EMU Men Fall 65-47 To Buffalo At Alumni Arena

Game Highlights.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (EMUEagles.com) – The Eastern Michigan University men's basketball team dropped a road contest to Mid-American Conference East opponent, University at Buffalo. Despite trailing by just one at the half the Eagles were unable to hold the Bulls at bay in the second-half and fell 65-47, Tuesday night, Jan. 24 at Alumni Arena. With the loss the Eagles fell to 9-11 (4-2 MAC) on the season.

Eastern struggled from the field shooting just 16-of-47 from the field for 34.0 percent, but shot 14.3 percent from beyond the arc as they dropped their second MAC game of the season.

Darrell Lampley (Linden, N.J.-Linden-Lakeland C.C.) was the high-scorer for EMU after dropping 14. Quintin Dailey (Las Vegas, Nev.-Bishop Gorman-Sheridan (Wyo.) J.C.) added 10 while Antonio Green (Inkster, Mich.-Dearborn Heights Robichaud) chipped-in with seven points of his own. Da'Shonte Riley (Detroit, Mich.-Country Day-Syracuse) was a defensive standout with a career-high seven blocks, while adding eight rebounds in the Eagles' loss. Riley's seven blocks also tied him for second-most by an EMU player in a single game.

Jamell Harris (Euclid, Ohio-Euclid) opened the scoring by knocking down a pair of free-throws at the 18:12 mark, giving the Eagles the early 2-0 edge. The Bulls responded taking a 5-2 lead after Zach Filzen knocked down a deep-three ball. Buffalo extended their edge by going on a 15-3 run taking a double-digit lead, 15-5, at 12:04.

Lampley knocked down three straight buckets for seven Eagles' points in a row, bringing the Green and White to within five, 14-19, near the eight minute mark in the opening half.

Green gave the Eagles their first lead since the 16:58 mark by hitting a triple from the corner with 3:50 remaining, making it 23-22 in favor of the Green and White.

The Bulls ended the half by taking a 24-23 lead on a Titus Robinson dunk with eight seconds left on the clock.

Lampley led the way for Eastern offensively in the opening half with seven points, while Harris added five. As a team, the Eagles shot just 32.0 percent and 28.6 percent from beyond the arc, but they were able to hold the Bulls to just a 29.6 shooting percentage and 27.3 percent from three-point land.

Buffalo ran out to a nine-point lead to start the second-half after completing an early 14-6 run, making it 38-29. Filzen extended the Bulls' lead to 14 when he hit a pair of three-balls to make it 44-30 with 11:09 left in the game.

After being called for a flagrant foul on an elbow to the face of Eastern's Antoine Chandler (Winsdor, Ontario-W.F. Herman Secondary) Buffalo's Tony Watson hit a deep three-pointer to give the Bulls a 49-35 lead with under eight minutes to play.

Mitchell Watt extended the UB lead to 16 on a dunk to put the Bulls on-top 57-41. The Eagles were unable to surmount a comeback and fell by a final tally 65-47 at Alumni Arena.

The Eagles continue to battle MAC East foes Saturday, Jan. 28, when they play host to the Bowling Green State University Falcons. Tip-off is slated for 6 p.m. at the Convocation Center on the campus of Eastern Michigan.

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Team Stats

Darrell Lampley

Quintin Dailey

Antonio Green

Jamell Harris

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