Niagara University NCAA News

New York has 22 Division I collegiate basketball teams. Unfortunately, many of them are terrible.

Special moments seem to happen for Niagara at home. Trailing by as many as 19 points to Big 4 rival St.

Niagara University's Gallagher Center promises to be rocking Tuesday night when St.

A career-high 27 points from junior Liz Flooks led the Niagara women's basketball team to a 71-60 win over Akron on Sunday at the Gallagher Center.

When St. Bonaventure stepped up in class back on Dec. 5 the result resounded: Mississippi State 105, Bona 53.

Prior to Sunday night's mid-major showdown against Illinois State, Niagara head coach Joe Mihalich said he attended Church in preparation for Redbird guard Osiris Eldridge.

Before Rider squares off with Rutgers tonight, it's time for our weekly review of the games, MAAC story lines and what's to come All stats are calculated rankings prior to Monday's games.

December 13, 2009, 7:09 AM / Niagara defeated Illinois State by 14 points in an ESPNU BracketBuster game at the Gallagher Center last February.

Tyrone Lewis scored 26 points Sunday as Niagara handed Illinois State its first loss of the season, 76-68. Kashief Edwards scored 14 points and Austin Cooley 10 for Niagara , which also won when the teams met last year in Lewiston, N.Y., as part of the BracketBusters event.

Troubling news came out of Niagara this week: senior Bilal Benn could miss about one month following a supposed knee surgery.

Conference play has started, so now it is time to look at the key storylines and see who has impressed and who has not this season.

Rodney Pierce scored 25 points as Buffalo pulled away midway through the second half and held on to beat Niagara 86-80 on Wednesday night.

They stayed close with Niagara for the first 26 minutes of the game, and then fell apart for the final 14.

Anthony Nelson grabbed an outlet pass and saw the unthinkable. Unfathomable. Something he'd probably never seen in three years of running the point on Monteagle Ridge.

Niagara held a convincing 26-4 advantage in fast break points and put four players in double figures to run past Loyola, 77-57, in a MAAC conference game Sunday afternoon at the Gallagher Center.

The Niagara women's basketball team erased a 15-point second half deficit to defeat Binghamton, 57-52, on Saturday afternoon at the Events Center.

Bilal Benn scored 22 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead Niagara to an 88-64 win over Manhattan on Friday night in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener for both teams.

Barry Rorhssen has struggled on the road in his reign as head coach of the Manhattan College basketball team, so these next four weeks will not be the greatest for him.

It's not just about forcing missed shots on defense. Once a team does that, it needs to secure the rebound to finish the possession.

Darryl Roberts scored 15 points to lead five Akron players in double figures in an 80-68 victory over Niagara on Sunday.