BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's basketball team fell short in their comeback efforts in a non-conference matchup against Alfred University today with a 58-57 final at the Sports Arena.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Alfred – 58, Buffalo State – 57
LOCATION: Sports Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Alfred: 2-2 (0-0 Empire 8), Buffalo State: 0-4 (0-0 SUNYAC)
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE
- Nigel Burch (Sicklerville, NJ/Timber Creek) tallied his first career double-double with 25 points and 14 rebounds.
- Matt Parkinson (Springfield Gardens, NY/John Browne) also had a strong showing scoring 22 points with six rebounds.
- Tyseer Rahman (Westbury, NY/Bishop Loughlin) led the team with three assists.
- As a team, Buffalo State was 10-12 from the free throw line.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Saxons got things going early on offense scoring the first eight points of the contest.
- The Bengals offense rallied back to shrink the lead down to five.
- Alfred pulled away again late in the half and led 35-26 at halftime.
- Buffalo State came out firing on offense in the second half.
- After a free throw from Burch, the Bengals were able to tie things up at 42-42.
- After a jumper from Burch and a three-pointer from Parkinson, the Bengals were able to hold a five-point lead.
- Alfred would comeback to tie things after a three-pointer from Casey Curran.
- The Saxons attempted to pull away again but the Bengals stood strong and tied things up 57-57 with just over a minute remaining.
- After Alfred took the lead on a free throw, the Bengals made one last push on offense, but couldn't sink the potential game-winning basket.
FOR THE FOES
- Adam Enders led the Saxons with 17 points.
- Curran chipped in 11 points and four rebounds.
UP NEXT
The Bengals return to action next weekend as they travel to Virginia to compete in the Christopher Newport Tournament.
