The End of the Line

Last season, the men and women's basketball teams were almost the complete opposite of each other. The women's team hosted a Mid American Conference tournament game, while the men were struggling through a nightmarish 5-23.

This year, the two teams are in almost exact opposite situations. The men's team is making its mark in the MAC, while the women's team floundered Saturday against No. 6 seeded Marshall in round one of the MAC Championship, losing 69-45.

Marshall's sophomore guard Sikeetha Shepard-Hall, who racked in 17 points for her seventh straight double-digit game, summed up MU's performance after the game.

"It's March and it's time to play," Shepard-Hall said, in a press release. "We knew we had to up our game today."

Marshall definitely upped their game at the Cam Henderson Center in Huntington, WV in front of 1,022 fans, scoring first on a 3-point shot and never looking back. MU led by as much as 33, demolishing UB's hopes at advancing in the Kraft MAC Tournament.

"Marshall took us out of our game physically," said Bulls head coach Cheryl Dozier. "They forced us into some bad shots and we couldn't knock them down, especially in the second half. We also gave up too many offensive rebounds and didn't help ourselves at the foul line."

UB seniors Kim Kilpela and Jessica Kochendorfer laced up their basketball shoes for one final collegiate basketball game.

Kilpela made the night memorable for herself by scoring a game-high 20 points, becoming the fourteenth player in UB women's basketball history to surpass 1,000 points. She will go into the record books with a total of 1,005 career points.

Kochendorfer added eight points to the scoreboard and pulled down 11 rebounds during her last game as a Buffalo Bull.

UB shot a painful 32.6 percent from the field and 28.6 percent from beyond the arc. But more than the woeful shooting percentage, the Bulls turned the ball over a ghastly 26 times, providing teammates with assists only 11 times.

The Herd had 22 assists to 13 turnovers in comparison.

Buffalo's season is now finished with a 6-21 record. Marshall advances to the quarterfinals on Wednesday with a game against No. 3 Kent State, who had a bye in the first round.