Despite yet another career performance from one of its players, the Ohio women's basketball team's losing streak keeps growing while hopes for a first-round game at home for the Mid-American Conference tournament are fading.
Freshman guard Rachel Frederick tied a career-high performance with 27 points and also set a career high with 15 rebounds, but it was not enough as Buffalo shot Ohio out of The Convo, 84-77, extending the Bobcats' losing streak to seven games.
Frederick's efforts helped her earn her team-leading sixth double-double of the season, but the guard said she would trade the statistics for a victory.
It really doesn't mean too much to me because it's just numbers
Frederick said referring to her performance, but I would have much rather have come out with a win.
Frederick's performance was even good enough to put Buffalo coach Linda Hill-McDonald in a state of awe.
She's a great player Hill-McDonald said. She's going to do really tremendous things in this league. She just does so many things and she's a tough defender as well. I'm in awe of her game.
Behind 12-4 just four minutes into the contest, Frederick helped spark the Bobcats' offense, scoring 10 straight points in less than two minutes and knotting the contest at 14. Despite playing a solid first half both offensively and defensively, Ohio (7-18, 4-10 MAC) was unable to take control, and found itself behind 32-30 at halftime.
We had a really good chance to go up by a lot of points
coach Lynn Bria said, but we didn't make our bunnies around the basket. We had a ton of shots that we missed right around the bucket. We've got to finish those.
After trading baskets for the first seven minutes of the second half, Ohio could only watch as Buffalo seemingly could not miss from beyond the arc. The Bulls (9-16, 4-10 MAC) converted seven of their nine three-point attempts and made its free throws when they counted most to put the Bobcats away.
Bria said that she thought Ohio's defense played well and forced the Bulls into tough shots, but Buffalo just could not miss.
Even when you're wide open and you shoot that percentage
it's pretty rare
Bria said. I don't remember a team ever shooting like that
only J.J. Redick maybe.
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