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43
Daemen Daemen 0-0,0-0 ECC
98
Winner Buffalo UB 0-0,0-0 MAC
Daemen Daemen
0-0,0-0 ECC
43
Final
98
Buffalo UB
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Daemen Daemen 8 8 13 14 43
Buffalo UB 23 27 20 28 98

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | | CONTACT: Mike Miranto, Sr. Associate A.D. for Communications/Operations

Wildcats Drop Exhibition With Division I Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. - In their first and only dress rehearsal for the 2021-22 season, the Daemen women's basketball team dropped a 98-43 decision to host Buffalo in an exhibition game at Alumni Arena. 

Led by Preseason All-Mid American Conference guard Dyaisha Fair, the Division I Bulls led from start to finish against their Division II counterparts. UB forced 10 first quarter turnovers and took a 50-16 lead into halftime. The Bulls are coming off a 15-9 campaign and were picked third in the MAC Preseason Coaches' Poll. 

Daemen, which enters the season ranked in both Division II national polls (No. 20 WBCA; No. 8 D2SIDA), started slowly, but settled down with three-pointers from Kaytlyn Matz (Johnsburg, Ill.) and Katie Titus (Penfield, N.Y.) and a mid-range jumper from Mickayla Ivy (Grand Rapids, Mich.) in the first quarter. But, coming out of the first media timeout, UB embarked on an 11-0 spurt to firmly grasp control.

The Bulls kept the momentum going and outscored the Wildcats 27-8 in the second quarter. The Wildcats gained better footing in the second half, scoring 27 points on 11-of-31 shooting. 

IMPACT PLAYERS
  • Fair, who led the Bulls in scoring, rebounding and assists last season, stuffed the stat sheet tonight, finishing with 20 points, eight assists and five rebounds. She connected on 4-of-10 three-pointers in the game.
  • Redshirt senior forward Summer Hemphill shot 8-for-11 from the field and finished with 17 points to go with a team-high eight rebounds.
  • Freshman guard Georgia Woolley (14 points) and senior forward Adebola Adeyeye (10 points) also reached double figures for the Bulls. Woolley came off the bench to drill 4-of-6 from three-point range.
  • Matz led the Wildcats with 11 points, including a trio of three-pointers, while Ivy finished with 10 points, five boards, a block and a steal.
  • Titus, the East Coast Conference Preseason Player of the Year, scored eight points, grabbed six rebounds and dished three assists.
  • Redshirt senior guard Tiara Filbert (Batavia, N.Y.) made her return to the lineup and scored three points while grabbing six boards. Filbert, a three-time All-ECC selection, missed the final nine games last season with an injury. 

GAME NOTES
  • Daemen returns 13 players, including four starters, from their 2020-21 team that finished with a 14-3 record after winning the program's first East Region championship and advancing to the Elite Eight round of the NCAA Division II tournament. The Wildcats have been picked first in the East Coast Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll. 
  • UB returns nine scholarship players who accounted for 76% of scoring, 71% of rebounding and 66% of minutes played last season.
  • Tonight's game marked the third exhibition meeting between Daemen and UB since 2010, and the first since 2015. UB has won all three meetings. It was also the Wildcats' first exhibition game against a Division I opponent since an 80-73 loss to Canisius in head coach Jenepher Banker's Daemen coaching debut on Nov. 9, 2016. 
  • Buffalo (58) and Daemen (55) have the most wins among Western New York's NCAA women's basketball programs since the start of the 2018-19 season.

NEXT JUMP BALL
The Wildcats tip it up for real on Friday, November 12 (6 p.m.) when they face regional foe St. Anselm in the opening round of the Redhawks Classic hosted by Roberts Wesleyan.

Daemen College features the premier NCAA Division II athletics program in the Buffalo-Niagara region, sponsoring 18 intercollegiate teams. For the latest information on Daemen Athletics, follow the Wildcats via social media on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram, or sign up to receive customizable news alerts, e-mail newsletters and weekly schedule alerts.

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