Battle by the Lake #6: Women's Basketball vs. Fredonia
Saturday, Dec. 7 – 2:00 p.m.
Sports Arena (Buffalo, N.Y.)
 
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Scouting Buffalo State…The Bengals enter Saturday's showdown with a 2-3 overall record following a recent road loss at St. John Fisher. Senior Liv LeBaron (Corning/Corning East) leads Buffalo State and is second in the SUNYAC averaging 20.4 points/game and needs only 22 points to become the 15^th player in program history to eclipse 1,000-career points. Junior Katie Villarini (Hamburg/Hamburg) is second on the team in scoring at 13.4 points/game to go along with averaging 4.8 rebounds/game.
 
Scouting Fredonia…The Blue Devils open conference play after starting the season 2-3 overall with a recent non-conference loss against Nazareth on Tuesday. Junior Rae White leads Fredonia averaging 10.6 points/game and 3.0 rebounds/game. Sophomore Katie Pitcher is second in scoring at 8.4 points/game to go along with averaging 7.4 rebounds/game.
 
The series…Buffalo State holds a 23-7 home record against Fredonia since the 1990-91 season, with the most recent win coming on Feb. 16, 2019 with a 76-71 victory in the Sports Arena behind a career-high 27 points from Villarini.
 

Battle by the Lake #7: Men's Basketball vs. Fredonia
Saturday, Dec. 7 – 4:00 p.m.
Sports Arena (Buffalo, N.Y.)
 
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Scouting Buffalo State…The Bengals open conference play following a 2-2 non-conference start to the regular season, highlighted by a pair of victories to claim the Coles Classic title for the first time since 2016. Junior Sheldon Adams (Rochester/Bishop Kearney) paces Buffalo State and is third in the SUNYAC averaging 20.5 points/game. Senior Kay Grant (Jamaica/Thomas Jefferson) is second on the team in scoring at 17.0 points/game and leads the Bengals with 9.3 rebounds/game.
 
Scouting Fredonia…The Blue Devils enter Saturday's contest with a 3-2 overall record following a recent loss to Pitt-Bradford on Nov. 22. Junior Dydy Bryan leads Fredonia and is fourth in the conference averaging 20.2 points/game. Senior De'Quan Smith is second on the team in scoring at 16.6 points/game, while fellow senior Moussa Samassa is averaging 10.4 points/game and 6.4 rebounds/game.   
 
The series…Buffalo State is 17-2 in the previous 19 meetings against Fredonia, winning the last three contests by an average of six points. The Bengals used 30 combined points from Adams and Grant to slip past the Blue Devils, 95-92, in last year's season finale in the Sports Arena.

What's at stake…In addition to opening SUNYAC conference play, a total of two points are on the line in the "Battle by the Lake" competition. Fredonia holds a slim 6-4 series lead after five competitions. Full schedule and results
 
Up next…The "Battle by the Lake" series will return in January with a home-and-home men's hockey weekend. The Bengals will visit Fredonia on Friday, Jan. 31 at 7 p.m., before returning to the Ice Arena on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. The contest of Feb. 1 will also serve as "Green Out" for mental health awareness.
 
Established for the 2014-15 season, the "Battle by the Lake" is a season-long "all sports" competition between Buffalo State and Fredonia. Each sport in which the two schools compete is worth two points annually. The school with the most points at the end of the season will earn the Lake Erie Cup and keep the cup on its campus for the following year (non-conference and postseason matchups will not count toward the Lake Erie Cup competition).