How to Watch MAC Championship, Buffalo vs Kent State: Stream Women's College Basketball Live, TV Channel
Top-seeded Toledo lost just one game during the Mid-American Conference regular season while No. 2 seed Ball State dropped only two. But both teams are gone from the MAC tournament after semifinal losses, leaving No. 4 seed Buffalo (19-12) and third-seeded Kent State (20-10) to battle for an NCAA tournament bid on Saturday morning at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland. The Golden Flashes haven't gone to the NCAA tournament since 2002 and they are three-time MAC tourney champs. The Bulls made the NCAA tourney in 2022 after winning the MAC tournament title for the third time and rebounded from a 12-16 season in 2022-23 with a winning record this season.
How to Watch MAC Tournament, Championship, Buffalo vs. Kent State, in Women's College Basketball Today:
Game Date: March 16, 2024
Game Time: 11 a.m. ET
TV: CBSSN, ESPN2
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Chellia Watson scored 30 points and her 3-pointer with 49 seconds left forced overtime after Toledo came back from 15 points down entering the fourth quarter. Buffalo never trailed in the extra session to knock off the Rockets 77-74 on Friday. Kirsten Lewis-Williams added 15 points in the win. Watson gets 23.0 points per game, Lewis-Williams knocks down 12.1 points a night and Alexis Davis averages 6.4 rebounds.
Kent State needed no such dramatics, holding Ball State to five first-period points and cruising to a 65-50 victory. Bridget Dunn and Janae Tyler scored 16 points each, with Dunn also grabbing 13 rebounds. Katie Shumate averages 14.9 points and 7.5 boards and Jenna Batsch nets 13.3 points per game.
The Golden Flashes are 34-22 all-time against the Bulls and have won four straight meetings, including both matchups this season. Kent State got a 73-64 win at Buffalo on Jan. 3 to open conference play and took a 67-59 victory at home on March 2.
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