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The Niagara Purple Eagles are back in the Gallagher Center to face the Marist Red Foxes on Friday, Jan. 30 at 7 p.m. on ESPN3.

NU will look to close out January by snapping an eight-game losing streak. Slow starts out of the gate have hindered the Purple Eagles as late second half runs were not enough against Siena (Jan. 8), Iona (Jan. 16) and Monmouth (Jan. 23).

NU is 10-4 against Marist in the last 14 meetings, including winning seven straight at the Gallagher Center. The teams met three times last season with Niagara winning the rubber match, 78-76, in the 2014 MAAC Tournament First Round.
 
Tipoff Tidbits
•  Four Purple Eagles scored in double figures in NU's defeat to Iona at Madison Square Garden on Jan. 25. Wesley Myers led Niagara with 18 points and tied a career-high with four 3-pointers to share game-high honors.
•  Ramone Snowden leads the team in scoring (11.9 ppg), rebounds (6.2 rpg), blocks (nine), assists (50), steals (24), 3-pointers made (31), free throws made (56) and minutes (618). 
•  Snowden has scored in double figures in the last seven games (14.6 points per game).
•  In his last four games, Emile Blackman is averaging a team-best 17.3 points while shooting a team-high 45 percent.
•  Karonn Davis has tied his career-high in assists with five in two of the last three games.
•  NU had season-highs 79 points and 42 rebounds while shooting a season-best 77.8 percent from the free-throw line against Iona on Jan. 16.
•  NU shot 67 percent from the field in the first half against Manhattan on Jan. 10 for its highest percentage in a half since shooting 67 percent in the second half against Northwestern State on Feb. 2, 2013.
•  Niagara had five players – Rayvon Harris, Ramone Snowden, Emile Blackman, Wesley Myers and Dominique Reid - in double figures against Arkansas State for the first time since Feb. 7, 2014 against Iona.
•  Snowden dished out a career-high seven assists against Arkansas State. The seven assists are the most since Tahjere McCall had seven versus Manhattan on Feb. 9, 2014.
•  The Purple Eagles had season-highs in first half points (42), field goal percentage (59.5%), 3-point field goal percentage (53.8%) and in assists (21) in the win over Manhattan.
•  Niagara's 21 assists against Manhattan on Jan. 2 are the most since having 21 versus Saint Peter's on March 2, 2013.
•  According to KenPom.com, Niagara is the FIFTH youngest team in the nation. NU has 13 underclassmen on the roster.                
 
How To Tune In
•  Friday's game will air live on ESPN3 with John Brickley and Mitch Buonaguro on the call.
•  Fans can listen live to all the action from "The Voice of the Purple Eagles" Todd Callen on AM 1400 WWWS and on the Niagara Sports Network via PurpleEagles.com.
 
On The Court
Marist Red Foxes (2-18/1-9 MAAC)
•  Marist comes into the Gallagher Center off of a 73-67 win over Fairfield on Jan. 25 to snap a 14-game losing streak for its first MAAC win of the season.
•  Chavaughn Lewis leads the Red Foxes in scoring with 19.8 ppg and is 18th in the nation.
•  Lewis leads the MAAC in steals with 2.18 per game.
 
Against the Red Foxes (Niagara leads, 24-16)
•  Niagara has won 10 of the last 14 meetings in the series that started on Dec 5, 1987.
•  NU has won the last eight meetings at the Gallagher Center, which is the longest home winning streak by either team in the series.
•  The Purple Eagles defeated the Red Foxes in the 2014 MAAC Tournament First Round in the rubber match last season.
 
Last Meeting - March 7, 2014
Niagara 78, Marist 76
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The eleventh-seeded Niagara Purple Eagles withstood a ferocious second half rally en route to eliminating No. 6 seed Marist, 78-76, in the 2014 MAAC Tournament First Round on Thursday.
 

The Series	Niagara leads, 24-16
Last Game	March 7, 2014
	Niagara 78, Marist 76
Last Niagara win	March 7, 2014
	Niagara 78, Marist 76
Last Marist win	February 1, 2014
	Niagara 64, Marist 78
Last Niagara win at Home	January 24, 2014
	Marist 74, Niagara 80
Last Marist win at Niagara	January 16, 2007
	Marist 91, Niagara 86 (OT)
Current Streak	Niagara, W1
Coach Casey vs. Marist	2-1