Christian Henry, Jalin Billingsley lead Eastern Michigan over Buffalo 90-77

AP
Jan 25, 2025

YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) Christian Henry and Jalin Billingsley scored 18 points apiece to lead Eastern Michigan over Buffalo 90-77 on Saturday.

Henry added six rebounds and six assists for the Eagles (10-9, 4-3 Mid-American Conference). Billingsley did his damage on 7-for-10 shooting. Da'Sean Nelson shot 6 of 12 from the field and 5 for 6 from the free-throw line to finish with 17 points.

The Bulls (6-13, 1-6) were led by Ryan Sabol, who finished with 25 points. Tyson Dunn added 19 points and three steals. Noah Batchelor had nine points and nine rebounds.

Yusuf Jihad scored 12 of his 15 points in the first half and Eastern Michigan went into the break trailing 45-42. Nelson scored 15 points in the second half to help lead Eastern Michigan to a victory.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

1st Half
BUF
Bulls
45
EMU
Eagles
42

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Ben Michaels vs. Godslove Nwabude (Bulls gains possession)
19:48		Noah Batchelor misses three point jump shot
19:46		Ben Michaels offensive rebound
19:29		Noah Batchelor misses two point layup
19:27		Noah Batchelor offensive rebound
19:27		Jalin Billingsley shooting foul (Noah Batchelor draws the foul)
19:27	+1	Noah Batchelor makes regular free throw 1 of 2	1-0
19:27	+1	Noah Batchelor makes regular free throw 2 of 2	2-0
19:00	+3	Jalin Billingsley makes three point jump shot (Trey Pettigrew assists)	2-3
18:44		Anquan Boldin Jr. turnover (traveling)
18:33		Godslove Nwabude offensive foul (Ryan Sabol draws the foul)
18:33		Godslove Nwabude turnover (offensive foul)
18:13		Tyson Dunn turnover (bad pass) (Jalen Terry steals)
18:10	+2	Jalen Terry makes two point layup	2-5
17:47		Tyson Dunn turnover (lost ball) (Jalen Terry steals)
17:44		Jalen Terry turnover (lost ball)
17:32	+3	Ryan Sabol makes three point jump shot (Ben Michaels assists)	5-5
17:16		Kavon Bradford blocks Jalen Terry's three point jump shot
17:14		Eagles offensive rebound
17:02	+3	Christian Henry makes three point jump shot (Trey Pettigrew assists)	5-8
16:45	+3	Anquan Boldin Jr. makes three point jump shot (Kavon Bradford assists)	8-8
16:32	+3	Jalin Billingsley makes three point jump shot (Jalen Terry assists)	8-11
16:10		Ben Michaels misses three point jump shot
16:08		Anquan Boldin Jr. offensive rebound
16:02		Noah Batchelor misses three point jump shot
16:00		Ben Michaels offensive rebound
15:50	+3	Ben Michaels makes three point jump shot (Kavon Bradford assists)	11-11
15:31		Godslove Nwabude misses two point layup
15:29		Noah Batchelor defensive rebound
15:24	+2	Anquan Boldin Jr. makes two point layup (Kavon Bradford assists)	13-11
14:54	+2	Christian Henry makes two point jump shot	13-13
14:34	+3	Ben Michaels makes three point jump shot (Ryan Sabol assists)	16-13
14:18		Jalin Billingsley misses two point jump shot
14:16		Kavon Bradford defensive rebound
14:08		Ryan Sabol misses three point jump shot
14:06		Jalin Billingsley defensive rebound
13:52		Christian Henry misses two point jump shot
13:50		Godslove Nwabude offensive rebound
13:49		Kavon Bradford personal foul (Godslove Nwabude draws the foul)
13:49		TV timeout
13:35	+3	Yusuf Jihad makes three point jump shot (Christian Henry assists)	16-16
13:12	+3	Tyson Dunn makes three point jump shot (Omar Migues-Hibeljic assists)	19-16
12:58	+2	Christian Henry makes two point layup	19-18
12:39		Noah Batchelor misses three point jump shot
12:37		Arne Osojnik defensive rebound
12:20	+2	Yusuf Jihad makes two point hook shot (Christian Henry assists)	19-20
12:00		Omar Migues-Hibeljic misses two point layup
11:58		Yusuf Jihad defensive rebound
11:52		Jalen Terry misses three point jump shot
11:50		Yusuf Jihad offensive rebound
11:39		Da'Sean Nelson turnover (bad pass)
11:38		TV timeout
11:28		Tyson Dunn turnover (bad pass) (Da'Sean Nelson steals)
11:22	+2	Yusuf Jihad makes two point dunk (Da'Sean Nelson assists)	19-22
11:08		Kavon Bradford turnover (bad pass) (Arne Osojnik steals)
10:59		Arne Osojnik turnover (lost ball) (Tyson Dunn steals)
10:53	+2	Kavon Bradford makes two point layup (Tyson Dunn assists)	21-22
10:35	+2	Yusuf Jihad makes two point layup (Da'Sean Nelson assists)	21-24
10:35		Ben Michaels shooting foul (Yusuf Jihad draws the foul)
10:35	+1	Yusuf Jihad makes regular free throw 1 of 1	21-25
10:20		Jalen Terry personal foul (Kavon Bradford draws the foul)
10:13		Da'Sean Nelson personal foul
10:12		Omar Migues-Hibeljic turnover (out of bounds)
9:52	+2	Da'Sean Nelson makes two point layup (Trey Pettigrew assists)	21-27
9:37		Kavon Bradford misses two point layup
9:35		Ben Michaels offensive rebound
9:32		Ben Michaels misses two point layup
9:30		Trey Pettigrew defensive rebound
9:28		Omar Migues-Hibeljic personal foul (Trey Pettigrew draws the foul)
9:05		Kavon Bradford shooting foul (Christian Henry draws the foul)
9:04	+1	Christian Henry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	21-28
9:04	+1	Christian Henry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	21-29
8:44	+2	Noah Batchelor makes two point layup	23-29
8:43		Da'Sean Nelson shooting foul (Noah Batchelor draws the foul)
8:43	+1	Noah Batchelor makes regular free throw 1 of 1	24-29
8:29		Trey Pettigrew misses two point layup
8:27		Tyson Dunn defensive rebound
8:12	+2	Tyson Dunn makes two point layup	26-29
7:55	+2	Yusuf Jihad makes two point layup (Jalin Billingsley assists)	26-31
7:35		Ben Michaels turnover (traveling)
7:35		TV timeout
7:18		Yusuf Jihad misses three point jump shot
7:16		Anquan Boldin Jr. defensive rebound
7:10	+2	Tyson Dunn makes two point layup	28-31
6:53		Jalin Billingsley misses two point jump shot
6:51		Tyson Dunn defensive rebound
6:45		Arne Osojnik personal foul
6:31	+2	Frederiks Meinarts makes two point layup	30-31
6:07		Christian Henry misses two point jump shot
6:05		John Shanu II offensive rebound
5:57	+2	Arne Osojnik makes two point layup	30-33
5:29		Brayden Jackson misses two point layup
5:27		Jalen Terry defensive rebound
5:17		John Shanu II misses two point dunk
5:15		Frederiks Meinarts defensive rebound
5:04	+3	Frederiks Meinarts makes three point jump shot (Noah Batchelor assists)	33-33
4:48		Yusuf Jihad turnover (bad pass)
4:42		Tyson Dunn misses two point layup
4:40		Tyson Dunn offensive rebound
4:38	+2	Tyson Dunn makes two point layup	35-33
4:38		Eagles 30 second timeout
4:28	+2	Jalen Terry makes two point layup	35-35
3:58	+2	Ryan Sabol makes two point jump shot	37-35
3:41	+2	Jalin Billingsley makes two point layup	37-37
3:28	+2	Tyson Dunn makes two point layup	39-37
3:13		Jalen Terry misses three point jump shot
3:11		Tyson Dunn defensive rebound
2:57	+3	Ryan Sabol makes three point jump shot (Noah Batchelor assists)	42-37
2:35		Tyson Dunn shooting foul (Christian Henry draws the foul)
2:35		TV timeout
2:35	+1	Christian Henry makes regular free throw 1 of 2	42-38
2:35	+1	Christian Henry makes regular free throw 2 of 2	42-39
2:15		Tyson Dunn misses two point layup
2:13		Ben Michaels offensive rebound
1:59		Tyson Dunn misses three point jump shot
1:57		Noah Batchelor offensive rebound
1:52	+3	Ryan Sabol makes three point jump shot (Anquan Boldin Jr. assists)	45-39
1:34		Ben Michaels blocks Jalin Billingsley's two point layup
1:32		Ryan Sabol defensive rebound
1:22		Ben Michaels turnover (lost ball) (Dillon Tingler steals)
1:12	+2	Jalin Billingsley makes two point layup (Christian Henry assists)	45-41
1:11		Ben Michaels shooting foul (Jalin Billingsley draws the foul)
1:11	+1	Jalin Billingsley makes regular free throw 1 of 1	45-42
1:02		Tyson Dunn misses three point jump shot
1:00		Christian Henry defensive rebound
0:55		Jalen Terry turnover (lost ball) (Tyson Dunn steals)
0:49		Tyson Dunn turnover (bad pass) (Jalin Billingsley steals)
0:37		Christian Henry misses three point jump shot
0:35		Bulls defensive rebound
0:33		Bulls 30 second timeout
0:04		Noah Batchelor misses two point jump shot
0:02		Bulls offensive rebound
0:02		Bulls turnover (shot clock violation)
0:00		End of period

Christian Henry, Jalin Billingsley lead Eastern Michigan over Buffalo 90-77

1st Half BUFBulls45EMUEagles42

1st Half
BUF
Bulls
45
EMU
Eagles
42