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The Niagara Purple Eagles conclude their home weekend with a contest against the Quinnipiac Bobcats on Sunday at 2 p.m.
 
Niagara was clipped by Marist, 65-61, on Friday despite having four players score in double figures for the second straight game. The setback extended the Purple Eagles' skid to nine games.
 
The Purple Eagles remain in search of their first win in the series with the Bobcats which started in 2010 as Niagara has dropped all five meetings. NU and Quinnipiac met three times last season; the Bobcats escaped the Gallagher Center with a buzzer-beating win and Quinnipiac eliminated Niagara in the 2014 MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals.
 
Tipoff Tidbits
•  Ramone Snowden leads the team in scoring (12.1 ppg), rebounds (6.3 rpg), blocks (nine), steals (25), 3-pointers made (34), free throws made (57) and minutes (652). 
•  Snowden has scored in double figures in the last eight games (14.5 points per game).
•  In his last five games, Emile Blackman is averaging a team-best 17.4 points while shooting a team-high 48 percent. Blackman is leading NU in scoring in conference games with 12.5 per contest.
•  Karonn Davis set a new career-best in assists with a game-high six against Marist on Jan. 30. Davis has had at least five assists in three of the last four games.
•  Wesley Myers is averaging 10 points per game and 3.0 rebounds per game in three meetings with Quinnipiac.
•  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 12 underclassmen on the roster.                

How To Tune-In
• Sunday's game will be a tape-delayed broadcast on LCTV.
• Fans can listen live to all the action from "The Voice of the Purple Eagles" Todd Callen on WGR 550 AM and on the Niagara Sports Network via PurpleEagles.com

On The Court
Quinnipiac Bobcats (11-9, 5-6 MAAC)
•  Quinnipiac had its three-game winning streak snapped at Canisius on Friday.
•  Zaid Hearst leads the Bobcats in scoring with 20.1 per game, while Ousmane Drame is averaging a double-double with 14.5 points per game and 11.0 rebounds per game.      
•  Drame leads the nation in double-doubles with 15, is ninth in rebounds per game and 12th in blocked shots per game (2.95).
•  Quinnipiac leads the nation in rebounds per game (44.9) and rebounding margin (12.8).
 
Against the Bobcats (Quinnipiac leads, 5-0)
•  Niagara has dropped all five meetings to Quinnipiac.
•  The first encounter was on December 22, 2010 when the Purple Eagles fell 88-63 at home. Exactly one year later, NU was edged at Quinnipiac 85-81.
•  Last season, NU fell in the first-ever meeting as MAAC opponents on Jan. 18 before falling at the buzzer in the home regular season finale on Feb. 22.
•  The Purple Eagles fell to the Bobcats in the 2014 MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals to end their season.
 
Last Meeting - March 8, 2014
Niagara 80, Quinnipiac 89
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Niagara Purple Eagles had their season come to an end on Saturday night with an 89-80 defeat to the third-seeded Quinnipiac Bobcats in the 2014 MAAC Tournament Quarterfinals.
 

The Series	Quinnipiac leads, 5-0
Last Game	March 8, 2014
	Niagara 80, Quinnipiac 89
Last Niagara win	Never
Last Quinnipiac win	March 8, 2014
	Niagara 80, Quinnipiac 89
Last Niagara win at Home	Never
Last Quinnipiac win at Niagara	February 22, 2014
	Niagara 88, Quinnipiac 90
Current Streak	Quinnipiac, W5
Coach Casey vs. Quinnipiac	0-3

 
Niagara In February
• The Purple Eagles are 37-25 in the month of February since the 2006-07 season, including a 23-11 mark at the Gallagher Center.