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Niagara’s Gordon shines
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/23/08 7:25 AM

LEWISTON — Kamau Gordon didn’t make much of an impact in his first two seasons on the Niagara men’s basketball team — no points in two games as a freshman and just 20 in 238 minutes spread over 28 games last season.
Niagara beats Appy State
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/22/08 6:37 PM

LEWISTON - Appalachian State may be a giant-killer in football and a Championship Subdivision Champion in football, but the Mountaineers could not slay Niagara's basketball team Saturday afternoon at the Gallagher Center.
Niagara’s Cook toasts Bemidji St.

Updated: 11/22/08 6:06 AM

LEWISTON — For four weeks, Ted Cook sat in the stands with a hand injury, watching a portion of his senior year fade away and waiting for his opportunity to become the all-time leading goal scorer in Niagara men’s hockey history.
Aggressive ’Nova takes it to Niagara
FROM NEWS & WIRE REPORTS

Updated: 11/20/08 6:13 AM

PHILADELPHIA — The Niagara men’s basketball team made it interesting for a little bit against a banged-up Villanova crew, but the nationally ranked Wildcats’ willingness to attack the basket relentlessly proved too much for the Purple Eagles.
Niagara opens with blowout
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/17/08 1:38 PM

LEWISTON — Guard Rob Garrison and swingman Bilal Benn were thrilled their 20- month wait to get back into a game was finally over. As for guard Tyrone Lewis, the start of his junior season looked like many of the nights in his freshman and sophomore years.
Niagara men take opener
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/17/08 12:19 AM

Junior guard Tyrone Lewis scored 20 points to lead four Niagara players in double figures Sunday night as the Purple Eagles rolled past Towson, 79-62, in their season opener before 2,113 in the Gallagher Center.
Niagara: Tough schedule will force young Purple Eagles to mature

Updated: 11/12/08 6:26 AM

School: Niagara University
Three short-handed goals lift Niagara
NEWS SPORTS REPORTER

Updated: 11/12/08 1:22 PM

LEWISTON — Over the past two seasons, Niagara had scored three shorthanded goals.
Niagara: Reinforcements are on the way to replace two big departed chunks of offense

Updated: 11/11/08 7:22 AM

School: Niagara
Pagliero ends slump, leads Niagara win

Updated: 10/26/08 6:41 AM

LEWISTON— Originally, coach Dave Burkholder was thinking of giving his starting senior goaltender a rest.
Niagara can’t stay with No. 5 Michigan
SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Updated: 10/24/08 6:40 AM

ANN ARBOR — They enjoyed a good first period and made a game of it again in the second but the Niagara Purple Eagles didn’t have enough firepower to pull off the men’s hockey upset.
Underclassmen boost Niagara in victory

Updated: 10/19/08 7:02 AM

LEWISTON — It was the collection of returning upperclassmen that caused an air of anticipation around the Niagara men’s hockey team.
Brief lapse costs Niagara women

Updated: 10/12/08 7:10 AM

LEWISTON — What Margot Page wants — in essence, needs — out of her team is consistency.
Niagara loses lead, again

Updated: 10/12/08 7:10 AM

For the second straight game, the Niagara men’s hockey team blew a third period lead, this time taking a 3-3 tie against Bowling Green in Ohio.
Purple Eagles seek some senior moments

Updated: 10/09/08 7:00 AM

Ask Juliano Pagliero to describe Vince Rocco and he talks about maturity.


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