W Michigan (97) vs Buffalo (64) · Feb 18, 2025 · NCAAM Scores

FINAL

Feb 18, 2025

Game Recap

Strickland scores 20, Western Michigan downs Buffalo 97-64. Markhi Strickland scored 16 of his 20 points before halftime in Western Michigan's 97-64 win against Buffalo on Tuesday night.

Box Score

	1	2	T
WMU	52	45	97
BUFF	23	41	64

WESTERN MICHIGAN	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
10Max Burton	20	5-8	0-0	0-0	6	2	1	0	1	2	10
2Chansey Willis Jr.	29	6-11	3-4	1-2	3	8	2	0	2	3	16
4JaVaughn Hannah	32	8-11	2-4	0-0	3	4	3	0	3	1	18
22Markhi Strickland	31	9-13	1-1	1-1	4	1	0	0	2	2	20
0Donovan Williams	30	6-11	4-7	0-0	8	5	3	0	1	2	16
15Seryee Lewis	2	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
12Hutch Ward	4	1-2	1-2	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3
24Michael Sulaka	10	3-5	1-1	0-0	3	2	0	0	0	0	7
33Jack Stefanski	4	0-1	0-1	0-1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
20Owen Lobsinger	9	1-1	0-0	0-0	3	0	2	0	1	5	2
3EJ Ryans	7	0-1	0-1	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
1Marquese Josephs	4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
23Josh Thomas	9	1-3	0-2	0-1	3	3	0	1	0	2	2
7Brandon Muntu	9	1-3	1-3	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
TOTAL		41-7157.7%	13-2650.0%	2-540.0%	36	27	11	1	11	27	97

BUFFALO	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1Noah Batchelor	20	2-4	0-1	0-0	0	0	1	0	1	1	4
33Tim Oboh	17	3-5	0-0	3-3	5	0	0	1	0	2	9
5Tyson Dunn	16	1-5	0-3	0-0	1	0	0	1	4	1	2
4Anquan Boldin Jr.	23	3-4	0-1	2-3	3	1	1	1	5	1	8
2Ryan Sabol	21	1-4	1-4	3-3	0	3	0	0	2	0	6
15Sam Akot	4	1-1	0-0	1-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
8Ben Michaels	18	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2
14Frederiks Meinarts	11	2-4	1-1	2-2	1	0	0	0	1	0	7
22Kavon Bradford	24	2-4	0-0	3-6	2	4	4	0	3	3	7
7Brayden Jackson	13	3-5	0-1	8-14	4	0	0	0	0	0	14
0Omar Migues-Hibeljic	15	0-2	0-1	0-2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0
9Lloyd McVeigh	8	0-1	0-0	2-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2
11Bryson Wilson	10	0-1	0-1	0-0	2	0	0	2	2	0	0

TOTAL		19-4344.2%	2-1315.4%	24-3764.9%	22	12	6	5	18	13	64

Play-by-Play

Scores Only

1st halfwmubuff

(20:00) Start game
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Buffalo
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by Western Michigan
(19:46) Tyson Dunn missed Three Point Jumper.
(19:43) Max Burton Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:25) Markhi Strickland made Layup. Assisted by Donovan Williams.
20
(19:06) Tyson Dunn missed Layup.
(19:03) Chansey Willis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(19:03) Foul on Tyson Dunn.
(19:03) Tyson Dunn subbing out for Buffalo
(19:03) Kavon Bradford subbing in for Buffalo
+2 (18:48) Markhi Strickland made Jumper.
40
(18:26) Ryan Sabol missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:23) Donovan Williams Defensive Rebound.
(18:03) Donovan Williams Turnover.
(18:03) Kavon Bradford Steal.
(17:56) Noah Batchelor missed Jumper.
(17:53) Donovan Williams Defensive Rebound.
+2 (17:25) Markhi Strickland made Layup.
60
(17:25) Foul on Kavon Bradford.
(17:25) Kavon Bradford subbing out for Buffalo
(17:25) Tyson Dunn subbing in for Buffalo
(17:25) Max Burton subbing out for Western Michigan
(17:25) Seryee Lewis subbing in for Western Michigan
+1 (17:25) Markhi Strickland made Free Throw.
70
(17:14) Anquan Boldin Jr. Turnover.
(17:14) Donovan Williams Steal.
+2 (17:09) Donovan Williams made Layup.
90
(17:08) Buffalo Timeout
(17:08) Anquan Boldin Jr. subbing out for Buffalo
(17:08) Tim Oboh subbing out for Buffalo
(17:08) Ben Michaels subbing in for Buffalo
(17:08) Bryson Wilson subbing in for Buffalo
(16:42) Noah Batchelor missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:40) Ben Michaels Offensive Rebound.
+2 (16:36) Ben Michaels made Layup.
92
(16:14) Donovan Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:10) Markhi Strickland Offensive Rebound.
(16:09) JaVaughn Hannah missed Three Point Jumper.
(16:06) Bryson Wilson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:53) Noah Batchelor made Dunk. Assisted by Ben Michaels.
94
(15:45) Foul on Seryee Lewis.
(15:45) Seryee Lewis Turnover.
(15:45) Official TV Timeout
(15:45) JaVaughn Hannah subbing out for Western Michigan
(15:45) Seryee Lewis subbing out for Western Michigan
(15:45) Brandon Muntu subbing in for Western Michigan
(15:45) Owen Lobsinger subbing in for Western Michigan
(15:25) Ryan Sabol missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:22) Donovan Williams Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:13) Markhi Strickland made Layup.
114
(14:48) Noah Batchelor Turnover.
(14:48) Owen Lobsinger Steal.
(14:30) Foul on Owen Lobsinger.
(14:30) Owen Lobsinger Turnover.
(14:30) Noah Batchelor subbing out for Buffalo
(14:30) Anquan Boldin Jr. subbing in for Buffalo
(14:12) Donovan Williams subbing out for Western Michigan
(14:12) Max Burton subbing in for Western Michigan
(14:04) Anquan Boldin Jr. Turnover.
(14:04) Tyson Dunn subbing out for Buffalo
(14:04) Kavon Bradford subbing in for Buffalo
(14:04) Chansey Willis Jr. subbing out for Western Michigan
(14:04) Owen Lobsinger subbing out for Western Michigan
(14:04) Donovan Williams subbing in for Western Michigan
(14:04) EJ Ryans subbing in for Western Michigan
+2 (13:51) Max Burton made Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Williams.
134
(13:32) Ryan Sabol Turnover.
(13:32) Max Burton Steal.
+2 (13:15) Markhi Strickland made Jumper. Assisted by Max Burton.
154
(12:59) Foul on Brandon Muntu.
+1 (12:58) Ryan Sabol made Free Throw.
155
+1 (12:58) Ryan Sabol made Free Throw.
156
(12:58) Anquan Boldin Jr. subbing out for Buffalo
(12:58) Noah Batchelor subbing in for Buffalo
(12:58) Markhi Strickland subbing out for Western Michigan
(12:58) JaVaughn Hannah subbing in for Western Michigan
+1 (12:58) Ryan Sabol made Free Throw.
157
(12:58) Ryan Sabol subbing out for Buffalo
(12:58) Omar Migues-Hibeljic subbing in for Buffalo
(12:40) Brandon Muntu missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:38) Max Burton Offensive Rebound.
(12:37) Max Burton missed Layup.
(12:35) Max Burton Offensive Rebound.
(12:34) Max Burton missed Layup.
(12:31) Kavon Bradford Defensive Rebound.
(12:25) Foul on Brandon Muntu.
(12:25) Ben Michaels subbing out for Buffalo
(12:25) Tim Oboh subbing in for Buffalo
(12:25) Brandon Muntu subbing out for Western Michigan
(12:25) Markhi Strickland subbing in for Western Michigan
+2 (12:16) Tim Oboh made Layup. Assisted by Omar Migues-Hibeljic.
159
(12:16) Foul on EJ Ryans.
(12:16) EJ Ryans subbing out for Western Michigan
(12:16) Chansey Willis Jr. subbing in for Western Michigan
+1 (12:16) Tim Oboh made Free Throw.
1510
+2 (11:58) Max Burton made Dunk. Assisted by JaVaughn Hannah.
1710
(11:39) Bryson Wilson Turnover.
(11:39) Chansey Willis Jr. Steal.
+2 (11:33) JaVaughn Hannah made Layup. Assisted by Chansey Willis Jr..
1910
(11:20) Foul on JaVaughn Hannah.
(11:20) Official TV Timeout
(11:20) Omar Migues-Hibeljic subbing out for Buffalo
(11:20) Bryson Wilson subbing out for Buffalo
(11:20) Kavon Bradford subbing out for Buffalo
(11:20) Ryan Sabol subbing in for Buffalo
(11:20) Anquan Boldin Jr. subbing in for Buffalo
(11:20) Tyson Dunn subbing in for Buffalo
(11:12) Anquan Boldin Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(11:10) Chansey Willis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:44) Donovan Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chansey Willis Jr..
2210
+2 (10:25) Tim Oboh made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Sabol.
2212
+3 (10:08) JaVaughn Hannah made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Chansey Willis Jr..
2512
(9:50) Tyson Dunn Turnover.
(9:50) Donovan Williams Steal.
+2 (9:46) Donovan Williams made Layup.
2712
(9:46) Buffalo Timeout
(9:46) Noah Batchelor subbing out for Buffalo
(9:46) Ryan Sabol subbing out for Buffalo
(9:46) Tyson Dunn subbing out for Buffalo
(9:46) Omar Migues-Hibeljic subbing in for Buffalo
(9:46) Ben Michaels subbing in for Buffalo
(9:46) Kavon Bradford subbing in for Buffalo
(9:46) Max Burton subbing out for Western Michigan
(9:46) Owen Lobsinger subbing in for Western Michigan
(9:29) Omar Migues-Hibeljic missed Layup.
(9:27) Chansey Willis Jr. Defensive Rebound.
(9:22) Chansey Willis Jr. missed Jumper.
(9:19) JaVaughn Hannah Offensive Rebound.
(9:06) Markhi Strickland missed Jumper.
(9:02) Tim Oboh Defensive Rebound.
(8:54) Foul on Owen Lobsinger.
(8:54) Kavon Bradford missed Free Throw.
(8:54) Buffalo Deadball Team Rebound.
(8:54) Owen Lobsinger subbing out for Western Michigan
(8:54) Max Burton subbing in for Western Michigan
+1 (8:54) Kavon Bradford made Free Throw.
2713
(8:37) Max Burton missed Layup.
(8:37) Anquan Boldin Jr. Block.
(8:27) Tim Oboh Defensive Rebound.
+2 (8:26) Tim Oboh made Layup. Assisted by Kavon Bradford.
2715
+3 (8:13) Chansey Willis Jr. made Three Point Jumper.
3015
(7:53) Kavon Bradford Turnover.
(7:53) Official TV Timeout
(7:53) JaVaughn Hannah subbing out for Western Michigan
(7:53) Josh Thomas subbing in for Western Michigan
+2 (7:35) Chansey Willis Jr. made Jumper.
3215
(7:12) Tim Oboh missed Layup.
(7:10) Donovan Williams Defensive Rebound.
(7:01) Josh Thomas missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:00) Markhi Strickland Offensive Rebound.
(7:00) Foul on Omar Migues-Hibeljic.
(6:52) Donovan Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:48) Tim Oboh Defensive Rebound.
(6:38) Omar Migues-Hibeljic subbing out for Buffalo
(6:38) Kavon Bradford subbing out for Buffalo
(6:38) Noah Batchelor subbing in for Buffalo
(6:38) Tyson Dunn subbing in for Buffalo
(6:38) Chansey Willis Jr. subbing out for Western Michigan
(6:38) Owen Lobsinger subbing in for Western Michigan
(6:38) Max Burton subbing out for Western Michigan
(6:38) Chansey Willis Jr. subbing in for Western Michigan
(6:16) Ben Michaels missed Layup.
(6:13) Donovan Williams Defensive Rebound.
(6:13) Foul on Anquan Boldin Jr..
(6:13) Tim Oboh subbing out for Buffalo
(6:13) Ryan Sabol subbing in for Buffalo
(5:54) Foul on Ben Michaels.
(5:54) Markhi Strickland subbing out for Western Michigan
(5:54) JaVaughn Hannah subbing in for Western Michigan
(5:47) Chansey Willis Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:45) Tyson Dunn Defensive Rebound.
+2 (5:35) Anquan Boldin Jr. made Layup. Assisted by Ryan Sabol.
3217
(5:20) Chansey Willis Jr. missed Jumper.
(5:15) Owen Lobsinger Offensive Rebound.
(5:15) Noah Batchelor subbing out for Buffalo
(5:15) Bryson Wilson subbing in for Buffalo
(5:15) Owen Lobsinger subbing out for Western Michigan
(5:15) Max Burton subbing in for Western Michigan
+2 (5:13) JaVaughn Hannah made Jumper. Assisted by Chansey Willis Jr..
3417
(4:53) Bryson Wilson Turnover.
(4:53) Bryson Wilson subbing out for Buffalo
(4:53) Omar Migues-Hibeljic subbing in for Buffalo
(4:53) Josh Thomas subbing out for Western Michigan
(4:53) Markhi Strickland subbing in for Western Michigan
+3 (4:43) JaVaughn Hannah made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Donovan Williams.
3717
(4:26) Tyson Dunn missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:23) Donovan Williams Defensive Rebound.
+3 (3:59) Donovan Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by JaVaughn Hannah.
4017
(3:38) Tyson Dunn Turnover.
(3:38) Chansey Willis Jr. Steal.
+3 (3:33) Donovan Williams made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Markhi Strickland.
4317
(3:31) Buffalo Timeout
(3:31) Official TV Timeout
(3:31) Ryan Sabol subbing out for Buffalo
(3:31) Anquan Boldin Jr. subbing out for Buffalo
(3:31) Tyson Dunn subbing out for Buffalo
(3:31) Ben Michaels subbing out for Buffalo
(3:31) Noah Batchelor subbing in for Buffalo
(3:31) Frederiks Meinarts subbing in for Buffalo
(3:31) Kavon Bradford subbing in for Buffalo
(3:31) Tim Oboh subbing in for Buffalo
+2 (3:24) Kavon Bradford made Layup.
4319
+2 (3:09) JaVaughn Hannah made Jumper. Assisted by Chansey Willis Jr..
4519
(3:00) Foul on Chansey Willis Jr..
(3:00) Omar Migues-Hibeljic subbing out for Buffalo
(3:00) Ryan Sabol subbing in for Buffalo
+1 (3:00) Kavon Bradford made Free Throw.
4520
+1 (3:00) Kavon Bradford made Free Throw.
4521
(2:47) Chansey Willis Jr. missed Jumper.
(2:44) Max Burton Offensive Rebound.
+2 (2:44) Max Burton made Layup.
4721
(2:34) Kavon Bradford Turnover.
(2:34) JaVaughn Hannah Steal.
(2:30) JaVaughn Hannah Turnover.
(2:30) Kavon Bradford Steal.
(2:23) Foul on Markhi Strickland.
(2:23) Kavon Bradford missed Free Throw.
(2:23) Buffalo Deadball Team Rebound.
(2:23) Tim Oboh subbing out for Buffalo
(2:23) Ben Michaels subbing in for Buffalo
(2:23) Kavon Bradford missed Free Throw.
(2:21) Max Burton Defensive Rebound.
(2:04) Markhi Strickland Turnover.
(2:04) Noah Batchelor Steal.
(2:04) Kavon Bradford subbing out for Buffalo
(2:04) Tyson Dunn subbing in for Buffalo
(2:04) Max Burton subbing out for Western Michigan
(2:04) Michael Sulaka subbing in for Western Michigan
(1:49) Frederiks Meinarts Turnover.
(1:34) Donovan Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:32) Markhi Strickland Offensive Rebound.
+2 (1:28) Markhi Strickland made Jumper.
4921
(0:59) Foul on Chansey Willis Jr..
+1 (0:59) Frederiks Meinarts made Free Throw.
4922
(0:59) Noah Batchelor subbing out for Buffalo
(0:59) Anquan Boldin Jr. subbing in for Buffalo
(0:59) Chansey Willis Jr. subbing out for Western Michigan
(0:59) Michael Sulaka subbing out for Western Michigan
(0:59) EJ Ryans subbing in for Western Michigan
(0:59) Jack Stefanski subbing in for Western Michigan
+1 (0:59) Frederiks Meinarts made Free Throw.
4923
(0:59) Frederiks Meinarts subbing out for Buffalo
(0:59) Bryson Wilson subbing in for Buffalo
(0:42) Markhi Strickland missed Jumper.
(0:42) Bryson Wilson Block.
(0:37) Jack Stefanski Offensive Rebound.
+3 (0:33) Markhi Strickland made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by JaVaughn Hannah.
5223
(0:03) Bryson Wilson missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:03) Western Michigan Defensive Rebound.
(0:00) End of 1st half

2nd half

Team Stats

WMU

BUFF

97Points64

41-71(57.7%)Field Goal(%)19-43(44.2%)

13-26(50%)3-Point(%)2-13(15.4%)

2-5(40%)Free Throw(%)24-37(64.9%)

40(15)Rebounds(Offensive)24(6)

27Assists12

11Steals6

1Blocks5

11Turnovers18

27(0)Fouls(Technical)13(0)

39Largest Lead0

Game Details

Tuesday, February 18, 2025 · 7:00 PM

Alumni Arena · Buffalo, NY

attendance: 1,599 (23.6%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: WMU -2.5

over/under: 155.5