KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- The Western Michigan women's basketball team wraps up the 2024-25 regular season at Buffalo on Saturday at 2 p.m.

The game can be watched live on ESPN+ and heard live on the Bronco Media Network.

OFF TO CLEVELAND
With Western Michigan's win at Ohio on Wednesday, the team clinched its spot at the 2025 Mid-American Conference Tournament. WMU will play next Wednesday at Rocket Arena. The Broncos can either finish as the 8th seed or 7th seed and take on top-seeded Ball State or Toledo. 

LAST TIME AROUND
The Broncos and the Bulls met back on Jan. 29 with UB taking the game 73-40. Evyn Carrier led WMU with 11 points but Buffalo shot 55.4 percent from the field and forced 25 Bronco turnovers. Chellia Watson had a game-high 22 points for the Bulls, who also out-rebounded the Broncos 40-25. 

SCOUTING THE BULLS
Buffalo is 12-5 in MAC play and 23-6 overall heading into Saturday's game. The Bulls are heading to Cleveland and are currently the No. 3 seed but could fall to the fourth seed with a loss to WMU and a win by Kent State. UB was neck-and-neck with MAC Champions Ball State heading into the final weeks of the season, but losses to Toledo and the Cardinals squashed any hopes of a championship. 

Fifth-year senior Chellia Watson is one of the top guards in the conference, and leads UB in scoring with 20.0 per game. Kirsten Lewis-Williams averages 13.8 points per game and leads the team in rebounds with 5.4 per game. She also averages 2.2 steals per game. Southern Miss transfer Noelani Cornfield averages 10.5 points per game, 5.3 assists per game and 2.4 steals per game.

ON FIRE
Graduate student Hannah Spitzley has been on fire as of late for Western Michigan. Spitzley has averaged 18 points per game in the last five and has shot 49 percent from the field (31-for-63). She's been the top rebounder on the team during that run, with 6.0 per game.

FROM WAY DOWNTOWN
In WMU's 75-56 win over Ohio on Wednesday, the Broncos went off from beyond the arc. The team combined for 16 three-pointers, the second-most in program history. WMU shot 48.5 percent, but the 16 triples were only spread out between four players. Senior Maggie Stutelberg went 6-for-11, with all of her shots and game-high 18 points coming from deep. Junior Alli Carlson was 4-for-5, while junior guard Marina Asensio was 4-for-9. Hannah Spitzley went 2-for-6 from beyond the arc as well. 

SIZE MATTERS NOT
Junior Alli Carlson had her first career double-double in the win at Ohio. The 5-foot-6 guard had 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Six of the 10 rebounds came on the offensive end. The Grand Rapids, Mich., native is tied with Alli Harness and Nile Muguira Orbe for the smallest player on the team.