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After a four-game road trip, the Niagara Purple Eagles return home for the first time in 2016 to welcome the Saint Peter's Peacocks on Thursday, January 7 at 7 p.m.
 
How To Tune In
•  The game will air live on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel with Sal Capaccio and Brendan McDaniels.
•  Listen live on the Niagara Sports Network via AM 1400 WWWS or PurpleEagles.com/Watch with Todd Callen, the Voice of the Purple Eagles, on the call.
 
Tipoff Tidbits
•  The Purple Eagles are 1-3 in the MAAC. NU opened its conference road portion of its schedule with defeats at Siena (75-63) on January 2 and Iona (65-52) on January 4.
•  NU split its MAAC opening weekend in December at the Gallagher Center. The Purple Eagles improved to 14-13 all-time in MAAC openers when they defeated Quinnipiac, 76-72, on December 4 before falling to Monmouth, 56-42, on December 6. 
•  The Purple Eagles' last home game was an 80-79 overtime defeat to LIU Brooklyn on December 12. The Purple Eagles are 2-3 at home this season.
•  Freshman Marvin Prochet averaged 13.5 points per game, shot over 55 percent from the field, and had a team-leading 5.5 rebounds per game in Niagara's two conference road games against Siena and Iona. 
•  Thursday's game features two of the top three overall scoring defenses in the conference. Saint Peter's is second at 69.1 points per game and Niagara is third at 71.4 points per game. In MAAC only games, SPU is first (63.0) and NU is third (67.0).
•  Through four conference games, the Purple Eagles lead the MAAC in 3-point field goal percentage defense (.291).
•  Emile Blackman leads the team in scoring and is 11th in the MAAC with 15.3 points per game. Blackman has scored in double figures in 12 games this season.
•  Matt Scott leads the Purple Eagles in rebounds (95-6.3 per game), assists (42-2.8 per game), steals (23-1.5 per game) and free throws made (60-4.0 per game).
•  Chris Casey was an assistant coach at Saint Peter's from 1990-98 where he helped the Peacocks to the 1991 and 1995 MAAC Championships and NCAA Tournament appearances. Casey is 2-2 against Saint Peter's as head coach at Niagara. 
 
On The Court
Saint Peter's Peacocks (5-7, 3-0 MAAC)
•  Saint Peter's is 3-0 in the MAAC with wins over Rider, Siena and Marist.
•  The Peacocks are second in the conference in scoring defense and third in rebounding margin.
•  Three Peacocks are averaging double figures scoring: Antwon Portley (15.5 per game), Trevis Wyche (11.1) and Quadir Welton (11.0).
•  Trevis Wyche is second in the MAAC in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.6) and Quadir Welton is second in rebounds per game (8.0).
 
Against the Peacocks (Niagara leads, 48-30)
•  Niagara currently leads 48-30 in a series that began with a Purple Eagles win back on Feb. 21, 1937.
•  The Purple Eagles have won three of the last four meetings at home and six of the last eight games overall.
•  The series has split the last two seasons with both teams winning away from home last season.
 
Last Meeting – February 13, 2015
Saint Peter's 77, Niagara 65
 
NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – The Niagara Purple Eagles had their three-game home winning streak against the Saint Peter's Peacocks snapped in a 77-65 defeat on Friday night.