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

2004-05 BUFFALO BASKETBALL
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 80-89 points: ................................................ 1-0
Scoring 90-99 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 80-89 points: .............................................. 0-2
Allowing 90-99 points: .............................................. 0-1
Allowing 100 or more points: .................................
0-1
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