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Canisius SJCI

Crusaders

Marauders

The St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 56-50.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Canisius	11	17	15	13	56
SJCI	3	17	19	11	50

Final score provided by J. Cullinan.

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Game Stats

SJCI (23-24)

Canisius

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	56	18	43	42	49
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	7	3	10	30	35
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	3	1	4	25	25
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	22	5	9	56	67
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	7	3	9	33	33
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	5	2	4	50	63
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	10	4	5	80	100
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	2	0	2	0	0

SJCI

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	158	50	13	42	31	36
0	Mekhi Gidney (Jr)	25	15	3	6	50	75
1	J. Goosby (Jr)	32	17	5	13	38	42
2	Wes Scharping (Jr)	22	4	1	5	20	20
5	Mahli Shabazz (Jr)	30	0	0	5	0	0
11	Gionni Zelasko (Jr)	21	7	2	7	29	29
20	Peyton Brock (Jr)	20	7	2	4	50	50
23	Liam Horan (So)	8	0	0	2	0	0

Canisius

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	56	6	15	40	14	22	64	12	28	43
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	7	1	5	20	0	0	0	2	5	40
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	3	0	2	0	1	2	50	1	2	50
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	22	2	2	100	10	16	63	3	7	43
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	7	0	2	0	1	2	50	3	7	43
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	5	1	1	100	0	0	0	1	3	33
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	10	2	2	100	0	0	0	2	3	67
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	2	0	1	0	2	2	100	0	1	0

SJCI

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	158	50	4	19	21	20	29	69	9	23	39
0	Mekhi Gidney (Jr)	25	15	3	4	75	6	6	100	0	2	0
1	J. Goosby (Jr)	32	17	1	5	20	6	8	75	4	8	50
2	Wes Scharping (Jr)	22	4	0	2	0	2	4	50	1	3	33
5	Mahli Shabazz (Jr)	30	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	Gionni Zelasko (Jr)	21	7	0	4	0	3	6	50	2	3	67
20	Peyton Brock (Jr)	20	7	0	0	0	3	5	60	2	4	50
23	Liam Horan (So)	8	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Canisius

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	TO	PF
	Team Totals	56	8	29	37	12	4	18	23
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	7	3	6	9	0	0	5	5
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	3	0	4	4	5	0	1	3
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	22	1	9	10	2	1	5	2
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	7	3	1	4	0	0	3	3
13	Charles Graber (Sr)	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	4
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	10	1	3	4	1	0	2	2
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	2	0	4	4	1	3	1	1
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

SJCI

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Min	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	158	50	2	14	16	8	8	3	8	18
0	Mekhi Gidney (Jr)	25	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
1	J. Goosby (Jr)	32	17	0	6	6	3	3	2	4	0
2	Wes Scharping (Jr)	22	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	4
5	Mahli Shabazz (Jr)	30	0	0	3	3	1	0	1	0	3
11	Gionni Zelasko (Jr)	21	7	0	1	1	3	3	0	0	3
20	Peyton Brock (Jr)	20	7	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	2
23	Liam Horan (So)	8	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	3

Canisius

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	0.67	0.22	0.17	4
4	Jahyden Clark (Jr)	5.00	0.00	0.00	0
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	0.40	0.20	0.50	0
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	3.00	0.00	0.00	0
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	0.50	0.00	0.00	1
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	1.00	3.00	3.00	1
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	0.00	0.00	0.00	2

SJCI

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Defl
	Team Totals	1.00	1.00	0.44	0.17	15
0	Mekhi Gidney (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	3
1	J. Goosby (Jr)	0.75	0.75	3.00	2.00	0
2	Wes Scharping (Jr)	0.00	0.50	0.25	0.00	5
5	Mahli Shabazz (Jr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.33	4
11	Gionni Zelasko (Jr)	3.00	3.00	1.00	0.00	1
20	Peyton Brock (Jr)	0.00	1.00	0.50	0.00	2

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Game Story

New York High School Basketball - Canisius edges St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute

December 22, 2023: Buffalo, NY 14223

The Canisius Crusaders (Buffalo, NY) basketball nipped the host St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute Marauders (Buffalo, NY), 56-50 in Friday's league test.

The Crusaders (5-0) will now prepare for their test against St. Ignatius (Cleveland, OH). The Wildcats go into the non-league test with a 5-1 record. In their last test, St. Ignatius got by Maple Heights (Maple Heights, OH), 90-45, in a non-league test.

The Marauders now own a 1-4 record. They play next when they travel to East Meadow for a non-league test on Thursday, December 28.

Canisius @ SJCI Basketball Game Info

Fri., Dec. 22, 2023 @ 7p

The St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team lost Friday's home conference game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 56-50.

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

SJCI (23-24)

NY	Section	State Class
108	3	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
16-10	10-4	7-4	7-5	2-1	.615	.714	1,602	1,481

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Canisius	15.4	16.7	16.9	15.7	64.8
SJCI	14.9	15.9	13.9	15.0	61.6

Head-to-Head

Canisius won on 12/22/2023

12/22 @ 7p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

Canisius 11 17 15 13 56
SJCI 3 17 19 11 50

The Canisius (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team won Friday's away conference game against St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 56-50.
Box score
Canisius won on 2/18/2024

2/18 @ 1:30p Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final

SJCI 13 12 9 14 48
Canisius 20 9 6 18 53

The St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team lost Sunday's away conference game against Canisius (Buffalo, NY) by a score of 53-48.
Box score

2/18 @ 1:30p	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
SJCI	13	12	9	14	48
Canisius	20	9	6	18	53

Team Stat Comparison

Canisius		SJCI
64.8	Points Per Game	61.5
31.6	Rebounds Per Game	32.1
13.4	Assists Per Game	15.8
8.2	Steals Per Game	8.1
1.6	Blocks Per Game	4.3

Team Leaders

Canisius		SJCI	National Avg.
#10 Nick Purdie15.7	Points Per Game	#1 Jay’meir Goosby17.0	4.9
#10 Nick Purdie6.0	Rebounds Per Game	#1 Jay’meir Goosby6.0	2.6
#4 Jahyden Clark3.2	Assists Per Game	#11 Gionni Zelasko4.5	1.0
#4 Jahyden Clark1.7	Steals Per Game	#1 Jay’meir Goosby2.2	0.8
#2 Pat Benzer0.5	Blocks Per Game	#0 Mekhi Gidney1.0	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Canisius	15-2		SJCI	12-5

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/13/23	Canisius	Cardinal O'Hara	(W) 78-54	1/11/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Cardinal O'Hara	(W) 44-39
2/9/24	Cardinal O'Hara	Canisius	(W) 80-39	2/6/24	Cardinal O'Hara	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 70-56
1/4/24	Nichols	Canisius	(W) 58-51	1/23/24	Nichols	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(L) 79-69
1/29/24	Canisius	Nichols	(W) 61-59	2/14/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Nichols	(W) 61-49
2/26/24	Nichols	Canisius	(W) 60-56
1/6/24	McQuaid Jesuit	Canisius	(W) 62-48	2/10/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	McQuaid Jesuit	(W) 67-41
1/10/24	Canisius	St. Mary's	(W) 54-20	1/26/24	St. Mary's	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 77-56
2/1/24	St. Mary's	Canisius	(W) 66-41	2/16/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	St. Mary's	(W) 74-61
				2/24/24	St. Mary's	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 76-53
1/12/24	Canisius	St. Francis	(W) 82-54	1/25/24	St. Francis	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 60-48
2/6/24	St. Francis	Canisius	(W) 74-41	1/31/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	St. Francis	(W) 69-66
1/23/24	Canisius	The Park School of Buffalo	(W) 83-53	2/7/24	The Park School of Buffalo	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 71-60
2/14/24	The Park School of Buffalo	Canisius	(W) 71-45	2/9/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	The Park School of Buffalo	(W) 72-51
1/26/24	Canisius	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	(W) 77-75	1/4/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	(L) 83-63
2/16/24	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Canisius	(L) 75-61	1/29/24	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 69-60
2/28/24	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Canisius	(L) 74-64	2/26/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	(L) 72-58
2/3/24	Niagara Falls	Canisius	(W) 52-44	2/12/24	Niagara Falls	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(L) 45-36
2/12/24	Health Sciences Charter	Canisius	(W) 55-51	12/15/23	Health Sciences Charter	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(L) 51-49

Record Breakdown

Canisius (23-24)		SJCI (23-24)
22-4	Overall	16-10
13-1	League	10-4
5-0	Non-League	3-4
2-0	Head to Head	0-2
15-2	Common Opponent	12-5
10-1	Home	7-4
7-0	Away	7-5
5-3	Neutral	2-1
1-1	Playoff	1-1
20-2	In-State	16-8
1-2	Out-of-State	0-2