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Momo Magic Lifts Gaels Past Griffs

Billy Baron sat at the press conference table, filled with emotions, and doing anything and everything he could to hold back tears, as he faced questions following his team’s season ending loss to Iona Saturday night. Down by as many as 12 points, the Canisius Golden Griffins battled back to get within one point, but […]

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Canisius Prepares For MAAC Tournament (Video)

QCS Reporter Mike Bundt with the story.

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Canisius, Niagara Well Respresented on All-MAAC Teams

Canisius junior guard Billy Baron highlighted the All-MAAC first team announced Monday afternoon. He joins the stellar backcourt from Niagara as sophomores Juan’ya Green and Antoine Mason make their first appearance on the first team. Baron, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound junior point guard from East Greenwich, R.I., averaged 16.6 points per game this season, good for […]

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QCS Big Four Notebook: Niagara Clinches MAAC

Niagara Wins MAAC Title The Purple Eagles entered the 2012-13 season with high expectations and on Saturday, they reached one of their goals as they took down St. Peter’s to win the MAAC regular season title. After a poor start to the year, Niagara rolled in MAAC play, finishing the conference portion of their schedule […]

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QCS Big Four Notebook: Big Night In MAAC

What a night in the MAAC! With Niagara falling to Rider and Canisius taking down St. Peter’s, the MAAC regular season title will come down to Saturday’s action. The Golden Griffins won an exciting overtime contest over St. Peter’s 77-65 to move within one game of first place Niagara. At the same time, Rider took […]

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QCS Big Four Notebook: Bracket Buster Preview

Happy Bracket Buster Saturday! One of the biggest days of the year for mid-majors to prove their worth, the day provides mid-majors an opportunity to show their ability on a bigger stage. Today, all of the Big Four teams will be in action, highlighted by Canisius taking on Vermont and Niagara hosting Northwestern State. Here’s […]

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QCS Buffalo Water Cooler: Busy Week In Buffalo Sports

This week’s Water Cooler features QCS writers Ryan Talbot, Bradley Gelber, and Johnathan Snyder The Sabres have absolutely no scoring right now. What would you do to mix up their lineup? Bradley Gelber: Well Lindy already switched up the lines in Tuesday’s nights game vs. the Senators, which resulted in zero goals. I’ve heard a […]

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Rebirth Of Canisius Basketball A Sight To See

Before you start reading this, I have to get something off my chest. I am absolutely thrilled watching the recent revival of Canisius College basketball. Being the son of a Canisius alumnus, I went to many Golden Griffins games as a child and even had season tickets with my father during eighth grade. While other […]

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Baron Fuels Griffs to Rivalry Road Win

Billy Baron is just one of those guys that when the shot clock is running down, you want the ball in his hands. The junior guard hit big shot after big shot and took a beating as he scored a career-high 33 points en route to a 77-70 road win for his Canisius Golden Griffins […]

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Keys to The Game: Canisius @ Niagara

A tenth of a second is all that Billy Baron and the Golden Griffins of Canisius College need as motivation when they step on the court in front of a sold out crowd at the Gallagher Center this afternoon. The last time these two cross-town rivals hit the court, it was back on January 27th […]

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