Niagara Purple Eagles NCAA Basketball News

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

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

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

Tonight marks the 150th meeting between St. Bonaventure and Niagara University and although the Bonnies hold a commanding 82-67 lead in the series, the last six games haven't looked much like a heated rivalry.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

December 04, 2009, 12:25 AM / It's that most wonderful time of the year when Niagara and Canisius get a brief sampling of the competition in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference before the schedule becomes all-MAAC, all the time.

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.