B-Zone College Basketball Update

On Friday, Canisius and Niagara were in action

Friday Games:

Marist 60, Canisius 75- Canisius evened up their record with a win over Marist on Friday night. The Golden Griffins had five player score in double digits led by Julius Coles 18 points. Canisius had a very good game handling the ball as they only committed five turnovers the entire game and revenged a loss from earlier in the season to Marist.

With the win, Canisius moves to 11-11 (5-7) and next plays February 6th vs. St. Peter's

St. Peter's 70, Niagara 47- When you shoot 26.1% from the field, you're probably going to get blown out most of the time. That's exactly what happened to Niagara on Friday night. They shot terribly, got out-rebounded by a ton, and turned the ball over 22 times. Those are all signs of an awful team which Niagara truly is.

With the loss, Niagara falls to 4-20 (1-11) and next plays February 6th vs. Marist.

On Saturday, Ohio, St. Bonaventure, Buffalo, and Syracuse were in action.

Saturday Games:

Northern Illinois 73, Ohio 80- Ivo Baltic had a career high 31 points as he led Ohio to an 80-73 victory over Northern Illinois. Ohio had a great game handling the ball committing a season low 8 turnovers. Ohio led for basically the entire game as they only trailed once at 2-0 NIU.

With the win, Ohio moves to 11-12 (4-5) and next plays February 9th vs. Toledo

Duquesne 62, St. Bonaventure 64- What a win for St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies defeated the undefeated Atlantic 10 leaders for their fourth conference win of the season. Michael Davenport hit a 3-pointer with 3 seconds remaining to give the Bonnies the win. Andrew Nicholson had a decent game with 15 points and 6 rebounds.

With the win, St. Bonaventure moves to 12-10 (4-5) and next plays February 12th vs. La Salle.

Buffalo 71, Ball State 72- Tough loss for UB on Saturday. They went on the road to Muncie to take on the top team in the MAC West and fought hard the entire game only to lose by 1 point. Zach Filzen had a great game with 26 points but it just wasn't enough for the win. Jawaan Alston had a chance to tie the game with under a minute remaining but only hit one of two free throws.

With the loss, Buffalo falls to 14-7 (6-3) and next plays February 8th vs. Central Michigan.

#17 Syracuse 72, South Florida 49- Rick Jackson had another huge game with another double-double to lead the Orangemen to the blowout victory. Jackson had 21 points and 12 rebounds. Syracuse out-rebounded USF 40-26.

With the win, Syracuse moves to 20-4 (7-4) and next plays February 9th vs. #14 Georgetown on espn.