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Nichols Canisius

Vikings

Crusaders

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

Game Details: CHSAA Monsignor Martin A Semifinals-@Canisius U.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nichols	16	11	20	9	56
Canisius	9	20	15	16	60

Final score provided by J. Cullinan.

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Game Stats

Nichols (23-24)

Nichols has not entered stats for this game.

Canisius (23-24)

Canisius

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	60	18	49	37	40
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	3	1	6	17	17
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	0	0	2	0	0
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	25	5	13	38	42
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	17	6	10	60	65
13	Charles Graber (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	4	2	8	25	25
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	5	2	5	40	40
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	3	1	1	100	150
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	3	1	3	33	33

Canisius

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	60	3	10	30	21	26	81	15	39	38
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	3	0	1	0	1	1	100	1	5	20
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	25	1	3	33	14	16	88	4	10	40
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	17	1	2	50	4	5	80	5	8	63
13	Charles Graber (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	5	0	1	0	1	2	50	2	4	50
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	3	0	0	0	1	2	50	1	3	33

Canisius

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	60	11	20	31	10	2	2	9	14
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	3	1	3	4	3	0	2	1	0
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	1	4
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	25	3	5	8	1	0	0	3	4
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	17	0	5	5	3	2	0	2	2
13	Charles Graber (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	4	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	1
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	1

Canisius

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.11	0.22	0.14	0.14	6
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	2
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	1.50	1.00	1.00	0.00	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1

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Canisius vs Nichols Game Highlights - Feb. 26, 2024 1:00

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New York High School Basketball - Canisius edges Nichols

February 26, 2024: Buffalo, NY 14216

The Canisius Crusaders (Buffalo, NY) basketball nipped the host Nichols Vikings (Buffalo, NY), 60-56 in Monday's non-league test.

The Crusaders (22-3) will now prepare for their test against Bishop Timon-St. Jude (Buffalo, NY). The Tigers go into the non-league test with a 23-2 record. In their last test, Bishop Timon-St. Jude got by St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY), 72-58, in a non-league test.

The Vikings now own a 12-12 record.

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Rankings & Records

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

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

Team Scoring Averages

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

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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.
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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.
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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

1/29 @ 6p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Canisius	15	17	16	13	61
Nichols	17	10	14	18	59

Team Stat Comparison

Nichols		Canisius
72.6	Points Per Game	64.8
35.0	Rebounds Per Game	31.6
14.0	Assists Per Game	13.4
8.8	Steals Per Game	8.2
2.6	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

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

Common Opponents

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

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

Record Breakdown

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