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Canisius Nichols

Crusaders

Vikings

The Nichols (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 81-57.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Canisius	21	23	18	19	81
Nichols	15	13	15	14	57

Final score provided by J. Cullinan.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Nichols (22-23)

Canisius

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	81	29	69	42	46
2	Pat Benzer (Jr)	7	2	5	40	40
4	Jahyden Clark (So)	4	2	8	25	25
5	Shane Cercone (Sr)	26	8	20	40	40
10	Nick Purdie (So)	8	4	6	67	67
12	Johnny Esposito (So)	8	3	6	50	50
13	Charles Graber (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
23	P. Cullinan (So)	0	0	3	0	0
23	Luke Granto (Sr)	24	8	16	50	69
33	Koch Akuey (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100

Nichols

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	18	51	35	40
0	Cole Dancy (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
2	C. Francis (Jr)	18	7	13	54	62
3	Jakye Rainey (Jr)	21	5	17	29	32
11	Hezzy Hall (So)	2	1	4	25	25
23	Parker Rey (Jr)	6	2	6	33	42
30	Luke Colpoys (Jr)	2	1	4	25	25
32	Jack Green (Jr)	5	2	5	40	50
33	William Bennett (Sr)	2

Canisius

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	81	6	21	29	17	23	74	23	48	48
2	Pat Benzer (Jr)	7	0	1	0	3	4	75	2	4	50
4	Jahyden Clark (So)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	29
5	Shane Cercone (Sr)	26	0	1	0	10	13	77	8	19	42
10	Nick Purdie (So)	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	5	80
12	Johnny Esposito (So)	8	0	2	0	2	2	100	3	4	75
13	Charles Graber (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23	P. Cullinan (So)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	Luke Granto (Sr)	24	6	13	46	2	2	100	2	3	67
30	Alex Hayes (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
33	Koch Akuey (Sr)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100

Nichols

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	5	13	38	15	19	79	13	38	34
0	Cole Dancy (Jr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0
2	C. Francis (Jr)	18	2	3	67	2	2	100	5	10	50
3	Jakye Rainey (Jr)	21	1	5	20	10	11	91	4	12	33
11	Hezzy Hall (So)	2							1	4	25
23	Parker Rey (Jr)	6	1	1	100	1	4	25	1	5	20
30	Luke Colpoys (Jr)	2							1	4	25
32	Jack Green (Jr)	5	1	3	33				1	2	50
33	William Bennett (Sr)	2				2	2	100

Canisius

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	81	21	23	44	20	8	2	12	18
2	Pat Benzer (Jr)	7	2	4	6	0	0	1	1	1
4	Jahyden Clark (So)	4	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	3
5	Shane Cercone (Sr)	26	12	7	19	0	0	0	4	2
10	Nick Purdie (So)	8	2	6	8	1	2	0	2	3
12	Johnny Esposito (So)	8	1	0	1	4	1	0	1	1
13	Charles Graber (Jr)	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3
22	Kevin Cosgrove (Jr)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
23	P. Cullinan (So)	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	1
23	Luke Granto (Sr)	24	2	3	5	5	1	0	1	3
30	Alex Hayes (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
33	Koch Akuey (Sr)	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1

Nichols

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	56	10	20	30	7	8	2	17
0	Cole Dancy (Jr)	0							2
2	C. Francis (Jr)	18	2	1	3		3		3
3	Jakye Rainey (Jr)	21	1	6	7	2	1		4
11	Hezzy Hall (So)	2	4	5	9	3			3
12	Matthew Carlson (Sr)								1
23	Parker Rey (Jr)	6	3	7	10	1	1	2	2
30	Luke Colpoys (Jr)	2		1	1		2		1
32	Jack Green (Jr)	5				1	1		1
33	William Bennett (Sr)	2

Canisius

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	1.67	0.67	0.44	0.11	2	13
2	Pat Benzer (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	1
4	Jahyden Clark (So)	1.50	1.00	0.67	0.00	0	3
5	Shane Cercone (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
10	Nick Purdie (So)	0.50	1.00	0.67	0.00	1	1
12	Johnny Esposito (So)	4.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	1	5
13	Charles Graber (Jr)	3.00	2.00	0.67	0.00	0	1
22	Kevin Cosgrove (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
23	P. Cullinan (So)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
23	Luke Granto (Sr)	5.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	0	1
30	Alex Hayes (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	0	0

Nichols

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.41	0.47	11
2	C. Francis (Jr)		1.00	4
3	Jakye Rainey (Jr)	0.50	0.25	3
11	Hezzy Hall (So)	1.00		1
23	Parker Rey (Jr)	0.50	0.50
30	Luke Colpoys (Jr)		2.00	2
32	Jack Green (Jr)	1.00	1.00	1

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Game Story

New York High School Basketball - Canisius crushes Nichols

January 27, 2023: Buffalo, NY 14216

Canisius Crusaders (Buffalo, NY) backers were pleased Friday as they saw their basketball squad bounce the host Nichols Vikings (Buffalo, NY), 81-57 in a league bout.

With the victory, Canisius upgrades its record to 11-4 on the campaign. The Crusaders host St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY) to play the Marauders in a Monsignor Martin bout on Tuesday, January 31. The Marauders come into the bout with a record of 10-7. St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute won 63-49 in their recent league bout against St. Francis (Hamburg, NY)

Next up, the Vikings play the Cardinal O'Hara Hawks (Tonawanda, NY) in a Monsignor Martin bout, on Tuesday, January 31. Nichols will attempt to upgrade on its 9-6 season record.

Canisius @ Nichols Basketball Game Info

Fri., Jan. 27, 2023 @ 6p

The Nichols (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 81-57.

Rankings & Records

Canisius (22-23)

NY	Section	State Class
28	2	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
18-6	11-3	6-2	8-2	4-2	.750	.786	1,640	1,385

Nichols (22-23)

NY	Section	State Class
118	3	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
15-10	9-5	8-3	5-4	2-3	.600	.643	1,814	1,727

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Canisius	16.7	14.0	18.6	17.3	8.5	10.0	68.3
Nichols	16.6	17.6	18.3	17.5	8.0	11.0	72.6

Head-to-Head

Nichols won on 1/3/2023

1/3 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT1 OT2 Final

Nichols 18 16 12 31 5 11 93
Canisius 14 14 20 29 5 10 92

The Nichols (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team won Tuesday's away conference game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) in overtime by a score of 93-92.
Box score
Canisius won on 1/27/2023

1/27 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Canisius 21 23 18 19 81
Nichols 15 13 15 14 57

The Canisius (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against Nichols (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 81-57.
Box score

1/3 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	OT2	Final
Nichols	18	16	12	31	5	11	93
Canisius	14	14	20	29	5	10	92

Team Stat Comparison

Canisius		Nichols
68.3	Points Per Game	71.4
35.0	Rebounds Per Game	40.3
14.1	Assists Per Game	12.8
6.7	Steals Per Game	8.6
1.8	Blocks Per Game	3.2

Team Leaders

Canisius		Nichols	National Avg.
#5 Shane Cercone26.5	Points Per Game	#3 Jakye Rainey27.4	4.9
#5 Shane Cercone11.5	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Parker Rey10.3	2.6
#23 Luke Granto4.3	Assists Per Game	#3 Jakye Rainey3.6	1.0
#5 Shane Cercone1.3	Steals Per Game	#3 Jakye Rainey2.4	0.8
#2 Pat Benzer0.4	Blocks Per Game	#23 Parker Rey1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Canisius	13-4		Nichols	10-7

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/22	Health Sciences Charter	Canisius	(W) 58-55	1/7/23	Nichols	Health Sciences Charter	(L) 71-60
12/13/22	Canisius	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(L) 48-45	1/24/23	Nichols	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(L) 80-66
1/31/23	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Canisius	(L) 61-58	2/16/23	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Nichols	(W) 101-80
2/23/23	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Canisius	(W) 75-56
12/16/22	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Canisius	(W) 73-69	1/10/23	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Nichols	(L) 96-87
2/10/23	Canisius	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	(W) 81-69	2/2/23	Nichols	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	(L) 94-85
2/26/23	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Canisius	(L) 72-57
12/22/22	Canisius	Aquinas Institute	(L) 48-44	12/6/22	Aquinas Institute	Nichols	(W) 67-61
				1/14/23	Nichols	Aquinas Institute	(W) 58-55
1/10/23	St. Francis	Canisius	(W) 61-43	1/12/23	Nichols	St. Francis	(L) 62-36
2/2/23	Canisius	St. Francis	(W) 56-54	2/8/23	St. Francis	Nichols	(W) 70-58
				2/21/23	Nichols	St. Francis	(L) 69-68
1/12/23	Canisius	St. Mary's	(W) 54-43	1/18/23	Nichols	St. Mary's	(W) 79-58
2/8/23	St. Mary's	Canisius	(W) 84-51	2/10/23	St. Mary's	Nichols	(W) 85-65
1/16/23	Canisius	Niagara Falls	(W) 86-82	2/18/23	Niagara Falls	Nichols	(L) 80-64
1/20/23	Canisius	Cardinal O'Hara	(W) 74-36	1/5/23	Cardinal O'Hara	Nichols	(W) 79-43
2/14/23	Cardinal O'Hara	Canisius	(W) 90-66	1/31/23	Nichols	Cardinal O'Hara	(W) 67-52
1/24/23	The Park School of Buffalo	Canisius	(W) 94-57	1/20/23	The Park School of Buffalo	Nichols	(W) 93-76
2/16/23	Canisius	The Park School of Buffalo	(W) 69-42	2/14/23	Nichols	The Park School of Buffalo	(W) 75-67

Record Breakdown

Canisius (22-23)		Nichols (22-23)
18-6	Overall	15-10
11-3	League	9-5
3-1	Non-League	4-4
1-1	Head to Head	1-1
13-4	Common Opponent	10-7
6-2	Home	8-3
8-2	Away	5-4
4-2	Neutral	2-3
1-1	Playoff	0-1
17-5	In-State	15-9
1-1	Out-of-State	0-1