Buffalo Bulls vs South Carolina Upstate Spartans

STATE FARM SUN BOWL TOURNAMENT

South Carolina Upstate SpartansSC UpstateUPST

2-10

Final

	1	2	T
SC Upstate UPST	34	32	66
Buffalo BUF	43	37	80

Buffalo BullsBuffaloBUF

6-5

Buffalo 80, S.C.-Upstate 66

Dec 23, 2007, 12:18 am

EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- Andy Robinson scored a season-high 18 points, including four 3-pointers, as Buffalo beat South Carolina-Upstate 80-66 on Saturday.

Buffalo (6-5) overcame an early eight-point deficit to take the lead for good, 19-16, on a Robinson 3-pointer midway through the first half.

South Carolina-Upstate (2-10) pulled to within six with 3:12 left, but Buffalo's Rodney Pierce scored nine of the Bulls' final 11 points to preserve the victory.

Sean Smiley scored 14 and Pierce added 13 for the Bulls.

S.C.-Upstate's Luke Payne scored 26 points while Bobby Davis scored 13.

Game Information

NCAA Division I

Big South Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
High Point	15-1	-	31-5
Winthrop	13-3	2	23-11
Radford	9-7	6	16-16
Longwood	8-8	7	16-16
UNC Asheville	8-8	7	15-17
Presbyterian	7-9	8	15-18
Charleston Southern	6-10	9	15-17
South Carolina Upstate	5-11	10	13-19
Gardner-Webb	1-15	14	4-29

NCAA Division I

Mid-American Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Miami (OH)	18-0	-	32-2
Akron	17-1	1	29-6
Kent State	14-4	4	24-10
Toledo	11-7	7	19-15
Bowling Green	9-9	9	18-14
Ohio	9-9	9	15-17
Buffalo	7-11	11	17-15
Massachusetts	7-11	11	17-16
Ball State	7-11	11	12-19
Central Michigan	6-12	12	10-21
Western Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Eastern Michigan	4-14	14	10-21
Northern Illinois	4-14	10	9-21

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