Niagara Purple Eagles NCAA Basketball News

Nov 16, 2008 9:46 pm US/Eastern Niagara 79, Towson 62 LEWISTON, N.Y. Tyrone Lewis scored 20 points to lead Niagara to a 79-62 win over Towson on Sunday night in the Philly Hoop Group Classic.

All Rob Garrison has ever wanted to do was help the team win. Blessed with enough basketball talent to earn a Division I scholarship, Garrison was a valuable roleplayer - but not a star - for the Niagara Falls ...

Days before they open the 2008-09 men's basketball campaign, the Niagara Purple Eagles bolstered their prospects for the following season.

Kashief Edwards' teammates can't contain their excitement. "He jumps out of the gym," Bilal Benn says.

Joe Mihalich doesn't know whether Demetrius Williamson is a PF or SF, but he's sure of another acronym.

Tyrone Lewis took one practice to get acclimated. By the second practice, he realized how much different this preseason will be.

They were the best two Gatorade baths that Casey Weldon has received as a coach in a short career that has been filled with celebrations.

More. ?? Both are gone from last year's 19-win Niagara team that came on the heels of a MAAC title.

But Niagara also adds transfers Rob Garrison and Bilal Benn , with Benn important in the unclear forward picture.

"I preached all week to the kids was to maintain focus," said Coach Justin Hollis.

NORTH EAST Leading by three points in the first quarter, Rising Sun quarterback Derrick Beatty, a senior, found himself under heavy pressure.

Reading boss Steve Coppell says he is focused solely on facing Crystal Palace on Saturday , and is not worried about the club's recent run-ins with Eagles manager Neil Warnock.

Color commentary was Charron Fisher's contribution to the final contest of this week's basketball camp at Niagara University.

Three local players will travel to Cleveland with the chance to make an NBA summer-league team.

We continue to count down LFC's 100 Greatest Premier League Games by recalling a fantastic start to a new season by the Reds at Selhurst Park.

For the second time this week, the Sixers are working out a group of players that have almost no chance to end up with the team.

No one can deny Charron Fisher's ability to put the basketball in the net. A 6-foot-4, 230-pound swingman, Fisher last season was the second-leading NCAA Division I scorer, averaging 27.2 points per game, as a ...

Depending on which NBA mock draft you check, the 76ers could be deciding on any number of prospects to be selected at No.

FREDERICKSBURG POST 55 EAGLES Coach: Mike Kay Current record: 3-1 Top players: P/IF Jon Jones, P/IF Luke Keranen, 3B Mickey Tichenor, C Joe Nartowicz, CF Ben Beacorn, P/1B Jeff Rawlings, Outlook: Post 55 ...

Fast food for thought . . . Ralph Wilson Stadium was built in 1973 for $22 million.