PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - DaVonte Lacy scored 19 points, Brock Motum added 15 and Washington State used a big second half run to escape with a 65-54 victory over Buffalo on Friday night
Buffalo led 49-48 with 7:02 left before the Cougars used a 13-1 run to pull away. The Bulls went nearly six minutes without a field goal during Washington State's run.
Lacy tied his career high with five 3-pointers for Washington State (8-4), which has won three straight and six of seven. Motum had eight of his 15 points in the second half for the Cougars and Dexter Kernich-Drew added 10.
Motum had two put-backs to ignite the run, including one after a missed free throw. Kernich-Drew hit a 3-pointer to make it 56-50 with 4:53 remaining in the game.
Tony Watson scored 18 points to lead Buffalo (4-8), which had won two in a row, and Auraum Nuiriankh added 13.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Buffalo (4-8) | 37 | 17 | 54 |
| Washington State (8-4) « | 35 | 30 | 65 |
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| Buffalo Bulls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| W. Regan, F | 32 | 3-8 | 1-2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| J. McCrea, F | 18 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| R. Thomas-Edwards, F | 15 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Nuiriankh, G | 38 | 4-9 | 2-4 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| J. Skeete, G | 33 | 3-13 | 1-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| T. Watson | 34 | 7-14 | 0-0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 |
| C. Downing | 13 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| X. Ford | 8 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| A. McPhail | 8 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Sebuharara | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-54 | 5-10 | 35 | 15 | 23 | 54 | |
| 37% | 50% | ||||||
| Washington State Cougars | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Motum, F | 35 | 6-15 | 1-4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
| D. Shelton, F | 25 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| M. Ladd, G | 31 | 2-8 | 0-2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| D. Lacy, G | 30 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| R. Woolridge, G | 28 | 1-4 | 4-6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Kernich-Drew | 25 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| W. DiIorio | 19 | 1-1 | 4-6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| J. Longrus | 7 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 21-48 | 13-24 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 65 | |
| 43.8% | 54.2% | ||||||
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