Niagara Purple Eagles @ Canisius Golden Griffins

68–81Final · Mar 4, 2023

NIA 68 CAN 81 Final

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NIA15-14	20	48	68
CAN10-19	37	44	81

· Line: CAN -2.5 (O/U 134)

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Tahj Staveskie made Layup. Assisted by TJ Gadsden.
0–2
Noah Thomasson made Jumper.
2–2
TJ Gadsden made Jumper.
2–4
Tahj Staveskie made Layup.
2–6
Sam Iorio made Jumper.
4–6
Jordan Henderson made Free Throw.
4–7
Jordan Henderson made Free Throw.
4–8
Noah Thomasson made Layup.
6–8
Tre Dinkins made Three Point Jumper.
6–11
Aaron Gray made Jumper.
8–11
Harlan Obioha made Jumper. Assisted by Joe Kasperzyk.
10–11
TJ Gadsden made Free Throw.
10–12
Noah Thomasson made Layup.
12–12
George Maslennikov made Layup. Assisted by Siem Uijtendaal.
12–14
Noah Thomasson made Free Throw.
13–14
Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper.
13–16
Tre Dinkins made Layup.
13–18
Jordan Henderson made Free Throw.
13–19
Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper.
13–21
Siem Uijtendaal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahj Staveskie.
13–24
Noah Thomasson made Layup.
15–24
TJ Gadsden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahj Staveskie.
15–27
Tahj Staveskie made Three Point Jumper.
15–30
Harlan Obioha made Free Throw.
16–30
Harlan Obioha made Free Throw.
17–30
Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper. Assisted by Jacco Fritz.
17–32
Lance Erving made Free Throw.
18–32
Aaron Gray made Free Throw.
19–32
Aaron Gray made Free Throw.
20–32
Tahj Staveskie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
20–35
Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
20–37
Braxton Bayless made Layup. Assisted by David Mitchell.
22–37
Noah Thomasson made Layup.
24–37
Jordan Henderson made Jumper.
24–39
Noah Thomasson made Three Point Jumper.
27–39
Jordan Henderson made Jumper.
27–41
Xzavier Long made Free Throw.
27–42
Xzavier Long made Free Throw.
27–43
Lance Erving made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Thomasson.
30–43
Tahj Staveskie made Jumper.
30–45
Noah Thomasson made Layup.
32–45
Jordan Henderson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahj Staveskie.
32–48
Noah Thomasson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Harlan Obioha.
35–48
Tahj Staveskie made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
35–50
Joe Kasperzyk made Free Throw.
36–50
Joe Kasperzyk made Free Throw.
37–50
Jordan Henderson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahj Staveskie.
37–53
Lance Erving made Layup.
39–53
Noah Thomasson made Layup.
41–53
Joe Kasperzyk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Thomasson.
44–53
Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Henderson.
44–55
Noah Thomasson made Jumper.
46–55
Jordan Henderson made Jumper.
46–57
Tre Dinkins made Three Point Jumper.
46–60
Aaron Gray made Dunk. Assisted by Noah Thomasson.
48–60
Lance Erving made Dunk.
50–60
Jordan Henderson made Layup. Assisted by Siem Uijtendaal.
50–62
Noah Thomasson made Free Throw.
51–62
Tahj Staveskie made Jumper.
51–64
Noah Thomasson made Layup.
53–64
Noah Thomasson made Free Throw.
54–64
Noah Thomasson made Layup.
56–64
Xzavier Long made Free Throw.
56–65
Xzavier Long made Free Throw.
56–66
Jacco Fritz made Free Throw.
56–67
Jacco Fritz made Free Throw.
56–68
Noah Thomasson made Layup.
58–68
Tahj Staveskie made Jumper.
58–70
Joe Kasperzyk made Layup.
60–70
Sam Iorio made Layup. Assisted by Noah Thomasson.
62–70
Tahj Staveskie made Free Throw.
62–71
Tahj Staveskie made Free Throw.
62–72
Noah Thomasson made Jumper.
64–72
Jacco Fritz made Free Throw.
64–73
Jacco Fritz made Free Throw.
64–74
Tahj Staveskie made Jumper.
64–76
Sam Iorio made Layup. Assisted by Noah Thomasson.
66–76
Xzavier Long made Free Throw.
66–77
Tahj Staveskie made Layup.
66–79
Noah Thomasson made Dunk.
68–79
Xzavier Long made Dunk. Assisted by Jacco Fritz.
68–81

Play-by-play

P1 Aaron Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jordan Henderson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Xzavier Long missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Braxton Bayless Defensive Rebound.
P1 Braxton Bayless Turnover.
P1 TJ Gadsden Steal.
P1 Tahj Staveskie made Layup. Assisted by TJ Gadsden. 0–2
P1 Foul on Tahj Staveskie.
P1 Noah Thomasson made Jumper. 2–2
P1 TJ Gadsden made Jumper. 2–4
P1 Braxton Bayless Turnover.
P1 Tahj Staveskie Steal.
P1 Tahj Staveskie made Layup. 2–6
P1 Sam Iorio made Jumper. 4–6
P1 Jordan Henderson missed Jumper.
P1 Braxton Bayless Defensive Rebound.
P1 David Mitchell Turnover.
P1 Jordan Henderson Turnover.
P1 Joe Kasperzyk Steal.
P1 Foul on Jacco Fritz.
P1 Noah Thomasson missed Jumper.
P1 Xzavier Long Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tahj Staveskie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Aaron Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Joe Kasperzyk missed Layup.
P1 Jordan Henderson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on David Mitchell.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Jordan Henderson made Free Throw. 4–7
P1 Jordan Henderson made Free Throw. 4–8
P1 Noah Thomasson missed Layup.
P1 Tre Dinkins Defensive Rebound.
P1 Aaron Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Noah Thomasson made Layup. 6–8
P1 Jordan Henderson missed Layup.
P1 David Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
P1 Joe Kasperzyk Turnover.
P1 TJ Gadsden Steal.
P1 Tre Dinkins made Three Point Jumper. 6–11
P1 Aaron Gray made Jumper. 8–11
P1 TJ Gadsden missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Noah Thomasson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Harlan Obioha made Jumper. Assisted by Joe Kasperzyk. 10–11
P1 Foul on Harlan Obioha.
P1 TJ Gadsden missed Free Throw.
P1 Canisius Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 TJ Gadsden made Free Throw. 10–12
P1 Joe Kasperzyk Turnover.
P1 Siem Uijtendaal Steal.
P1 Tre Dinkins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Noah Thomasson Defensive Rebound.
P1 Noah Thomasson made Layup. 12–12
P1 George Maslennikov made Layup. Assisted by Siem Uijtendaal. 12–14
P1 Foul on Jordan Henderson.
P1 Noah Thomasson missed Free Throw.
P1 Niagara Deadball Team Rebound.
P1 Noah Thomasson made Free Throw. 13–14
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper. 13–16
P1 Lance Erving Turnover.
P1 Siem Uijtendaal Steal.
P1 Jordan Henderson missed Jumper.
P1 Tre Dinkins Offensive Rebound.
P1 Tre Dinkins made Layup. 13–18
P1 Joe Kasperzyk missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Jacco Fritz Defensive Rebound.
P1 Siem Uijtendaal Turnover.
P1 Aaron Gray Steal.
P1 Foul on Siem Uijtendaal.
P1 Aaron Gray missed Jumper.
P1 Bryce Okpoh Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tre Dinkins missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Braxton Bayless Defensive Rebound.
P1 Sam Iorio missed Layup.
P1 Bryce Okpoh Block.
P1 Bryce Okpoh Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on Aaron Gray.
P1 Jordan Henderson made Free Throw. 13–19
P1 Jordan Henderson missed Free Throw.
P1 Braxton Bayless Defensive Rebound.
P1 Aaron Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Siem Uijtendaal Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tahj Staveskie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Sam Iorio Defensive Rebound.
P1 Braxton Bayless missed Jumper.
P1 Tahj Staveskie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper. 13–21
P1 Noah Thomasson missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Xzavier Long Defensive Rebound.
P1 Bryce Okpoh missed Layup.
P1 Lance Erving Defensive Rebound.
P1 Noah Thomasson Turnover.
P1 Siem Uijtendaal Steal.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Siem Uijtendaal made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahj Staveskie. 13–24
P1 Noah Thomasson made Layup. 15–24
P1 TJ Gadsden made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahj Staveskie. 15–27
P1 Foul on Xzavier Long.
P1 Foul on Xzavier Long.
P1 Aaron Gray missed Jumper.
P1 Aaron Gray Offensive Rebound.
P1 Aaron Gray missed Jumper.
P1 Bryce Okpoh Defensive Rebound.
P1 Foul on David Mitchell.
P1 Tahj Staveskie missed Jumper.
P1 Joe Kasperzyk Defensive Rebound.
P1 Joe Kasperzyk Turnover.
P1 Tahj Staveskie Turnover.
P1 Noah Thomasson missed Jumper.
P1 TJ Gadsden Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tahj Staveskie made Three Point Jumper. 15–30
P1 Niagara Timeout
P1 Foul on Bryce Okpoh.
P1 Harlan Obioha made Free Throw. 16–30
P1 Harlan Obioha made Free Throw. 17–30
P1 Tahj Staveskie missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 David Mitchell Defensive Rebound.
P1 Joe Kasperzyk missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Harlan Obioha Offensive Rebound.
P1 Harlan Obioha missed Layup.
P1 Canisius Defensive Rebound.
P1 Official TV Timeout
P1 Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper. Assisted by Jacco Fritz. 17–32
P1 Foul on TJ Gadsden.
P1 Lance Erving made Free Throw. 18–32
P1 Lance Erving missed Free Throw.
P1 TJ Gadsden Defensive Rebound.
P1 George Maslennikov Turnover.
P1 Aaron Gray Steal.
P1 Foul on TJ Gadsden.
P1 Aaron Gray made Free Throw. 19–32
P1 Aaron Gray made Free Throw. 20–32
P1 Tahj Staveskie made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Henderson. 20–35
P1 Aaron Gray missed Layup.
P1 Jacco Fritz Block.
P1 Tahj Staveskie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tahj Staveskie Turnover.
P1 Joe Kasperzyk Steal.
P1 Noah Thomasson missed Layup.
P1 Jacco Fritz Defensive Rebound.
P1 Siem Uijtendaal missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Joe Kasperzyk Defensive Rebound.
P1 Noah Thomasson missed Layup.
P1 Tahj Staveskie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Tahj Staveskie missed Jumper.
P1 Aaron Gray Defensive Rebound.
P1 Lance Erving Turnover.
P1 Tahj Staveskie missed Layup.
P1 Bryce Okpoh Offensive Rebound.
P1 Bryce Okpoh missed Layup.
P1 Sam Iorio Defensive Rebound.
P1 Braxton Bayless missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Aaron Gray Offensive Rebound.
P1 Aaron Gray missed Three Point Jumper.
P1 Tahj Staveskie Defensive Rebound.
P1 Canisius Timeout
P1 Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Henderson. 20–37
P2 Tahj Staveskie Turnover.
P2 David Mitchell Steal.
P2 Braxton Bayless made Layup. Assisted by David Mitchell. 22–37
P2 Foul on Sam Iorio.
P2 TJ Gadsden Turnover.
P2 Braxton Bayless Turnover.
P2 Jacco Fritz Steal.
P2 Jacco Fritz missed Layup.
P2 Tahj Staveskie Offensive Rebound.
P2 Tahj Staveskie missed Jumper.
P2 Braxton Bayless Defensive Rebound.
P2 Noah Thomasson missed Jumper.
P2 Jacco Fritz Block.
P2 Noah Thomasson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Aaron Gray Turnover.
P2 Tahj Staveskie Steal.
P2 Jordan Henderson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Braxton Bayless Defensive Rebound.
P2 Noah Thomasson made Layup. 24–37
P2 Jordan Henderson made Jumper. 24–39
P2 Noah Thomasson made Three Point Jumper. 27–39
P2 Jordan Henderson made Jumper. 27–41
P2 Foul on TJ Gadsden.
P2 Joe Kasperzyk Turnover.
P2 Xzavier Long Steal.
P2 Foul on David Mitchell.
P2 Xzavier Long made Free Throw. 27–42
P2 Xzavier Long made Free Throw. 27–43
P2 Lance Erving made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Thomasson. 30–43
P2 Tahj Staveskie made Jumper. 30–45
P2 Noah Thomasson made Layup. 32–45
P2 Jordan Henderson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahj Staveskie. 32–48
P2 Noah Thomasson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Harlan Obioha. 35–48
P2 Niagara Timeout
P2 Tahj Staveskie made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Henderson. 35–50
P2 Joe Kasperzyk missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Jacco Fritz Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tahj Staveskie Turnover.
P2 Harlan Obioha Steal.
P2 Foul on Jacco Fritz.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Joe Kasperzyk made Free Throw. 36–50
P2 Joe Kasperzyk made Free Throw. 37–50
P2 Tahj Staveskie missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Harlan Obioha Defensive Rebound.
P2 Joe Kasperzyk missed Layup.
P2 Jacco Fritz Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jordan Henderson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Tahj Staveskie. 37–53
P2 Lance Erving made Layup. 39–53
P2 Foul on Siem Uijtendaal.
P2 Lance Erving missed Free Throw.
P2 Jordan Henderson Defensive Rebound.
P2 Jordan Henderson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Sam Iorio Defensive Rebound.
P2 Noah Thomasson made Layup. 41–53
P2 Jacco Fritz missed Layup.
P2 Sam Iorio Defensive Rebound.
P2 Joe Kasperzyk made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Noah Thomasson. 44–53
P2 Foul on Harlan Obioha.
P2 Foul on Tre Dinkins.
P2 Tre Dinkins Turnover.
P2 Noah Thomasson Turnover.
P2 Jordan Henderson Steal.
P2 Siem Uijtendaal made Jumper. Assisted by Jordan Henderson. 44–55
P2 Noah Thomasson made Jumper. 46–55
P2 Jordan Henderson made Jumper. 46–57
P2 Noah Thomasson missed Jumper.
P2 Xzavier Long Defensive Rebound.
P2 Siem Uijtendaal missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Sam Iorio Defensive Rebound.
P2 Lance Erving missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Siem Uijtendaal Defensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Joe Kasperzyk.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Tre Dinkins made Three Point Jumper. 46–60
P2 Aaron Gray missed Layup.
P2 Bryce Okpoh Defensive Rebound.
P2 Siem Uijtendaal Turnover.
P2 David Mitchell Steal.
P2 Aaron Gray made Dunk. Assisted by Noah Thomasson. 48–60
P2 Foul on Aaron Gray.
P2 Jordan Henderson Turnover.
P2 Lance Erving Steal.
P2 Lance Erving made Dunk. 50–60
P2 Jordan Henderson made Layup. Assisted by Siem Uijtendaal. 50–62
P2 Sam Iorio missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Noah Thomasson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Foul on Jacco Fritz.
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Noah Thomasson missed Free Throw.
P2 Niagara Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Noah Thomasson made Free Throw. 51–62
P2 Canisius Timeout
P2 Tahj Staveskie made Jumper. 51–64
P2 Noah Thomasson made Layup. 53–64
P2 Foul on Bryce Okpoh.
P2 Noah Thomasson made Free Throw. 54–64
P2 Canisius Turnover.
P2 Noah Thomasson missed Layup.
P2 Jordan Henderson Block.
P2 David Mitchell Offensive Rebound.
P2 David Mitchell missed Layup.
P2 Xzavier Long Block.
P2 Sam Iorio Offensive Rebound.
P2 Niagara Turnover.
P2 Tahj Staveskie Turnover.
P2 Joe Kasperzyk Steal.
P2 Joe Kasperzyk missed Layup.
P2 Noah Thomasson Offensive Rebound.
P2 Noah Thomasson made Layup. 56–64
P2 Foul on Joe Kasperzyk.
P2 Xzavier Long made Free Throw. 56–65
P2 Xzavier Long made Free Throw. 56–66
P2 Foul on David Mitchell.
P2 Jacco Fritz made Free Throw. 56–67
P2 Jacco Fritz made Free Throw. 56–68
P2 Noah Thomasson made Layup. 58–68
P2 Tahj Staveskie made Jumper. 58–70
P2 Joe Kasperzyk made Layup. 60–70
P2 Jacco Fritz missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Aaron Gray Defensive Rebound.
P2 Noah Thomasson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Joe Kasperzyk Offensive Rebound.
P2 Sam Iorio made Layup. Assisted by Noah Thomasson. 62–70
P2 Official TV Timeout
P2 Niagara Timeout
P2 Jordan Henderson Turnover.
P2 David Mitchell Steal.
P2 Lance Erving Turnover.
P2 Tahj Staveskie Steal.
P2 Foul on Noah Thomasson.
P2 Tahj Staveskie made Free Throw. 62–71
P2 Tahj Staveskie made Free Throw. 62–72
P2 Noah Thomasson made Jumper. 64–72
P2 Foul on Joe Kasperzyk.
P2 Jacco Fritz made Free Throw. 64–73
P2 Jacco Fritz made Free Throw. 64–74
P2 Lance Erving missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Canisius Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tahj Staveskie made Jumper. 64–76
P2 Sam Iorio made Layup. Assisted by Noah Thomasson. 66–76
P2 Niagara Timeout
P2 Foul on Lance Erving.
P2 Xzavier Long missed Free Throw.
P2 Canisius Deadball Team Rebound.
P2 Xzavier Long made Free Throw. 66–77
P2 Noah Thomasson missed Three Point Jumper.
P2 Tahj Staveskie Defensive Rebound.
P2 Xzavier Long Turnover.
P2 Joe Kasperzyk Steal.
P2 Sam Iorio missed Layup.
P2 Jacco Fritz Defensive Rebound.
P2 Tahj Staveskie made Layup. 66–79
P2 Noah Thomasson made Dunk. 68–79
P2 Xzavier Long made Dunk. Assisted by Jacco Fritz. 68–81

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Sam IorioF	28	6	3-6	0-1	0-0	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
Aaron GrayF	32	6	2-10	0-3	2-2	6	0	1	2	0	2	4	2
Braxton BaylessG	11	2	1-3	0-1	0-0	6	0	3	0	0	0	6	0
Noah ThomassonG	39	35	15-26	2-5	3-5	5	5	2	0	0	3	2	1
David MitchellG	22	0	0-1	0-0	0-0	3	1	1	3	0	1	2	4
Harlan ObiohaC	12	4	1-2	0-0	2-2	2	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
Lance ErvingG	28	8	3-5	1-3	1-3	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	1
Joe KasperzykG	28	7	2-8	1-4	2-2	3	1	4	4	0	1	2	3
Donovan HillF
Keith KinerF
Touba TraoreF
Jalen BrownG
Bryce MooreG
Shane LancasterG

Player	MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
Jacco FritzF	31	4	0-3	0-1	4-4	5	2	0	1	2	0	5	3
Xzavier LongF	28	7	1-2	0-1	5-6	3	0	1	1	1	0	3	2
Tahj StaveskieG	28	24	10-18	2-6	2-2	6	4	5	3	0	1	5	1
TJ GadsdenG	16	6	2-3	1-2	1-2	2	1	1	2	0	0	2	3
Jordan HendersonG	35	17	6-11	2-4	3-4	3	4	3	1	1	0	3	1
Bryce OkpohF	14	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	5	0	0	0	1	1	4	2
George MaslennikovF	6	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tre DinkinsG	14	8	3-5	2-4	0-0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	1
Siem UijtendaalG	28	13	6-8	1-3	0-0	2	2	2	3	0	0	2	2
Frank MitchellF
Youri FritzF
Devean WilliamsG
Mike DiGiulioG
Jamir MoultrieG

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