Central Michigan University Athletics
Saturday, January 30
Mount Pleasant, Mich.
1 P.M.
Central Michigan University
vs
Buffalo
Chippewa Women Welcome Buffalo On Saturday
1/29/2021 7:28:00 PM | Women's Basketball
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. – A pair of road wins and the Central Michigan women's basketball team appears to have shaken off what ailed it during its three-game losing streak that is now well behind it in the rearview mirror.
The Chippewas' next two are home with opponents that sit immediately above them and below them in the Mid-American Conference standings.
CMU is scheduled to play Buffalo on Saturday (1 p.m.) at McGuirk Arena, and then is slated to entertain Ball State on Wednesday, Feb. 3 (5 p.m.).
Where They Stand
The four-time defending MAC-champion Chippewas are 9-5, 7-3 MAC and sit in fourth place. Buffalo, 9-4, 6-2, is third, and Ball State is 7-5, 5-3, is tied for fifth.
Last Time Out
The Chippewas used a late 8-3 spurt in holding off Toledo, 83-74, on Wednesday to win for just the second time in their last seven trips to the Rockets' Savage Arena.
Sophomore guard Molly Davis continued her torrid streak as she hit five 3-pointers en route to 27 points to lead CMU. The Chippewas led by as many as 21 points in the first half and made a season-high 63 percent of its field goal attempts on the night.
Micaela Kelly added 17 points and Jahari Smith had a season-high 16 for the Chippewas, who outscored the Rockets, 42-20, in the paint.
Rematch
Maddy Watters scored a season-high 21 points to lead five Chippewas in double figures in the Chippewas' 79-63 victory at Buffalo on Jan. 9.
Red Hot
Davis has scored at least 20 points in each of her last four games. Included in that streak was a career-high 32 points in a 92-69 win over Akron on Jan. 23. That victory ended CMU's losing streak at three games.
Davis has connected on 36 of her 58 field goal attempts (62 percent) in her last four games; she is 11-for-19 (57.8 percent) from 3-point range in her last two games.
Climbing Kelly
Kelly, a senior guard, is third in the MAC and 14th nationally in scoring at 22.8 points per game and, with her 17 points at Toledo, has 1,848 for her sensational CMU career. She ranks fourth in program history and needs 91 to move into third place ahead of Sue Nissen, who scored 1,938 from 1988-91.
Kelly, who had a season-high eight assists on Wednesday at Toledo, needs 169 points to become just the third player in program history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. If she does, she would join Presley Hudson (2,309) and Crystal Bradford (2,006) in that exclusive group.
Scouting
Buffalo sophomore guard Dyaisha Fair ranks second in the MAC and seventh in the nation in scoring at 24.6 points per game. She scored 30 on 10-of-25 shooting against the Chippewas in the first meeting.
The Bulls were scheduled to play host to Kent State on Wednesday but were postponed. They defeated Toledo, 74-65, last Saturday at home.
The Bulls are the MAC's third-best defensive team, holding opponents to 68.0 points per game. CMU ranks second in the league in scoring at 78.5 points per game.
The Chippewas' next two are home with opponents that sit immediately above them and below them in the Mid-American Conference standings.
CMU is scheduled to play Buffalo on Saturday (1 p.m.) at McGuirk Arena, and then is slated to entertain Ball State on Wednesday, Feb. 3 (5 p.m.).
Where They Stand
The four-time defending MAC-champion Chippewas are 9-5, 7-3 MAC and sit in fourth place. Buffalo, 9-4, 6-2, is third, and Ball State is 7-5, 5-3, is tied for fifth.
Last Time Out
The Chippewas used a late 8-3 spurt in holding off Toledo, 83-74, on Wednesday to win for just the second time in their last seven trips to the Rockets' Savage Arena.
Sophomore guard Molly Davis continued her torrid streak as she hit five 3-pointers en route to 27 points to lead CMU. The Chippewas led by as many as 21 points in the first half and made a season-high 63 percent of its field goal attempts on the night.
Micaela Kelly added 17 points and Jahari Smith had a season-high 16 for the Chippewas, who outscored the Rockets, 42-20, in the paint.
Rematch
Maddy Watters scored a season-high 21 points to lead five Chippewas in double figures in the Chippewas' 79-63 victory at Buffalo on Jan. 9.
Red Hot
Davis has scored at least 20 points in each of her last four games. Included in that streak was a career-high 32 points in a 92-69 win over Akron on Jan. 23. That victory ended CMU's losing streak at three games.
Davis has connected on 36 of her 58 field goal attempts (62 percent) in her last four games; she is 11-for-19 (57.8 percent) from 3-point range in her last two games.
Climbing Kelly
Kelly, a senior guard, is third in the MAC and 14th nationally in scoring at 22.8 points per game and, with her 17 points at Toledo, has 1,848 for her sensational CMU career. She ranks fourth in program history and needs 91 to move into third place ahead of Sue Nissen, who scored 1,938 from 1988-91.
Kelly, who had a season-high eight assists on Wednesday at Toledo, needs 169 points to become just the third player in program history to reach the 2,000-point plateau. If she does, she would join Presley Hudson (2,309) and Crystal Bradford (2,006) in that exclusive group.
Scouting
Buffalo sophomore guard Dyaisha Fair ranks second in the MAC and seventh in the nation in scoring at 24.6 points per game. She scored 30 on 10-of-25 shooting against the Chippewas in the first meeting.
The Bulls were scheduled to play host to Kent State on Wednesday but were postponed. They defeated Toledo, 74-65, last Saturday at home.
The Bulls are the MAC's third-best defensive team, holding opponents to 68.0 points per game. CMU ranks second in the league in scoring at 78.5 points per game.
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