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Bulls Fall To Hot-Shooting Bobcats, 74-64

Stephanie Bennett

Ohio came out firing in the first half, scoring the first four points and never relinquishing the lead. The Bobcat lead was just two at 17-15 with 9:35 left in the first half when Ohio used a 27-6 run over the rest of the half, taking a 44-21 lead into the break. Ohio hit on eight of its 11 threes in the half, while the Bulls managed to convert on just one three-point attempt.

In the second half, Ohio got its lead up to as many as 24 with 18:34 remaining in the half, but the Bulls showed some fight for the home crowd. Buffalo got the lead down to 14 with 11:55 left in the half on a layup from junior Dortae Freeman (Detroit, MI/Cass Technical). However, Ohio answered with two threes from Jennifer Bushby. The Bulls kept fighting back, but Bushby and the Bobcats had an answer. From the 11:35 mark until the 7:21 mark, Bushby had 14 straight points for Ohio. The Bobcats again had the lead at 19 with 3:16 left, but the Bulls had one run left in them, closing the game out on a 9-0 run. Senior Stephanie Bennett (Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge) hit a three during that stretch as well as senior Diana Orozco Gollaz (León Guanajuato, Mexico/Tec de Monterrey-León), who made her first appearance of the season.

Jamie Schiebner

The Bulls were led by 19 points from Bennett, with 17 of those coming after the break. Junior Jamie Schiebner (Saginaw, MI/Heritage) had 11 points and eight rebounds. Schiebner also had a game-high four steals. Senior Heather Turner (West Seneca, NY/Mount Mercy Academy) had five points, four rebounds, two steals, an assist and a block on the night. The four rebounds give Turner 800 for her career. She is just the third player in UB history to record at least 800 rebounds and is the first player in the school’s history to record over 1,200 points and 800 rebounds. Freshman Jessica Fortman (Ashland, KY/Russell) had nine points and seven rebounds, including five of those on the offensive end.

The Bobcats, who improved to 8-8 on the year and 1-2 in the MAC, were led by 23 points from Bushby on 6-of-8 shooting from behind the arc. Lauren Kohn had 14 points and seven rebounds for Ohio.

The Bulls will return to action on Saturday evening when they host Bowling Green. The game with the Falcons is set to tip off at 7:00 pm.