A gambling indictment that has shaken the college basketball world includes a 2024 game at the M.A.C. Center.

According to reporting from WCMH in Columbus and WIVB in Buffalo, multiple Buffalo men’s basketball players were named in an indictment unsealed Jan. 15 in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Three Bulls players were allegedly involved and three games were named in the indictment, including Buffalo’s 76-64 loss to Kent State on Feb. 27, 2024.

As part of the scheme, Isaiah Adams, Shawn Fulcher and a third unnamed player allegedly worked to ensure the Golden Flashes covered the first-half spread, with the three players combining for a single point in the last 13 minutes of the half.

The Bulls led 25-22 before the Golden Flashes finished the half on a 17-2 run. Kent State led 39-27 at halftime. Adams finished the game with a team-high 19 points for Buffalo, which had a 4-24 record after the loss.

“Kent State University’s student-athletes, coaches and staff were not involved in the alleged point-shaving scheme and are not accused of any wrongdoing,” Kent State said in a statement. “The university is referenced in the investigation only as an opponent of a team whose players are alleged to have engaged in this conduct. Our men’s basketball program competes with integrity and is committed to upholding the highest standards of collegiate athletics.”

The indictment, according to the news stations, points to missed layups, dunks and turnovers by the defendants. The three players were allegedly given $54,000 for their involvement in the scheme, which also included games against Western Michigan and Ohio University that same season.

“This is why Ohio and the NCAA worked to ban collegiate prop bets in Ohio almost two years ago in February 2024,” Ohio governor Mike DeWine said in a statement. “While I applaud law enforcement and prosecutors for taking today’s action, this disturbing news reinforces that states across the country need to follow Ohio’s lead and heed NCAA President Charlie Baker’s call to ban collegiate prop bets in their states as well.”

Twenty men have been charged, per ESPN, with the scheme involving 39 college basketball players on 17 Division I teams fixing 29 games. The scheme originally focused on Chinese Basketball Association games before shifting over to American college hoops. The charges include bribery, wire fraud and conspiracy.

In a lengthy statement, Baker said, “we have finished or have open investigations into almost all of the teams in today’s indictment.” He added the NCAA’s enforcement staff has opened sports betting integrity investigations into approximately 40 student-athletes from 20 schools over the past year. Eleven were “recently found to have bet on their own performances, shared information with known bettors, and/or engaged in game manipulation to collect on bets they — or others ‚ placed,” resulting in a “permanent loss of NCAA eligibility for all of them.”