 

# Live radio broadcasts on WLVL-AM 1340 

$ Tape-delayed radio broadcast on WLVL at 5 pm 

The Bulls on the Radio 

A total of 10 UB women’s basketball games during the 2004- 

05 regular season will be heard on the Bulls’ flagship radio 

station, WLVL-AM 1340. Jim Rosenhaus, long-time UB men’s 

basketball play-by-play announcer and the play-by-play voice 

for the Buffalo Bisons, will call all the women’s action in 2004- 

05, with UB Assistant Athletic Director for Communications 

Paul Vecchio handling the color commentary. In addition to 

the 10 regular-season games, any Mid-American Conference 

Tournament games the Bulls play in will also be broadcast on 

WLVL-AM 1340. In addition, all radio broadcasts of UB women’s 

basketball on WLVL can be heard for free via the internet by 

going to www.buffalobulls.com/womensbasketball and clicking 

on the Teamline logo. 

Quick Bits 

• The Bulls dropped to 3-15 overall and 1-6 in the MAC with a 73-69 loss at Ohio on 

Saturday afternoon. The loss was Buffalo’s fifth straight. 

Sophomore Belinda Gibb 

had a career day, leading the Bulls with career highs of 19 points, nine field goals, 

nine rebounds, six assists and two blocked shots. 

• The Bulls were without senior Talia Merlino (recovering from surgery on a broken 

nose) and junior Brooke Meunier (hamstring) for their game at Ohio on Saturday. 

Both are expected to dress for tonight’s game against Akron. 

• A win for the Bulls tonight would be a nice present for freshman Flynn Pyykkonen 

who will celebrate her 19th birthday on Wednesday. 

• Senior Allison Bennett enters tonight’s game just nine points away from the 700- 

point mark for her career. 

• Five of Buffalo’s six returning letterwinners have set career highs in scoring so far 

this season – seniors Allison Bennett (21 vs. Miami) and Talia Merlino (13 vs. Akron), 

juniors Brooke Meunier (25 vs. Niagara) and Amy Kucheran (8 vs. Canisius) and 

sophomore Belinda Gibb (19 vs. Ohio). The only exception is junior Lauren Burd, 

who has seen limited playing time after joing the team in January to give the Bulls 

more depth at the post after competing on Buffalo’s volleyball team in the fall. 

• Freshman Flynn Pyykkonen became the third Buffalo player to have a 20-point 

game this season when she scored a career-high 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting 

off the bench to lead the Bulls’ effort in their 81-60 loss at Toledo last Wednesday. 

Pyykkonen’s performance marked the first time a UB freshman scored 20 or more 

points since March 3, 2001 when Virginia Jennings scored 20 versus Akron in the first 

round of the MAC Tournament. Pyykkonen’s 22 points are also the most scored by a 

UB freshman since February 19, 2000 when Kim Kilpela netted 33 against Marshall. 

Pyykkonen added 13 points at Ohio on Saturday, giving her a 17.5 ppg scoring 

average for the week. She entered the week averaging just 3.3 ppg in the first 16 

games of the season. 

• Freshman Heather Turner has scored in double figures in five of the last six games 

and in a team-leading 11 games so far this season. She is currently averaging 10.3 

points per game, second on the team and 21st in the Mid-American Conference. If 

Turner maintains her scoring touch, she will become the first player since Kim Kilpela 

to average double digits in scoring during her freshman campaign at UB. Kilpela 

averaged 10.3 points per game as a freshman in 1999-2000. Turner also leads the 

team in rebounding (7.1 per game, 11th in the MAC) and field goal percentage (.561, 

78-for-139, first in the MAC). 

• The Bulls have scored the first bucket in the game just five times this season. In their 

other 13 games to date, the Bulls have given up 65 points (5.0 per game) to their 

opponent before getting on the board themselves. Niagara opened up the biggest 

lead, 10-0, to start the game 

on December 11, while Connecticut, Oakland and Akron 

all opened up 9-0 leads before allowing Buffalo to score. 

Scouting the Zips 

After starting the year 0-15, the Zips have won three of their last four games to improve 

to 3-16 overall and 3-5 in the Mid-American Conference. Their three conference wins 

are the most they have had since the 2000-01 season when they finished 3-13 in 

the league. Akron is coming off 

back-to-back wins over Miami (49-47) and Western 

Michigan (74-70). Sophomore Jessie Crooks had 21 points in the Zips’ last outing 

against WMU, and she was named MAC East Player of the Week on Monday. She 

leads the team with 9.5 points per game, 10.8 in MAC games only. 

Senior Jae Conn 

is chipping in 8.2 points per game and has 24 three-pointers on the year, and junior 

Angie Hutchinson is averaging a team-high 4.8 rebounds per game. 

Head coach Kelly Kennedy is in her third season at Akron where she has compiled 

a 12-63 overall record to date. Kennedy came to Akron after a nine-year assistant 

coaching career at Southwestern (1993-94), Oregon (1994-96), Texas Christian (1996- 

99) and Iowa State (1999-2002). While at Iowa State, she helped lead the Cyclones 

to two Big 12 championship titles and to three NCAA Tournament appearances. 

Kennedy was a four-year letterwinner at Case Western Reserve where she still ranks 

fourth in career scoring and seventh in career rebounding. 



The Series 

The Bulls hold an 11-7 lead in the all-time series between these two teams 

following a 71-63 Akron win on January 19 in the first meeting of the season 

between these two teams. Akron has taken two of the last three meetings after 

the Bulls won four straight and seven of the previous eight. The Bulls are 6-3 in 

games played in Alumni Arena. 

Date Buffalo Result H/A Series 

February 2, 1992 W, 101-58 H 1-0 

December 11, 1992 L, 60-70 A 1-1 

December 30, 1994# L, 68-71 N 1-2 

January 9, 1999 W, 68-60 H 2-2 

February 20, 1999 L, 58-84 A 2-3 

January 22, 2000 W, 70-58 A 3-3 

February 9, 2000 L, 58-65 H 3-4 

February 28, 2000* W, 72-55 H 4-4 

January 6, 2001 W, 75-61 H 5-4 

February 17, 2001 W, 78-59 A 6-4 

March 3, 2001* L, 64-65 H 6-5 

January 5, 2002 W, 73-47 A 7-5 

January 26, 2002 W, 64-50 H 8-5 

January 28, 2003 W, 48-45 (OT) A 9-5 

February 26, 2003 W, 67-51 H 10-5 

February 14, 2004 L, 59-71 H 10-6 

February 21, 2004 W, 61-54 A 11-6 

January 19, 2005 L, 63-71 A 11-7 

#USAir/Seelbach Cardinal Classic 

*MAC Tournament 

The Last Meeting: 

Bulls Drop 71-63 Decision at Akron 

The University at Buffalo women’s basketball team got itself in too big of a hole 

that it could not climb out of despite a gutsy second-half comeback attempt 

led by senior Talia Merlino that came up short in a 71-63 loss to the Akron 

Zips at James A. Rhodes Arena in the first meeting of the season between 

these two teams on January 19. 

A hungry Akron squad came out looking for its first win of the season and 

quickly jumped out to a 9-0 lead while the Bulls missed their first six shots 

from the floor in the game’s first four minutes. Back-to-back three-pointers by 

Jae Conn gave the Zips their biggest lead of the half at 17 points, 25-8, with 

7:46 on the clock, and they took a 35-21 lead into the lockerroom at halftime 

following a three at the buzzer by Courtney Stewart. The Zips shot 45.2 percent 

from the floor in the first half (14-for-31), including 6-for-17 from three-point 

range, while the Bulls made just 9-of-26 shots (34.6 percent). 

Junior Brooke Meunier scored seven points during a 9-3 Buffalo run to open 

the second half that cut Akron’s lead to eight, 38-30, with 16:42 to play. The 

Zips responded with a 15-3 run to go up by 20, 53-33, at the 10:13 mark, but 

the Bulls would not give up quite yet. Merlino came off the bench and hit three 

straight three-pointers for a 9-0 UB run, and she scored four more points as the 

run extended to 15-4 to cut the Bulls’ deficit to nine, 57-48, with 5:35 on the 

clock. The Bulls kept chipping away, and a jumper by senior Allison Bennett 

with 2:04 remaining got them within six, 63-57. Sophomore Belinda Gibb 

later dribbled the length of the court for an easy layup with exactly 1:00 on 

the clock that got Buffalo within four, 65-61, but the Zips made 8-of-10 free 

throws in the final two minutes of the game to hold on for the victory. 

The Bulls had five players finish in double figures in scoring for the first time 

since the 2002-03 season, led by Merlino and Gibb with a team-high 13 points 

apiece. The 13 points is a career high for Merlino, and she also hit a careerhigh 

four three-pointers in the game. Bennett and freshman Heather Turner 

added 11 points apiece, and Meunier finished with 10 points and six assists. 

The Bulls were 24-for-59 from the floor (40.7 percent) and 7-for-23 from threepoint 

range (30.4 percent) in the game. 

The Last Time That... 

...the Bulls scored 90 or more points in a game? 

November 17, 2000 vs. North Carolina (W, 95-89) 

...the Bulls scored 100 or more points in a game? 

December 21, 1995 vs. Wofford (W, 103-57) 

...the Bulls allowed 100 or more points in a game? 

November 19, 2004 vs. Connecticut (L, 107-40) 

...the Bulls scored 50 or more points in a half? 

December 13, 2003 vs. Niagara (52, second half ) 

...the Bulls allowed 50 or more points in a half? 

December 21, 2004 vs. Oakland (55, first 

half) 

...the Bulls played an overtime game? 

December 11, 2004 vs. Niagara (L, 68-65) 

...the Bulls played a double-overtime game? 

February 21, 2001 vs. Ohio (W, 86-83) 

...the Bulls won a game by 20 or more points? 

January 20, 2003 vs. Cornell (W, 61-35) 

...the Bulls lost a game by 20 or more points? 

January 26, 2005 vs. Toledo (L, 60-81) 

...the Bulls won a game by 30 or more points? 

January 16, 1999 vs. Bowling Green (W, 84-51) 

...the Bulls lost a game by 30 or more points? 

December 21, 2004 vs. Oakland (L, 54-93) 

...two Buffalo players scored 20 or more points in a game? 

January 17, 2004 vs. Marshall (Jessica Kochendorfer 24, Brooke 

Meunier 20) 

...three Buffalo players scored 20 or more points in a game? 

February 19, 2000 vs. Marshall (Kim Kilpela 33, Tiffany Bell 23, 

Mari McClure 20) 

...a Buffalo freshman scored 20 or more points in a game? 

January 26, 2005 vs. Toledo (Flynn Pyykkonen, 22) 

...a Buffalo player scored 30 or more points in a game? 

February 19, 2003 vs. Ohio (Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe, 30) 

...a Buffalo freshman scored 30 or more points in a game? 

February 19, 2000 vs. Marshall (Kim Kilpela, 33) 

...four Buffalo players scored in double figures in a game? 

January 29, 2005 vs. Ohio (Belinda Gibb 19, Allison Bennett 14, 

Flynn Pyykkonen 13, Heather Turner 11) 

...five Buffalo players scored in double figures in a game? 

January 19, 2005 vs. Akron (Belinda Gibb 13, Talia Merlino 13, 

Allison Bennett 11, Heather Turner 11, Brooke Meunier 10) 

...two Buffalo players had a double-double in a game? 

December 11, 2004 vs. Niagara (Heather Turner 13 pts., 16 reb.; 

Allison Bennett 12 pts., 11 reb.) 

...a Buffalo player had a triple-double in a game? 

March 3, 2001 vs. Akron (Sonia Ortega, 10 pts., 11 reb., 10 asst.) 

...a Buffalo player had 10 or more assists in a game? 

November 21, 2003 vs. Canisius (Hollie Cook, 10) 

...a Buffalo player had 15 or more rebounds in a game? 

December 11, 2004 vs. Niagara (Heather Turner, 16) 

...a Buffalo player had five or more blocks in a game? 

January 19, 2004 vs. Holy Cross (Jessica Kochendorfer, 6) 

...a Buffalo player had five or more steals in a game? 

March 8, 2003 vs. Central Michigan (Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe, 6) 

...a Buffalo player had five or more three-pointers in a game? 

December 11, 2004 vs. Niagara (Brooke Meunier, 5) 



Akron finished the game shooting 41.1 percent from the floor (23-for-56) with eight threepointers, 

including three apiece by Conn and Stewart. Jessica Deville led all scorers with 14 

points, while Conn and Stewart both added 13. Lori Krezeczowski added nine points and seven 

rebounds. Akron outrebounded the Bulls by a slim 38-36 margin. 

The Last Time Out: 

Bulls Comeback Falls Short at Ohio, 73-69 

The University at Buffalo women’s basketball team battled back from a 21-point second-half 

deficit to get within two with under a minute to play before time ran out, giving the host Ohio 

Bobcats a 73-69 win on Saturday afternoon at The Convocation Center in Athens, OH. Sophomore 

Belinda Gibb had a career day with career highs of 19 points, nine rebounds and six assists to 

lead the Bulls’ attack. 

The Bobcats led by 13 at halftime, 37-24, and opened the second stanza with a 12-4 run to take 

their largest lead of the game, 49-28, with 14:36 on the clock. The Bulls gradually chipped away 

before a layup by freshman Flynn Pyykkonen at the 7:46 mark started an 11-2 Buffalo run. The 

run included back-to-back three-pointers by senior Allison Bennett and a three-pointer by 

Pyykkonen, and eventually cut the Bulls’ deficit to seven, 64-57, with 4:35 to play. 

Ohio’s Ciara Iglehart answered with a three-pointer to put the Bobcats back up by double digits, 

but two free throws by Bennett and layups by freshman Heather Turner and Gibb resulted in 

a 6-0 UB swing that got Buffalo within four, 67-63, with 1:23 on the clock. A three-point play by 

Turner then got the Bulls within three, 69-66, with 40 seconds to play, and the Bulls were forced to 

foul. Following two free throws by OU’s Angel Hornsburger, Gibb dribbled the length of the court 

and kicked the ball out to Pyykkonen for a three that made the score 71-69 with 32 seconds to 

go. Hornsburger was fouled again, and she made her first shot and missed her second, but Erin 

Isbell grabbed the offensive board and drew another foul. She missed her first shot but made her 

second with 24.9 on the clock to make it a two-possession game, and the Bulls missed one final 

shot on their last possession of the game before time expired. 

The first half went back and forth for the first six minutes before Ohio gradually pulled away 

by pounding the ball inside to Kristian Kirkpatrick and Isbell, who finished the half with 11 and 

10 points, respectively. The Bobcats shot 50.0 percent from the floor in the first half (16-for-32) 

compared to the Bulls’ 31. 4 percent (11-for-35). Kirkpatrick and Iglehart finished with a team-high 

16 points while Isbell added 15 for the Bobcats while also grabbing a team-high eight rebounds. 

Gibb led all scorers with 19 points, 11 in the second half, and Bennett finished with 14 points and a 

career-high six assists. Pyykkonen added 13 points and a career-high seven rebounds, and Turner 

added 11 points and nine boards. The Bulls shot 63.0 percent from the floor in the second half 

(17-for-27) and 45.2 percent for the game (28-for-62), while Ohio was 13-for-28 in the second half 

(46.4 percent) and 29-for-60 for the game (48.3 percent). Buffalo finished the game with a 41-29 

advantage on the glass. 

Roster Notes 

Junior Lauren Burd joined the team prior to the January 2 game against East Carolina after 

competing with UB’s volleyball team in the fall. Burd played basketball as a freshman at UB in 

2002-03, averaging 1.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in 20 games, before switching to volleyball in her 

sophomore season. She also joined the basketball team mid-season in 2003-04, averaging 2.6 

points and 2.7 rebounds in seven games. She entered this season with career averages of 1.4 points 

and 1.8 rebounds in 27 games. In other roster updates, sophomore Dina Atanas is redshirting 

the 2004-05 season as she is still recovering from off-season surgery on her shins, and junior Erin 

Lawrenson has chosen to end her career after battling chronic ankle problems for the past two 

years. Senior Tahcahrah Owens has been dismissed from the team for academic reasons. 

International Flavor 

With six international student-athletes on their roster, the Bulls unofficially have the second-highest 

number of international players out of all Division I schools, trailing only Florida International which 

has seven. The information was compiled by the Utah Sports Information Office. Buffalo’s roster 

includes players from Australia (Belinda Gibb), Canada (Dina Atanas, Amy Kucheran), the Czech 

Republic (Barbora Homolová), Finland (Viorica Badinici) and Mexico (Diana Orozco Gollaz). 

Record When... 

Overall record: ........................................................... 3-15 

MAC record: .................................................................. 1-6 

Home record: ................................................................ 3-5 

Road record: .............................................................. 0-10 

Neutral site record: ..................................................... 

0-0 

Day games: .................................................................... 

2-3 

Night games: ............................................................. 1-12 

Overtime games: ........................................................ 

0-1 

Playing on Sunday: ..................................................... 1-1 

Playing on Monday: ................................................... 

0-0 

Playing on Tuesday: ................................................... 0-3 

Playing on Wednesday: ............................................ 1-4 

Playing on Thursday: ................................................. 0-0 

Playing on Friday: ....................................................... 0-1 

Playing on Saturday: .................................................. 1-6 

Scoring first: .................................................................. 1-4 

Opponent scores first: ............................................ 2-11 

Leading at halftime: ................................................... 3-0 

Trailing at halftime: ................................................. 0-15 

Game tied at halftime: .............................................. 0-0 

Leading with 10 minutes left: ................................. 3-0 

Trailing with 10 minutes left: ............................... 

0-15 

Game tied with 10 minutes left: ............................ 0-0 

Leading with 5 minutes left: ................................... 3-0 

Trailing with 5 minutes left: ................................. 

0-15 

Game tied with 5 minutes left: .............................. 0-0 

Shooting higher FG% than opponent: ............... 

2-1 

Shooting lower FG% than opponent: .............. 1-14 

FG% is equal: ................................................................ 

0-0 

Shooting higher FT% than opponent: ................ 

2-3 

Shooting lower FT% than opponent: ............... 

1-11 

FT% is equal: ................................................................. 

0-1 

Outrebounding opponent: ..................................... 1-7 

Being outrebounded by opponent: ..................... 

2-8 

Rebounds are equal: .................................................. 0-0 

Having less turnovers than opponent: ............... 

1-1 

Having more turnovers than opponent: ......... 

1-14 

Turnovers are equal: .................................................. 1-0 

Games decided by 5 points or less: ...................... 1-2 

Games decided by 6-10 points: ............................. 1-1 

Games decided by 11 or more points: ............ 

1-12 

Scoring 59 points or less: ...................................... 2-10 

Scoring 60-69 points: ................................................ 0-5 

Scoring 70-79 points: ............................................... 0-0 



Scoring 100 or more points: ................................... 0-0 

Having a 20-point scorer: ......................................... 1-2 

Allowing 59 points or less: ....................................... 2-0 

Allowing 60-69 points: .............................................. 1-3 

Allowing 70-79 points: ............................................. 0-8 



Allowing 100 or more points: ................................. 

0-1 



Bennett Keeps Streak Going 

Senior Allison Bennett made her 74th consecutive start in the 

Blue and White in the Bulls’ last outing at Ohio on Saturday. 

Bennett has started every game each of the past three seasons 

(18 in 2004-05, 27 in 2003-04 and 29 in 2002-03). She started 

23 of 28 games during her freshman campaign, the first 17 of 

the season and six of the final 11. 

Turner Turns Some Heads 

Freshman Heather Turner has made her presence felt in the 

Bulls’ lineup, leading the team in scoring four times and in 

rebounding in 11 games, including nine of the last 14, so far 

this season. Turner reached double digits in scoring for the first 

time in her career with 12 points at Holy Cross on November 

21, and she recorded her first career double-double with a 

team-high 17 points and a game-high 11 rebounds against 

Maine on December 4. 

Turner followed that performance with 

game highs of 19 points and eight rebound at Bucknell on 

December 7, and then had her second double-double of the 

season with 13 points and 16 rebounds, including 10 offensive, 

in an overtime loss to Niagara on December 11. On December 

18 at Canisius, Turner posted her third double-double of the 

year with 14 points and 12 boards. She is currently averaging 

10.3 points and 7.1 rebounds per game. She leads the team 

and the Mid-American Conference with a .561 field goal 

percentage (78-for-139). 

Scoring Milestones 

Five returning letterwinners have set career highs in scoring 

so far this season, highlighted by junior Brooke Meunier’s 

career-high 25 points on a career-high nine field goals and a 

career-high five three-pointers against Niagara on December 

11. Meunier’s five three-pointers in the game marked the first 

time a Buffalo player has had five or more threes in a game since 

Erin Lawrenson drained six against Toledo on January 22, 2003. 

Senior Allison Bennett had a career-high 21 points against 

Miami (OH) on January 12, and sophomore Belinda Gibb had 

a career-high 19 points at Ohio on January 29. Senior Talia 

Merlino set a career high with 13 points at Akron on January 

19, and junior Amy Kucheran had a career-high eight points 

at Canisius on December 18. 

Notable among the newcomers, freshman Heather Turner was 

9-for-10 from the floor with a season-high 19 points at Bucknell 

on December 7, and freshman Stephanie Bennett scored a 

career-high 18 points, including four three-pointers, against 

Miami (OH) on January 12. Freshman Flynn Pyykkonen had 

a breakout game at Toledo on January 26, scoring a seasonhigh 

22 points on 9-for-13 shooting. Pyykkonen’s performance 

marked the first time a UB freshman has scored 20 or more 

points since March 3, 2001 when Virginia Jennings scored 20 

versus Akron in the first round of the MAC Tournament. Her 22 

points are the most scored by a UB freshman since February 19, 

2000 when Kim Kilpela netted 33 against Marshall. 

Offensive Spurt 

The Bulls’ 80-61 win over Miami on January 12 marked the 

most points the Bulls have scored in a game since an 86-80 

overtime win at Youngstown State on December 18, 2002. In 

addition, they outscored the RedHawks by a 45-34 margin in 

the second half, marking the most points they scored in a half 

Leading UB 

IN SCORING 

Brooke Meunier ..................................................................................................................................................... 5 games 

(14 vs. Holy Cross, 11/21; 25 vs. Niagara, 12/11; 15 vs. Canisius, 12/18;17 vs. Oakland, 12/21; 17 vs. East Carolina, 1/2) 

Heather Turner ....................................................................................................................................................... 4 games 

(17 vs. Maine, 12/4; 19 vs. Bucknell, 12/7; 11 vs. Ball State, 1/15; 16 vs. Marshall, 1/22) 

Stephanie Bennett ................................................................................................................................................ 3 games 

(10 vs. Connecticut, 11/19; 13 vs. Bowling Green, 1/5; 11 vs. Ball State, 1/15) 

Belinda Gibb ............................................................................................................................................................ 3 games 

(10 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14; 13 vs. Akron, 1/19; 19 vs. Ohio, 1/29) 

Allison Bennett ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 games 

(11 vs. Northeastern, 12/1; 21 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12) 

Viorica Badinici .........................................................................................................................................................1 game 

(13 vs. Lafayette, 11/27) 

Talia Merlino ..............................................................................................................................................................1 game 

(13 vs. Akron, 1/19) 

Flynn Pyykkonen .....................................................................................................................................................1 game 

(22 vs. Toledo, 1/26) 

IN REBOUNDING 

Heather Turner .....................................................................................................................................................11 games 

(5 vs. Connecticut, 11/19; 7 vs. Holy Cross, 11/21; 11 vs. Maine, 12/4; 8 vs. Bucknell, 12/7; 16 vs. Niagara, 12/11; 12 vs. Canisius, 12/18; 8 vs. Bowling 

Green, 1/5; 7 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12; 8 vs. Ball State, 1/15; 8 vs. Akron, 1/19; 9 vs. Ohio, 1/29) 

Allison Bennett ....................................................................................................................................................... 3 games 

(7 vs. Oakland, 12/21; 8 vs. East Carolina, 1/2; 8 vs. Toledo, 

1/26) 


(7 vs. Oakland, 12/21; 8 vs. Akron, 1/19; 10 vs. Marshall, 1/22) 


(6 vs. Northeastern, 12/1; 5 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14; 7 vs. Oakland, 12/21) 

Viorica Badinici ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 games 

(7 vs. Lafayette, 11/27; 5 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14) 


(7 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12; 9 vs. Ohio, 1/29) 

Amy Kucheran ..........................................................................................................................................................1 game 

(7 vs. Holy Cross, 11/21) 

IN ASSISTS 


(5 vs. Lafayette, 11/27; 3 vs. Northeastern, 12/1; 4 vs. Maine, 12/4; 4 vs. Niagara, 12/11; 3 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14; 6 vs. East Carolina, 1/2; 2 vs. 

Bowling Green, 1/5; 3 vs. Marshall, 1/22; 6 vs. Ohio, 1/29) 


(5 vs. Connecticut, 11/19; 3 vs. Holy Cross, 11/21; 5 vs. Bucknell, 12/7; 6 vs. Oakland, 12/21; 2 vs. Bowling Green, 1/5; 7 

vs. Miami (OH), 1/12; 6 vs. Toledo, 

1/26) 


(4 vs. Maine, 12/4; 5 vs. Bucknell, 12/7; 4 vs. Niagara, 12/11; 6 vs. Canisius, 12/18; 2 vs. Bowling Green, 1/5; 5 vs. Ball State, 1/15; 6 vs. Akron, 1/19) 

Allison Bennett .........................................................................................................................................................1 game 

(6 vs. Ohio, 1/29) 

DOUBLE-DOUBLES 


(17 pts., 11 reb. vs. Maine, 12/4; 13 pts., 16 reb. vs. Niagara, 12/11; 14 pts., 12 reb. vs. Canisius, 12/18) 


(12 pts., 11 reb. vs. Niagara, 12/11) 

DOUBLE FIGURES IN SCORING 

Heather Turner .....................................................................................................................................................11 games 

(12 vs. Holy Cross, 11/21; 17 vs. Maine, 12/4; 19 vs. Bucknell, 12/7; 13 vs. Niagara, 12/11; 14 vs. Canisius, 12/18; 16 vs. Oakland, 12/21; 11 vs. Miami 

(OH), 1/12; 11 vs. Ball State, 1/15; 11 vs. Akron, 1/19; 16 vs. Marshall, 1/22; 11 vs. Ohio, 1/29) 

Allison Bennett .....................................................................................................................................................11 games 

(12 vs. Holy Cross, 11/21; 11 vs. Northeastern, 12/1; 12 vs. Niagara, 12/11; 14 vs. Canisius, 12/18; 10 vs. Bowling Green, 1/5; 21 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12; 10 

vs. Ball State, 1/15; 11 vs. Akron, 1/19; 10 vs. Marshall, 1/22; 12 vs. Toledo, 1/26; 14 vs. Ohio, 1/29) 


(14 vs. Holy Cross, 11/21; 25 vs. Niagara, 12/11; 15 vs. Canisius, 12/18; 17 vs. Oakland, 12/21; 17 vs. East Carolina, 1/2; 17 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12; 10 vs. 

Akron, 1/19) 


(13 vs. Maine, 12/4; 10 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14; 10 vs. East Carolina, 1/2; 13 vs. Akron, 1/19; 10 vs. Toledo, 1/26; 19 vs. Ohio, 1/29) 


(10 vs. Connecticut, 11/19; 12 vs. East Carolina, 1/2; 13 vs. Bowling Green, 1/5; 18 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12; 11 vs. Ball State, 1/15) 

Viorica Badinici ....................................................................................................................................................... 2 games 

(13 vs. Lafayette, 11/27; 10 vs. Maine, 12/4) 

Flynn Pyykkonen ................................................................................................................................................... 2 games 

(22 vs. Toledo, 1/26; 13 vs. Ohio, 1/29) 

Talia Merlino ..............................................................................................................................................................1 game 

(13 vs. Akron, 1/19) 

DOUBLE FIGURES IN REBOUNDING 


(11 vs. Maine, 12/4; 16 vs. Niagara, 12/11; 12 vs. Canisius, 12/18) 


(11 vs. Niagara, 12/11) 

Stephanie Bennett ..................................................................................................................................................1 game 

(10 vs. Marshall, 1/22) 

20+ POINTS 

Brooke Meunier .......................................................................................................................................................1 game 

(25 vs. Niagara, 12/11) 


(21 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12) 

Flynn Pyykkonen .....................................................................................................................................................1 game 

(22 vs. Toledo, 1/26) 



since December 13, 2003 when they put 52 on the board in the second half 

of an 87-75 loss at Niagara (The Bulls equalled that mark with 45 points 

in the second half at Ohio on January 29). The Bulls also hit twice their 

season average for three-pointers in a game with eight against Miami. 

Buffalo finished the game 8-for-12 from behind the arc, with four of the 

threes coming from freshman Stephanie Bennett. The .667 three-point 

shooting percentage is the best team performance in the MAC this season, 

and the eight threes are the most the Bulls have scored in a game since 

going 8-for-16 at Kent State on February 11, 2004. 

Five Reach Double Figures 

The Bulls had five players score in double figures in their loss at Akron on 

January 19 – senior Talia Merlino and sophomore Belinda Gibb with 13 

apiece, senior Allison Bennett and freshman Heather Turner with 11 

apiece and junior Brooke Meunier with 10 - marking the first time since 

December 8, 2002 versus Howard that the Bulls had five players reach 

double digits in scoring in a game. Merlino, playing with a broken nose 

suffered in practice the day before, came off the bench in the second half 

and hit three straight three-pointers for a 9-0 Buffalo run and then added 

four more points as the run extended to 15-4 midway through the second 

half. Her 13 points are a career high, and she finished the game with four 

three-pointers, tying her career high. 

Crashing the Boards 

The Bulls outrebounded Niagara by a 62-43 margin on December 11, 

marking the most rebounds the Bulls have recorded in a game since 

December 29, 1999 when they pulled down 64 boards in an 81-53 win 

over Florida Atlantic. Four Bulls grabbed career highs in rebounds, led by 

freshman Heather Turner with 16. Turner’s team-leading 16 rebounds 

marked the first time in almost a year that a Buffalo player grabbed 15 or 

more boards in a game (Kim Kilpela had 15 rebounds, also versus Niagara, 

on December 13, 2003). Buffalo has outrebounded its oppenents in eight 

of 18 games so far this season. 

Double Double-Double 

Senior Allison Bennett recorded her first career double-double against 

Niagara on December 11 with 12 points and a career-high 11 rebounds. 

Freshman Heather Turner posted the second double-double of her 

young career with 13 points and a career-high 16 rebounds, marking 

the first time since the 2002-03 season that two Buffalo players posted a 

double-double in the same game. The last time that happened before the 

Niagara game was on February 16, 2003 versus Western Michigan when 

Kate McMeeken-Ruscoe had 22 points and 11 rebounds and Kim Kilpela 

had 15 points and 11 boards. 

Stingy Defense 

The Bulls held East Carolina to just 16 first-half points on January 2 to take 

a 30-16 halftime lead. The 16 points are the fewest the Bulls have allowed 

in a half this year and the fewest since the 2002-03 season when they held 

both Cornell (January 20) and Akron (January 28) to 16 first-half points. The 

14-point halftime lead is the Bulls’ largest since February 19, 2003 when they 

led Ohio by 18 at the half, 46-28. 

Getting Thrown Into the Fire 

Only three players who played in the 2003-04 season opener versus Canisius 

(Allison Bennett, Talia Merlino and Brooke Meunier) and four players 

who played in the 2003-04 season finale against Marshall (Bennett, Merlino, 

Meunier and Belinda Gibb) saw action in this season’s opener at defending 

national champion Connecticut. Most impressive among the group making 

their collegiate debuts was freshman Stephanie Bennett who had a teamhigh 

10 points and a team-high five assists in 34 minutes. Freshman Heather 

Turner scored the Bulls’ first bucket in the game and finished with six points 

and a team-high five rebounds in 12 minutes of action. 

Sister Act 

Buffalo’s 2004-05 roster features a sister combo in Allison and Stephanie 

Bennett. Allison, a senior, has been a three-year starter for the Bulls and is 

a team co-captain. She is currently averaging 9.6 points per game (third on 

the team) and 4.2 rebounds per game. Stephanie, a freshman, is averaging 

6.6 points per game, 4.3 rebounds per game and a team-high 3.1 assists 

per game thus far in her rookie campaign. Both Bennetts had successful 

careers at Kenton Ridge High School in Springfield, OH. Allison scored 

1,430 career points and Stephanie scored 1,616 career points, and both 

were Springfield News-Sun Area Player of the Year and Clark County “Miss 

Basketball” honorees. 

Meunier Coming Off Solid Sophomore 

Campaign 

Junior Brooke Meunier had a breakout season in 2003-04, averaging 11.9 

points and 5.2 rebounds per game after averaging just 4.4 points and 2.4 

boards as a freshman in 2002-03. Meunier was second on the team and 18th 

in the Mid-American Conference in scoring, and she scored in double figures 

in a team-high 17 games during the 2003-04 season. Meunier set career 

highs in seven statistical categories during the year, and she posted her first 

career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 10 rebounds at Kent 

State on February 11. In 2004-05, Meunier is currently averaging a team-high 

Miscellaneous Statistics 

Largest halftime lead: ........................................................................................................................................................... 14 points (Buffalo 30, East Carolina 16, January 2, 2005) 

Largest halftime deficit: ................................................................................................................................................ 36 points (Connecticut 51, Buffalo 15, November 19, 2004) 

Largest halftime lead surrendered to lose: 

......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... n/a 

Largest halftime deficit overcome to win: 

.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... n/a 

Largest lead at any time: ................................................................................................................... 29 points (Buffalo 74, Miami (OH) 45, 4:16 second half, January 12, 2005) 

Largest deficit at any time: ..................................................................................................... 

69 points (Connecticut 107, Buffalo 38, 1:08 second half, November 19, 2004) 

Largest lead surrendered to lose: ................................................................................................. 

7 points (three occasions in the first half vs. Bucknell, December 7, 2004) 

Largest deficit overcome to win: ............................................................................................................... 6 points (two occasions, first half vs. East Carolina, January 2, 2005) 

Largest margin of victory: .................................................................................................................................................. 19 points (Buffalo 80, Miami (OH) 61, January 12, 2005) 

Largest margin of defeat: .......................................................................................................................................... 

67 points (Connecticut 107, Buffalo 40, November 19, 2004) 

Most points scored in a half: ............................................................................. 45 (second half vs. Miami (OH), January 12, 2005; second half vs. Ohio, January 29, 2005) 

Fewest points scored in a half: ..................................................................................................................................................... 

15 (first half vs. Connecticut, November 19, 2004) 

Most points allowed in a half: ................................................................................................................................................ 56 (second half vs. Connecticut, November 19, 2004) 

Fewest points allowed in a half: ......................................................................................................................................................... 

16 (first half vs. East Carolina, January 2, 2005) 



10.6 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. She recorded a career-high 25 

points on a career-high nine field goals and a career-high five threepointers 

in an overtime loss to Niagara on December 11. 

Dozier Adds Alum to Staff 

Over the summer, head coach Cheryl Dozier added one of her former 

players, Kim Coon, to her staff as an administrative assistant/video 

coordinator for the 2004-05 season. Coon spent the past three seasons 

as an assistant coach at Colgate, where she helped lead the Raiders to 

their first-ever NCAA appearance in 2004 where they lost to eventual 

national finalist Tennessee in the opening round. Coon was a four-year 

letterwinner at UB, with her senior season (1998-99) being Dozier’s 

first season with the Bulls. Coon currently ranks 12th on UB’s all-time 

scoring list (1,038 career points), second in both career three-point field 

goals made (140) and career three-point field goals attempted (348), 

third in career three-point field goal percentage (40.2) and fourth in 

career free throw percentage (74.3). 

Head Coach Cheryl Dozier 

Head coach Cheryl Dozier is in her seventh season at Buffalo with an 

overall record of 88-98 entering tonight’s game against Akron. She 

earned her 80th career win on December 3, 2003 against Youngstown 

State (68-58), giving her the second-most wins of all coaches in UB 

women’s basketball history, trailing only Sal Buscaglia who compiled 

155 wins in eight seasons with the Bulls (1990-98). Dozier has guided 

the Bulls to four winning seasons, to two record-setting starts and to 

national rankings in both offensive and defensive statistical categories 

during her tenure. Prior to taking over the reins as the 10th head 

coach in UB women’s basketball history, Dozier served as an assistant 

coach at Michigan State (1993-98), Ohio (1991-93) and Lake Superior 

Career Records Update 

3-PT FIELD GOALS 

8. Erin Lawrenson (2001-03) ......................................................................61 

9. Mari McClure (1997-01)...........................................................................57 

10. Brooke Meunier (2002-) ......................................................... 52 

11. Megan McCray (1995-99) .......................................................................49 

12. Allison Bennett (2001-) .......................................................... 48 

13. Virginia Jennings (2000-02)...................................................................39 

14. Melanie Vogel (1992-96) ........................................................................37 

15. Colleen Tabor (1999-01)..........................................................................30 

Talia Merlino (2001-) .................................................................... 26 

3-PT FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED 

9. Erin Lawrenson (2001-03) ................................................................... 164 

10. Allison Bennett (2001-) ........................................................ 160 

11. Brooke Meunier (2002-) ....................................................... 142 

12. Virginia Jennings (2000-02) ................................................................ 129 

13. Megan McCray (1995-99) .................................................................... 120 

14. Melanie Vogel (1992-96) ..................................................................... 116 

15. Colleen Tabor (1999-01) ....................................................................... 100 

16. Nadine Mastroleo (1991-94) .................................................................99 

Talia Merlino (2001-) .................................................................... 76 

ASSISTS 

11. Michelle Stiles (1982-85) ..................................................................... 188 

12. Lorrie Drennen (1989-93) ................................................................... 184 

13. Natosha Cummings (1993-95) .......................................................... 179 

Robin Dulmage (1978-81) .................................................................. 179 

Allison Bennett (2001-) ............................................................... 176 

Associated Press Top 25 (January 31) 

Rank (First-place votes) Record Points Previous 

1. LSU (43) 18-1 1,123 2 

2. Ohio State (1) 21-2 1,052 3 

3. Duke (1) 20-2 1,008 1 

4. Stanford 18-2 994 4 

5. Tennessee 15-3 940 5 

6. Notre Dame 18-3 894 6 

7. Rutgers 15-4 817 8 

8. Baylor 15-3 815 7 

9. North Carolina 17-3 750 12 

10. Michigan State 18-3 738 11 

11. Connecticut 13-5 655 9 

12. Texas Tech 16-3 623 13 

13. Texas 12-6 536 15 

14. Minnesota 16-4 531 10 

15. Kansas State 16-3 503 16 

16. Boston College 15-3 431 14 

17. DePaul 17-3 405 17 

18. Georgia 16-5 346 19 

19. Iowa State 16-2 319 18 

20. Maryland 13-5 206 20 

21. Vanderbilt 15-5 185 23 

22. Temple 17-3 176 24 

23. Penn State 13-7 168 22 

24. Florida State 18-2 144 21 

25. North Carolina State 15-5 83 25 

ARV: Wisconsin-Green Bay 51, Iowa 34, New Mexico 26, Virginia Tech 10, 

Louisville 9, UCLA 9, Gonzaga 8, Purdue 7, Charlotte 6, Arizona 4, Richmond 3, 

Louisiana Tech 2, Mississippi 2, Virginia 2. 

USA Today/ESPN/WBCA Top 25 (January 24) 

Rank (First-place votes) Record Points Previous 

1. LSU (38) 17-1 996 2 

2. Stanford 16-2 942 3 

3. Ohio State 19-2 903 4 

4. Duke (1) 18-1 884 1 

5. North Carolina 14-3 806 6 

6. Tennessee 14-3 790 9 

7. Notre Dame 16-3 737 10 

8. Baylor 13-3 681 5 

9. Rutgers 13-4 615 7 

10. Connecticut 12-4 609 12 

11. Michigan State 16-3 599 8 

12. Minnesota 16-3 551 13 

13. Boston College 13-2 499 14 

14. Texas Tech 14-3 461 11 

15. Texas 10-6 447 16 

16. Kansas State 14-3 365 18 

17. Iowa State (1) 15-1 350 20 

T18. DePaul 15-3 346 17 

T18. Florida State 17-1 258 24 

20. Georgia 15-5 218 21 

21. Vanderbilt 13-5 186 15 

22. Maryland 12-4 151 18 

23. Penn State 12-6 143 NR 

24. Purdue 11-7 72 23 

25. Temple 15-3 64 NR 

ARV: Iowa 57, North Carolina State 55, Wisconsin-Green Bay 49, Arizona 

State 47, New Mexico 21, UCLA 19, Arizona 15, USC 13, Louisiana Tech 12, 

Houston 10, Creighton 8, Virginia Tech 7, Virginia 6, Delaware 3, Oregon 2, 

Central Florida 1, Louisville 1, Texas A&M Corpus Christi 1. 



State (1989-91). She is a 1989 graduate of Aquinas College where she was 

a four-year letterwinner. 

Overall 

MAC 

Year W L W L 

1998-99 15 12 8 8 

1999-00 18 11 7 9 

2000-01 19 9 10 6 

2001-02 9 19 4 12 

2002-03 18 11 9 7 

2003-04 6 21 4 12 

2004-05 3 15 1 6 

Totals 88 98 43 60 

The Non-Conference Schedule 

The Bulls finished the 2004-05 non-conference slate with a 2-9 record, giving 

Buffalo head coach Cheryl Dozier a 43-32 non-conference record to date 

in her career at UB. Below is a look at Buffalo’s 2004-05 non-conference 

results by conference: 

Conference ....................................................................... Record 

America East (Maine, Northeastern) .....................................................0-2 

BIG EAST (Connecticut) .............................................................................0-1 

Conference USA (East Carolina) .............................................................1-0 

Horizon League (Youngstown State) ...................................................0-1 

Metro Atlantic Athletic (Canisius, Niagara) ........................................0-2 

Mid-Continent (Oakland) .........................................................................0-1 

Patriot League (Bucknell, Holy Cross, Lafayette) ..............................1-2 

The WBCA/Summerville RPI 

In the preseason WBCA/Summerville RPI report released on November 

3, Buffalo had the 93rd-ranked strength of schedule in Division I, 

which 

was the second-highest in the Mid-American Conference (behind 88th 

Western Michigan). When looking at only non-conference games, the 

Bulls were ranked 119th, also second 

highest in the MAC behind Western 

Michigan (50th). The Bulls are facing six teams in 2004-05 that advanced 

to the postseason last year: Connecticut (NCAA), Maine (NCAA), Eastern 

Michigan (NCAA), Kent State (WNIT), Miami (OH) (WNIT) and Western 

Michigan (WNIT). In the latest conference RPI rating, released on January 

30, the Mid-American Conference is ranked 20th out of the 31 conferences 

in Division I. 

Bulls Sign Four During Early Period 

Buffalo head coach Cheryl Dozier signed four players to National Letters of 

Intent during the November signing period. They are: Rayna Brown (5-8, G, 

Montclair, NJ/Montclair), Dortae Freeman (G, 5-9, Detroit, MI/Cass Technical), 

Rachelle Matthys (5-9, G, St. Clair, MI/St. Clair) and Jamie Schiebner (6-0, 

F, Saginaw, MI/Heritage). All four will continue their academic and athletic 

careers at UB beginning in the fall of 2005. Brown is a 5-8 point guard who 

is ranked 32nd in the country among all point guards by the All-Star Girl’s 

Report Scouting Service. Brown averaged 10.5 points, 10 rebounds, four 

assists and five steals last season at Montclair High School. Her older sister 

Bianca played point guard at Wake Forest. Freeman, 5-9, comes to UB from 

the same high school as Daniel Gilbert, a senior on the UB men’s basketball 

team. She averages 15 points, six rebounds and eight assists per game and 

is ranked sixth by Prep Sports among Public School League (PSL) seniors. 

This past season, she led her team to a third-place finish in the PSL. Matthys 

is an All-State guard who recently led her team to a 27-1 overall record and 

an appearance in the Class B state championship game. The Saints won their 

third straight Class B district title in 2004 and were the second-ranked team 

in the state in Class B. Matthys, 5-9, is an All-Area, All-Conference, All-State 

Honorable Mention and Times Herald All-Blue Water Area selection as well 

as a member of the Academic All-State team. She is averaging 14.5 points, 

5.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 3.3 steals per game while shooting 45 percent 

from the floor and 35 percent from three-point range. Schiebner comes to 

UB from the same high school as current Buffalo junior Brooke Meunier. 

A 6-0 post player, she is a three-year letterwinner who led her team to the 

Class A State Championship title in 2002 and to a runner-up finish in 2001. 

She was a first-team Saginaw Valley League selection and a Saginaw News 

Dream Team member as a junior. As a senior, she averaged 12.3 points, 9.3 

rebounds and 2.5 steals per game. 

A Look at Bench Scoring 

Opponent Result UB Bench Opp. Bench 

No. 4 Connecticut L, 40-107 23 62 

Holy Cross L, 42-73 26 29 

Lafayette W, 54-45 24 17 

Northeastern L, 44-71 16 17 

Maine L, 57-69 13 10 

Bucknell L, 56-68 18 20 

Niagara L, 65-68 (OT) 2 5 

Youngstown State L, 43-75 16 28 

Canisius L, 65-81 19 31 

Oakland L, 54-93 27 29 

East Carolina W, 50-48 3 11 

Bowling Green L, 45-70 4 27 

Miami (OH) W, 80-61 10 21 

Ball State L, 55-75 14 14 

Akron L, 63-71 13 20 

Marshall L, 51-72 6 11 

Toledo L, 60-81 24 2 

Ohio L, 69-73 19 17 

Totals 3-15 277 397 

(15.4 ppg) (22.1 ppg) 

A Look at Foul Shooting 

Opponent Result UB FT-FTA Opp. FT-FTA 

No. 4 Connecticut L, 107-40 12-14 11-15 

Holy Cross L, 42-73 4-8 20-29 

Lafayette W, 54-45 14-21 6-10 

Northeastern L, 41-77 6-17 18-20 

Maine L, 57-69 8-14 16-21 

Bucknell L, 56-68 8-12 20-28 

Niagara L, 65-68 (OT) 11-21 12-15 

Youngstown State L, 43-75 6-11 11-14 

Canisius L, 65-81 8-21 23-32 

Oakland L, 54-93 12-17 12-17 

East Carolina W, 50-48 8-10 6-13 

Bowling Green L, 45-70 10-11 7-12 

Miami (OH) W, 80-61 12-20 6-11 

Ball State L, 55-75 8-14 15-19 

Akron L, 63-71 8-14 17-20 

Marshall L, 51-72 12-24 15-21 

Toledo L, 60-81 13-20 23-29 

Ohio L, 69-73 6-7 12-19 

Totals 3-15 166-276 250-345 

Free throws made per game: UB 9.2, Opponents 13.9 

Free throw attempts per game: UB 15.3, Opponents 19.2 

Free throw percentage: UB .601, Opponents .725 



MAC Standings (Through games of January 31) 

MAC 

OVERALL 

EAST DIVISION W-L Pct. W-L Pct. 

Marshall 5-2 .714 11-7 .588 

Kent State 5-3 .625 12-7 .632 

Ohio 4-3 .571 8-10 .444 

Akron 3-5 .375 3-16 .158 

Miami 2-5 .286 8-10 .444 

Buffalo 1-6 .143 3-15 .167 

WEST DIVISION W-L Pct. W-L Pct. 

Ball State 6-2 .750 10-9 .526 

Bowling Green 5-2 .714 12-6 .667 

Toledo 5-3 .625 9-10 .474 

Eastern Michigan 4-3 .571 14-4 .778 

Northern Illinois 3-4 .429 6-12 .333 

Western Michigan 3-5 .375 6-13 .316 

Central Michigan 2-5 .286 8-10 .444 

Recent MAC Results/ 

Upcoming Schedule 

Saturday, January 29 

*Akron 74, Western Michigan 70 

*Ohio 73, Buffalo 69 

*Kent State 63, Eastern Michigan 60 

*Central Michigan 64, Northern Illinois 58 (2OT) 

*Marshall 73, Toledo 56 

Sunday, January 30 

*Ball State 75, Miami 60 

Tuesday, February 1 

*Akron at Buffalo - 7 pm 

Wednesday, February 2 

*Ball State at Eastern Michigan - 7 pm 

*Central Michigan at Miami - 7 pm 

*Kent State at Marshall - 7 pm 

*Northern Illinois at Bowling Green - 7 pm 

*Western Michigan at Ohio - 7 pm 

Saturday, February 5 

*Ball State at Northern Illinois - 2:05 pm 

*Eastern Michigan at Central Michigan - 2 pm 

*Kent State at Akron - 2 pm 

*Marshall at Miami - 2 pm 

*Ohio at Bowling Green - 2 pm 

*Toledo at Western Michigan - 2 pm 

Monday, February 7 

*Western Michigan at Buffalo - 7 pm 

Tuesday, February 8 

*Bowling Green at Ball State - 7 pm 

*Central Michigan at Toledo - 7 pm 

Wednesday, February 9 

*Akron at Miami - 7 pm 

*Buffalo at Eastern Michigan - 7 pm 

*Marshall at Ohio - 7 pm 

*Northern Illinois at Kent State - 7 pm 

Saturday, February 12 

*Bowling Green at Akron - 2 pm 

*Buffalo at Central Michigan - 2 pm 

*Miami at Northern Illinois - 2:05 pm 

*Ohio at Toledo - 7 pm 

*Western Michigan at Eastern Michigan - 7 pm 

Sunday, February 13 

*Ball State at Marshall - 12 pm 

* Mid-American Conference games 

Bulls Among the MAC Stat Leaders 

(Through games of January 31) 

TEAM 

Scoring Offense ................................................................................................ 13th (55.2) 

Scoring Defense ............................................................................................... 12th (72.3) 

Scoring Margin ...............................................................................................13th (-17.1) 

Field Goal Percentage .................................................................................... 10th (.373) 

Field Goal Percentage Defense .................................................................. 12th (.440) 

3-Pt. Field Goals Per Game ..............................................................................9th (4.61) 

3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage .............................................................................4th (.310) 

3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage Defense ......................................................... 11th (.355) 

Free Throw Percentage .................................................................................. 13th (.601) 

Offensive Rebounds Per Game ................................................................... 8th (13.39) 

Defensive Rebounds Per Game ................................................................12th (22.83) 

Rebounding Offense ...................................................................................... 11th (36.2) 

Rebounding Defense ........................................................................................7th (37.9) 

Rebounding Margin ........................................................................................ 10th (-1.7) 

Assists Per Game ............................................................................................ T7th (13.28) 

Steals Per Game ............................................................................................... 13th (6.28) 

Blocks Per Game .............................................................................................. 13th (1.72) 

Turnover Margin .............................................................................................13th (-5.83) 

Assist/Turnover Ratio ........................................................................................9th (0.63) 

INDIVIDUAL 

Scoring 

Brooke Meunier ............................................................................................... 20th (10.6) 

Heather Turner .................................................................................................. 21st (10.3) 

Allison Bennett ....................................................................................................26th (9.6) 

Field Goal Percentage (min. 4.0 made per game) 

Heather Turner .....................................................................................................1st (.561) 

3-Pt. Field Goals Made Per Game 


Stephanie Bennett ........................................................................................ T14th (1.28) 

3-Pt. Field Goal Percentage (min. 1.0 made per game) 

Brooke Meunier ..................................................................................................6th (.386) 

Rebounding 

Heather Turner ....................................................................................................11th (7.1) 

Offensive Rebounds Per Game 

Heather Turner ....................................................................................................4th (3.17) 

Defensive Rebounds Per Game 

Heather Turner ............................................................................................... T15th (3.89) 

Assists Per Game 

Stephanie Bennett .......................................................................................... 12th (3.17) 

Belinda Gibb .................................................................................................... T13th (3.11) 

Brooke Meunier ............................................................................................. T15th (3.00) 

Assist/Turnover Ratio 

Belinda Gibb ...................................................................................................... 11th (1.02) 


MAC Preseason Poll 

EAST DIVISION POINTS 

Miami (14) 169 

Kent State (9) 165 

Marshall (9) 144 

Ohio 78 

Buffalo 70 

Akron 47 

WEST DIVISION POINTS 

Eastern Michigan (22) 212 

Western Michigan (8) 175 

Bowling Green (1) 153 

Toledo 125 

Ball State (1) 124 

Northern Illinois 71 

Central Michigan 36 

*First-place votes in parentheses 

Voted on by members of the MAC News Media Association 

MAC TOURNAMENT CHAMPION 

Eastern Michigan (10 votes) 

Marshall (7) 

Western Michigan (6) 

Bowling Green (3) 

Miami (2) 

Kent State (1) 



Player Season/Career Highs 

#12 VIORICA BADINICI 

Forward • 6-3 • Sophomore 

Turku, Finland/Central Florida 

Community College 

CAREER AND SEASON HIGHS 

Points: 13 vs. Lafayette, 11/27/04 

Rebounds: 7 vs. Lafayette, 11/27/04 

Field Goals: 5 vs. Lafayette, 11/27/04 

3-PT Field Goals: 2, three times 

Free Throws: 2 vs. Connecticut, 11/19/04 

Assists: 3 vs. Bucknell, 12/7/04 

Steals: 2 vs. Connecticut, 11/19/04 

Blocked Shots: 2 vs. Connecticut, 11/19/04 

#23 STEPHANIE BENNETT 

Guard • 5-8 • Freshman 

Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge 


Points: 18 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12/05 

Rebounds: 10 vs. Marshall, 1/22/05 

Field Goals: 7 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12/05 

3-PT Field Goals: 4 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12/05 

Free Throws: 4 vs. Connecticut, 11/19/04 

Assists: 7 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12/05 

Steals: 4 vs. Lafayette, 11/27/04 

Blocked Shots: 1 vs. Ohio, 1/29/05 

#14 ALLISON BENNETT 

Guard • 5-9 • Senior • Co-Captain 

Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge 

CAREER HIGHS 


Rebounds: 11 vs. Niagara, 12/11/04 

Field Goals: 8 vs. Marshall, 1/17/04 

3-PT Field Goals: 3 vs. Kent State, 2/11/04 

Free Throws: 9 vs. St. John’s, 11/22/02 

Assists: 6, two times 

Steals: 3, eight times 

Blocked Shots: 1, 15 times 

SEASON HIGHS 



Field Goals: 7 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12/05 

3-PT Field Goals: 2, four times 

Free Throws: 6 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12/05 

Assists: 6 vs. Ohio, 1/29/05 

Steals: 3, three times 

Blocked Shots: 1, six times 

#30 LAUREN BURD 

Forward • 6-2 • Junior 

York, 

PA/Central York 

CAREER HIGHS 

Points: 8 vs. Akron, 2/14/04 

Rebounds: 8 vs. Akron, 2/14/04 

Field Goals: 3, two times 

3-PT Field Goals: 0 

Free Throws: 2, five times 


Steals: 2 vs. Akron, 2/14/04 

Blocked Shots: 1, 13 times 

SEASON HIGHS 

Points: 0 


Field Goals: 0 


Free Throws: 0 

Assists: 0 

Steals: 0 

Blocked Shots: 0 

#24 BELINDA GIBB 

Guard • 5-9 • Sophomore 

Denmark, Western Australia/ 

Willetton 

CAREER HIGHS 

Points: 19 vs. Ohio, 1/29/05 

Rebounds: 9 vs. Ohio, 1/29/05 

Field Goals: 9 vs. Ohio, 1/29/05 

3-PT Field Goals: 1, two times 

Free Throws: 6 vs. Northern Illinois, 1/26/04 


Steals: 4 vs. Miami (OH), 1/7/04 


SEASON HIGHS 

Points: 19 vs. Ohio, 1/29/05 


Field Goals: 9 vs. Ohio, 1/29/05 


Free Throws: 5 vs. Maine, 12/4/04 


Steals: 3, two times 


#42 BARBORA HOMOLOVÁ 

Forward • 6-3 • Freshman 

Ceska Lipa, Czech Republic/Strakonice 


Points: 4 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14/04 

Rebounds: 2, two times 

Field Goals: 2 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14/04 


Free Throws: 2 vs. Miami (OH), 1/12/05 

Assists: 1 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14/04 

Steals: 2 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14/04 




#11 AMY KUCHERAN 

Forward • 6-1 • Junior 

Delta, British Columbia/College 

of Southern Idaho 

CAREER HIGHS 

Points: 8 vs. Canisius, 12/18/04 

Rebounds: 7 

vs. Holy Cross, 11/21/04 



Free Throws: 2 vs. Canisius, 12/18/04 

Assists: 1 vs. Lafayette, 11/27/04 



SEASON HIGHS 

Points: 8 vs. Canisius, 12/18/04 

Rebounds: 7 vs. Holy Cross, 11/21/04 



Free Throws: 2 vs. Canisius, 12/18/04 

Assists: 2 vs. Northeastern, 12/1/04 



#10 TALIA MERLINO 

Guard • 5-4 • Senior • Co-Captain 

Newtown, PA/Notre Dame (NJ) HS 

CAREER HIGHS 



Field Goals: 5 vs. Toledo, 2/3/04 


Free Throws: 4 vs. Akron, 1/26/02 



Blocked Shots: 1, two times 

SEASON HIGHS 


Rebounds: 4 vs. Canisius, 12/18/04 

Field Goals: 4 vs. Akron, 1/19/05 

3-PT Field Goals: 4 vs. Akron, 1/19/05 

Free Throws: 1, four times 

Assists: 2, four times 

Steals: 2 vs. Northeastern, 12/1/04 

Blocked Shots: 1 vs. Youngstown State, 12/14/04 

#22 BROOKE MEUNIER 

Guard • 5-9 • Junior 

Saginaw, MI/Heritage 

CAREER HIGHS 

Points: 25 vs. Niagara, 12/11/04 

Rebounds: 10 vs. Kent State, 2/11/04 

Field Goals: 9 vs. Niagara, 12/11/04 

3-PT Field Goals: 5 vs. Niagara, 12/11/04 

Free Throws: 7 vs. Colgate, 11/25/03 


Steals: 4 vs. Kent State, 3/4/03 

Blocked Shots: 1, four times 

SEASON HIGHS 

Points: 25 vs. Niagara, 12/11/04 

Rebounds: 7, two times 

Field Goals: 9 vs. Niagara, 12/11/04 

3-PT Field Goals: 5 vs. Niagara, 12/11/04 

Free Throws: 5 vs. Bucknell, 12/7/04 




#5 DIANA OROZCO GOLLAZ 

Guard • 5-10 • Freshman 

León Guanajuato, Mexico/ 

Tec de Monterrey-León 


Points: 6 vs. Lafayette, 11/27/04 

Rebounds: 5 vs. Lafayette, 11/27/04 

Field Goals: 2 vs. Lafayette, 11/27/04 


Free Throws: 2 vs. Lafayette, 11/27/04 

Assists: 1, five times 


Blocked Shots: 1 vs. Canisius, 12/18/04 

#31 FLYNN PYYKKONEN 

Guard/Forward • 5-11 • Freshman 

Clarkston, MI/Birmingham Marian 


Points: 22 vs. Toledo, 1/26/05 


Field Goals: 9 vs. Toledo, 1/26/05 

3-PT Field Goals: 3 vs. Ohio, 1/29/05 

Free Throws: 2, three times 

Assists: 2 vs. Canisius, 12/18/04 

Steals: 2 vs. Canisius, 12/18/04 


#40 HEATHER TURNER 

Forward • 6-0 • Freshman 

West Seneca, NY/ 

Mount Mercy Academy 


Points: 19 vs. Bucknell, 12/7/04 


Field Goals: 9 vs. Bucknell, 12/7/04 


Free Throws: 5 vs. Niagara, 12/11/04 



Blocked Shots: 3 vs. Ball State, 1/15/05 



Game Summaries 

GAME 1: #4/4 CONNECTICUT 107, BUFFALO 40 

November 19, 2004 • Storrs, CT • Attendance: 10,167 

The defending national champion Connecticut 

Huskies shot 64.2 percent from the floor in the game 

and scored 58 points in the paint to easily defeat the 

University at Buffalo women’s basketball team, 107- 

40, in the season opener for both teams in a sold-out 

Gampel Pavilion. The Huskies had five players in 

double figures in scoring, led by preseason Naismith 

Trophy candidate Ann Strother with 20, including four 

three-pointers. The Huskies used first-half runs of 

19-0 and 14-0 to take a 51-15 halftime lead, and they 

opened the second half with a 20-4 run en route to the 

67-point victory. The Bulls got a spark off the bench 

from two freshmen in the first half when Stephanie 

Bennett dished the ball under the basket to Heather 

Turner for an easy layup for the Bulls’ first bucket of 

the game. Turner then grabbed a defensive rebound 

and Bennett knocked down a three-pointer to make 

the score 9-5 just over four minutes into the game. 

Bennett finished with team highs of 10 points and 

five assists while Turner grabbed a team-high five 

rebounds in her collegiate debut. 

BUFFALO (0-1) 

Name MIN FG-A 3FG-A FT-A REB PF A B S TP 

Kucheran 20 1-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 2 

Badinici 30 3-11 1-3 2-2 0 3 0 2 2 9 

Merlino 24 0-3 0-2 1-2 1 0 1 0 0 1 

A. Bennett 23 2-8 0-2 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 4 

Gibb 12 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 0 0 1 

Orozco Gollaz 8 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 

Meunier 11 0-4 0-1 2-2 1 2 1 0 1 2 

S. Bennett 34 2-7 2-5 4-4 2 1 5 0 1 10 

Pyykkonen 13 1-7 1-5 0-0 2 2 0 0 1 3 

Turner 12 2-4 0-0 2-2 5 4 0 0 0 6 

Homolova 13 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 2 

Team 7 

Totals 200 12-54 4-18 12-14 26 18 9 2 5 40 

BUFFALO 15 25 - 40 

CONNECTICUT 51 56 - 107 

CONNECTICUT (1-0) 


Crockett 15 2-3 0-0 1-2 3 1 0 1 2 5 

Turner 16 4-5 0-1 3-3 2 2 3 2 1 11 

Moore 16 3-3 0-0 3-4 5 1 3 0 1 9 

Swanier 21 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 8 0 2 0 

Strother 18 8-11 4-6 0-0 6 0 1 0 1 20 

Valley 15 1-3 0-1 0-0 3 0 6 0 1 2 

Marron 10 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 3 

Sadiq 17 6-10 0-0 0-1 6 4 0 0 0 12 

Wolff 18 3-7 2-4 1-2 1 0 4 0 0 9 

Battle 16 5-8 2-3 0-0 7 1 0 0 1 12 

Houston 21 7-8 0-0 3-3 4 2 2 4 1 17 

Thomas 17 3-6 1-2 0-0 2 1 2 0 2 7 

Team 3 

Totals 200 43-67 10-19 11-15 43 14 30 7 12 107 

GAME 2: HOLY CROSS 73, BUFFALO 42 

November 21, 2004 • Worcester, MA • Attendance: 1,059 

The Bulls struggled offensively and committed 29 

costly turnovers in a 73-42 loss at Holy Cross in the 

second game of the season. Three Bulls scored in 

double figures in the game, led by junior Brooke 

Meunier with 14 points, and Buffalo outrebounded 

the Crusaders by a 38-36 margin, but it was not enough 

as the Bulls fell to 0-2 on the year. The Crusaders began 

the game on a 15-2 run and put it out of reach with 

a 13-0 run early in the second half. The Bulls found 

themselves in foul trouble early on in each half, and 

the Crusaders finished 20-for-29 from the free throw 

line while Buffalo was just 4-for-8. Meunier (14), senior 

Allison Bennett (12) and freshman Heather Turner 

(12) combined for 38 of the Bulls’ 42 points in the game. 

Turner led the Bulls on the glass for the second straight 

game with a team-high seven rebounds, along with 

junior Amy Kucheran. 

BUFFALO (0-2) 


Kucheran 24 0-6 0-0 0-0 7 2 0 0 0 0 

Gibb 18 1-6 0-0 0-0 4 3 1 0 1 2 

Badinici 13 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 5 0 0 0 2 

Merlino 14 0-5 0-4 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 

A. Bennett 30 4-7 2-4 2-2 1 4 1 1 2 12 

Orozco Gollaz 8 0-2 0-1 0-0 2 3 0 0 1 0 

Meunier 24 6-14 2-6 0-0 4 2 1 0 0 14 

S. Bennett 28 0-5 0-3 0-0 2 1 3 0 2 0 

Pyykkonen 6 0-5 0-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 

Turner 32 5-7 0-0 2-6 7 2 0 0 2 12 

Homolova 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Team 7 

Totals 200 17-60 4-20 4-8 38 22 8 1 9 42 

BUFFALO 16 26 - 42 

HOLY CROSS 30 43 - 73 

HOLY CROSS (2-0) 


McLaughlin 25 1-5 0-0 2-3 4 3 3 0 1 4 

Keil 27 1-3 0-1 3-3 6 2 2 0 3 5 

Andrews 21 6-10 0-0 7-8 4 3 0 2 1 19 

Aloisi 26 2-4 1-1 1-2 4 1 7 0 1 6 

Placek 24 4-10 2-5 0-0 2 1 3 0 1 10 

Agostinacchio 5 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 4 

Bush 15 0-1 0-1 2-4 3 0 2 0 4 2 

Conte 15 2-3 2-3 1-2 2 2 0 0 0 7 

McBride 6 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0 0 6 

Fontana 20 1-4 0-1 4-7 6 2 2 0 3 6 

Foley 16 2-6 0-0 0-0 4 0 1 1 0 4 

Totals 200 24-52 5-12 20-29 36 18 20 3 14 73 

GAME 3: BUFFALO 54, LAFAYETTE 45 

November 27, 2004 • Buffalo, NY (HSBC Arena) • Attendance: 1,327 

The Bulls picked up their first win of the year over 

Lafayette, 54-45, in front of 1,327 fans at HSBC Arena 

led by team highs of 13 points and seven rebounds 

from sophomore Viorica Badinici. The Bulls used 

an 8-0 run midway through the first half, holding the 

Leopards scoreless for over six minutes, to take a 17-10 

lead en route to a 22-17 halftime lead. That cushion 

would be enough as the Bulls didn’t relinquish their 

lead for the remainder of the game. The Bulls shot 40.9 

percent from the floor in the game (18-for-44) with all 

nine players who saw action in the game scoring at 

least two points and grabbing at least one rebound. 

Freshman Stephanie Bennett added nine points, five 

rebounds and four steals, and freshman Diana Orozco 

Gollaz had six points and five rebounds. 

LAFAYETTE (1-2) 


Dupovac 13 0-4 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 2 0 

Welte 24 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 0 0 1 2 

Myers 36 2-9 0-0 3-4 2 2 3 0 2 7 

Doherty 28 4-9 4-5 2-2 0 1 0 0 1 14 

Stetler 28 2-10 1-4 0-0 3 0 1 0 2 5 

Dorsey 9 1-4 0-0 1-2 2 4 1 0 0 3 

Indoe 10 0-0 0-0 0-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 

Hunter 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

VanDeVenter 26 6-9 0-0 0-0 8 3 1 0 3 12 

Johnson 15 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 4 0 1 0 

Purr 9 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 2 

Team 2 

Totals 200 17-50 5-9 6-10 29 15 10 0 12 45 

LAFAYETTE 17 28 - 45 

BUFFALO 22 32 - 54 

BUFFALO (1-2) 


Kucheran 17 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 1 0 1 2 

Badinici 31 5-10 2-3 1-2 7 1 0 0 1 13 

Merlino 19 1-4 0-1 1-2 2 1 2 0 0 3 

A. Bennett 32 2-7 0-3 3-3 2 0 1 0 3 7 

Gibb 26 1-4 0-0 3-6 5 2 5 1 0 5 

Orozco Gollaz 13 2-3 0-0 2-2 5 1 0 0 2 6 

Meunier 15 2-4 0-0 3-3 3 2 1 0 0 7 

S. Bennett 28 3-8 2-6 1-2 5 1 2 0 4 9 

Turner 19 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 1 0 0 0 2 

Team 4 

Totals 200 18-44 4-13 14-21 36 12 12 1 11 54 



GAME 4: NORTHEASTERN 71, BUFFALO 44 

December 1, 2004 • Boston, MA • Attendance: 253 

The Bulls got out to a strong start, shooting 55.0 

percent from the floor in the first half, but struggled 

offensively in the second half, finally losing a 71-44 

decision at Northeastern. T 

he Bulls led by five early 

on, 11-6, before two NU free throws at the 8:02 mark 

gave the Huskies a 20-18 lead. After Buffalo went up 

21-20, the Huskies closed the half on a 14-6 run in 

the final six minutes to take a 34-27 lead at halftime. 

Buffalo turned the ball over on its first four possessions 

of the second half and Northeastern used an 18-4 run 

to take control of the game, leading by as many as 29 

en route to the 27-point victory. The Bulls were led by 

senior Allison Bennett with 11 points, all in the second 

half. Freshman Heather Turner had eight points off 

the bench, and junior Amy Kucheran finished with a 

career-high seven points. The Bulls shot 40.9 percent 

from the floor in the game (18-for-44), but just 29.2 

percent in the second half (7-for-24), and they were 

just 6-for-17 from the free throw line. 

BUFFALO (1-3) 


Kucheran 24 3-5 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 0 0 7 

Badinici 18 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 2 

A. Bennett 27 4-7 1-2 2-2 1 2 1 0 1 11 

S. Bennett 27 2-4 0-1 0-2 3 1 0 0 1 4 

Gibb 30 2-5 0-0 0-4 0 4 3 0 2 4 

Orozco Gollaz 10 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 2 0 

Merlino 16 0-3 0-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 2 0 

Meunier 28 2-10 1-2 1-2 6 4 2 0 1 6 

Pyykkonen 9 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 

Turner 11 3-5 0-0 2-5 0 3 0 0 1 8 

Team 6 

Totals 200 18-44 2-7 6-17 22 20 9 0 10 44 

BUFFALO 27 17 - 44 

NORTHEASTERN 34 37 - 71 

NORTHEASTERN (2-3) 


Burrows 29 2-5 0-0 0-0 3 4 9 0 1 4 

Zwarich 28 9-15 0-0 3-3 12 3 3 0 4 21 

Vanin 24 5-7 0-1 6-8 4 2 1 0 2 16 

Hodell 32 2-5 0-0 0-0 9 3 3 0 2 4 

Decerbo 24 4-8 0-0 1-1 7 2 2 0 2 9 

Smallwood 28 2-4 1-1 8-8 0 1 0 0 1 13 

Alexander 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 

Scherpiet 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Thomas 11 2-5 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 4 

Sheppard 13 0-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 1 0 

Baker 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Totals 200 26-55 1-2 18-20 39 17 18 0 14 71 

GAME 5: MAINE 69, BUFFALO 57 

December 4, 2004 • Buffalo, NY • Attendance: 1,427 

The Bulls battled back from a five-point halftime 

deficit to take a one-point lead early in the second 

half, but visiting Maine put together two big runs in 

the second half to earn a 69-57 victory in front of 1,427 

fans in Alumni Arena. Freshman Heather Turner 

recorded the first double-double of her career with 

a team-high 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting from the 

floor and a game-high 11 rebounds. She scored six 

points during an 8-2 Buffalo run to start the second 

half that put the Bulls up by one, 35-34, with 17:20 to 

play. A three-pointer by junior Brooke Meunier at 

the 14:16 mark gave the Bulls a 43-40 lead, but the 

Black Bears then embarked on runs of 14-0 and 11- 

0 to take control of the game. Sophomore Belinda 

Gibb finished with a career-high 13 points off the 

bench, and Meunier added eight points and seven 

rebounds for the Bulls. 

MAINE (3-3) 


Peterson 39 4-7 0-0 0-0 5 3 3 3 2 8 

Jay 4 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 1 0 2 

Traversi 36 5-12 1-4 2-2 3 2 4 0 0 13 

Underwood 37 2-11 1-6 5-6 0 0 0 0 0 10 

Barker 38 9-12 1-1 7-8 9 1 1 3 3 26 

Hugstad-Vaa 9 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 1 0 1 

Whittier 8 0-0 0-0 0-2 2 0 0 0 0 0 

Elderton 6 1-3 0-0 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 3 

Schrader 23 3-5 0-0 0-0 7 3 2 1 0 6 

Team 3 

Totals 200 25-51 3-11 16-21 33 11 10 9 5 69 

MAINE 32 37 - 69 

BUFFALO 27 30 - 57 

BUFFALO (1-4) 


Badinici 29 4-7 2-3 0-0 4 4 0 0 0 10 

Turner 35 7-11 0-0 3-6 11 1 0 0 0 17 

A. Bennett 32 2-10 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 0 3 4 

Meunier 36 3-12 2-3 0-0 7 2 4 1 0 8 

S. Bennett 30 2-4 1-3 0-1 0 2 2 0 0 5 

Orozco Gollaz 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 1 0 0 0 

Merlino 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 0 0 0 0 

Kucheran 9 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 

Gibb 20 4-9 0-0 5-7 1 2 4 0 3 13 

Team 3 

Totals 200 22-53 5-10 8-14 31 17 14 1 6 57 

GAME 6: BUCKNELL 68, BUFFALO 56 

December 7, 2004 • Lewisburg, PA • Attendance: 521 

The Bulls let a seven-point first-half lead slip away by 

committing costly turnovers and missing key shots 

to drop a 68-56 decision at Bucknell. Buffalo held 

a 13-6 lead and a 17-10 lead in the first half before 

Bucknell put together a 12-2 run, taking the lead for 

good, 21-19, at the 4:52 mark on a steal and layup by 

Lindsey Hollobaugh. The Buffalo turnover on that play 

was the second of six that the Bulls committed in the 

final 5:11 of the first half, and Bucknell gradually built 

a double-digit lead, 32-22, before going into halftime 

up by eight, 32-24. A late three-pointer by senior 

Allison Bennett with 2:19 to play got Buffalo within 

six, 60-54, but the Bulls shot just 1-for-6 from the floor 

in the final two minutes of the game while Bucknell 

knocked down 6-of-9 free throws to secure the victory. 

Freshman Heather Turner finished with game highs 

of 19 points on 9-of-10 shooting and eight rebounds. 

Buffalo outrebouded Bucknell by a 39-31 margin, but 

the Bull committed 27 turnovers in the game while 

Bucknell had just 14. 

BUFFALO (1-5) 


Kucheran 15 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 2 1 0 0 0 

Turner 38 9-10 0-0 1-3 8 0 2 1 2 19 

A. Bennett 25 3-6 1-1 0-0 5 2 1 1 0 7 

Meunier 26 2-6 0-0 5-6 4 4 5 1 1 9 

S. Bennett 36 1-5 1-4 0-0 4 5 5 0 0 3 

Orozco Gollaz 8 1-6 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 2 

Merlino 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Badinici 26 4-9 0-3 0-0 6 5 3 1 1 8 

Gibb 24 3-9 0-0 2-3 3 4 3 0 1 8 

Team 6 

Totals 200 23-54 2-8 8-12 39 25 20 4 5 56 

BUFFALO 24 32 - 56 

BUCKNELL 32 36 - 68 

BUCKNELL (2-5) 


Foster 23 4-9 0-0 1-2 2 2 0 5 0 9 

Hanley 31 7-11 0-0 2-2 3 4 1 1 3 16 

Geosits 33 0-6 0-3 7-8 3 2 4 1 0 7 

Hollobaugh 31 3-11 0-4 4-6 3 2 2 0 2 10 

Champion 28 2-11 0-1 2-3 7 1 3 0 3 6 

Barruet 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 

Collymore 13 4-7 1-2 3-4 2 0 1 0 5 12 

Ketcham 5 0-0 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 1 

Drumgold 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 1 0 

Latham 0+ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Sprouse 24 3-4 1-1 0-1 3 1 1 0 0 7 

Team 6 

Totals 200 23-60 2-12 20-28 31 15 13 7 14 68 



GAME 7: NIAGARA 68, BUFFALO 65 (OT) 

December 11, 2004 • Buffalo, NY • Attendance: 3,142 

The Bulls overcame a 12-point deficit midway through 

the second half before eventually falling to visiting 

Niagara, 68-65, in front of 3,142 fans in Alumni Arena. 

Niagara took a 10-0 lead to open the game and led 

by as many as 13 in the first half, but the Bulls used a 

16-5 run to end the half down by just two, 28-26. A 

13-1 run by the Purple Eagles in the second half put 

them up by 12, 47-35, but Buffalo slowly climbed back 

into the game, forcing OT with a jumper in the lane 

by senior Allison Bennett with 1:10 left in regulation. 

NU’s Eva Cunningham, however, took control in the 

extra session with seven points, including four late 

free throws, to secure the win for the Purple Eagles. 

Junior Brooke Meunier led all scorers with a careerhigh 

25 points, and freshman Heather Turner (13 

points, career-high 16 rebounds) and Bennett (12 

points, career-high 11 rebounds) both recorded 

double-doubles. The Bulls outrebounded Niagara by a 

62-43 margin, with Turner (16), Bennett (11), freshman 

Stephanie Bennett (nine) and sophomore Belinda 

Gibb (eight) all grabbing career highs. 

NIAGARA (5-3) 


Smalley 38 5-19 0-1 0-0 10 2 2 0 1 10 

Roueche 28 2-2 0-0 1-2 5 4 0 4 3 5 

C. Wilson 37 6-11 5-7 2-2 5 2 2 0 2 19 

Ambrose 41 5-16 1-5 3-3 9 4 4 0 3 14 

Cunningham 45 4-17 1-4 6-8 2 1 8 0 3 15 

Mosca 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Manfredi 24 2-6 1-1 0-0 7 3 1 0 2 5 

S. Wilson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1 0 0 

Rutter 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Tomasin 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Team 2 

Totals 225 24-72 8-18 12-15 43 17 17 5 14 68 

NIAGARA 28 27 13 - 68 

BUFFALO 26 29 10 - 65 

BUFFALO (1-6) 


Meunier 39 9-19 5-8 2-3 3 4 4 0 0 25 

Turner 43 4-10 0-0 5-9 16 3 0 0 2 13 

A. Bennett 37 4-9 1-2 3-7 11 3 2 1 0 12 

S. Bennett 42 2-14 0-8 0-0 9 0 2 0 0 4 

Gibb 45 4-16 0-1 1-2 8 5 4 0 0 9 

Orozco Gollaz 8 1-3 0-0 0-0 4 1 0 0 0 2 

Merlino 4 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Badinici 7 0-1 0-1 0-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 

Team 8 

Totals 225 24-73 6-21 11-21 62 16 13 1 2 65 

GAME 8: YOUNGSTOWN STATE 75, BUFFALO 43 

December 14, 2004 • Youngstown, OH • Attendance: 1283 

The Youngstown State Penguins had four players 

in double figures in scoring and shot 51.9 percent 

from the floor in the game, including 63.0 percent 

in the first half, to easily run away with a 75-43 win, 

their first win over Buffalo since the 1998-99 season. 

The Penguins used first-half runs of 10-0 and 11-0 to 

break the game open, and they took a 23-point lead 

into the lockerroom at halftime, 42-19. While the Bulls’ 

shooting continued to struggle in the second half, the 

Penguins put together two 7-0 runs, with the final one 

giving them their largest lead of the game, 73-36, with 

2:57 remaining. Sophomore Belinda Gibb (10 points) 

was the only player to reach double digits in scoring 

for the Bulls. Freshman Heather Turner was 3-for-3 

from the floor for six points, while sophomore Viorica 

Badinici also added six points and five rebounds. 

BUFFALO (1-7) 


Meunier 22 1-11 0-2 3-3 5 3 2 0 0 5 

Turner 27 3-3 0-0 0-1 2 1 0 1 1 6 

A. Bennett 26 3-9 0-2 0-0 3 1 0 0 0 6 

S. Bennett 27 0-3 0-1 0-2 4 0 1 0 1 0 

Gibb 24 4-11 0-0 2-2 2 3 3 0 1 10 

Orozco Gollaz 7 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 2 

Merlino 15 0-1 0-1 1-2 0 1 2 1 1 1 

Kucheran 3 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Badinici 30 2-6 2-5 0-1 5 2 1 0 1 6 

Pyykkonen 8 1-2 1-1 0-0 2 0 0 1 0 3 

Homolova 11 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 1 0 2 4 

Team 4 

Totals 200 17-53 3-12 6-11 29 11 11 3 7 43 

BUFFALO 19 24 - 43 

YOUNGSTOWN STATE 42 33 - 75 

YOUNGSTOWN STATE (5-4) 


Perugini 21 6-10 0-1 0-0 2 1 2 0 0 12 

Fabianova 23 5-8 4-5 0-0 6 1 3 0 1 14 

Fleming 21 4-6 0-0 1-2 7 0 3 0 2 9 

Branson 20 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 11 0 3 0 

Hanek 22 4-6 2-4 2-2 2 1 2 0 0 12 

Schloemp 16 1-2 0-0 1-2 4 1 2 2 0 3 

Sabree 24 1-4 0-0 2-2 3 2 0 0 1 4 

Gaudiose 18 4-9 2-4 1-2 4 1 0 0 1 11 

Cohill 12 1-4 0-1 2-2 0 2 1 0 0 4 

Tarrant 15 2-4 0-1 0-0 3 1 1 0 1 4 

Holmes 8 0-0 0-0 2-2 3 1 0 0 0 2 

Team 2 

Totals 200 28-54 8-16 11-14 38 11 25 2 9 75 

GAME 9: CANISIUS 81, BUFFALO 65 

December 18, 2004 • Buffalo, NY (Koessler Center) • Attendance: 817 

Canisius shot 54.1 percent from the floor and scored 

55 points in the first half en route to an 81-65 home 

win over the Bulls. Buffalo outscored Canisius by a 

40-26 margin in the second half and had three players 

finish in double figures in scoring, led by 15 points 

from junior Brooke Meunier, but it was not enough 

to overcome Canisius’ first-half dominance. The Griffs 

broke the game open with an 18-2 first-half run that 

started with a 10-0 spurt in a span of 1:41 midway 

through the half. Canisius led by 30 at halftime, 55-25, 

and its largest lead of the game was 32, 55-23, with 49 

seconds to play in the first half. The Bulls dominated 

on the glass, outrebounding the Griffs by a 48-39 

margin, but they converted 22 offensive rebounds into 

just 12 second-chance points. Buffalo also struggled 

from the free throw line, shooting just 8-for-21 in 

the game (38.1 percent). In addition to Meunier’s 

game-high 15 points, senior Allison Bennett and 

freshman Heather Turner also reached double digits 

with 14 apiece. 

BUFFALO (1-8) 


Turner 38 7-16 0-0 0-6 12 3 0 0 3 14 

A. Bennett 38 6-14 2-4 0-0 5 4 2 0 2 14 

Meunier 31 6-15 1-3 2-4 5 4 6 0 1 15 

S. Bennett 21 0-2 0-0 1-2 3 5 1 0 1 1 

Gibb 14 0-1 0-0 2-2 3 2 3 1 0 2 

Orozco Gollaz 13 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 2 0 1 1 0 

Merlino 16 2-3 1-1 0-2 4 2 1 0 0 5 

Kucheran 10 3-5 0-0 2-4 4 1 0 0 0 8 

Pyykkonen 15 2-5 1-2 1-1 5 2 2 0 2 6 

Homolova 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Team 5 

Totals 200 26-64 5-12 8-21 48 28 15 2 10 65 

BUFFALO 25 40 - 65 

CANISIUS 55 26 - 81 

CANISIUS (4-3) 


Lyte 23 5-9 0-0 1-5 4 1 0 0 0 11 

Steeves 17 3-6 0-0 2-2 6 4 0 0 1 8 

Zak 31 3-11 2-3 5-6 4 4 6 0 2 13 

Lamparski 25 2-4 0-2 2-3 6 1 4 1 2 6 

Wittlieb 22 4-17 2-10 2-2 3 1 0 0 0 12 

Radunske 10 3-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 6 

Thorner 9 2-3 2-3 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 6 

Chesko 23 1-3 0-2 3-4 3 3 1 0 2 5 

Richards 4 0-0 0-0 2-2 1 1 1 1 0 2 

Williams 7 1-1 0-0 1-2 0 5 1 0 0 3 

Mullins 19 1-1 0-0 1-2 5 0 4 0 4 3 

Capuano 10 1-3 0-2 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 6 

Team 

4 

Totals 200 26-62 6-22 23-32 39 21 17 2 11 81 



GAME 10: OAKLAND 93, BUFFALO 54 

December 21, 2004 • Rochester, MI • Attendance: 545 

Junior Brooke Meunier scored a team-high 17 

points and freshman Heather Turner added 16 

points, but Oakland shot 53.6 percent from the floor, 

including 50.0 percent from three-point range, to 

earn a convincing 93-54 win over the Bulls in their 

last game before the New Year. The Golden Grizzlies 

jumped out to a 9-0 lead less than two minutes 

into the game and then extended their lead to 14- 

2 at the 17:19 mark and to 21-7 at the 15:53 mark. 

Turner scored the Bulls’ first seven points in the game 

before freshman Stephanie Bennett knocked down 

a three-pointer with 15:37 on the clock that started a 

7-0 UB run that got Buffalo within seven, 21-14, with 

13:51 to play in the half. However, the Bulls’ offense 

then went cold, missing its next seven shots while 

Oakland put together a 9-0 run to go up by 16, 30-14, 

with 10:18 to play. The Golden Grizzlies led by 29 at 

halftime, 55-26, and they started the second half with 

an 8-0 run to put the game out of reach. 

BUFFALO (1-9) 


Kucheran 7 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 2 0 0 0 0 

Turner 35 7-17 0-0 2-4 5 3 1 0 0 16 

Merlino 15 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

A. Bennett 35 1-11 0-2 2-2 7 1 0 0 2 4 

S. Bennett 38 2-6 1-4 2-2 7 2 6 0 1 7 

Orozco Gollaz 15 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 4 0 0 1 2 

Meunier 33 5-9 3-3 4-5 7 4 3 0 0 17 

Gibb 8 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 

Pyykkonen 12 2-5 0-1 2-2 3 3 1 0 1 6 

Homolova 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Team 8 

Totals 200 19-58 4-11 12-17 38 19 11 0 5 54 

BUFFALO 26 28 - 54 

OAKLAND 55 38 - 93 

OAKLAND (7-3) 


Piggott 24 8-11 0-1 1-2 4 1 2 0 1 17 

Batcha 16 2-2 0-0 0-0 6 4 2 0 3 4 

Puryear 29 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 2 5 0 3 6 

Hafeli 20 8-14 4-7 3-4 3 0 3 0 1 23 

Wilson 27 6-12 2-4 0-0 7 1 5 0 0 14 

Tully 18 2-4 0-0 3-4 1 0 3 0 1 7 

Schroeder 13 2-5 1-1 0-0 2 3 4 0 0 5 

Manakova 22 3-9 0-0 1-1 5 1 1 4 4 7 

White 16 3-6 0-0 2-2 4 3 0 1 1 8 

Baker 15 1-2 0-1 0-2 1 0 2 1 2 2 

Team 3 

Totals 200 37-69 7-14 12-17 37 15 27 6 16 93 

GAME 11: BUFFALO 50, EAST CAROLINA 48 

January 2, 2005 • Buffalo, NY • Attendance: 243 

A three-pointer by junior Brooke Meunier with 1:16 

left on the clock broke a 47-47 tie, and the Bulls were 

able to hang on for a 50-48 win over the visiting East 

Carolina Pirates for their second win of the season. The 

Bulls held a 14-point lead at halftime, 30-16, and then 

went up by 17, 33-16, at the 17:15 mark of the second 

half. The Bulls’ offense hit a dry spell later in the half, 

going 0-for-15 from the floor in a span of 12:40, and 

the Pirates used runs of 12-0 and 9-0 during the stretch, 

eventually taking a 47-45 lead on a three-pointer by 

Viola Cooper with 2:37 on the clock. Meunier then 

hit a driving layup to tie the score at 47-47 at the 2:09 

mark, and her third three-pointer of the night gave the 

Bulls the lead for good. ECU’s Jennifer Jackson missed 

back-to-back three-pointers in the final minute before 

being fouled on her third attempt with four seconds to 

play. She missed the first shot, made the second and 

purposely missed the third, but Shanita Sutton could 

not convert a layup under the basket as time expired 

after grabbing the offensive rebound. Meunier led 

three players in double figures in scoring for the Bulls 

with a game-high 17 points. 

EAST CAROLINA (3-9) 


Horton 28 1-1 0-0 1-2 7 1 0 1 1 3 

Downey 23 3-8 2-6 0-0 10 0 0 0 0 8 

Sutton 27 3-7 0-0 2-4 9 2 0 2 1 8 

Cooper 38 3-9 1-7 0-0 7 3 6 0 2 7 

Jackson 39 4-23 2-12 1-3 10 4 3 1 2 11 

Coley 2 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 

Pankey 26 2-7 1-2 0-0 1 1 0 0 1 5 

Days 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 0 

Mills 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Hellaby 11 2-3 0-0 1-2 2 0 0 0 0 5 

Team 3 

Totals 200 18-58 6-27 6-13 50 13 9 4 7 48 

EAST CAROLINA 16 32 - 48 

BUFFALO 30 20 - 50 

BUFFALO (2-9) 


Meunier 35 6-20 3-9 2-4 6 2 0 0 2 17 

Turner 36 1-3 0-0 2-2 7 2 0 0 3 4 

A. Bennett 29 1-6 0-2 2-2 8 2 0 0 2 4 

S. Bennett 40 4-11 2-6 2-2 4 1 2 0 1 12 

Gibb 40 5-16 0-0 0-0 5 2 6 0 1 10 

Merlino 10 1-3 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 3 

Kucheran 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

Homolova 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Team 2 

Totals 200 18-59 6-20 8-10 35 9 9 0 9 50 

GAME 12: BOWLING GREEN 70, BUFFALO 45 


Bowling Green shot 55.6 percent from the floor and 

hit eight three-pointers in the first half en route to 

a 70-45 win over the Bulls in the Mid-American 

Conference opener for both squads. The Falcons 

took a 15-5 lead following a 10-0 run and then broke 

the game open by making nine of their next 11 shots 

from the floor, including six three-pointers, to take 

their biggest lead of the first half, 41-18, with 1:03 

on the clock. After a three-pointer by Stephanie 

Bennett had tied the score at 5-5, the Bulls went 0- 

for-11 from the floor and 6-for-6 from the free throw 

line over the next 11:52 until Bennett stopped the 

drought with another three at the 2:37 mark. BGSU 

led by as many as 30 in the second half before the 

70-45 final. Bennett led the Bulls with 13 points, 

including three three-pointers. 

BOWLING GREEN (8-4, 1-0 MAC) 


Mann 31 6-11 1-3 0-2 9 2 3 0 1 13 

Thorburn 15 1-6 0-3 0-0 3 1 1 0 0 2 

Honegger 31 4-11 3-9 3-4 4 1 4 1 5 14 

Achter 24 3-3 0-0 2-2 7 2 2 0 0 8 

McDowell 29 2-6 2-6 0-0 1 0 4 0 1 6 

Taylor 9 0-5 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Horne 19 5-7 3-4 0-0 4 2 2 0 1 13 

Lewis 16 1-3 0-0 1-2 3 2 2 0 1 3 

Kapferer 6 2-6 0-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 0 4 

Smith 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

Flynn 6 2-2 0-0 1-2 3 2 1 0 1 5 

Lause 8 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 2 

Team 5 

Totals 200 27-62 9-30 7-12 41 13 20 1 10 70 

BOWLING GREEN 43 27 - 70 

BUFFALO 21 24 - 45 

BUFFALO (2-10, 0-1 MAC) 


Meunier 29 2-10 0-2 2-2 3 2 2 0 1 6 

Turner 33 3-8 0-0 0-1 8 2 0 0 1 6 

A. Bennett 34 4-9 0-2 2-2 6 1 1 0 2 10 

S. Bennett 37 4-10 3-7 2-2 4 2 2 0 0 13 

Gibb 34 1-7 0-0 4-4 5 3 2 0 1 6 

Merlino 10 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 

Kucheran 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 0 

Burd 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Pyykkonen 9 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 1 0 0 4 

Homolova 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

Team 2 

Totals 200 16-50 3-12 10-11 31 14 9 0 6 45 



GAME 13: BUFFALO 80, MIAMI (OH) 61 


Four players scored in double figures, led by a careerhigh 

21 points from senior Allison Bennett, and the 

Bulls shot 56.6 percent from the floor to shock the 

visiting Miami University RedHawks, 80-61, for their 

first conference win of the season. The Bulls’ 80 points 

are the most they have scored since an 86-80 overtime 

win at Youngstown State on December 18, 2002. There 

were 10 lead changes in the first half before the Bulls 

closed it with a 6-0 run that gave them a 35-27 lead 

at the break. Buffalo opened the second half with a 

7-0 run and later broke the game open with a 17-3 run 

over a span of 4:33 midway through the half. They 

led by as many as 29 points down the stretch before 

settling for the 19-point victory. Allison Bennett was 

a perfect 6-for-6 in the second half, scoring 16 of her 

game-high 21 points. Freshman Stephanie Bennett 

was a perfect 4-for-4 in the first half and finished the 

game 7-for-10 and 4-for-5 from three-point range for 

a career-high 18 points. She also added seven assists 

and six rebounds. Junior Brooke Meunier, celebrating 

her 21st birthday, finished with 17 points, six rebounds 

and four assists. 

MIAMI (OH) (8-6, 2-1 MAC) 


Smith 23 1-1 0-0 0-0 3 5 2 2 2 2 

Miller 28 5-8 0-0 0-1 5 4 0 0 1 10 

Beck 29 3-8 1-2 1-2 4 2 4 0 2 8 

Motto 30 2-13 2-13 0-0 2 4 2 0 1 6 

Merrill 27 6-17 1-4 1-1 6 1 1 0 1 14 

Hull 24 4-9 2-6 0-0 4 0 3 0 2 10 

Leininger 14 1-3 1-2 0-0 3 2 1 0 0 3 

Markwood 10 1-3 0-0 2-5 2 4 0 1 0 4 

Guerriero 15 1-4 0-0 2-2 5 0 0 0 0 4 

Team 4 

Totals 200 24-66 7-27 6-11 38 22 13 3 9 61 

MIAMI (OH) 27 34 - 61 

BUFFALO 35 45 - 80 



Meunier 39 8-16 1-2 0-0 6 3 4 0 2 17 

Turner 37 5-6 0-0 1-6 7 3 2 1 0 11 

Merlino 15 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 2 0 0 3 

A. Bennett 35 7-13 1-2 6-8 4 3 3 0 3 21 

S. Bennett 39 7-10 4-5 0-0 6 3 7 0 2 18 

Kucheran 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Gibb 28 2-6 1-1 3-4 7 3 4 1 1 8 

Pyykkonen 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 1 0 0 0 

Homolova 1 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 

Team 2 

Totals 200 30-53 8-12 12-20 35 16 23 2 8 80 

GAME 14: BALL STATE 75, BUFFALO 55 

January 15, 2005 • Buffalo, NY • Attendance: 1,118 

The visiting Ball State Cardinals had two players 

record double-doubles and capitalized on second 

chances and on UB turnovers to defeat the Bulls by 

a 75-55 score in front of 1,118 fans in Alumni Arena. 

The Cardinals led 31-26 at halftime and quickly 

upped their lead to double figures with a 6-0 run to 

start the second half. They extended the run to 12-4 

to go up 43-30 at the 15:09 mark to put the game out 

of reach. Ball State outrebounded the Bulls by a 42- 

33 margin in the game and scored 15 second-chance 

points on 17 offensive rebounds. The Cardinals 

also scored 13 points off of Buffalo’s 19 turnovers. 

Freshmen Stephanie Bennett and Heather Turner 

led the Bulls with 11 points apiece while Turner also 

grabbed a team-high eight rebounds. Senior Allison 

Bennett also reached double figures with 10 points. 

BALL STATE (6-9, 2-2 MAC) 


Endress 31 8-18 4-6 1-1 10 2 2 1 2 21 

Bajorek 22 1-3 0-0 1-1 2 4 0 0 1 3 

Bolte 28 3-12 1-8 2-2 1 0 3 0 1 9 

Corbin 32 6-12 0-1 2-3 1 3 7 1 1 14 

DeMuth 27 5-7 1-1 3-4 15 3 2 1 4 14 

Hampton 12 1-4 0-1 4-5 2 1 0 0 0 6 

Cotton 15 1-2 0-1 1-1 4 0 1 0 1 3 

Stewart 12 0-2 0-1 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 

Rusche 15 2-3 0-0 1-2 3 0 1 1 3 5 

Ross 6 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Team 1 

Totals 200 27-64 6-19 15-19 42 14 16 4 13 75 

BALL STATE 31 44 - 75 

BUFFALO 26 29 - 55 



Meunier 30 4-10 1-2 0-0 3 3 5 0 1 9 

Turner 40 4-5 0-0 3-3 8 2 0 3 0 11 

Merlino 15 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

A. Bennett 35 4-12 1-5 1-2 1 2 3 0 2 10 

S. Bennett 38 4-12 2-7 1-2 3 4 2 0 3 11 

Kucheran 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Gibb 25 2-6 0-0 2-4 7 3 3 0 3 6 

Burd 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Pyykkonen 13 3-7 1-3 1-3 3 2 0 0 0 8 

Team 7 

Totals 200 21-54 5-17 8-14 33 18 13 3 9 55 

GAME 15: AKRON 71, BUFFALO 63 

January 19, 2005 • Akron, OH • Attendance: 205 

The Bulls got themselves in too big of a hole that 

they could not climb out of despite a gutsy secondhalf 

comeback attempt led by senior Talia Merlino 

that came up short in a 71-63 loss to the Akron Zips. 

Akron, hungry for its first win of the season, jumped 

out to a 9-0 lead and led by 14 at halftime, 35-21. 

Trailing by 20 midway through the second half, 53- 

33, Merlino came off the bench and hit three straight 

three-pointers for a 9-0 UB run, and she scored four 

more points as the run extended to 15-4 to cut the 

Bulls’ deficit to nine, 57-48, with 5:35 on the clock. The 

Bulls kept chipping away and got as close as four, 

65- 

61, but the Zips made 8-of-10 free throws in the final 

two minutes of the game to hold on for the victory. 

The Bulls had five players finish in double figures in 

scoring for the first time since the 2002-03 season. 

Merlino set a career high and sophomore Belinda 

Gibb tied her career high with 13 points apiece. 



Turner 29 5-11 0-0 1-3 8 4 1 0 0 11 

Merlino 15 4-6 4-6 1-2 1 2 1 0 0 13 

A. Bennett 39 5-9 0-3 1-2 4 2 3 1 0 11 

Meunier 23 4-13 2-8 0-0 2 4 6 0 1 10 

S. Bennett 38 1-7 1-4 2-3 8 1 5 0 1 5 

Badinici 4 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 0 1 0 0 

Gibb 36 5-9 0-1 3-4 4 5 3 0 1 13 

Burd 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Pyykkonen 9 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Homolova 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Team 8 

Totals 200 24-59 7-23 8-14 36 20 19 2 3 63 

BUFFALO 21 42 - 63 

AKRON 35 36 - 71 

AKRON (1-15, 1-4 MAC) 


Hutchinson 35 3-10 0-2 2-2 8 1 2 0 3 8 

Crooks 26 3-12 1-4 0-0 7 3 1 1 1 7 

DeVille 27 5-6 0-0 4-4 5 3 0 1 1 14 

Conn 16 4-7 3-6 2-2 2 2 0 0 1 13 

Krezeczowski 33 1-6 1-3 6-8 3 3 7 0 0 9 

Stewart 27 5-9 3-6 0-0 2 2 4 0 3 13 

Hemmelgarn 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Angler 7 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 

Marco 13 0-2 0-0 2-2 4 2 1 0 1 2 

Holzer 13 2-2 0-0 1-2 3 0 1 1 0 5 

Team 

3 

Totals 200 23-56 8-22 17-20 38 17 16 3 10 71 



GAME 16: MARSHALL 72, BUFFALO 51 

January 22, 2005 • Buffalo, NY • Attendance: 1,196 

Marshall used a 21-3 run midway through the second 

half, holding the Bulls without a field goal for over 

eight minutes, to run away with a 72-51 win in front 

of 1,196 fans in Alumni Arena. The Herd jumped out 

to an early 11-5 lead before the Bulls battled back to 

within three, 29-26, with 3:01 to go in the first half. 

Marshall closed the half with a 9-1 run to go to the 

lockerroom up by 11, 38-27. A 7-0 Marshall run early 

in the second half put them up by 15, 45-30, and the 

Herd later broke the game open with the 21-3 run 

over a span of 8:36, during which Buffalo was 0-for-6 

from the floor and 3-for-9 from the foul line. Marshall 

led by as many as 33 points, 72-39, down the stretch 

before Buffalo ended the game with a 12-0 run to 

close the gap. Freshman Heather Turner led the Bulls 

with 16 points, while senior Allison Bennett, playing 

in her 100th career game, also reached double digits 

with 10 points. Marshall outrebounded the Bulls by 

a 45-37 margin and grabbed 19 offensive rebounds 

that resulted in 21 second-chance points. 

MARSHALL (9-7, 3-2 MAC) 


Curry 26 4-8 0-0 1-1 8 3 0 0 1 9 

Champion 33 4-12 0-0 5-6 11 3 1 0 0 13 

Shepard-Hall 24 7-12 2-3 7-7 2 1 2 0 5 23 

Smiley 24 3-8 1-4 1-2 2 1 4 0 0 8 

Griffin 27 4-8 0-0 0-1 5 0 3 0 1 8 

Kellerman 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Hodge 11 2-7 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 1 4 

Scott 14 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 0 0 0 0 

Statler 14 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 2 

Ishola 11 0-4 0-0 0-2 5 4 1 1 1 0 

Hagan 9 2-3 0-0 1-2 5 5 0 1 0 5 

Team 4 

Totals 200 27-65 3-7 15-21 45 22 13 2 9 72 

MARSHALL 38 34 - 72 

BUFFALO 27 24 - 51 



Meunier 27 3-8 0-2 1-2 3 5 2 0 2 7 

Turner 38 6-9 0-0 4-11 6 3 1 2 0 16 

A. Bennett 34 4-11 0-2 2-3 3 4 1 1 0 10 

S. Bennett 34 1-6 1-5 2-2 10 2 2 0 0 5 

Gibb 35 3-8 0-1 1-3 2 2 3 0 0 7 

Orozco Gollaz 14 1-4 0-1 0-1 4 2 1 0 0 2 

Merlino 5 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 2 0 0 0 

Kucheran 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Burd 5 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 

Pyykkonen 5 1-3 0-0 2-2 4 0 1 0 0 4 

Homolova 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0 0 

Team 1 

Totals 200 19-51 1-12 12-24 37 21 13 3 2 51 

GAME 17: TOLEDO 81, BUFFALO 60 

January 26, 2005 • Toledo, OH • Attendance: 2,233 

Freshman Flynn Pyykkonen had a breakout game 

with a career-high 22 points off the bench, but the 

Toledo Rockets built a 16-point first-half lead en route 

to an easy 81-60 win over the Bulls in front of 2,233 

fans in Savage Hall. Danielle Bishop hit back-to-back 

three-pointers to start an 18-4 Toledo run that gave 

the Rockets a 16-point lead, 22-6, and essentially 

determined the outcome of the game with 7:32 

to play in the first half. The run ended on a threepointer 

by Crystal Young as the shot clock expired 

and also included a three by Aaron Richmond. The 

Rockets were 7-for-10 from three-point range in the 

first half and 8-for-14 for the game while Buffalo 

shot just 3-for-12 from behind the arc in the first half 

and 7-for-18 in the game. In addition to Pyykkonen, 

senior Allison Bennett and sophomore Belinda 

Gibb also reached double figures in scoring with 12 

and 10 points, respectively. 



Turner 19 1-4 0-0 0-1 7 5 0 1 0 2 

A. Bennett 36 3-8 2-5 4-4 8 2 0 1 0 12 

Meunier 21 1-8 1-4 3-4 3 3 3 0 0 6 

S. Bennett 38 2-6 2-5 0-0 1 3 6 0 1 6 

Gibb 40 3-11 0-0 4-7 5 4 3 0 0 10 

Orozco Gollaz 8 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 1 0 0 0 

Kucheran 9 1-1 0-0 0-2 0 1 0 0 0 2 

Pyykkonen 27 9-13 2-4 2-2 6 3 1 0 1 22 

Homolova 2 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 

Team 4 

Totals 200 20-52 7-18 13-20 35 24 14 2 2 60 

BUFFALO 23 37 - 60 

TOLEDO 39 42 - 81 

TOLEDO (9-9, 5-2 MAC) 


Bishop 30 5-8 3-5 4-4 3 2 2 0 1 17 

Lindborg 22 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 2 0 0 0 0 

Hoogendam 33 8-15 0-0 7-8 8 2 3 1 3 23 

Young 29 3-7 2-4 3-4 2 1 5 0 1 11 

Terry 20 0-4 0-1 2-4 0 3 4 0 2 2 

Zeller 10 3-3 2-2 2-2 1 1 1 0 1 10 

House 16 3-4 0-0 0-0 8 2 1 0 1 6 

Richmond 14 1-4 1-2 1-2 0 0 3 0 1 4 

Davis 12 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 2 0 1 0 1 

Werner 14 2-4 0-0 3-3 5 1 0 0 0 7 

Totals 200 25-52 8-14 23-29 31 16 19 2 10 81 

GAME 18: OHIO 73, BUFFALO 69 

January 29, 2005 • Athens, OH • Attendance: 5,379 

The Bulls battled back from a 21-point second-half 

deficit to get within two with under a minute to play 

before time ran out, giving the host Bobcats a 73-69 

win. O 

hio led by 13 at halftime, 37-24, and opened 

the second stanza with a 12-4 run to take its largest 

lead of the game, 49-28, with 14:36 remaining. The 

Bulls gradually chipped away before a layup by 

freshman Flynn Pyykkonen at the 7:46 mark started 

an 11-2 Buffalo run to cut the Bulls’ deficit to seven, 

64-57, with 4:35 to play. A later 6-0 Buffalo swing got 

the Bulls within four, 67-63, with 1:23 on the clock. A 

three-point play by freshman Heather Turner then 

made the score 69-66 with 40 seconds to play, and a 

three-pointer by Pyykkonen got the Bulls within two, 

71-69, with 32 seconds to go. The Bobcats, however, 

made four free throws in the final 38 seconds of the 

game to secure the win. Sophomore Belinda Gibb 

had a career day for the Bulls with career highs of 19 

points, nine rebounds and six assists. 



Kucheran 7 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 

Turner 37 5-8 0-0 1-1 9 4 0 0 1 11 

A. Bennett 40 4-9 2-4 4-4 2 2 6 0 1 14 

S. Bennett 40 2-9 1-7 1-2 3 1 4 1 1 6 

Gibb 37 9-18 1-2 0-0 9 1 6 2 1 19 

Orozco Gollaz 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 

Badinici 8 3-6 0-3 0-0 2 0 0 0 0 6 

Pyykkonen 26 5-11 3-6 0-0 7 5 1 1 0 13 

Team 5 

Totals 200 28-62 7-22 6-7 41 15 17 4 4 69 

BUFFALO 24 45 - 69 

OHIO 37 36 - 73 

OHIO (8-10, 4-3 MAC) 


Isbell 27 7-12 0-0 1-4 8 2 1 0 5 15 

Kirkpatrick 33 7-9 0-0 2-4 6 2 3 0 2 16 

Iglehart 32 6-9 1-2 3-3 4 2 0 1 0 16 

Hornsburger 27 2-6 0-1 3-4 3 1 3 0 1 7 

Johnson 15 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 1 2 

Ward 16 1-7 0-3 0-0 1 2 2 0 1 2 

Wight 9 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 

Redd 23 2-6 0-3 3-4 3 3 0 0 5 7 

Brown 8 1-1 1-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0 3 

Byrd 10 2-5 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 1 5 

Team 3 

Totals 200 29-60 3-15 12-19 29 15 10 1 16 73 


2004-05 Buffalo Women's Basketball 

Buffalo Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 31, 2005) 

All games 

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL 

ALL GAMES........... (3-15) (3-5) (0-10) (0-0) 

CONFERENCE.......... (1-6) (1-3) (0-3) (0-0) 

NON-CONFERENCE...... (2-9) (2-2) (0-7) (0-0) 

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| 

|----REBOUNDS----| 

## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 

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22 MEUNIER, Brooke.... 17-12 469 27.6 64-189 .339 22-57 .386 30-40 .750 25 46 71 4.2 53 1 51 55 2 13 180 10.6 

40 TURNER, Heather.... 18-14 559 31.1 78-139 .561 0-0 .000 29-71 .408 57 70 127 7.1 46 1 7 32 9 16 185 10.3 

14 BENNETT, Allison... 18-18 587 32.6 63-165 .382 13-48 .271 34-43 .791 27 48 75 4.2 38 0 29 54 6 23 173 9.6 

24 GIBB, Belinda...... 18-12 496 27.6 50-148 .338 2-6 .333 33-54 .611 29 42 71 3.9 51 2 56 55 5 16 135 7.5 

23 BENNETT, Stephanie. 18-15 615 34.2 39-129 .302 23-81 .284 18-28 .643 20 58 78 4.3 35 2 57 88 1 20 119 6.6 

12 BADINICI, Viorica.. 10-5 196 19.6 23-58 .397 7-23 .304 3-5 .600 6 25 31 3.1 22 2 6 18 4 5 56 5.6 

31 PYYKKONEN, Flynn... 13-0 157 12.1 27-63 .429 9-24 .375 8-10 .800 12 25 37 2.8 18 1 9 12 2 6 71 5.5 

10 MERLINO, Talia..... 16-7 199 12.4 9-38 .237 7-25 .280 4-10 .400 3 11 14 0.9 12 0 14 24 1 4 29 1.8 

11 KUCHERAN, Amy...... 16-7 164 10.3 9-30 .300 0-0 .000 3-10 .300 8 16 24 1.5 18 0 4 15 0 1 21 1.3 

05 OROZCO GOLLAZ, Dian 13-0 122 9.4 7-29 .241 0-4 .000 2-3 .667 11 16 27 2.1 25 0 5 14 1 7 16 1.2 

42 HOMOLOVA, Barbora.. 11-0 44 4.0 3-7 .429 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 1 4 5 0.5 5 0 1 4 0 2 8 0.7 

30 BURD, Lauren....... 4-0 17 4.3 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 0.8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 

TEAM............... 40 49 89 4.9 0 6 

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Total.............. 18 3625 372-997 .373 83-268 .310 166-276 .601 241 411 652 36.2 325 9 239 378 31 113 993 55.2 

Opponents.......... 18 3625 473-1075 .440 105-296 .355 250-345 .725 236 446 682 37.9 286 - 303 273 61 205 1301 72.3 

TEAM STATISTICS UB OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND 

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SCORING.................. 993 1301 11/19/04 at Connecticut L 40-107 10167 

Points per game........ 55.2 72.3 11/21/04 at Holy Cross L 42-73 1059 

Scoring margin......... -17.1 - #11/27/04 LAFAYETTE W 54-45 1327 

FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 372-997 473-1075 12/01/04 at Northeastern L 44-71 253 

Field goal pct......... .373 .440 12/04/04 MAINE L 57-69 1427 

3 POINT FG-ATT........... 83-268 105-296 12/07/04 at Bucknell L 56-68 521 

3-point FG pct......... .310 .355 12/11/04 NIAGARA LOT 65-68 3142 

3-pt FG made per game.. 4.6 5.8 12/14/04 at Youngstown State L 43-75 1283 

FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 166-276 250-345 12/18/04 at Canisius L 65-81 817 

Free throw pct......... .601 .725 12/21/04 at Oakland L 54-93 545 

REBOUNDS................. 652 682 01/02/05 EAST CAROLINA W 50-48 243 

Rebounds per game...... 36.2 37.9 *01/05/05 BOWLING GREEN L 45-70 412 

Rebounding margin...... -1.7 - *01/12/05 MIAMI (OH) W 80-61 425 

ASSISTS.................. 239 303 *01/15/05 BALL STATE L 55-75 1118 

Assists per game....... 13.3 16.8 *01/19/05 at Akron L 63-71 205 

TURNOVERS................ 378 273 *01/22/05 MARSHALL L 51-72 1196 

Turnovers per game..... 21.0 15.2 *01/26/05 at Toledo L 60-81 2233 

Turnover margin........ -5.8 - *01/29/05 at Ohio L 69-73 5379 

Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.6 1.1 * Conference game 

STEALS................... 113 205 # at HSBC Arena 

Steals per game........ 6.3 11.4 

BLOCKS................... 31 61 

Blocks per game........ 1.7 3.4 

WINNING STREAK........... 0 - 

Home win streak........ 0 - 

ATTENDANCE............... 9290 22462 

Home games-Avg/Game.... 8-1161 10-2246 

Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0 

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT Total 

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Buffalo....................... 434 549 10 - 993 

Opponents..................... 642 646 13 - 1301

2004-05 Buffalo Women's Basketball 

Buffalo Combined Team Statistics (as of Jan 31, 2005) 

Conference games 

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL 

ALL GAMES........... (1-6) (1-3) (0-3) (0-0) 

CONFERENCE.......... (1-6) (1-3) (0-3) (0-0) 

NON-CONFERENCE...... (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) (0-0) 

|---TOTAL---| |---3-PTS---| 

|----REBOUNDS----| 

## Player GP-GS Min--Avg FG-FGA Pct 3FG-FGA Pct FT-FTA Pct Off Def Tot Avg PF FO A TO Blk Stl Pts Avg 

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14 BENNETT, Allison... 7-7 253 36.1 31-71 .437 6-23 .261 20-25 .800 7 21 28 4.0 16 0 17 24 3 8 88 12.6 

24 GIBB, Belinda...... 7-4 235 33.6 25-65 .385 2-5 .400 17-26 .654 13 26 39 5.6 21 1 24 29 3 7 69 9.9 

40 TURNER, Heather.... 7-7 233 33.3 29-51 .569 0-0 .000 10-26 .385 20 33 53 7.6 23 1 4 15 7 2 68 9.7 

22 MEUNIER, Brooke.... 6-6 169 28.2 22-65 .338 5-20 .250 6-8 .750 7 13 20 3.3 20 1 22 15 0 7 55 9.2 

23 BENNETT, Stephanie. 7-7 264 37.7 21-60 .350 14-40 .350 8-11 .727 11 24 35 5.0 16 0 28 29 1 8 64 9.1 

31 PYYKKONEN, Flynn... 7-0 94 13.4 20-38 .526 6-13 .462 5-7 .714 8 17 25 3.6 11 1 5 8 1 1 51 7.3 

10 MERLINO, Talia..... 5-3 60 12.0 5-12 .417 5-10 .500 1-2 .500 1 2 3 0.6 3 0 6 8 0 1 16 3.2 

12 BADINICI, Viorica.. 2-0 12 6.0 3-8 .375 0-4 .000 0-0 .000 1 1 2 1.0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 3.0 

05 OROZCO GOLLAZ, Dian 3-0 27 9.0 1-4 .250 0-1 .000 0-1 .000 3 4 7 2.3 6 0 2 4 0 0 2 0.7 

42 HOMOLOVA, Barbora.. 5-0 9 1.8 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 4 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.4 

11 KUCHERAN, Amy...... 6-1 27 4.5 1-3 .333 0-0 .000 0-2 .000 1 3 4 0.7 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 0.3 

30 BURD, Lauren....... 4-0 17 4.3 0-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2 1 3 0.8 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 

TEAM............... 14 15 29 4.1 0 0 

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Total.............. 7 1400 158-381 .415 38-116 .328 69-110 .627 88 160 248 35.4 128 4 108 139 16 34 423 60.4 

Opponents.......... 7 1400 182-425 .428 44-134 .328 95-131 .725 101 163 264 37.7 119 - 107 107 16 77 503 71.9 

TEAM STATISTICS UB OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND 

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SCORING.................. 423 503 *01/05/05 BOWLING GREEN L 45-70 412 

Points per game........ 60.4 71.9 *01/12/05 MIAMI (OH) W 80-61 425 

Scoring margin......... -11.4 - *01/15/05 BALL STATE L 55-75 1118 

FIELD GOALS-ATT.......... 158-381 182-425 *01/19/05 at Akron L 63-71 205 

Field goal pct......... .415 .428 *01/22/05 MARSHALL L 51-72 1196 

3 POINT FG-ATT........... 38-116 44-134 *01/26/05 at Toledo L 60-81 2233 

3-point FG pct......... .328 .328 *01/29/05 at Ohio L 69-73 5379 

3-pt FG made per game.. 5.4 6.3 * Conference game 

FREE THROWS-ATT.......... 69-110 95-131 # at HSBC Arena 

Free throw pct......... .627 .725 

REBOUNDS................. 248 264 

Rebounds per game...... 35.4 37.7 

Rebounding margin...... -2.3 - 

ASSISTS.................. 108 107 

Assists per game....... 15.4 15.3 

TURNOVERS................ 139 107 

Turnovers per game..... 19.9 15.3 

Turnover margin........ -4.6 - 

Assist/turnover ratio.. 0.8 1.0 

STEALS................... 34 77 

Steals per game........ 4.9 11.0 

BLOCKS................... 16 16 

Blocks per game........ 2.3 2.3 

WINNING STREAK........... 0 - 

Home win streak........ 0 - 

ATTENDANCE............... 3151 7817 

Home games-Avg/Game.... 4-788 3-2606 

Neutral site-Avg/Game.. - 0-0 

SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd Total 

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Buffalo....................... 177 246 - 423 

Opponents..................... 250 253 - 503

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