While Buffalo State’s men’s and women’s basketball teams each got in games since the college went on winter break in mid-December, it was a quiet period of time for Bengal Athletics as a whole over the past month.
Buffalo State teams return in full force this weekend, as men’s and women’s hockey and men’s and women’s basketball each have two games apiece for a total of eight Bengal contests over Friday and Saturday.
Here’s the complete rundown of what is coming up for Buffalo State athletics this weekend:
Men’s Hockey
Buffalo State men’s hockey team is headed to Boston to take part in the inaugural Boston Landing Collegiate Invitational this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 6-7 at Warrior Ice Arena.
The Bengals (9-3-1) enter the weekend as the No. 10 team in the country in both the D3Hockey and USCHO national polls.
Buffalo State has won nine of its past 11 games (including four of its past five), which included a 5-1 victory over No. 1 Oswego on Dec. 10.
Goaltender Mike DeLaVergne (Pawling/Pawling) leads all of Division III with a .964 save percentage and is second in the nation with a 1.00 goals against average.
Anthony Passero (Fort Erie, ON/Lakeshore) leads the Bengals with 15 points (five goals, 10 assists). Taylor Pryce (Newmarket, ON/Cardinal Carter) and Zach Nieminen (Ajax, ON/Notre Dame CSS) are tied for the team-lead with six goals.
Buffalo State kicks off the tournament against Becker College on Friday at 5 p.m.
The winners of the opening games will face each other in the championship on Saturday at 7:40 p.m. The consolation game will take place right before at 4:40 p.m.
You can follow along with the live stats of all Bengal games here or watch live by clicking this link.
Women’s Hockey
Buffalo State women’s hockey is back after over a month-long break as the Bengals (5-4-1) head to Salem State to take on the Vikings for a non-conference series this weekend.
Buffalo State has been led on offense this year by Erin Gehen (West Seneca/West Seneca West), Brooke Krantz (Penticton, BC/Penticton), and Christine Harris (Mountain Top, PA/Wyoming Seminary). Gehen paces the Bengals attack with a team-high seven goals and 10 points. Krantz and Harris are both tied for second on the Bengals with six points.
Goaltender Justine Silva (Baldwin Park, CA/Arroyo) is fourth in the ECAC West with a 1.84 goals against average and fifth with a .924 save percentage.
You can watch both of Friday’s and Saturday’s games live with this link, or follow along with the live stats here.
Men’s Basketball
Fresh off its trip to Miami, Buffalo State men’s basketball returns to SUNYAC play this weekend with road matchups against Potsdam and Plattsburgh.
The Bengals (7-3, 1-3 SUNYAC) are on a two-game winning-streak after picking up two victories in the Miami D3 Holiday Shootout.
Buffalo State has two players on the verge of career milestones, as Lovell Smith (Buffalo/McKinley) and Nico McLean (Buffalo/Amherst) are closing in on becoming the 22nd and 23rd players in Buffalo State history to score 1,000 career points. Smith is just 14 points shy while McLean is 55.
Buffalo State heads to Potsdam to take on the Bears (1-9, 0-4) on Friday at 5:30 p.m. You watch the game live here or follow along with live stats here.
The Bengals finish up the road trip with a match up against Plattsburgh (6-4, 2-2) on Saturday at 2 p.m. Watch the game live here, or follow along with the live stats with this link.
Women’s Basketball
Women’s basketball (4-7, 1-3) also returns to SUNYAC play this weekend with road games against Potsdam and Plattsburgh.
Princella McCullough (Rochester/Bishop Kearney) is eighth in Division III with 13.2 rebounds per game. She also leads the Bengals with 11.1 points per game.
Caleh McLean (New Rochelle/New Rochelle) and Aaliyah Graham (Huntington, NY/Elwood-John Glenn) both average double-digit scoring as well. McLean scores 10.9 points per game while Graham chips in 10.
The Bengals take on Potsdam (1-7, 0-4) on Friday at 7:30 p.m. You can watch the game here, or follow the live stats here.
Buffalo State concludes its road trip against the Cardinals (5-5, 1-3) on Saturday at 4 p.m. Watch the game live here, or follow along with live stats here.
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