COLUMBUS, OHIO - The Buffalo women basketball team's first-ever NCAA Women's Tournament game was supposed to be a matchup of offense vs. defense. Buffalo’s second-ranked scoring defense in the Mid-American Conference going up against Ohio State and its nationally third-ranked scoring offense.
But as the game drew out, the pivotal matchup proved to be the Bulls (19-14, 8-10 MAC) against Ohio State’s defense.
The No. 14 seed Bulls fell to No. 3 seed Ohio State (25-7, 15-3 Big Ten) 88-69 at the St. John Arena in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday. The Bulls got off to a good run led by junior center Cassie Oursler, but the Ohio State offense came in waves and proved to be too much for Buffalo’s defense.