EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - Javon McCrea scored 14 points and Cameron Downing added 12 and Buffalo picked up a 56-50 victory over Evansville on Thursday night.
Evansville (0-2) led by as many as nine points in the first half, but a 12-0 run in the second half by the Bulls (1-2) proved to be the difference. Lewis Jones led the Aces with 14 while Egidijus Mockevicius hit 6-of-7 shots en route to 12 points. Ned Cox finished with 10.
A 3-pointer by Jones put Evansville up 32-25 early in the second half. That edge was short-lived, however, as a dunk by McCrea with 12 minutes left gave the lead back to the Bulls at 37-36.
The run by Buffalo would turn into a 12-0 stretch as the Bulls grabbed a 43-36 lead. Over the run, UB hit all six shots while UE was 0-6 with four turnovers.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Buffalo (1-2) « | 25 | 31 | 56 |
| Evansville (0-2) | 27 | 23 | 50 |
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| Buffalo Bulls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. McCrea, F | 25 | 7-11 | 0-0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| W. Regan, F | 20 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. Nuiriankh, G | 36 | 0-7 | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Oldham, G | 33 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| C. Raley-Ross, G | 12 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Watson | 28 | 0-1 | 5-5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Downing | 24 | 6-6 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| X. Ford | 10 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| J. Skeete | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Thomas-Edwards | 4 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 22-45 | 11-17 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 56 | |
| 48.9% | 64.7% | ||||||
| Evansville Aces | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Jahr, F | 30 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| R. Sawvell, C | 19 | 1-7 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| T. Taylor, G | 33 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 |
| N. Cox, G | 32 | 4-10 | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| C. Ryan, G | 7 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| L. Jones | 24 | 6-11 | 0-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 |
| E. Mockevicius | 15 | 6-7 | 0-1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| J. Nelson | 15 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Balentine | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Wing | 8 | 0-1 | 2-2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Moore | 6 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-58 | 7-11 | 28 | 13 | 16 | 50 | |
| 34.5% | 63.6% | ||||||
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