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Nichols Canisius

Vikings

Crusaders

The Canisius (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Nichols (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 58-51.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Nichols	8	20	12	11	51
Canisius	9	17	21	11	58

Final score provided by J. Cullinan.

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Canisius (23-24)

Nichols

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	51	15	42	36	39
1	Tre Paulfrey (So)	6	3	9	33	33
3	Jakye Rainey (Sr)	32	8	18	44	53
11	Hezzy Hall (Jr)	6	3	6	50	50
12	Drew Bennett (So)	0	0	1	0	0
23	Parker Rey (Sr)	7	1	6	17	17
30	Luke Colpoys (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0

Canisius

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	58	22	64	34	38
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	17	7	18	39	42
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	3	1	2	50	75
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	14	6	8	75	75
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	20	7	20	35	43
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0
13	Charles Graber (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	4	1	6	17	17
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	0	0	6	0	0
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	0	0	1	0	0

Nichols

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	51	3	16	19	18	23	78	12	26	46
1	Tre Paulfrey (So)	6	0	3	0				3	6	50
3	Jakye Rainey (Sr)	32	3	10	30	13	15	87	5	8	63
11	Hezzy Hall (Jr)	6	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	5	60
12	Drew Bennett (So)	0	0	1	0
23	Parker Rey (Sr)	7				5	6	83	1	6	17
30	Luke Colpoys (Sr)	0	0	1	0				0	1	0

Canisius

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	58	5	19	26	9	19	47	17	45	38
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	17	1	6	17	2	3	67	6	12	50
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	3	1	1	100	0	0	0	0	1	0
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	14	0	0	0	2	4	50	6	8	75
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	20	3	5	60	3	7	43	4	15	27
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
13	Charles Graber (Sr)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	4	0	4	0	2	3	67	1	2	50
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0

Nichols

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO
	Team Totals	51	8	33	41	4	3	4	23
1	Tre Paulfrey (So)	6	2	3	5	2			6
3	Jakye Rainey (Sr)	32	0	8	8			1	7
10	Justin Benning (So)								2
11	Hezzy Hall (Jr)	6	2	8	10	1	3	2	2
12	Drew Bennett (So)	0				1		1	1
21	M. Masiello (So)			3	3				1
23	Parker Rey (Sr)	7	2	9	11				2
30	Luke Colpoys (Sr)	0	2	2	4				2

Canisius

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	58	13	17	30	9	11	1	11	21
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	17	8	3	11	0	1	0	1	2
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	14	2	0	2	3	2	0	3	3
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	20	1	5	6	3	3	0	0	1
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	3
13	Charles Graber (Sr)	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	4	2	2	4	1	2	0	1	4
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	0	0	3	3	1	1	0	0	3
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2

Nichols

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Defl
	Team Totals	0.17	0.13	3
1	Tre Paulfrey (So)	0.33
11	Hezzy Hall (Jr)	0.50	1.50	3
12	Drew Bennett (So)	1.00

Canisius

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.82	1.00	0.52	0.05	2	12
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	0	2
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	1.00	0.67	0.67	0.00	0	3
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	3.00	3.00	3.00	0.00	1	5
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.33	0.33	1	0
13	Charles Graber (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	1.00	2.00	0.50	0.00	0	0
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	1.00	1.00	0.33	0.00	0	0
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1

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Game Story

New York High School Basketball - Nichols can't hold off Canisius

January 4, 2024: Buffalo, NY 14209

The Canisius Crusaders basketball team scored 58 points and restricted the visiting Nichols Vikings to 51 in the Crusaders league victory on Thursday.

The Crusaders now sport a 7-2 record. They put it on the line next when they host McQuaid Jesuit for a non-league contest on Saturday, January 6. Canisius will battle a Knights team coming off a 64-57 non-league loss to Niagara Falls (Niagara Falls, NY). The Knights record now stands at 3-5.

The Vikings (3-5) will now prepare for their contest against Cardinal O'Hara (Tonawanda, NY). The Hawks come into the Monsignor Martin contest with a 4-6 record.

Nichols @ Canisius Basketball Game Info

Thu., Jan. 4, 2024 @ 6:30p

Bernard J Kennedy Field House

The Canisius (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team won Thursday's home conference game against Nichols (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 58-51.

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.
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

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

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

Team Stat Comparison

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