The Daemen Wildcats returned a ton of pieces from last year’s squad and it showed. With four of their five leading scorers back, the Buffalo Bulls had a hard time putting them away. Many expected UB to win this game easily, but the Bulls played sloppy, struggled on team chemistry, and couldn’t get any momentum together. Once again, a heroic Nick Perkins dunk sealed the deal and the Bulls finally won 87-82 in overtime.
The first half started well. Nine minutes in Buffalo had a commanding 18-9 lead and it looked like there wasn’t going to be a problem heading forward.