Bulls Journey to Vermont on Wednesday

BUFFALO, NY – The University at Buffalo girls’s basketball workforce is again on the highway for a contest towards the defending America East champion Vermont Catamounts on Wednesday at 4pm.

The sport might be streamed on ESPN+ with Rob Ryan and Bernie Cieplicki saying and will be heard on AM 1400 and the Varsity Network with Vinnie Christiano III on the decision.

It is simply the third general assembly between the 2 packages. UB defeated Vermont in an epic 23-point comeback at Alumni Arena a season in the past.

Buffalo fought onerous however in the end fell to #24 Kentucky 81-47 on Sunday afternoon at Alumni Arena. Junior guard Paula Lopez led the Bulls in scoring with 13 factors, redshirt freshman guard Aniya Rowe added eight factors, 5 rebounds and three assists and freshman ahead Meg Lucas pulled down a team-high rebounds. As a workforce, Buffalo held their very own on the glass general as they have been inside two of the Wildcats, who have been among the finest rebounding groups within the nation a season in the past, however they allowed 17 second probability factors and gave up 27 factors off turnovers.

The Bulls returned simply two gamers from final yr’s squad that gained the WNIT Championship for the primary time in program historical past. UB added seven transfers and 5 true freshmen to the roster. Buffalo will play a difficult non-conference slate, together with 4 opponents that performed within the postseason a yr in the past.

Vermont is 2-0 with wins over Dean College and Saint Anselm. They have been chosen because the preseason favourite within the America East Conference after going 21-3 general and 13-3 in league play, culminating in an America East championship, the eighth in program historical past. The Catamounts return three of their prime 5 scorers, accounting for 56% of their scoring, from a season in the past together with 2025-26 Preseason All-Conference alternatives Catherine Gilwee and Nikola Priede. Gilwee was named to the America East All-Conference Second Team after averaging 8.1 factors, 3.8 assists and a couple of.0 rebounds per sport final season. Priede is coming off a breakout season the place she averaged 9.1 factors, 4.6 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.1 blocks per sport, which ranked fourth within the league. She was named America East Championship Most Outstanding Player and America East All-Conference Second Team.

Up subsequent, Buffalo will return to the pleasant confines of Alumni Arena as they host Atlantic 10 foe Fordham on Alumni Day, the place this system will honor the ten^th anniversary of Buffalo’s first Mid-American Conference championship.

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