Jackson's Hot Hand, Waters Emphatic Slam Helps Propel Bobcats to 100-75 Win

BUFFALO, NY – A thunderous jam in the waning moments of the first half put an exclamation point on a dominating half and game, as the Bryant & Stratton Buffalo Bobcats, led by sophomore Eric Waters who was responsible for those fireworks, bounced back with a 100-75 victory on Sunday over Vermont Tech to close out the Bobcat Bash.

The Bobcats (2-2) erupted for 61 points in the first half, marking the highest scoring half since Jan. 30^th of last season when they scored 64 in the second half against Clarkson.  Sophomore Sam Dorissaint scored a game, and season-high 29 points and Waters added 22 and 11 rebounds.  Buffalo shot 51.4 percent from the floor and was a perfect 12-of-12 at the free throw line.

No two points in the game were more emphatic than the two Waters scored with 3:06 left in the first half.  The sophomore took a pass from Davon Ware on the left sideline past mid-court, took two dribbles and took off from the left hash, ferociously finishing with one hand over a Vermont Tech defender.  Dorissaint then put his own jam down, beating the first half buzzer with a fastbreak one hand finish.

It was also a breakout game for junior Deric Jackson who scored a Buffalo career-high 20 points.  He started on fire, hitting his first four three-point attempts and scoring all 20 in the first half.  He also added six rebounds and four assists.

Sophomore Kalon Kimble finished with 10 points and nine rebounds, and RaeQuan Scott scored nine and had five dimes off the bench.  Ware, who entered the game with nearly a 3:1 assist to turnover ratio, finished with eight assists.

UP NEXT: Buffalo will travel across town for its first road game of the season when they take on NCAA II foe D'Youville on Thursday at 6 p.m.