The Toledo Rockets entered the MAC championship without the services of their best player, Tre’Shaun Fletcher, while the Buffalo Bulls looked like a steamroller coming into the game.
As usually happens when teams play 3 games in 3 days, defense was the story. With the stakes so high, both teams brought the effort. The tired legs can’t always put the ball in the basket.
Toledo hung around for the entire first half, but then cooled a bit at the end. Buffalo took a 34-29 lead into the intermission. Buffalo shot 48% from the floor at that point, while the Rockets shot 39%.