Play-Action Sports: January 28th 2012

Here is a new segment to Downtown Sports. In this section I will be having multiple recaps and scores from nights when multiple teams in the area play.

Men's Basketball:

Buffalo 74 Northern Illinois 59: The UB men (12-6, 5-2) picked up their 4th straight win Saturday night by taking care of business on the road against Illinois 74-59. Javon McCrea had a double-double for the Bulls with 14 points and 12 rebounds. Zach Filzen had 12 and Mitchell Watt also added 10 in a collective effort. Ten different Bulls scored in the game as they were able to close to within a half-game of conference leading Akron.

St. Bonaventure 62 Richmond 47: Andrew Nicholson 14 points (6-7 FG) and 8 rebounds for St. Bomaventure as they were able to stay in first place in the Atlantic 10 with a 62-47 home win against the Spiders of Richmond. They improved to 12-7 and 5-2 in conference play. The Bonnies out rebounded Richmond 39-23 and had four players total in double figures.