Niagara

Official Name: 
Niagara University
Nickname: 
Purple Eagles
Mailing Address: 

LL O'Shea Hall
Niagara University, NY 14109-2009

Website: 
www.purpleeagles.com
Telephone: 
(716) 286-8588
Fax: 
(716) 286-8581
Enrollment: 
3,445
Arena: 

Gallagher Center
Capacity: 2,400
Year Opened: 1949

School Colors: 
Purple, White and Gold
Conference: 

Metro Atlantic Athletic (since 1990)
Former Member of ECAC North Atlantic (1980-89)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1970, 2005, and 2007
2-4 record (.333)

NIT Appearances: 

(13) 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1972, 1976, 1987, 1993, 2004, and 2009
9-13 record (.409)
Finished 3rd in 1954 and 2nd in 1972

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

John J. Taps Gallagher (31 years from 1932-43 and 1947-65, 465-261 record, .640)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Calvin Murphy (2,548 points from 1968-70)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Alex Boo Ellis (1,533 from 1956-58)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Calvin Murphy (68 points as junior vs. Syracuse on 12/7/68)

All-American Selections: 

(4) G Calvin Murphy (1968, 1969 and 1970), G Emilio Zeke Sinicola (1951)

NCAA Consensus First-Team All-Americans: 

(2) Calvin Murphy (1969 and 1970)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(1) Calvin Murphy (1968)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Calvin Murphy (68 vs. Syracuse)
December 7, 1968 (junior/32.4 ppg)

1

2

Total

Niagara

58

60

118

Syracuse

49

61

110

Niagara

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Adomanis

0-0

0-0

0

Brown

2-3

2-3

6

Churchwell

9-14

1-2

19

Fitzgerald

0-0

0-0

0

Macready

0-0

0-0

0

Malfetti

2-5

1-4

5

Murphy

24-46

20-23

68

Russell

0-3

1-2

1

Samuel

4-9

1-1

9

Schafer

4-13

2-5

10

Zeits

0-3

0-0

0

Totals

45-96

28-40

118

Percentages

.469

.700

Syracuse

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Aldrich

2-2

0-0

4

Case

3-8

3-4

9

Clary

1-2

0-0

2

Finney

4-7

0-0

8

Green

4-5

2-3

10

Hamblen

2-3

1-1

5

Harmon

1-2

0-0

2

Kouwe

5-9

0-1

10

McFadden

6-12

0-0

12

Smith

13-17

15-16

41

Suder

2-2

3-3

7

Totals

43-69

24-28

110

Percentages

.641

.857
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

Charles McCrath

1

1906

5-2

.714

1906

5-2

Jack Reed

1

1907

5-5

.500

1907

5-5

Robert Yates

2

1908-09

8-13-1

.380

1908

6-6-1

Claude A. Allen

1

1910

13-3

.813

1910

13-3

Alfred A. Heerdt

1

1911

7-7

.500

1911

7-7

A.V. Barrett

4

1912-15

37-33

.528

1914

9-4

Thomas F. Tracey

2

1916-17

6-11

.352

1916

4-6

Rev. John O'Shea

2

1918-19

9-3

.750

1919

1-0

John F. Blake

4

1920-23

60-19

.759

1922

27-4

Peter Dwyer

4

1924-27

41-30

.577

1926

12-6

Bill McCarthy

4

1928-31

44-35

.556

1928

11-5

John J. "Taps" Gallagher

31

1932-43, 1947-65

465-261

.640

1954

24-6

Edward Flynn

2

1945-46

18-14

.563

1946

11-8

Jim Maloney

3

1966-68

35-38

.479

1968

12-12

Frank Layden

8

1969-76

119-97

.551

1970

22-7

Dan Raskin

4

1977-80

43-62

.409

1978

14-12

Pete Lonergan

5

1981-85

67-73

.478

1982

19-10

Andy Walker

4

1986-89

59-58

.504

1987

21-10

Jack Armstrong

9

1990-98

100-154

.394

1993

23-7

Joe Mihalich

13

1999-2011

232-170

.577

2009

26-9
  • All-Time W-L Record: 1,374-1,087 (.558) from 1906 through 2011.
  • NOTES: Niagara (NY) did not field a formal team in 1944
  • Awarded forfeit victory from Kent State in 1979-80.