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Senior guard Mike Martinho (Rahway, NJ/Union Catholic) scored a game-high 26 points to lead the University at Buffalo Bulls (10-8/6-3) to a 74-59 win over the Western Illinois Leathernecks (11-7/6-2) Saturday (1/24) in Alumni Arena. Martinho shot 50% (8-of-16) from the field, including 7-of-14 from behind the three-point arc to lead the Bulls. Freshman Nikolai Alexeev (Minsk, Belarus/Belarus Sports Academy) continued his strong play as of late, finishing with 14 points and five rebounds.

The Bulls jumped out to an early 11-0 lead before the Leathernecks got on the board with 14:46 remaining on a free throw from Shawn Doles, who lead Western Illinois with 16 points. The result was a 14-6 run of their own to draw within 17-14 with 6:16 remaining in the half. However, Martinho scored 10 in the remaining six minutes to stake UB to a six-point lead at the break.

The Bulls came out firing in the second half, going on a 12-2 run triggered by an Alexeev layup to lead 45-29. Western Illinois whittled the lead down to nine points with 8:34 left, but two three-pointers by Martinho and a dunk by Jon Kleidon sealed the win for UB.

The Bulls are next at home on Wednesday (1/28) when they host the University of Rochester at 8:00 pm in Alumni Arena.

WESTERN ILL (59)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Buckingham      29  3-11   0-0   0-2  4  3    9
Ackerman        33   3-5   0-0   1-3  5  4    6
Johnston        30  5-14   2-2  6-10  1  2   12
Alexander       19   1-2   0-0   4-6  1  1    2
Creason         18  2-10   0-0   0-5  5  3    4
Doles           28  7-15   1-2   1-3  3  4   16
Heisler         15   1-4   0-0   1-3  0  2    3
Coloneze        14   3-4   1-1   1-3  1  1    7
Froman          10   0-0   0-0   0-0  3  1    0
Breedlove        4   0-2   0-0   0-1  0  1    0
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TOTALS         200 25-67   4-5 14-36 23 22   59
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Percentages: FG-.373, FT-.800. 3-Point Goals:
5-17, .294 (Buckingham 3-8, Creason 0-4, Doles
1-2, Heisler 1-3). Team rebounds: None. Blocked
shots: 1 (Doles). Turnovers: 12 (Ackerman 3,
Johnston 3, Doles 2, Froman 2, Breedlove,
Coloneze). Steals: 9 (Buckingham 5, Johnston 2,
Alexander, Doles).

BUFFALO (74)
                      fg    ft    rb
               min   m-a   m-a   o-t  a pf   tp
Martinho        31  8-16   3-6   0-1  2  0   26
Clemens         32   2-4   2-2   2-6  3  1    6
Alexeev         24   5-9   2-3   4-5  0  0   14
Mcmillen        28   2-7   0-0   0-2  4  2    5
Harris          29   1-1   0-3  1-12  2  0    2
Alkhas           8   0-0   2-2   0-1  0  1    2
Young           13   1-3   3-3   0-1  1  4    5
Kleidon         10   2-5   2-2   4-6  0  0    7
Peterson        16   1-3   3-4   0-1  4  1    5
Libomi           7   1-2   0-2   1-1  0  2    2
Gustafsson       2   0-0   0-0   0-1  0  0    0
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TOTALS         200 23-50 17-27 12-37 16 11   74
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Percentages: FG-.460, FT-.630. 3-Point Goals:
11-22, .500 (Martinho 7-14, Alexeev 2-3, Mcmillen
1-4, Kleidon 1-1). Team rebounds: 3. Blocked
shots: None. Turnovers: 15 (Alexeev 3, Libomi 3,
Harris 2, Martinho 2, Kleidon, Mcmillen,
Peterson, Young). Steals: 4 (Peterson 2, Harris,
Martinho).
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Western Ill        27   32  -   59
Buffalo            33   41  -   74
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Technical fouls: None.  A: 2,619. Officials: Orv
Cott, Greg Depompei, Ron Buck.