BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Cameron Downing came off the bench to score a season-high 21 points, and he and Javon McCrea each made 8 of 10 shots to lead Buffalo to a 91-73 Mid-American Conference victory over Central Michigan on Wednesday night.
Auraum Nuiriankh had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Bulls (8-13, 3-4). He made just 2 of 10 shots, but was 12 of 12 from the free-throw line, including all 10 of his attempts in the second half. McCrea finished with 17 points.
Buffalo shot 61.5 percent (16 of 26) in the first half to take a 43-30 halftime lead against the Chippewas (9-11, 2-5), who shot 34.6 percent (9 of 26) in the opening 20 minutes.
The Bulls, who had a 39-22 advantage on the boards, never led by less than nine points in the second half.
Kyle Randall scored 23 points and Blake Hibbitts 17 to lead Central Michigan.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Central Michigan (9-11) | 30 | 43 | 73 |
| Buffalo (8-13) « | 43 | 48 | 91 |
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| Central Michigan Chippewas | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Simons, F | 28 | 3-8 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| O. Mbaigoto, F | 15 | 1-3 | 4-5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| K. Randall, G | 36 | 7-16 | 7-9 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 |
| C. Fowler, G | 23 | 2-3 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| A. Keel, G | 13 | 2-8 | 1-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| B. Hibbitts | 25 | 5-7 | 4-4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 |
| A. Stewart | 17 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Richardson | 16 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| F. Craddock | 15 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| S. Krannitz | 11 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Z. Saylor | 1 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-57 | 20-25 | 22 | 13 | 22 | 73 | |
| 40.4% | 80% | ||||||
| Buffalo Bulls | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. McCrea, F | 31 | 8-10 | 1-1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 17 |
| W. Regan, F | 17 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| T. Watson II, G | 37 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| A. Nuiriankh, G | 35 | 2-10 | 12-12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 18 |
| J. Skeete, G | 32 | 3-5 | 4-4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Downing | 23 | 8-10 | 5-6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| R. Sebuharara | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| X. Ford | 9 | 1-3 | 0-1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| R. Thomas-Edwards | 5 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 30-52 | 23-26 | 39 | 21 | 19 | 91 | |
| 57.7% | 88.5% | ||||||
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