2020-2021 Niagara Purple Eagles

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2020-2021 Niagara Purple Eagles Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
12 Shandon Brown Jr PG 5-10 190 Nov 4, 1999 Brockton (MA) United States New Hampton School
20 Jordan Cintron Sr F 6-8 220 Jun 11, 1998 Durham (NC) United States / Puerto Rico Bull City Prep Academy
32 William Engelhardt So PF 6-7 210 Aug 6, 1999 Syracuse (NY) United States Kimball Union Academy
10 Marcus Hammond Jr G 6-3 173 - Queens (NY) United States Benjamin N. Cardozo High School
4 Tah'Jae Hill Fr PG 6-2 180 Feb 4, 2002 Rochester (NY) United States Hilton High School
34 Nicholas Kratholm Sr F 6-9 220 Nov 18, 1997 Louisville (KY) United States IMG Academy
15 Greg Kuakumensah Sr F 6-6 200 - Worcester (MA) United States Cushing Academy
33 Steven Levnaic So G 6-2 180 - Hamilton Canada The RISE Centre Academy
22 Nick MacDonald So SG 6-5 185 - Buffalo (NY) United States St. Thomas More School
1 Kobe Nwandu Sr F 6-6 210 - York (PA) United States Northeastern York High School
0 Justin Roberts Sr PG 5-10 189 Apr 6, 1997 Lawrence (KS) United States Lawrence High School
11 Raheem Solomon Jr G 6-3 185 - Hartford (CT) United States Sacred Heart High School
24 Trey Syroka So G 5-11 155 - Toledo (OH) United States Whitmer High School
13 Touba Traore Fr C 6-11 210 - Bamako Mali Massanutten Military Academy

Recent Niagara Purple Eagles History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 16-16 (11-9) 6th (MAAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 16-15 (10-10) 5th (MAAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2021-2022 14-16 (9-11) 5th (MAAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 9-11 (7-9) 6th (MAAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2019-2020 12-20 (9-11) 6th (MAAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 13-19 (6-12) 9th (MAAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2017-2018 19-14 (12-6) 3rd (MAAC) 2nd Rnd CIT 1st Rnd
2016-2017 10-23 (6-14) 9th (MAAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2015-2016 7-25 (5-15) 10th (MAAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2014-2015 8-22 (7-13) 8th (MAAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2013-2014 7-26 (3-17) 11th (MAAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2012-2013 19-14 (13-5) 1st (MAAC) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2011-2012 14-19 (8-10) 6th (MAAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 9-23 (5-13) 8th (MAAC) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 18-15 (9-9) 5th (MAAC) 3rd Rnd N/A
2008-2009 26-9 (14-4) 2nd (MAAC) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2007-2008 19-10 (12-6) 3rd (MAAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2006-2007 23-12 (13-5) 2nd (MAAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2005-2006 11-18 (7-11) 7th (MAAC) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 20-10 (13-5) 2nd (MAAC) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2003-2004 22-10 (13-5) 2nd (MAAC) Runner Up NIT 2nd Rnd
2002-2003 17-12 (12-6) 3rd (MAAC) 3rd Rnd N/A

2020-2021 Niagara Purple Eagles Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Marcus Hammond All-MAAC Second Team
Kobe Nwandu All-MAAC Second Team
Raheem Solomon MAAC All-Tournament Team
Kobe Nwandu MAAC Player of the Week (Feb 1, 2021)

2020-2021 Niagara Purple Eagles Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. Roberts M. Hammond G. Kuakumensah K. Nwandu N. Kratholm
Rotation S. Brown   R. Solomon J. Cintron  
Lim PT S. Levnaic N. MacDonald     T. Traore
Lim PT T. Hill T. Syroka      

2020-2021 Niagara Purple Eagles Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Kobe Nwandu 20 34.1 14.6 3.1 2.6 1.0 0.4 2.1
Marcus Hammond 20 34.5 12.7 5.8 3.0 1.1 0.0 1.8
Raheem Solomon 18 19.2 8.5 3.2 1.0 0.9 0.1 0.7
Justin Roberts 14 26.0 7.4 2.7 1.2 0.5 0.0 0.6
Jordan Cintron 17 18.6 7.3 3.7 0.9 0.9 0.1 0.7
Greg Kuakumensah 20 23.2 6.3 4.3 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.4
Nicholas Kratholm 20 18.5 5.3 4.0 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.9
Nick MacDonald 20 13.6 3.0 1.4 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.3
Touba Traore 5 6.4 2.8 1.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2
Shandon Brown 20 20.1 2.5 1.6 1.5 0.5 0.0 1.1
Steven Levnaic 5 8.2 2.0 0.8 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.2
Trey Syroka 1 2.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
Tah'Jae Hill 3 6.3 0.0 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.3

2020-2021 Niagara Purple Eagles Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Greg Paulus Head Coach 2020-2021 Assistant Coach (Niagara, 2019 to 2020)
Brett Ervin Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Assistant Coach (Le Moyne, 2018 to 2019)
Bryan Smothers Assistant Coach 2019-2020 Video Analyst (Michigan, 2017 to 2019)
Simon Gray Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
Madison Hahesy Director of Basketball Operations 2019-2020 N/A
Stephen Butler Assistant Athletic Director 2014-2015 N/A
John Munro Head Athletic Trainer 1995-1996 N/A
Matt Wietlispach Strength and Conditioning Coach 2016-2017 N/A
Alex Brunson Strength and Conditioning Coach 2020-2021 N/A