| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Stephen Manns (fresh) 4 ast. SG - Guadalupe Medina (fresh) 11 pts. 2 ast. SF - Esteban Guerra (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Deshi Sun (fresh) 4 pts. C - Matthew Coyne (fresh) 2 pts. 3 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Cary Woolf (fresh) 3 pts. 4 ast. SG - Willie Ross (fresh) 5 pts. 1 ast. SF - George Kelly (fresh) 9 pts. 3 reb. PF - Edwin Coe (fresh) 4 pts. 3 reb. 2 blk. C - Micheal Kelly (fresh) 2 pts. 6 reb. | |
| 20:00 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra inbounds the ball | 25-32 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a 2-3 zone (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 19:39 | Kent State | Stephen Manns double dribbles | 25-32 |
| 19:23 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly misses long on a 3pt attempt from straight away | 25-32 |
| 19:21 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe grabs the offensive board | 25-32 |
| 19:09 | Buffalo | George Kelly can't connect on a shot from the left wing but he's hacked by Esteban Guerra - foul #1 on Esteban Guerra, team foul #1 | 25-32 |
| 19:09 | Buffalo | George Kelly makes the 1st free throw | 25-33 |
| 19:09 | Buffalo | George Kelly makes the 2nd free throw | 25-34 |
| 18:42 | Kent State | Stephen Manns buries a fadeaway jumper from the left side set up by Deshi Sun | 27-34 |
| 18:23 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf can't connect on a pull-up jumper from the right side | 27-34 |
| 18:22 | Kent State | The rebound goes to Guadalupe Medina | 27-34 |
| 17:56 | Kent State | Stephen Manns can't connect on a floater from the left side | 27-34 |
| 17:54 | Kent State | Stephen Manns snags the offensive board | 27-34 |
| 17:33 | Kent State | Stephen Manns is hacked by Cary Woolf - foul #1 on Cary Woolf, team foul #1 | 27-34 |
| 17:15 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra misses badly on a jumper from the left wing | 27-34 |
| 17:14 | Buffalo | George Kelly pulls down the rebound | 27-34 |
| 17:10 | Buffalo | Willie Ross comes up short on the 3 pointer from straight away | 27-34 |
| 17:09 | Kent State | Stephen Manns grabs the defensive rebound | 27-34 |
| 16:50 | Kent State | Stephen Manns knocks in the jumper from the right wing set up by Guadalupe Medina | 29-34 |
| 16:42 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf loses the ball out of bounds | 29-34 |
| Subs | Kent State | Swietomierz Bachinski (SF) Esteban Guerra | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Steven Wilks (PF), Kevin Howard (C) Edwin Coe, Micheal Kelly | |
| 16:17 | Kent State | Matthew Coyne is called for traveling | 29-34 |
| Subs | Kent State | Lewis Fagundes (PG) Stephen Manns | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Blake Canada (SF) George Kelly | |
| 15:57 | Buffalo | Steven Wilks hits the front of the rim on the turnaround from the baseline but the foul's on Deshi Sun - foul #1 on Deshi Sun, team foul #2 | 29-34 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | James Bingham (PG), William Danner (PF) Cary Woolf, Willie Ross | |
| 15:57 | Buffalo | Steven Wilks makes the 1st free throw | 29-35 |
| 15:57 | Buffalo | Steven Wilks misses the 2nd free throw | 29-35 |
| 15:57 | Kent State | Matthew Coyne pulls down the rebound | 29-35 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Lewis Fagundes (fresh) 1 ast. SG - Guadalupe Medina (fresh) 11 pts. 3 ast. SF - Swietomierz Bachinski (fresh) 3 pts. 1 ast. PF - Deshi Sun (fairly fresh) 4 pts. C - Matthew Coyne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - James Bingham (fresh) 5 pts. SG - Steven Wilks (fresh) 3 pts. SF - Blake Canada (fresh) 2 pts. PF - William Danner (fresh) 3 pf. C - Kevin Howard (fresh) | |
| 15:39 | Kent State | Deshi Sun hits a fadeaway from close range on a nice dish by Swietomierz Bachinski | 31-35 |
| 15:15 | Buffalo | Steven Wilks drills a shot from the free throw line | 31-37 |
| 14:54 | Kent State | Swietomierz Bachinski is fouled on the floor by Blake Canada - foul #2 on Blake Canada, team foul #2 | 31-37 |
| Subs | Kent State | Stephen Manns (PG), Vyacheslav Szychowski (SF), Esteban Guerra (PF) Lewis Fagundes, Guadalupe Medina, Deshi Sun | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Cary Woolf (PG), Willie Ross (SG), George Kelly (SF), Micheal Kelly (C) James Bingham, Steven Wilks, Blake Canada, Kevin Howard | |
| 14:28 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra misses the easy layup but he's fouled by William Danner - foul #4 on William Danner, team foul #3 | 31-37 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Edwin Coe (PF) William Danner | |
| 14:28 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra makes the 1st free throw | 32-37 |
| 14:28 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra misses the 2nd free throw | 32-37 |
| 14:28 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly grabs the board | 32-37 |
| 14:08 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe misses the 3pt shot from the left wing | 32-37 |
| 14:06 | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski gets the rebound | 32-37 |
| 13:48 | Kent State | Stephen Manns comes up short on the fadeaway jumper from the right wing | 32-37 |
| 13:46 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Edwin Coe | 32-37 |
| 13:28 | Buffalo | Willie Ross throws a bad pass out of bounds | 32-37 |
| Subs | Kent State | Guadalupe Medina (SG) Vyacheslav Szychowski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 13:06 | Kent State | Stephen Manns jams it set up by Matthew Coyne | 34-37 |
| 12:46 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe misses short on a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Esteban Guerra - foul #2 on Esteban Guerra, team foul #3 | 34-37 |
| Subs | Kent State | Deshi Sun (PF) Swietomierz Bachinski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 12:46 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe makes the 1st free throw | 34-38 |
| 12:46 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe makes the 2nd free throw | 34-39 |
| 12:36 | Kent State | Guadalupe Medina lays it up and in | 36-39 |
| 12:29 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly drills a floater in the paint on a great pass from Cary Woolf and he's hacked by Matthew Coyne - foul #1 on Matthew Coyne, team foul #4 | 36-41 |
| Subs | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski (SF) Matthew Coyne | |
| Subs | Buffalo | James Bingham (SG) Willie Ross | |
| 12:29 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly makes the free throw | 36-42 |
| 12:07 | Kent State | Guadalupe Medina misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 36-42 |
| 12:05 | Buffalo | The rebound goes to Micheal Kelly | 36-42 |
| 11:42 | Buffalo | James Bingham loses the dribble to Vyacheslav Szychowski | 36-42 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Stephen Manns (fairly fresh) 6 pts. 4 ast. SG - Guadalupe Medina (fresh) 13 pts. 3 ast. SF - Vyacheslav Szychowski (fresh) PF - Esteban Guerra (fresh) 6 pts. C - Deshi Sun (fresh) 6 pts. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - Cary Woolf (fairly fresh) 3 pts. 5 ast. SG - James Bingham (fresh) 5 pts. SF - George Kelly (fairly fresh) 11 pts. 4 reb. PF - Edwin Coe (fresh) 6 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Micheal Kelly (fairly fresh) 5 pts. 8 reb. | |
| 11:29 | Kent State | Guadalupe Medina lays it in on a great pass from Esteban Guerra | 38-42 |
| 11:09 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly's pass is intercepted by Guadalupe Medina | 38-42 |
| 10:42 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra misses badly on a 3pt shot from the left corner | 38-42 |
| 10:40 | Kent State | Guadalupe Medina tips it home | 40-42 |
| 10:24 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe blows the layup | 40-42 |
| 10:22 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf grabs the offensive rebound | 40-42 |
| 10:05 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe hits the finger roll on a nice dish by Cary Woolf | 40-44 |
| 09:40 | Kent State | Stephen Manns misses long on a fadeaway jumper from the left side | 40-44 |
| 09:39 | Buffalo | James Bingham gets the rebound | 40-44 |
| 09:20 | Buffalo | Esteban Guerra steps in front of the George Kelly pass | 40-44 |
| 08:58 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra is called for the offensive foul - foul #3 on Esteban Guerra, team foul #5 | 40-44 |
| Subs | Kent State | Lewis Fagundes (PG), Swietomierz Bachinski (SF), Matthew Coyne (C) Stephen Manns, Vyacheslav Szychowski, Esteban Guerra | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Willie Ross (SG), Blake Canada (SF), Steven Wilks (PF), Kevin Howard (C) Cary Woolf, George Kelly, Edwin Coe, Micheal Kelly | |
| 08:56 | Buffalo | James Bingham is fouled in the backcourt by Lewis Fagundes - foul #2 on Lewis Fagundes, team foul #6 | 40-44 |
| 08:39 | Buffalo | Blake Canada scores on a 3pt attempt from the left corner on a great pass from Steven Wilks | 40-47 |
| 08:37 | Kent State | Lewis Fagundes's pass is off the mark and out of bounds in the backcourt | 40-47 |
| 08:20 | Buffalo | Lewis Fagundes is called for the reach on James Bingham - foul #3 on Lewis Fagundes, team foul #7 | 40-47 |
| Subs | Kent State | Hai Wen (SG) Guadalupe Medina | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 08:20 | Buffalo | James Bingham makes the 1st free throw | 40-48 |
| 08:20 | Buffalo | James Bingham makes the 2nd free throw | 40-49 |
| 08:02 | Kent State | Hai Wen buries a pull-up jumper from the left wing on a nice dish by Deshi Sun | 42-49 |
| 07:43 | Buffalo | Willie Ross connects on the floater from just outside the lane on a great pass from James Bingham | 42-51 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Lewis Fagundes (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Hai Wen (fresh) 2 pts. SF - Swietomierz Bachinski (fresh) 3 pts. 2 ast. PF - Deshi Sun (fairly fresh) 6 pts. C - Matthew Coyne (fairly fresh) 2 pts. 4 reb. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - James Bingham (fairly fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Willie Ross (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SF - Blake Canada (fresh) 5 pts. PF - Steven Wilks (fresh) 5 pts. C - Kevin Howard (fresh) | |
| 07:17 | Kent State | Deshi Sun misses short on a runner from the right block | 42-51 |
| 07:16 | Buffalo | James Bingham snags the defensive board | 42-51 |
| 07:05 | Buffalo | Willie Ross can't connect on a shot from the left side | 42-51 |
| 07:03 | Buffalo | Blake Canada snags the offensive board | 42-51 |
| 06:52 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard connects on the turnaround in the lane | 42-53 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense and a 2-3 zone (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 06:29 | Kent State | Deshi Sun loses the ball out of bounds | 42-53 |
| Subs | Kent State | Guadalupe Medina (SG), Stephen Manns (PF) Hai Wen, Deshi Sun | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Cary Woolf (PG), George Kelly (SF), William Danner (PF) James Bingham, Blake Canada, Steven Wilks | |
| 06:12 | Buffalo | Swietomierz Bachinski steps in front of the George Kelly pass | 42-53 |
| 05:50 | Kent State | Stephen Manns buries a fadeaway from just outside the lane set up by Swietomierz Bachinski | 44-53 |
| 05:37 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf hits the front of the rim on the 3pt shot from the left corner | 44-53 |
| 05:36 | Buffalo | Willie Ross tips it in | 44-55 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (+5) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 05:17 | Kent State | Matthew Coyne is called for a charge - foul #2 on Matthew Coyne, team foul #8 | 44-55 |
| Subs | Kent State | Vyacheslav Szychowski (SF), Esteban Guerra (PF) Lewis Fagundes, Swietomierz Bachinski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Blake Canada (SG), Micheal Kelly (C) Willie Ross, Kevin Howard | |
| 04:56 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly misses badly on a jumper from the baseline | 44-55 |
| 04:54 | Kent State | Stephen Manns gets the rebound | 44-55 |
| 04:50 | Kent State | Stephen Manns clanks a pull-up jumper from the left side but he's fouled by Cary Woolf - foul #2 on Cary Woolf, team foul #4 | 44-55 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | James Bingham (SG) Blake Canada | |
| 04:50 | Kent State | Stephen Manns makes the 1st free throw | 45-55 |
| 04:50 | Kent State | Stephen Manns makes the 2nd free throw | 46-55 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+2) | |
| 04:34 | Buffalo | George Kelly can't connect on a floater from just outside the lane | 46-55 |
| 04:33 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly tips it home | 46-57 |
| 04:16 | Kent State | George Kelly picks off the pass by Stephen Manns | 46-57 |
| 04:13 | Buffalo | Cary Woolf banks in the layup set up by George Kelly | 46-59 |
| 03:59 | Kent State | Matthew Coyne is hacked by William Danner - foul #5 on William Danner, team foul #5 | 46-59 |
| Subs | Kent State | Hai Wen (PG), Swietomierz Bachinski (SF) Stephen Manns, Vyacheslav Szychowski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Willie Ross (SG), Blake Canada (SF), Edwin Coe (PF) James Bingham, George Kelly, William Danner | |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:46 | Kent State | Hai Wen buries a 3pt attempt from the right wing | 49-59 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a motion offense (uptempo) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 03:36 | Buffalo | Willie Ross is hacked by Matthew Coyne - foul #3 on Matthew Coyne, team foul #9 | 49-59 |
| Subs | Kent State | Lewis Fagundes (PG) Hai Wen | |
| Subs | Buffalo | James Bingham (PG) Cary Woolf | |
| 03:36 | Buffalo | Willie Ross makes the 1st free throw | 49-60 |
| 03:36 | Buffalo | Willie Ross misses the 2nd free throw | 49-60 |
| 03:36 | Kent State | The rebound goes to Matthew Coyne | 49-60 |
| Lineup | Kent State | PG - Lewis Fagundes (fresh) 1 ast. 3 pf. SG - Guadalupe Medina (fresh) 17 pts. 3 ast. SF - Swietomierz Bachinski (fresh) 3 pts. 3 ast. PF - Esteban Guerra (fresh) 6 pts. 1 ast. 3 pf. C - Matthew Coyne (tiring) 2 pts. 5 reb. 3 pf. | |
| Lineup | Buffalo | PG - James Bingham (fresh) 7 pts. 1 ast. SG - Willie Ross (fresh) 10 pts. 1 ast. SF - Blake Canada (fresh) 5 pts. 2 reb. PF - Edwin Coe (fresh) 8 pts. 5 reb. 2 blk. C - Micheal Kelly (fresh) 7 pts. 9 reb. | |
| 03:24 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra can't connect on a jumpshot from the left side but he's hacked by Willie Ross - foul #3 on Willie Ross, team foul #6 | 49-60 |
| Subs | Kent State | Deshi Sun (C) Matthew Coyne | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 03:24 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra makes the 1st free throw | 50-60 |
| 03:24 | Kent State | Esteban Guerra makes the 2nd free throw | 51-60 |
| 03:08 | Buffalo | James Bingham drills a 3pt attempt from the left wing on a great pass from Willie Ross | 51-63 |
| 02:59 | Kent State | Lewis Fagundes misses short on a 3pt shot from the right wing | 51-63 |
| 02:58 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly grabs the board | 51-63 |
| 02:58 | Buffalo | Buffalo calls a full timeout (2 :30 3 full remaining) | 51-63 |
| Subs | Kent State | Stephen Manns (PG) Lewis Fagundes | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Cary Woolf (PG), George Kelly (SF) James Bingham, Blake Canada | |
| 02:39 | Buffalo | Micheal Kelly is called for traveling | 51-63 |
| Subs | Kent State | | |
| Subs | Buffalo | Steven Brown (PG), James Bingham (SG), Blake Canada (SF), Kevin Howard (C) Cary Woolf, Willie Ross, George Kelly, Micheal Kelly | |
| 02:28 | Kent State | Swietomierz Bachinski is called for traveling | 51-63 |
| 01:59 | Buffalo | Steven Brown can't connect on a 3 from the right corner | 51-63 |
| 01:57 | Kent State | Swietomierz Bachinski pulls down the rebound | 51-63 |
| 01:41 | Kent State | Deshi Sun misses badly on a jump hook from the left block but the foul's on Edwin Coe - foul #1 on Edwin Coe, team foul #7 | 51-63 |
| Subs | Kent State | Matthew Coyne (C) Swietomierz Bachinski | |
| Subs | Buffalo | | |
| 01:41 | Kent State | Deshi Sun misses the 1st free throw | 51-63 |
| 01:41 | Kent State | Deshi Sun makes the 2nd free throw | 52-63 |
| 01:16 | Buffalo | Edwin Coe makes the jumper from just outside the lane | 52-65 |
| 01:05 | Kent State | Deshi Sun lays it up and in | 54-65 |
| 00:46 | Buffalo | Matthew Coyne blocks the short jumper by Edwin Coe | 54-65 |
| 00:44 | Kent State | Stephen Manns grabs the defensive rebound | 54-65 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a motion offense (slowdown) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:38 | Kent State | Guadalupe Medina blows the layup | 54-65 |
| 00:36 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard grabs the defensive rebound | 54-65 |
| Game Plan | Kent State | Kent State is playing a quick shot offense (quick shot) and a 2-3 zone (-2) | |
| Game Plan | Buffalo | Buffalo is playing a spread offense (hold ball) and a man to man (+1) | |
| 00:13 | Buffalo | James Bingham misses short on a pull-up jumper from just outside the lane | 54-65 |
| 00:12 | Buffalo | Kevin Howard grabs the offensive board | 54-65 |
| 00:00 | Buffalo | Steven Brown runs out the clock | 54-65 |