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KALAMAZOO, MI - Western Michigan University, who had been struggling from the field most of the season, found their shooting eye just in time for the University at Buffalo's visit to University Arena.

The result was a 56% shooting night by the Broncos and the eighth straight loss for Buffalo as Western Michigan used a huge first half to post a 90-72 victory in Mid-American Conference play. The Broncos hit 18-of-32 shots (56.3%) in the first half to open up a 46-24 halftime lead. Little-used forward Pat Cleland had all 11 of his points in the first half as WMU hit on eight three- pointers in the first half.

The Bulls trailed 10-4 when forward Robert Brown (Oak Park, MI/Oak Park) - who finished with 14 points - picked up his second foul. With UB already short on post players, the Broncos slowly started to pull away, opening up the large halftime lead. The Bulls trailed, 27-17 with 8:10 remaining but the Broncos closed the half with a 19-7 run.

The Broncos eventually pulled out to a 33-point lead (61-28) early in the second half before Buffalo used a ferocious full-court press to make things interesting. Behind the scoring of Louis Campbell (Rahway, NJ/Rahway) and Jason Robinson (Seattle, WA/Curtis) - who combined for 25 second half points - the Bulls would cut the lead to 69-53 with 8:30 left in the game.

Campbell's 23 points matched his season high on the year and the senior also led the Bulls with eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. The Bulls could get no closer than 16 points, however, as fatigue caught up late in the game and the Broncos continued their torrid shooting from the field and the foul line (17-of-20).

Buffalo, which shot a season-high 40 free throws, was hurt by 15 misses at the charity stripe and were outrebounded 40-33. Robinson added 16 points and five rebounds for Buffalo and hit 5-of-8 shots from the field. Buffalo struggled from long range, however, as UB hit just 3-of-17 shots from beyond the arc.