Box Score Buffalo, N.Y. -- Buffalo outscored Youngstown
State 47-18 in the first half and hit 10 of its first 12 shots to
open the second half in a 92-38 win on Sunday at Alumni Arena.
Bojana Dimitrov scored 13 points in her return from a two-game
absence, and Rachael Manuel added 10 points for the Penguins, who
were outrebounded 51-23. The rebounding margin included a 21-6 edge
in the second half.
Brittany Hedderson scored 25 points and was 9-for-13 from the
floor to lead Buffalo.
YSU missed its first four shots of the game and started 2-for-9
as Buffalo built a 15-4 lead with 14:38 remaining. A Kenya
Middlebrooks jumper cut the score to 15-6 on the Penguins' next
possession, but Buffalo scored 12 of the next 15 points to go up
27-9 and never led by fewer than 13 the rest of the contest.
Once Nytor Longar hit back-to-back buckets to give the Bulls
their 27-9 lead with 9:14 left, Dimitrov scored the next five
points to make the score 27-14 with 8:03 remaining. The Penguins,
though, did not make another field goal until Manuel's bucket with
48 seconds remaining. By then, Buffalo had taken its largest
advantage of the half at 47-16.
The Bulls hit 10 of their first 12 shots to start the second
half and led 72-22 with 11:22 remaining.
The Bulls outshot the Penguins 52.9 percent to 25 percent. They
also led 50-10 in points in the paint and 39-11 in points off
turnovers.
The Penguins will conclude a three-game road trip on Thursday at
Saint Francis (Pa.). Tipoff in Loretto, Pa., is set for 7 p.m. The
game will be broadcast live on 570 WKBN.