Niagara University NCAA News

On a career night for junior Niveen Rasheed, who reached the 1,000-point milestone, the Princeton University women's basketball team knocked off Harvard, 84-56, last night.

Niagara's Juan'ya Green calls out to his teammates during the first half at the Gallagher Center in Lewiston, February 8, 2012.

Ameen Tanksley scored a career-high 24 points and combined with Juan'ya Green for 40 points in Niagara's 58-54 win over Siena Thursday night in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

StatSheet's MAAC Player of the Week for February 6th goes to Lamont Jones from Iona.

Louisville is ranked #24 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, and is one of two newcomers.

Brandon Penn hit a game-winning 3-pointer with 1 second left to give Rider a 74-73 win over Niagara in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference game on Sunday.

Derek Needham scored a career-high 32 points and Rakim Sanders had a double-double as Fairfield rallied for a 77-69 win over Niagara on Friday night, sweeping the season series.

Purple Eagles basketball heats up on Friday as Fairfield takes on Niagara in a MAAC game.

SKINNY: Niagara enters on a three-game losing streak, including an 87-70 setback to Manhattan in its last outing.

When Iona and Fairfield traveled to Buffalo early in December, Canisius coach Tom Parrotta commented on how it might be good just to get the league's juggernauts out of the way, referring to the two not as the best and second-best teams in the league, but as 1A and 1B.

Gonzaga makes an appearance at #24 in the AP Top 25 poll this week, one of two new teams.

Manhattan's George Beamon has been selected as the StatSheet MAAC Player of the Week for the week ending January 30th.

Niagara, NY - Michael Alvarado scored a game-high 20 points, leading five players in double figures, as the Manhattan Jaspers posted an 87-70 win over the Niagara Purple Eagles in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference showdown at the Gallagher Center.

What: Marist vs. Siena When: Today, 2 Where: Alumni Recreation Center On the Web: www.goredfoxes.com Over the past decade, the Marist College women's basketball team has boasted a long line of tough defenders at the guard position.

Justin Drummond scored six of his game-high 21 points during a 15-2 Loyola University Maryland run that pulled the Greyhounds out of a two-point deficit and paved the way for a 67-55 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference victory on Friday night at the Gallagher Center.

Former Niagara basketball star Eva Cunningham had her jersey #32 retired by the Purple Eagles on Friday.

At Brownstown Varsity Austin 11 10 11 19 - 51 Brownstown 13 13 20 17 - 63 Brownstown Central : Trey DeHart 4-10 1-2 11, Jalen Snodgrass 3-10 11-12 19, Brett McCory 8-14 2-3 18, Chase Klinge 0-2 1-2 1, Tanner Payton 2-4 1-1 5, Skylar Thompson 1-7 0-0 2, Wade Toppe 1-3 0-0 2, Chaz Schneider 2-4 0-0 5, Kyle Wischmeier 0-3 0-0 0, totals 21-57 16-20 63 ... (more)

The Greyhounds go on the road for a pair of games this weekend in Western New York, starting with a 7 o'clock tip-off at Niagara University on Friday, January 27.

Kentucky gets back the number one ranking following a week in which they first got a victory at home against Arkansas, 86-63. After that came another win at home against Alabama, 77-71. Syracuse gives up number one with a win against Pittsburgh, 71-63 and a loss to Notre Dame, 67-58. Florida State enters the Top 25 at #23 with a win at home over ... (more)

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