MONROE, La. – The ULM women's basketball team (10-12, 5-8 Sun Belt) are set to complete the second half of the MAC-SBC Challenge this weekend as they face Buffalo (2-20, 0-11 MAC). Tip-off for Saturday's game at Alumni Arena is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT (Feb. 7). The Warhawks are coming off an 81-62 win at home vs. Georgia State. 
 
SERIES HISTORY –
 
ULM and Buffalo are set to meet for the first time in their histories as a part of the MAC-SBC Challenge. The MAC-SBC Challenge is in its third year after beginning during the 2023-24 season. The Warhawks are 2-1 in MAC-SBC Challenge play having defeated Eastern Michigan 80-71 in Monroe to open the season. ULM were one of nine Sun Belt teams to claim victory back in November during the first part of the MAC-SBC Challenge. 
 
FOLLOW THE WARHAWKS –
 
Saturday's game will be available on KMLB 105.7 FM with Josh McGehee on the call. Streaming will be available for the game on ESPN+. Links to live stats for all games, when available, can be found at ULMWarhawks.com. Navigate to the women's basketball schedule page and select that day's opponent. 
 
SCOUTING THE BULLS – 
 
Buffalo enters Saturday's game with a 2-20 record overall, having most recently lost 90-59 at home vs. Central Michigan. The Bulls' youth movement is headlined by redshirt freshman Aniya Rowe who leads the team in points per game (13.1), assists (74) and steals (44) while freshman Meg Lucas averages 8.8 points per game and a team high 9.9 rebounds per game. Buffalo do a good job on the offensive glass as they rank inside the top-50 teams in the nation averaging 14.3 offensive rebounds per game. 
 
LEADING THE WAY – 
 
ULM's scoring attack has evolved into a triple threat of players averaging at least 9.6 points per game. J'Mani Ingram leads the team with 11.9 PPG and is followed by Nakiyah Mays-Prince (10.3 PPG) and Marcavia Shavers (9.6 PPG). Marcavia Shavers averages 9.2 rebounds per game to lead the team while Nakiyah Mays-Prince has posted a team-best average of 4.4 assists per game. Nakiyah Mays-Prince lead the team in steals with 41 while Keshunti Nichols has recorded a team high 11 blocks. Jazmine Jackson stands as the team's top option from three-point range as she has knocked 37 of her 101 attempts this season. 
 
INGRAM REACHES 1K –

Graduate student J'Mani Ingram achieved 1,000 points for her career Wednesday night in what was eventually an 18-point performance against Georgia State. The North Augusta, S.C. native has led the Warhawks in points scored for much of the season and established a new career high vs. Arkansas State when she scored 30 points on a personal-best 12-for-18 shooting from the field. Ingram's point total against the Red Wolves is the most by a Warhawk player in a game this season and was a part of a double-digit scoring streak of 10 games.
 
HISTORIC ROUTE OF RAGIN' CAJUNS – 
 
ULM's 102-58 win over their rivals proved to be extra special for a number of reasons. The 44-point mar- gin is the Warhawks' biggest win over the Cajuns in program history and also represents the first time ULM have hung 100 points or more on a Sun Belt team. In addition to the 102 points, the Warhawks also established new single-game season highs for points off turnovers (42), second-chance points (40) and offensive rebounds (31) while also recording their fewest number of turnovers (6). 
 
SHAVERS SHINING –

Graduate student Marcavia Shavers became the first Warhawk player this season to record a double-double when she did so on New Years Day vs. South Alabama. Shavers scored a then career-high 17 points behind a career-best eight baskets while also pulling down 17 rebounds. Shavers followed that performance with her third career double-double and her eighth career game of double-digit rebounds as she scored 12 points while recording a career-high 21 rebounds vs. Arkansas State. The 21 rebounds are the most tallied by a Sun Belt player this season. Shavers is now fifth in the Sun Belt Conference with seven double-doubles after posting 13 points and 19 rebounds on Wednesday vs. Georgia State.
 
MARVELOUS MAYS-PRINCE –

Senior Nakiyah Mays-Prince has been on an impressive run of form for the Warhawks in recent games. The Chicago, Ill. native established a new career high of 23 points while tying her career high of six steals vs. Troy before posting her first double-double of the season with 20 points and 10 assists against the Ca- juns. Mays-Prince is the first ULM player to dish out 10 assists in a game since Daisha Bradford against Georgia Southern on 3/6/2024. The senior point guard leads the Sun Belt with an average of 4.4 assists per game and has now recorded at least four assists in all but six games this season.
 
OUTSTANDING ON THE OFFENSIVE GLASS – 
 
The Warhawks completed their game at Indiana with a 19-1 advantage in offensive rebounds. The last time the Warhawks held an opponent to one offensive rebound was against UT Arlington in 2021. ULM are now second in the Sun Belt and are ranked 8th in the nation in offensive rebounding, averaging 16.2 offensive rebounds per game with a season high of 31 against the Cajuns. 
 
BENCH BOOST – 
 
The Warhawk reserves have been the offensive catalysts for the team this season. ULM are ranked second in the Sun Belt and 14th in the nation averaging 27.6 bench points per game. ULM's bench was responsible for exactly half of the team's 80 points vs. Eastern Michigan, the most points scored in a game by the reserves since last season's 117-60 season opening win vs. Central Baptist. After surpassing the 30-point threshold just once last season, the Warhawk bench has done so already nine times this season including a high of 54 as a unit against the Ragin' Cajuns. 
 
FREQUENTLY FORCING TURNOVERS – 
 
ULM continued their proficient season of forcing mistakes out of their opponents at South Alabama as they forced a season high 29 turnovers. The Warhawks are ranked inside the top-50 in all of Division I with 20.1 turnovers forced per game. ULM have seen three different players establish new career highs for steals in a game this year. Graduate studentKeshunti Nichols recorded four steals vs. Louisiana Tech, junior Kamille Brown posted five steals vs. Grambling State and graduate student Asia Barclay notched five steals at Alabama. As a team, the Warhawks are inside the top-50 teams in Division I averaging 10.6 steals per game having recorded a season high of 20 also against the Jaguars. 
 
MEMORABLE MILESTONES –

Graduate student Asjah Inniss achieved a pair of impressive career benchmarks vs. Grambling State. On a three-point shot late in the second quarter, Inniss would record her 500th career point in what was her 100th career game. Inniss became the fourth player on the Warhawks to reach 500 career points. Katelyn Chomko also reached a career milestone in style as her final three-pointer vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff brought her to an even 100 points for her career.
 
UP NEXT –
 
The Warhawks will resume conference play next week when they travel to face Southern Miss (Feb. 12). Tipoff against the Golden Eagles is scheduled for 5 p.m. CT on Thursday.