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Canisius Nichols

Crusaders

Vikings

The Nichols (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home conference game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 61-59.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Canisius	15	17	16	13	61
Nichols	17	10	14	18	59

Final score provided by J. Cullinan.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Nichols (23-24)

Canisius

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	61	22	55	40	45
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	17	7	12	58	67
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	17	7	17	41	41
11	Sam Atkinson (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	3	0	2	0	0
15	Haile Doucet (Jr)	0	0	3	0	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	14	5	8	63	75
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	5	2	6	33	42
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	2	0	3	0	0

Nichols

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	59	24	50	48	55
1	Tre Paulfrey (So)	7	3	7	43	50
3	Jakye Rainey (Sr)	27	10	27	37	44
10	Justin Benning (So)	5	2	3	67	83
11	Hezzy Hall (Jr)	10	5	6	83	83
12	Drew Bennett (So)	3	1	2	50	75
21	M. Masiello (So)	3	1	3	33	33
30	Luke Colpoys (Sr)	4	2	2	100	100

Canisius

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	61	6	17	35	11	15	73	16	38	42
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	17	2	4	50	1	3	33	5	8	63
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	17	0	3	0	3	4	75	7	14	50
11	Sam Atkinson (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	3	0	0	0	3	4	75	0	2	0
15	Haile Doucet (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	14	2	3	67	2	2	100	3	5	60
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	5	1	3	33	0	0	0	1	3	33
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	2	0	0	0	2	2	100	0	3	0

Nichols

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	59	7	21	33	4	9	44	17	29	59
1	Tre Paulfrey (So)	7	1	2	50				2	5	40
3	Jakye Rainey (Sr)	27	4	15	27	3	4	75	6	12	50
10	Justin Benning (So)	5	1	2	50				1	1	100
11	Hezzy Hall (Jr)	10				0	3	0	5	6	83
12	Drew Bennett (So)	3	1	2	50
21	M. Masiello (So)	3				1	2	50	1	3	33
30	Luke Colpoys (Sr)	4							2	2	100

Canisius

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	61	13	18	31	14	4	1	14	13
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	17	3	6	9	2	0	1	2	1
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	17	2	3	5	5	2	0	5	3
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	3	1	1	2	4	0	0	1	1
15	Haile Doucet (Jr)	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	1
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	14	1	1	2	1	1	0	4	2
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	5	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	2
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	2	3	2	5	0	0	0	1	1

Nichols

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	59	5	16	21	9	6	1	13
1	Tre Paulfrey (So)	7	1	3	4	3	1		3
3	Jakye Rainey (Sr)	27	0	5	5	6	2		1
10	Justin Benning (So)	5	1	2	3				1
11	Hezzy Hall (Jr)	10	1	1	2		2		3
12	Drew Bennett (So)	3	1	4	5				4
21	M. Masiello (So)	3	1	1	2		1	1
30	Luke Colpoys (Sr)	4							1

Canisius

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	0.29	0.31	0.08	7
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	1.00	1
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	1.00	0.40	0.67	0.00	0
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2
15	Haile Doucet (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	0.25	0.25	0.50	0.00	3
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

Nichols

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.69	0.46	10
1	Tre Paulfrey (So)	1.00	0.33	1
3	Jakye Rainey (Sr)	6.00	2.00	6
11	Hezzy Hall (Jr)		0.67	2
21	M. Masiello (So)			1

Canisius' stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

New York High School Basketball - Canisius nips Nichols

January 29, 2024: Buffalo, NY 14216

Fans at Monday's league challenge between the Canisius Crusaders (Buffalo, NY) and the host Nichols Vikings (Buffalo, NY), saw Canisius's basketball squad hold off Nichols by a tally of 61-59.

With the victory, Canisius improves its record to 13-2 on the campaign. The Crusaders host St. Mary's (Lancaster, NY) to play the Lancers in a Monsignor Martin challenge on Thursday, February 1. The Lancers come into the challenge with a record of 5-10. St. Mary's lost 56-49 in their recent league challenge against St. Francis (Hamburg, NY)

Next up, the Vikings play the Cardinal O'Hara Hawks (Tonawanda, NY) in a Monsignor Martin challenge, on Thursday, February 1. Nichols will attempt to improve on its 7-7 season record. The Hawks come into the challenge with a 7-9 record after their 69-65 league win over The Park School of Buffalo (Buffalo, NY).

Canisius @ Nichols Basketball Game Info

Mon., Jan. 29, 2024 @ 6p

Nichols School

The Nichols (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team lost Monday's home conference game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 61-59.

Rankings & Records

Canisius (23-24)

NY	Section	State Class
36	1	1

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
22-4	13-1	10-1	7-0	5-3	.846	.929	1,684	1,324

Nichols (23-24)

NY	Section	State Class
173	4	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
12-13	8-6	5-7	6-4	1-2	.480	.571	1,794	1,652

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT1	Final
Canisius	15.4	16.7	16.9	15.7	-	64.8
Nichols	16.8	17.1	18.0	16.3	6.0	71.8

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Head-to-Head

Canisius won on 1/4/2024

1/4 @ 6:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Nichols 8 20 12 11 51
Canisius 9 17 21 11 58

The Nichols (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team lost Thursday's away conference game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 58-51.
Box score
Canisius won on 1/29/2024

1/29 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Canisius 15 17 16 13 61
Nichols 17 10 14 18 59

The Canisius (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team won Monday's away conference game against Nichols (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 61-59.
Box score
Canisius won on 2/26/2024

2/26 @ 6p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Nichols 16 11 20 9 56
Canisius 9 20 15 16 60

The Nichols (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team lost Monday's neutral playoff game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 60-56.
Box score

1/4 @ 6:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nichols	8	20	12	11	51
Canisius	9	17	21	11	58

2/26 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nichols	16	11	20	9	56
Canisius	9	20	15	16	60

Team Stat Comparison

Canisius		Nichols
64.8	Points Per Game	66.8
31.6	Rebounds Per Game	32.2
13.4	Assists Per Game	12.8
8.2	Steals Per Game	8.1
1.6	Blocks Per Game	2.4

Team Leaders

Canisius		Nichols	National Avg.
#10 Nick Purdie15.7	Points Per Game	#3 Jakye Rainey29.7	4.9
#10 Nick Purdie6.0	Rebounds Per Game	#23 Parker Rey8.9	2.6
#4 Jahyden Clark3.2	Assists Per Game	#1 Tre Paulfrey5.5	1.0
#4 Jahyden Clark1.7	Steals Per Game	#3 Jakye Rainey2.4	0.8
#2 Pat Benzer0.5	Blocks Per Game	#11 Hezzy Hall1.4	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Canisius	13-2		Nichols	9-6

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/23	Canisius	Cardinal O'Hara	(W) 78-54	1/10/24	Cardinal O'Hara	Nichols	(W) 81-37
2/9/24	Cardinal O'Hara	Canisius	(W) 80-39	2/1/24	Nichols	Cardinal O'Hara	(W) 82-60
12/22/23	Canisius	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 56-50	1/23/24	Nichols	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 79-69
2/18/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Canisius	(W) 53-48	2/14/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Nichols	(L) 61-49
1/10/24	Canisius	St. Mary's	(W) 54-20	1/19/24	St. Mary's	Nichols	(W) 78-53
2/1/24	St. Mary's	Canisius	(W) 66-41	2/12/24	Nichols	St. Mary's	(W) 81-77
1/12/24	Canisius	St. Francis	(W) 82-54	2/9/24	Nichols	St. Francis	(L) 74-68
2/6/24	St. Francis	Canisius	(W) 74-41	2/19/24	St. Francis	Nichols	(W) 84-71
				2/24/24	Nichols	St. Francis	(W) 88-54
1/23/24	Canisius	The Park School of Buffalo	(W) 83-53	1/26/24	Nichols	The Park School of Buffalo	(W) 86-45
2/14/24	The Park School of Buffalo	Canisius	(W) 71-45	2/16/24	The Park School of Buffalo	Nichols	(W) 90-59
1/26/24	Canisius	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	(W) 77-75	1/11/24	Nichols	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	(L) 90-80
2/16/24	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Canisius	(L) 75-61	2/6/24	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Nichols	(L) 91-53
2/28/24	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Canisius	(L) 74-64
2/3/24	Niagara Falls	Canisius	(W) 52-44	12/15/23	Niagara Falls	Nichols	(L) 75-72
2/12/24	Health Sciences Charter	Canisius	(W) 55-51	2/3/24	Health Sciences Charter	Nichols	(L) 85-57

Record Breakdown

Canisius (23-24)		Nichols (23-24)
22-4	Overall	12-13
13-1	League	8-6
5-0	Non-League	3-6
3-0	Head to Head	0-3
13-2	Common Opponent	9-6
10-1	Home	5-7
7-0	Away	6-4
5-3	Neutral	1-2
1-1	Playoff	1-1
20-2	In-State	12-11
1-2	Out-of-State	0-1