Buffalo defeats UAB in OT Thriller
Tuesday's Scoreboard
Buffalo 96, UAB 91
Florida Atlantic 77, Northern Illinois 67
SE Louisiana 70, Kent State 66
Stories Courtesy of the Associated Press
Buffalo 96, UAB 91
Box Score
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands -- Davonta Jordan kicked off the overtime period with a layup, all Buffalo's remaining points came at the foul line and the Bulls rebounded from their first loss this season with a 96-91 win over UAB in OT at the Caymans Challenge on Tuesday night.
Buffalo (3-1) recovered from a 73-67 loss to 12th-ranked Cincinnati to open the tournament on Monday.
After falling behind so quickly in the OT -- Buffalo went up four in the first minute -- UAB tried to catch up from long range but missed four 3-point attempts before Jalen Perry connected. But by then Buffalo was up by six with 28 seconds left.
Perry had been fouled in the waning seconds of regulation and made two free throws to tie, 82-82 and force overtime.
Dontay Caruthers scored 23 points with four 3-pointers to lead Buffalo, Jeremy Harris added 17, CJ Massinburg 16, Nick Perkins 14 and Jordan 13. The Bulls converted 18 of 26 at the free throw line.
Chris Cokley scored 24, Perry and Zack Bryant 16 each for UAB (3-2).
Florida Atlantic 77, Northern Illinois 67
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ESTERO, Fla. -- Ronald Delph scored 19 points and grabbed 14 rebounds and Florida Atlantic used a late scoring burst to beat Northern Illinois 77-67 in the Gulf Coast Showcase on Tuesday.
Delph posted his second straight double-double while Anthony Adger scored 15 points with five assists, Gerdarius Troutman made 4 of 6 3-point tries and scored 14 points, and Justin Massey added 13 points for the Owls (2-2), who shot 47.5 percent and made 7 of 13 from the arc.
Neither team led by double figures until Massey scored seven points in a 14-4 run, capped by a 3-pointer from Troutman, that gave the Owls a 74-64 lead with 1 1/2 minutes left.
Eugene German scored 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting for the Huskies (2-2) while Levi Bradley added 13 points. The Huskies shot only 37.5 percent and made just 1 of 11 3-point attempts.
FAU plays Missouri State for fifth place on Wednesday. Northern Illinois faces Manhattan for seventh.
SE Louisiana 70, Kent State 66
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KENT, Ohio -- Eddy Polanco completed a 4-point play in the final minutes to take the lead and Southeastern Louisiana held on to upset Kent State 70-66 on Tuesday night.
Polanco was fouled drilling a 3-pointer with 1:43 remaining. He sank the free throw to give Southeastern Louisiana (2-3) a 64-62 lead. Polanco nailed another trey for a 67-64 advantage with 1:05 left. He followed that with two free throws to seal the win for the Lions who had lost three straight before handing the Golden Flashes (3-1) their first loss.
Marlain Veal , who finished with 22 points, split two defenders and drove for a layup to give the Lions a 58-56 lead with 4:02 left.
Jaylin Walker, who had 26 points, made two free throws to give Kent State a 62-60 advantage before Polanco hit his lead-changing trey.
Polanco hit 4 of 6 from distance and finished with 21 points.
