Buffalo, NY – The University at Buffalo women's basketball team looks for its fourth straight win as they welcome Atlantic 10 member Rhode Island to Alumni Arena at 2pm on Sunday. It is the third overall meeting between the two programs with the Bulls coming away victorious in both previous meetings, most recently a 59-57 victory at Alumni Arena on November 28, 1999.
The game will be streamed on ESPN3 with Matt Mattia (play-by-play) and Brian Koziol (color) announcing and can be heard on the radio on ESPN 1520AM or on the Varsity Network with Bob Gaughan on the call.
Buffalo is coming off a dominant win over Niagara on Sunday in which the Bulls led for all but 30 seconds in a 95-55 rout of the Purple Eagles. Four Bulls scored in double figures led by junior guard
Dyaisha Fair who had 26 points to go with six rebounds and seven assists. Freshman
Georgia Woolley had a breakout performance as she scored a career-high 23 points, including 3-of-4 shooting from behind the arc. Senior
Jazmine Young scored in double figures for the third straight game with 14 points and
Cheyenne McEvans added 12 points and six rebounds. Buffalo won the battle on the glass 52-40, including turning 19 offensive rebounds into 24 second chance points, while dominating the paint with 46 points in the lane. UB continued to turn defense into offense as they scored 25 points off Niagara turnovers while also scoring 32 fast break points.
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Rhode Island enters Sunday's contest with an 7-2 overall record after falling 66-54 at Holy Cross on Thursday night. The Rams are led offensively by Emmanuelle Tahane who is averaging close to a double-double with 14.2 points and 9.9 rebounds per game. Dez Elmore (12.3 ppg, 8.5 rpg), Dolly Cairns (11.4 ppg, 2.0 rpg) and Marie-Paule Foppossi (11.2 ppg, 6.8 rpg) are also averaging in double figures. Tahane earned a spot on the A-10 preseason All-Conference First Team after being named Co-Player of the Year a season ago. Foppossi earned a spot on the second team while Elmore landed on the third team. The Rams were picked to finish second in the Atlantic 10 preseason poll. Rhode Island gets to the charity stripe at a high clip as they rank fifth in the country in free throws attempted (192) and eighth in free throws made (129).
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Up next, Buffalo will conclude the homestand with its second straight A-10 opponent as the Bulls will host VCU on Wednesday, December 8 at 7pm.
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