CHICAGO – The University at Buffalo males’s basketball program (2-0, 0-0 MAC) are on the street for the primary time this season as they’re going to play the DePaul Blue Demons (2-0, 0-0 BIG EAST) on Tuesday night. Tip-off towards the Blue Demons from Wintrust Arena is ready for 8 p.m. ET / 7 p.m. CT. The sport shall be streamed on ESPN+ with Evan Stockton and Joel McNeal on the decision. Josh Whetzel shall be on the radio name on Buffalo 1520/Rochester 1280 and on the Varsity Network App.
LAST TIME OUT The Bulls are coming off an 83-76 victory over the visiting Green Bay Phoenix on Friday night. With the win, the Bulls improved to 2-0 for the eighth time since their return to Division I in 1991. They’ve now began 2-0 in consecutive seasons for the primary time since 2017-18 and 2018-19.
In the win,
Derrick Talton Jr. scored a career-high 21 factors as he went 9-of-13 from the ground.
Daniel Freitag recorded a career-high 20 factors as he was 3-of-4 from three-point vary.
Noah Batchelor continued to be a pressure on the basket as he secured a game-high seven rebounds. He was additionally excellent from deep as he knocked down a pair of threes as he completed with eight factors. As a crew, the Bulls shot 53.2% from the sphere.
Buffalo’s seven turnovers towards Green Bay have been their fewest since Dec. 21, 2023, at Richmond after they solely dedicated six. The Bulls have recorded back-to-back video games with lower than 10 turnovers for the primary time since March 8
th and 14
th of 2019.
ABOUT THE BLUE DEMONS • DePaul Head Coach Chris Holtmann is in his second yr on the helm for the Blue Demons. He has posted an general file of 16-20 throughout his time at DePaul, however in his 15-year head teaching profession, he’s 267-191. He beforehand coached at Gardner Webb (2010-13), Butler (2014-17) and Ohio State (2017-24).
• Senior wing CJ Gunn was a preseason All-BIG EAST Third Team choice. Last season he averaged 12.9 factors and 4.0 rebounds per sport.
• The Blue Demons have been chosen ninth within the 11- crew league BIG EAST Conference Preseason Poll.
• Through simply two video games, N.J. Benson has eight blocks which is the highest mark within the BIG EAST and eighth general within the nation. Benson can be simply one in every of 18 gamers this season to file two double-doubles.
THE BULL-ETIN BOARD •
Ryan Sabol is 79
th within the nation in scoring with 20.5 ppg. This mark is second within the MAC behind Kent State’s Morgan Safford who’s averaging 27.5 ppg.
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Ryan Sabol has now made 149 profession three-pointers, good for eighth all-time. He is six threes away from passing Jeremy Harris (154, 2017-19) for seventh in program historical past.
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Ryan Sabol’s eight three-pointers is twenty fifth within the nation and second within the MAC. Morgan Safford of Kent State leads the league as he has made 14 threes to date this season.
• This shall be UB’s first of two journeys to the Land of Lincoln as they’re going to play Northern Illinois on Dec. thirtieth.
• The Bulls have drawn 52 fouls by way of the primary two video games of the season. This has led to the Bulls averaging 26.0 free throw makes and 38.5 free throw attempts per sport. UB ranks 14th within the nation in made free throws per sport and seventh in free throw makes an attempt per sport.
• The Bulls are 4-2 all-time on Nov. eleventh. They final performed on this date final season after they performed on the Notre Dame Fighting Irish for the primary time in program historical past. Notre Dame got here away with the 86-77 win.
• A Buffalo win would give the Bulls simply their second 3-0 begin of their Division I trendy period since 1991. The solely different 3-0 begin got here within the 2018-19 season when the nationally ranked Bulls began 11-0. The Bulls would additionally enhance to 2-0 over DePaul and 5-19 all-time towards BIG EAST opponents.
• The Bulls would drop to 2-1 on the season and it will be their first loss to DePaul.
• Senior
Noah Batchelor tallied his third profession double-double in Monday’s win over Southern Miss. He scored 12 factors whereas seizebing a game-high 11 rebounds. Last yr he had double-doubles towards Vermont (16 pts, 10 reb) and Western Michigan (10 pts, 12 reb). Batchelor has recorded the Bulls’ final three double-doubles.
• During his time at Villanova, Head Coach
George Halcovage III helped the Wildcats to a 23-1 file towards DePaul because the 2008-09 season.
• In Friday evening’s win over Green Bay, the Bulls had their first sport of the season with two gamers scoring 20+ factors. Sophomore
Daniel Freitag scored a career-high 20 factors as he went 3-for-4 from three. Grad switch
Derrick Talton Jr. scored a Division I career-high 21 factors as he completed 9-of-13 from the ground. He led the Bulls with 4 assists for the second time this season. The final time the Bulls had a pair of 20-point scorers was March 1, 2025, towards Toledo.
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Ryan Sabol began the season with a bang. In Monday’s win over Southern Miss., the junior guard scored a career-high 32 factors whereas making a career-high 9 area targets. This marked the third time he is knocked down seven threes, tying his profession excessive. He additionally did so at Bowling Green (2/6/24) and towards Fredonia (11/8/24). Sabol’s 32 factors is tied for the tenth most scored in a house sport as he tied Curtis Jones who did so on Dec. 3, 2022, towards St. Bonaventure. Jones was additionally the Bulls’ final 30-point scorer when he scored 30 factors at Western Michigan on Feb. 4, 2023, 71 video games prior.
• Buffalo’s upcoming Division I non-conference opponents are 14-5 (.737) this season.
• Following their win over Green Bay, underneath Holcovage, the Bulls are 13-0 when main with 5:00 to go.
• Since 2023-24, the Bulls are 11-1 after they rating at the least 80 factors together with an 11-game win streak. In their wins, they’ve outscored the opposition by a median margin of 8.8 factors.
• UB is simply eight wins away from reaching program win no. 1,300. They could be the ultimate MAC college to achieve this milestone.
• Junior guard
Ryan Sabol is Halcovage’s longest tenured participant. Sabol has performed in each collegiate sport throughout his time with the Bulls, together with 59 begins.
• In the Blue Ribbon MAC Preseason Forecast, sophomore switch
Daniel Freitag was named MAC Newcomer of the Year.
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Ryan Sabol has scored a team-high 41 factors this season. His 737 profession factors is 52
nd in program historical past.
• Unlike final yr when the Bulls had eight freshmen on the roster, they introduced in six transfers to Buffalo.
Ezra McKenna (Mobile),
Derrick Talton Jr. (Oklahoma Wesleyan) and
Angelo Brizzi (Longwood) are all grad transfers.
Kyle Jones (St. Thomas Aquinas) is a red-shirt junior as
Mikhail Pocknett (King) and
Daniel Freitag are a junior and sophomore, respectfully. In complete, they’ve scored a mixed 4,908 factors of their faculty careers. They have additionally mixed for a 352-158 general file and a .690 win proportion.
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Ryan Sabol, who posted 14.4 factors per sport and knocked down 79 3-pointers, comes again to Buffalo as Head Coach
George Halcovage III‘s solely third-year participant. During his sophomore marketing campaign, Sabol grew to become the quickest participant in program historical past to 100 made 3-pointers as he did so in simply 42 video games. He’s at the moment eighth all-time in made threes with 148.
• Headed into final season, the Bulls solely had 188 collegiate video games of expertise performed as they welcomed eight freshmen. This yr the Bulls have 600 video games performed in faculty, good for a 412-game distinction. The solely different program with a greatest distinction in video games performed was San Diego as they went from 425 video games performed in 2024-25 to 900 this season, a distinction of 475.
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