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The Purple Eagles (9-11, 4-7 MAAC) are back at the Gallagher Center this weekend to host Manhattan (11-7, 4-5 MAAC) on Friday, Feb. 4 at 7:00 p.m. and Iona (18-3, 10-0 MAAC) on Sunday, Feb. 6 at 1:00 p.m.

Last Time Out
• A 3-pointer from Justim Roberts with just nine seconds left in overtime earned the Purple Eagles a 70-69 victory over Monmouth on Jan. 30.
• Marcus Hammond led all scorers with 27 points and also brought down five rebounds.
• Sam Iorio was just short of a double-double with 11 points and a team-best nine rebounds. He led the team in steals with three and in blocks with four.
• Noah Thomasson added 10 points and dished out a team-high five assists. 
• Touba Traore set career-highs in rebounds with six and in blocks with three.
• Rob Brown III added nine points for the Purple Eagles.
 
Dominance at Draddy
• The Purple Eagles earned a comeback victory over Manhattan on Jan. 18, defeating the Jaspers, 72-63. It was NU's first win at Draddy Gymnasium since Feb. 17, 2013 when the Purple Eagles beat the Jaspers, 60-56.
• Noah Thomasson led NU in scoring with 20 points, just one short of his career-high. He shot 8-for-12 from the field and led NU in steals with four, which is his career-best.
•  Marcus Hammond added 19 points and dished out a team-high five assists. He brought down six rebounds, had two steals and shot 9-for-12 from the free throw line. 
•  Jordan Cintron scored 13 points and brought down a team-high seven rebounds. 
•  Sam Iorio had 12 points, four rebounds and two steals for the Purple Eagles.
•  Niagara shot an impressive 53.3 percent from the field in the second half and 45.5 percent overall. NU shot 55.5 percent from 3-point range in the second half and 44.4 percent over the course of the game.
 
Welcome to the 1,000 Point Club!
•  Marcus Hammond reached 1,000 career points at Colgate on Nov. 29. Hammond needed three points entering the game and scored five quick points, earning his 1,000th point on a 3-pointer.
•  Sam Iorio surpassed 1,000 career points against St. Thomas on Nov. 20. Iorio entered the game needing 11 points to reach the milestone. He scored 15 points, earning his 1,000th point on a free throw.

Milestones Reached
•  Sam Iorio reached 500 career rebounds as the Purple Eagles took on Fairfield on Dec. 5. He needed seven rebounds entering the game and brought down exactly seven.
•  Jordan Cintron surpassed 500 career rebounds in NU's game versus Buffalo State on Dec. 12. He needed two boards to reach the milestone and recorded seven in the game.
 
 Modern-Era Magic
•  The Purple Eagles earned their largest victory of the modern era as a Division I program when they defeated Buffalo State by 60 points, 112-52, on Dec. 12. Niagara last defeated a team by 60 or more points during the 1914-15 season when it defeated Canisius, 78-11.
• Six Purple Eagles scored in double figures; Justin Roberts led the team in scoring with 17 points, Marcus Hammond added 14 points, Rob Brown III scored a career-high 13 points, Julian Mackey and Nicholas Kratholm each had a career-high 12 points and Touba Traore scored a career-best 10 points.
•  The Purple Eagles shot 61.3 percent from the field (46-for-75).

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