No. 21 Buffalo beats Milwaukee in Belfast, Northern Ireland
11/30/18, 13:15
Belfast school children watch the NCAA college basketball game between the Buffalo Bulls and the Milwaukee Panthers, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Belfast. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Jeremy Harris scored 21 points, Nick Perkins added 20 with nine rebounds, and No. 21 Buffalo beat Milwaukee 96-77 on Friday in the Basketball Hall of Fame Belfast Classic.
CJ Massinburg added 16 points as the Bulls improved to 6-0 for the first time since the 1930-31 season.
Milwaukee’s Darius Roy, second left, drives to the basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between the Buffalo Bulls and the Milwaukee Panthers, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Belfast. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Buffalo advanced to Saturday’s championship game in the Goliath bracket where they will meet San Francisco (7-0), a 76-58 winner over Stephen F. Austin.
Buffalo’s CJ Massinburg, left, drives to the basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between the Buffalo Bulls and the Milwaukee Panthers, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Belfast. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
The Bulls shot 14 of 33 (42 percent) from 3-point range while the Panthers went 6 for 28. Perkins was 4 of 5 from behind the arc. Massinburg went 4 of 8, becoming the fourth player in school history to surpass 200 career 3-pointers.
Buffalo’s Davonte Jordan, center, drives to the basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between the Buffalo Bulls and the Milwaukee Panthers, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Belfast. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Carson Warren-Newsome scored a career-high 26 points to lead Milwaukee (2-5). The Panthers will play Stephen F. Austin in the consolation game.
Buffalo’s Ronaldo Segu, right, against Milwaukee’s Te Jon Lucas during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between the Buffalo Bulls and the Milwaukee Panthers, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Belfast. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Buffalo used a 12-2 run to take a 43-32 lead into halftime. Milwaukee cut a 16-point deficit to four with 8:45 remaining before the Bulls pulled away with a 17-4 run.
Buffalo’s Jennathan Williams, right, drives to the basket against Milwaukee’s Darius Roy during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game between the Buffalo Bulls and the Milwaukee Panthers, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018, in Belfast. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
