Game 9
SCORE	Niagara 82 – Coppin State 67
RECORDS	Niagara (2-7) – Coppin State (0-10)
LOCATION	Physical Education Complex Arena

 
BALTIMORE, Md. – The Purple Eagles closed out non-conference play with an 82-67 win over Coppin State on Tuesday. It was Niagara's highest-scoring game of the season so far.

Game Recap
First Quarter

• The Purple Eagles went on an early 9-0 run, capped by a 3-pointer from Adia Brisker, to take a 13-3 lead over Coppin State.
• Five straight points from Angel Parker, including her first career 3-pointer, put Niagara ahead by nine points, 18-9.
• The Purple Eagles led the Eagles, 22-13, at the end of the first quarter.

Second Quarter

• Buckers from Parker and Morgan Baughman put NU up by 10, 26-16, with 8:14 left in the quarter.
• Brisker scored seven straight points for NU, including another trey, to keep Niagara ahead, 33-26.
• Threes from Baughman and Jordan Edwards and a 3-point play from Emerald Ekpiteta gave Niagara a 42-34 lead going into halftime.

Third Quarter

• Jai Moore began to heat up in the third quarter, scoring seven points in the first three and a half minutes of the quarter to help NU to a 53-40 lead.
• A trey from Maggie McIntyre extended Niagara's lead to 16 points, 56-40.
• McIntyre and Moore both added two more points in the quarter and NU had a 21-point lead, 65-44, going into the final 10 minutes of play.

Fourth Quarter

• Parker opened scoring for the Purple Eagles in the fourth before Coppin State went on a 12-0 run, coming within nine points of NU's lead, 67-58.
• Moore, however, dominated for the Purple Eagles the remainder of the quarter, scoring nine of NU's 17 total fourth quarter points.
• Niagara's defeated the Eagles 82-67.

Eagle's Eye On…

• Moore led the Purple Eagles in scoring with 18 points.
• Brisker added a career-high 16 points and led the team in rebounding with eight rebounds and in steals with three.
• Parker had a career-high 10 points. Davidsdottir also had 10 points.
• Edwards dished out a team-high five assists.

Up Next

• The Purple Eagles start MAAC play to open 2020, playing at Rider on Thursday, Jan. 2 at 7:00 p.m. and at Manhattan on Saturday, Jan. 4 at 2:00 p.m.

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