Buffalo finished the regular-season tied for seventh in the conference and were assigned the eight seed for the 2016 MAC Women 's Basketball Tournament . In the first round game , they beat Bowling Green 64 – 44 , then knocked off the top-seeded Ohio 72 – 60 . After upsetting the fifth seed Akron 88 – 87 in the semifinals , they face the second-seeded Central Michigan for the tournament championship . This game would be even closer , as it would go to overtime . The game was still tied with 3.4 seconds left in the game . The ball was inbounded to Stephanie Reid who dribbled around a screen and put up a shot that went off the glass , and through the net to win the game 73 – 71 . The win gave Buffalo the first ever championship of the Mid-America Conference and their first ever invitation to the NCAA tournament
2016 MAC Women 's Basketball Tournament
2016 MAC Women's Basketball Tournament
2015–16 Buffalo Bulls women's basketball team