Buffalo 75, Western Michigan 68

March 11, 2005

Conference Tournament

Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio) - Neutral Site

Attendance: 8,652

Officials: Brett Wegenke, Lamar Simpson, Jerry Sauder

Team Rebounds: Buffalo (6) Western Michigan (3)

Technicals: Buffalo (0) Western Michigan (0)

  1 2 Final
BUFF (22-8) 29 46 75
WMY (19-12) 37 31 68

Advanced Poss ORtg DRtg
BUFF 68 110.3 100.0
WMY 68 100.0 110.3

Four Factors eFG% TO% OR% FTR
BUFF .536 0.191 0.333 0.291
WMY .474 0.147 0.310 0.224

Buffalo Bulls

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Daniel Gilbert Starter SF 28:00 4-4 1-1 4-6 6.0 2 1 3 0 5 1 3 0 13
- Parnell Smith Starter PF 08:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 -0.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
- Yassin Idbihi Starter C 26:00 8-11 1-2 0-0 13.0 2 5 7 0 3 0 0 0 17
- Jason Bird Starter SG 15:00 0-2 0-2 0-0 -1.8 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0
- Turner Battle Starter PG 37:00 2-11 1-5 9-11 6.4 0 7 7 1 1 0 1 0 14
- Calvin Cage Bench PG 21:00 0-7 0-4 0-0 -5.5 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0
- Roderick Middleton Bench SG 20:00 3-7 1-2 0-0 2.8 0 2 2 2 1 0 2 0 7
- Mario Jordan Bench SF 22:00 4-5 1-1 1-2 9.0 3 0 3 3 5 2 2 0 10
- Mark Bortz Bench C 23:00 5-7 0-0 2-2 9.8 3 3 6 1 3 0 2 1 12
  Team                   6            
        200 27-55 5-17 16-21 38.9 10 20 36 8 22 3 13 1 75
          49.1% 29.4% 76.2%                    

Western Michigan Broncos

# Player Status Pos Min FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A FIC Off Def Reb Ast PF STL TO BLK PTS
- Joe Reitz Starter C 25:00 6-10 0-0 2-2 10.5 3 3 6 0 5 2 0 0 14
- Levi Rost Starter PF 26:00 3-8 0-4 7-10 6.5 1 3 4 3 4 1 2 0 13
- Brian Snider Starter SF 35:00 6-11 0-2 2-2 12.5 2 2 4 4 2 1 0 0 14
- Ben Reed Starter SG 36:00 6-16 3-7 0-0 8.5 3 4 7 1 1 1 2 0 15
- Rickey Willis Starter PG 35:00 1-6 0-2 2-2 -1.0 0 5 5 1 1 0 4 0 4
- Silver Laku Bench SG 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Andrew Hershberger Bench SF 02:00 0-0 0-0 0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
- Dan Hess Bench SF 14:00 1-2 0-0 0-3 -2.6 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 2
- Stane's Bufford Bench SG 11:00 2-4 0-1 0-0 2.8 0 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 4
- Jeff Bronson Bench SF 14:00 1-1 0-0 0-0 -0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2
  Team                   3            
        200 26-58 3-16 13-19 36.9 9 20 32 9 19 5 10 1 68
          44.8% 18.8% 68.4%                    

Buffalo Bulls Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Turner Battle
15.3p, 4.6r, 4.3a
Jason Bird
4.5p, 1.7r, 0.8a
Daniel Gilbert
8.1p, 3.9r, 1.8a
Parnell Smith
2.5p, 2.2r, 0.5a
Yassin Idbihi
10.2p, 6r, 1.4a
Rotation Calvin Cage
9.8p, 1.8r, 1.3a
Roderick Middleton
6.8p, 3.1r, 1.3a
Mario Jordan
7p, 4.2r, 1.2a
 
 
Mark Bortz
10.2p, 5.7r, 1.4a

Western Michigan Broncos Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters Rickey Willis
6.8p, 2.1r, 4.8a
Ben Reed
17.8p, 6.2r, 2.2a
Brian Snider
8p, 5.2r, 3.2a
Levi Rost
16.5p, 6r, 1.6a
Joe Reitz
9.7p, 5.3r, 0.3a
Rotation  
 
Stane's Bufford
7.4p, 3.8r, 0.4a
Dan Hess
0.9p, 1.4r, 0.2a
 
 
 
 
Rotation  
 
 
 
Jeff Bronson
2.8p, 2.3r, 0.3a
 
 
 
 
Lim PT  
 
Silver Laku
3.2p, 1.1r, 0.4a
Andrew Hershberger
1.5p, 2r, 0.2a
 
 
 
 

Today's Games

(1) Illinois 68
Northwestern 51

(2) North Carolina 88
Clemson 81

(3) Duke 76
Virginia 64

(4) Louisville 74
UAB 67

(5) Wake Forest 65
NC State 81

(6) Oklahoma State 87
Colorado 85

(7) Kentucky 76
Tennessee 62

(8) Washington 66
Stanford 63

(9) Arizona 90
Oregon State 59

(13) UConn 63
(11) Syracuse 67

(12) Kansas 80
Kansas State 67

(15) Michigan State 69
Iowa 71

(16) Florida 80
Mississippi State 64

(17) Oklahoma 83
Missouri 79

(18) Utah 73
UNLV 67

(19) Villanova 76
West Virginia 78

(20) Wisconsin 60
Ohio State 49

(21) Alabama 69
Ole Miss 52

(22) Pacific 63
Cal State Northridge 61

(24) Texas Tech 64
Iowa State 56

Virginia Tech 54
(25) Georgia Tech 73