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Niagara Falls Canisius

Wolverines

Crusaders

The Canisius (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Niagara Falls (NY) by a score of 52-44.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Niagara Falls	24	4	2	14	44
Canisius	12	13	15	12	52

Final score provided by J. Cullinan.

Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Niagara Falls (23-24)

Niagara Falls has not entered stats for this game.

Canisius (23-24)

Canisius

Shooting

#	Athlete Name	Pts	FGM	FGA	FG%	AFG%
	Team Totals	52	17	38	45	51
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	10	2	7	29	43
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	2	1	1	100	100
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	14	4	7	57	64
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	4	2	4	50	50
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	4	2	7	29	29
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	6	3	6	50	50
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	8	3	6	50	67
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	4	0	0

Canisius

#	Athlete Name	Pts	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	2FGM	2FGA	2FG%
	Team Totals	52	5	17	29	13	16	81	12	21	57
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	10	2	6	33	4	4	100	0	1	0
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	14	1	2	50	5	6	83	3	5	60
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	100
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	33
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	4	75
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	8	2	4	50	0	0	0	1	2	50
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	4	0	0	0	4	6	67	0	0	0

Canisius

Totals

#	Athlete Name	Pts	OReb	DReb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF
	Team Totals	52	7	24	31	12	4	3	19	14
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	10	1	1	2	1	1	1	3	3
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	14	0	7	7	2	0	0	6	3
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	4	1	2	3	4	0	0	2	2
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	4	2	4	6	2	2	2	5	1
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	6	0	3	3	2	0	0	1	2
30	Alex Hayes (Sr)	8	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	3
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	4	1	3	4	0	1	0	0	0

Canisius

Misc Totals

#	Athlete Name	Ast:TO	Stl:TO	Stl:PF	Blk:PF	Chr	Defl
	Team Totals	0.63	0.21	0.29	0.21	1	11
2	Pat Benzer (Sr)	0.33	0.33	0.33	0.33	0	4
3	C. Funderburg (Sr)	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
10	Nick Purdie (Jr)	0.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	2
12	Johnny Esposito (Jr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	1	4
23	P. Cullinan (Jr)	0.40	0.40	2.00	2.00	0	1
25	Mark Macdonald (Sr)	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0
34	Patrick Enright (Jr)	0.00	1.00	1.00	0.00	0	0

Canisius' stats are presented by HudlHudl

Game Story

New York High School Basketball - Canisius tops Niagara Falls

February 3, 2024: Niagara Falls, NY 14305

Canisius Crusaders (Buffalo, NY) backers were pleased Saturday as they saw their basketball squad knock off the host Niagara Falls Wolverines (Niagara Falls, NY), 52-44 in a non-league bout.

With the victory, Canisius upgrades its record to 15-2 on the campaign. The Crusaders host St. Francis (Hamburg, NY) to play the Red Raiders in a Monsignor Martin bout on Tuesday, February 6. The Red Raiders come into the bout with a record of 7-11. St. Francis lost 72-45 in their recent non-league bout against Bishop Ludden (Syracuse, NY)

Next up, the Wolverines play the University Prep Griffins (Rochester, NY) in a non-league bout, on Friday, February 9. Niagara Falls will attempt to upgrade on its 9-5 season record.

Niagara Falls vs Canisius Basketball Game Info

Sat., Feb. 3, 2024 @ 2:15p

Centercourt Classic @ St. Joe's

The Canisius (Buffalo, NY) varsity basketball team won Saturday's neutral non-conference game against Niagara Falls (NY) by a score of 52-44.

Rankings & Records

Niagara Falls (23-24)

NY	Section	State Class
35	2	6

Overall	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	PF	PA
15-6	6-1	6-2	3-3	.714	1,211	1,099

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	Final
Niagara Falls	13.3	10.0	9.8	18.3	57.7
Canisius	15.4	16.7	16.9	15.7	64.8

Team Stat Comparison

Niagara Falls		Canisius
-	Points Per Game	64.8
-	Rebounds Per Game	31.6
-	Assists Per Game	13.4
-	Steals Per Game	8.2
-	Blocks Per Game	1.6

Team Leaders

Niagara Falls		Canisius	National Avg.
-	Points Per Game	#10 Nick Purdie15.7	4.9
-	Rebounds Per Game	#10 Nick Purdie6.0	2.6
-	Assists Per Game	#4 Jahyden Clark3.2	1.0
-	Steals Per Game	#4 Jahyden Clark1.7	0.8
-	Blocks Per Game	#2 Pat Benzer0.5	0.3

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Niagara Falls	5-1		Canisius	9-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
12/9/23	Niagara Falls	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	(L) 81-51	1/26/24	Canisius	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	(W) 77-75
				2/16/24	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Canisius	(L) 75-61
				2/28/24	Bishop Timon-St. Jude	Canisius	(L) 74-64
12/15/23	Niagara Falls	Nichols	(W) 75-72	1/4/24	Nichols	Canisius	(W) 58-51
				1/29/24	Canisius	Nichols	(W) 61-59
				2/26/24	Nichols	Canisius	(W) 60-56
12/27/23	Health Sciences Charter	Niagara Falls	(W) 54-38	2/12/24	Health Sciences Charter	Canisius	(W) 55-51
1/3/24	Niagara Falls	McQuaid Jesuit	(W) 64-57	1/6/24	McQuaid Jesuit	Canisius	(W) 62-48
1/6/24	Niagara Falls	Cathedral Prep	(W) 76-60	12/15/23	Cathedral Prep	Canisius	(W) 70-52
2/12/24	Niagara Falls	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 45-36	12/22/23	Canisius	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	(W) 56-50
				2/18/24	St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute	Canisius	(W) 53-48

Record Breakdown

Niagara Falls (23-24)		Canisius (23-24)
15-6	Overall	22-4
0-0	League	13-1
11-5	Non-League	5-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
5-1	Common Opponent	9-2
6-1	Home	10-1
6-2	Away	7-0
3-3	Neutral	5-3
2-1	Playoff	1-1
12-4	In-State	20-2
3-2	Out-of-State	1-2