BUFFALO, N.Y. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - Green Bay (4-6) put four players in double figures
Saturday afternoon, but the Phoenix was unable to overcome a second-half spurt
by Buffalo (6-3) in a 78-64 loss at Alumni Arena. Senior Rahmon Fletcher (Kansas
City, Mo.) led the Phoenix in scoring with 15 points.
Green
Bay trailed 32-25 at the break, but freshman Daniel Turner
(McCordsville, Ind.) opened the second half with a three-pointer and senior Greg LeSage (Radcliff, Ky.) capped a 7-2 run with a fastbreak dunk to
cut the deficit to two (34-32) at the 18:22 mark.
Things
turned for the visitors after that as Buffalo rattled off 14-straight points to
move ahead by 16 points with 14:50 to play, and the Phoenix never fully
recovered despite cutting the lead to single digits with three minutes to play.
Junior
Steve Baker (St. Paul, Minn.) scored five-straight points to end a 7-0
run early in the opening half and give Green Bay a 12-8 lead six minutes into
the contest. The Phoenix struggled from the field for much of the rest of the first
half, and went into the break shooting just 29 percent (9-31).
The
shooting struggles helped Buffalo go on an 11-0 spurt and build the seven-point
halftime lead.
Fletcher
knocked down 6-of-13 shots from the field and added six assists to lead the
Phoenix. Baker added 12 points and six rebounds while Turner and senior Bryquis Perine (Milwaukee, Wis.) added 10 points apiece.
Buffalo
guards Zach Filzen and Byron Mulkey both scored 21 points while Javon McCrea
had 13 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Bulls.
The
Phoenix will have a quick turnaround after returning to Green Bay, traveling to
Madison for a non-conference tilt on Monday at 7 p.m. Green Bay downed the
Badgers 88-84 in overtime a season ago. The rematch will be televised live on
the Big Ten Network.
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BUFFALO 78,
GREEN BAY 64
GREEN BAY
(4-6)
FLETCHER, Rahmon 6-13 1-2 15; BAKER, Steve 5-8 0-0 12;
PERINE, Bryquis 4-14 0-0 10; TURNER, Daniel 3-6 3-4 10; LESAGE, Greg 3-6 0-0 6;
BROWN, Alec 0-4 4-4 4; SNYDER, Troy 1-4 0-0 3; WILLIAMS, Jarvis 0-5 2-4 2;
HEUER, Clayton 1-1 0-0 2; EVANS, Seth 0-2 0-0 0; SEMENAS, Derek 0-1 0-0 0.
Totals 23-64 10-14 64.
BUFFALO
(6-3)
FILZEN, Zach 6-12 4-4 21; MULKEY, Byron 6-12 7-8 21;
MCCREA, Javon 5-7 3-5 13; ROBINSON, Titus 4-4 2-3 10; ALSTON, Jawaan 3-3 0-0 6;
WATT, Mitchell 1-3 1-1 3; BARNETT, Dave 1-2 0-0 2; OLDHAM, Jarod 1-1 0-0 2;
WATSON, Tony 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-45 17-21 78.
Green
Bay..................... 25 39
- 64
Buffalo.......................... 32 46
- 78
