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Corey McKeithan
Peter G. Borg (Rider University)
65
Rider RID 2-3,0-0 MAAC
87
Winner Buffalo UB 2-1,0-0 MAC
Rider RID
2-3,0-0 MAAC
65
Final
87
Buffalo UB
2-1,0-0 MAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Rider RID 33 32 65
Buffalo UB 39 48 87

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men's Basketball Falls at MAC Favorite Buffalo

McKeithan scores season-high 13 points

BUFFALO, NY – Corey McKeithan (Windsor, CT/Windsor) led the Rider University men's basketball team with a season-high 13 points, but the Broncs fell at Mid-American Conference favorite Buffalo, 87-65, Saturday afternoon at Alumni Arena. With the loss, the Broncs fall to 2-3, while the Bulls are now 2-1.

Rider and Buffalo traded punches early, with the Broncs scoring seven of the first nine points, before the Bulls answered with a pair of Jeenathan Williams three's to retake the lead. After Mervin James (St. Thomas, USVI/Pebblebrook [North Alabama]) answered with a bucket for a 9-8 Rider lead, Buffalo slowly built a lead of as many as 11, 31-20, with just under four minutes remaining in the half. A pair of McKeithan drives in the final minute of the period helped trim the deficit to six, 39-33, at the half.

After a pair of Williams free throws to open the second half, Dwight Murray, Jr. (Austell, GA/Pebblebrook [North Alabama]) knocked down a three and Ajiri Ogemuno-Johnson (Delta State, Nigeria/Monsignor Bonner) connected on a jumper to cut the deficit to three. But Buffalo responded with a 7-0 run and 12 of the next 14 to rebuild a double-digit advantage. The Bulls' lead would swell to as many as 29 late in the period, including a stretch in which Buffalo went on a 16-0 run.  
 
Notes
- Today's game was a campus site game of the Cancun Challenge.
- Rider entered the game with a 2-1 lead in the all-time series against Buffalo, before Bulls evened the score. The first meeting came in 1958-59, a Buffalo win, before the Broncs swept a home-and-home series in 1991-92 as East Coast Conference foes.
- Rider trailed at the half for the first time this season.
- Rider was outrebounded for the first time this season.
- 11 Broncs saw action in the game, including the season debut for R.J. Weise (Allentown, NJ/Allentown).
- The Broncs return to action Tuesday, when they travel to Riviera Maya, Mexico, to take on Middle Tennessee State University in the Cancun Challenge. The 12:30 p.m. tip-off will be broadcast on FloHoops.

Broncs by the Numbers
- McKeithan scored a season-high 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting, including a conversion on his only three-point attempt.
- Murray added 10 points on 4-of-8 shooting, reaching double digits for the fifth time in as many games this season and the 24th time in 28 games as a Bronc.
- Allen Powell (Philadelphia, PA/La Salle College H.S.) also scored in double figures with 10 points.
- Nehemiah Benson (Streetsboro, OH/Lutheran East) scored six points and added a team-high eight rebounds in 12 minutes off the bench. Six of his eight boards came on the offensive glass.
- Ogemuno-Johnson, Dimencio Vaughn (New York, NY/Callaway/The Masters School [Ole Miss]) and Sedrick Altman (Rialto, CA/Colony [Pepperdine]) contributed two steals apiece.
- Jaelen McGlone (Cheltenham, PA/Cheltenham) scored three points and matched his career high with five rebounds in a season-high 15 minutes off the bench.
- For the game, Buffalo outshot Rider, 44.6 percent (29-65) to 35.2 percent (25-71) from the floor, including a 40.6 percent (13-32) to 29.4 percent (5-17) edge from long range.
- Buffalo also took a 69.6 percent (16-23) to 52.6 percent (10-19) advantage from the free-throw line.
- Buffalo outrebounded Rider, 52-38.
- Rider forced 19 Buffalo turnovers to their own 13, but only produced a 14-12 edge in points off turnovers.
 
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