Women’s basketball memorable playoff run cut short in MAC Championship game
By EVAN HILBERT | Mar. 16The second seemed hopeful. The Bulls were ahead by 7, their biggest lead of the game — and then Kent State found their groove.
The second seemed hopeful. The Bulls were ahead by 7, their biggest lead of the game — and then Kent State found their groove.
The win secured UB a spot in the MAC championship game for the first time since the Bulls won the MAC in 2022. The Bulls will face No. 3 Kent State (19-10, 13-5 MAC) on Saturday morning for the MAC title.
No. 4 UB women’s basketball will face the reigning MAC champions, No. 1 Toledo, in Friday's MAC Tournament semifinal.
Even if the women’s team doesn’t make it, UB’s basketball program will be well-represented in March Madness by former players.
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After a difficult freshman season, Zahra Amos went back home to Perth, Australia for the summer to reset. The high jumper was consistently hitting about 10 centimeters below her personal best. She wasn’t given the opportunity to compete outdoors. And on top of all that, she was dealing with severe knee pain and depression.
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The loss was UB’s 27th of the season, setting a new program-record for most losses in a single season.
A “kill shot” in the first half — a run of 10-0 or more — was the nail in the coffin. UB went into halftime down 15-39 and never recovered.
In the penultimate game of the regular season, UB men’s basketball lost 78-66 to the Ohio Bobcats on Tuesday night at Alumni Arena.
UB women’s soccer (1-1, 0-0 MAC) fell 0-1 to Ontario NDC Sunday afternoon in a spring season match at the Murchie Family Fieldhouse.
UB softball (6-9, 0-0 MAC) won two of five games at the Low Country Classic in Charleston, South Carolina this weekend. Both of the team’s wins came against the Evansville Aces.
While UB has already clinched a playoff berth, better seeding is now on the line with two games left in the season.
The loss was UB’s 25th of the season, just the second time in school history the program has lost that many games.
The win officially kept UB in the No. 4 seed in the MAC standings, dropping the Falcons into fifth after the two teams were tied record-wise.
The Bulls kept pace with Kent State in the second half, but by then it was too late.
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