BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Javon McCrae scored 17 points and Zach Filzen added 16 as Buffalo used a second-half surge to defeat Eastern Michigan 65-47 on Tuesday night for the Bulls' third straight win.
Mitchell Watt added 14 points and Jarod Oldham had 10 assists for Buffalo (11-6, 4-2 Mid-American Conference), which snapped the Eagles' three-game winning streak.
Eastern Michigan scored nine of the last 11 points of the first half to trail 24-23.
After Darrell Lampley's layup gave the Eagles a 25-24 lead, Buffalo answered with a 14-4 run to pull away.
The Bulls shot 45.8 percent (22 of 48) and made 9 of 21 3-pointers (42.9 percent) while Eastern Michigan shot 34 percent (16 of 47) and hit only 2 of 14 from long range.
Lampley's 14 points led the Eagles, who came in with the worst scoring offense in MAC contests (51 points) and the best scoring defense (49 points).
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Eastern Michigan (9-11) | 23 | 24 | 47 |
| Buffalo (11-6) « | 24 | 41 | 65 |
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| Eastern Michigan Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Harris, F | 20 | 2-5 | 3-4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| D. Riley, C | 33 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Lampley, G | 37 | 6-14 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| A. Strickland, G | 10 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Harper, G | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Green | 30 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Q. Dailey | 28 | 2-8 | 6-6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| D. Thompson | 13 | 1-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| J. Sims | 11 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Janton | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Balkema | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A. Chandler | 3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 16-47 | 13-16 | 26 | 8 | 15 | 47 | |
| 34% | 81.3% | ||||||
| Buffalo Bulls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Watt, F | 34 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 14 |
| J. McCrea, F | 25 | 6-10 | 5-8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 17 |
| Z. Filzen, G | 37 | 5-10 | 1-2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| J. Oldham, G | 28 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| A. Nuiriankh, G | 16 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Barnett | 21 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| T. Robinson | 21 | 1-4 | 2-4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Watson II | 18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Totals | 22-48 | 12-18 | 36 | 20 | 15 | 65 | |
| 45.8% | 66.7% | ||||||
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