Niagara gave Maryland all they could handle but it wasn’t enough as the Purple Eagles fell 86-70 in the first round of the NIT Tuesday night. Going into halftime tied at 35 apiece, Niagara appeared to be more mentally focused than Maryland early on, making more hustle plays on both sides of the court. But [...]
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The Queen City Sports NCAA Bracket Challenge
Site owner Mike Straw has come down with a severe case of March Madness. With the team’s leading scorer down, it’s time to come off the bench and play significant minutes here at Queen City Sports. For that reason, it’s my absolute pleasure to announce the Queen City Sports Bracket Challenge. Think you have what [...]
Canisius Hosting Elon in CIT Wednesday
For the first time in seventeen years, the Canisius Golden Griffins will be playing in the postseason and their opponent will be the Elon Phoenix of the Southern Conference. The Griffs accepted a bid into the CollegeInsider.com Tournament earlier this week and Elon was announced as their opponent Sunday afternoon. Elon finished first in the [...]
McCrea, Watson Light Up Scoreboard But UB Loses Heartbreaker
Javon McCrea and Tony Watson combined to score 43 points but the Bulls were unable to contain Flashes big man Chris Evans as he scored 25 points, helping Kent State defeat Buffalo 70-68 in a heartbreaker Thursday night at Quicken Loans Arena. After a sluggish start to the game, the Bulls started to get their [...]
Regan Has Career Game, Bulls To MAC Quarterfinals
Will Regan easily had the best game of his college career, scoring 36 points as he helped the University at Buffalo win their second consecutive MAC Tournament contest Wednesday night in a 76-61 victory over Ball State to advance to Thursday night’s quarterfinals against Kent State. The sophomore forward went 11-17 from the field and [...]
McCrea’s Dominance Speaks for Itself
It’s a two horse race for player-of-the-year honors in the Mid American Conference and it’s clear who the two stallions are. D.J. Cooper of Ohio and Javon McCrea of Buffalo. Some believe the honor should go to Cooper, the three time All-MAC first team member. He did break Ohio’s three-point record this season along with [...]
(8) UB vs (9) CMU MAC 1st Round Live Blog
0:00 – Randall’s three is off the mark at the buzzer and UB survives and advances to Cleveland with a 74-72 overtime victory. They will play no. 5 Ball State on Wednesday at 6:30. 0:01 – CMU gets the ball past half court and calls a timeout. 1.8 ticks on the clock. Referees will head [...]
Purple Eagles Bounced by Gaels in Semifinals
Everybody knows about the nation’s third leading scorer MoMo Jones. Most people also know about Sean Armand, the other sharp-shooting guard who is averaging 16.8 points per game. But it was the 5’9′ Iona point guard who was the difference in the second half as Iona came from behind to knock off the top-seeded Niagara [...]
(1) Niagara vs (4) Iona Semifinal Live Blog
FINAL – Iona 79 Niagara 73 Notes: Laury finishes with 20 points for Iona and Mason 21 for Niagara. 0:10 – Green drives and lays it in with ten seconds left. These two point baskets won’t be doing much if Iona keeps making all their foul shots. Iona gets the ball in and Purple Eagles [...]
Niagara Goes Toe-to-Toe With Gaels Today
After nearly allowing Siena to pull off an unthinkable upset Saturday afternoon, Niagara will have to get their act together against a red-hot Iona team Sunday. The top-seeded Purple Eagles will go head-to-head with the fourth-seeded Gaels this afternoon at 2:00 pm in the semi-finals of the MAAC Tournament at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, [...]
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