NIAGARA UNIV. — The Niagara University women’s basketball team will host Canisius at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Gallagher Center.
The Purple Eagles earned a 62-59 victory over Manhattan in the final seconds of the game on Sunday, Jan. 15. Kaylee Stroemple led the Purple Eagles in scoring with 15 points. She also had a team-best three steals and five assists. Tiffany Corselli and Victoria Rampado led the team in rebounding with seven rebounds each. Morgan Baughman also scored in double figures; she had 10 points. Adila Gathers scored her first points as a Purple Eagles in the second quarter of the game.
Redshirt-junior forward Rampado leads the Purple Eagles in scoring with 15.9 points per game and in rebounding with 8.1 rebounds per game. Rampado is second in the MAAC in rebounding and fourth in scoring. Junior forward Stroemple also averages in double figure scoring with 12.6 points per game. Stroemple has the best field goal percentage in the MAAC; she is 85-for-158 for a percentage of 53.8. Niagara leads the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage; the team is 108-for-302 (35.8%) and is third in the MAAC in overall field goal percentage (40.7%).
Sophomore forward Sara Hinriksdottir leads Canisius in scoring and rebounding. Hinriksdottir averages 14.8 points per game and 5.4 rebounds per game. Hinriksdottir ranks sixth in the MAAC in scoring. Margret Halfdanardottir, a junior guard, leads the Golden Girffins in assists with 2.6 per game. Halfdanardottir is second in the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage (42.9%) and sixth in field goal percentage (50.4%). The Golden Griffins have the second-best field goal percentage in the MAAC. The team is 376-for-913 for a percentage of 41.2. Canisius is fourth in the conference in assists; the team averages 14.1 assists per game.
The Battle of the Bridge is an all-sports competition between Niagara and Canisius which enters its eleventh season in 2016-17. The bridge referred to in “Battle of the Bridge” is the Grand Island Bridge, which both teams must cross to get to each other’s campuses. The winner of the Battle of the Bridge is awarded the Canal Cup. The winner is determined by a points system in which points are awarded to the winner of regular-season contests. Cross country, golf and swimming and diving are awarded points based upon the MAAC Championship standings. If there is a tie in total points at the end of the season, the Canal Cup stays in the possession of the school that won the previous season’s battle. Canisius has claimed the Canal Cup the last six seasons (2010-16). There are a total of 33 points available to be earned. For both men’s and women’s basketball, the two annual regular-season Battle of the Bridge games are worth two points each.
The Purple Eagles host Fairfield on Friday at 7 p.m. for their Pediatric Cancer Awareness game. The Purple Eagles will wear gold laces in their shoes to show support for all those affected by pediatric cancer. Fans who make a donation to the Go4TheGoal Foundation, which aims to improve the lives of children with cancer, will receive free admission to the game.
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