The Bulls captured a tough road win as they defeated the Thunderbirds of Southern Utah, 77-73. The Bulls, who led at halftime 44-40 expanded their lead to as much as 70-55 in the second half at the 8:07 mark on a Mari McClure (Rochester Hills/Rochester Adams) jumper.

The Thunderbirds, however would not give in as they battled back to within four points with 1:30 left to go in the second half to make it 74-70. But that was not enough for the home team as the Bulls hit 5-of-8 free throws in the final 1:00 to claim the victory.

UB had five players score in double figures with freshman Tiffany Bell (Alexandria, VA/Hayfield), junior Catherine Jacob (Pittsburgh, PA/Penn Hills) and senior Charissa Gardner (Montreal, QUE/Wagar) pitching in 12 apiece. Freshman Sonia Ortega (Chihuahua, MEX/Cobach) contributed 11 while senior Latoya Crumpton (Buffalo, NY/Hutch-Tech) scored 10.

Box Score

Buffalo

	Min	fg m-a	ft m-a	rb o-t	A	PF	TP
Bell	21	5-10	2-4	2-3	2	0	12
McCray	27	3-5	2-2	0-2	2	2	9
Blakeslee	22	1-3	1-2	1-4	0	4	3
Ortega	25	4-12	3-4	3-7	2	3	11
Jacob	37	4-8	2-3	0-3	1	2	12
McClure	4	1-2	0-1	1-2	0	0	2
Coon	5	2-3	0-0	1-1	0	2	4
Crumpton	24	4-9	2-2	0-3	0	5	10
Gardner	18	5-9	2-2	3-3	2	5	12
Cerny	4	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	1	0
Prinzing	12	1-1	0-0	2-2	0	2	2
Joseph	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Team				2-4
Totals	200	30-62	14-20	15-34	10	26	77

Southern Utah

	Min	fg m-a	ft m-a	rb o-t	A	PF	TP
Myers	32	3-12	2-2	2-3	1	4	11
Littlefield	37	3-16	4-7	2-7	3	3	11
Larsen	31	8-14	10-13	7-13	0	3	26
Wornell	25	2-6	3-4	0-2	4	0	9
Shaheen	29	2-5	6-6	5-7	3	5	11
Webster	15	0-2	1-2	2-2	1	1	1
Gressman	9	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Mortensen	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Adams	11	0-1	2-2	0-2	1	1	2
Pratt	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Hines	7	1-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	2
Team				5-7
Totals	200	19-58	28-36	23-43	13	17	73

Attendance: 1350
Officials: Teri Jackson, Richard Blackwell, Chris Singer

	1st	2nd	Total
Buffalo	44	33	77
Southern Utah	40	33	73