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2024–25 Niagara Purple Eagles Women's Basketball Team
The 2024–25 Niagara Purple Eagles women's basketball team represents Niagara University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Purple Eagles, led by 10th-year head coach Jada Pierce, play their home games at the Gallagher Center in Lewiston, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. Previous season The 2023–24 Niagara Purple Eagles women's basketball team, Purple Eagles finished the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, 2023–24 season 21–14, 15–5 in MAAC play, to finish in second place. They defeated 2023–24 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team, Quinnipiac and 2023–24 Siena Saints women's basketball team, Siena before falling to top-seeded 2023–24 Fairfield Stags women's basketball team, Fairfield in the 2024 MAAC women's basketball tournament, MAAC tournament championship game. They received an at-large bid to the 2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament, WNIT, where they would defeat 2023â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallagher Center
The Gallagher Center is a 2,400-seat multi-purpose arena at Niagara University's campus in Lewiston, New York. The structure was initially built in 1949 and substantially renovated in 1999. It is the home court of the Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball and women's basketball and volleyball teams. Originally known as the Niagara University Student Center, it was renamed in honor of John J. "Taps" Gallagher (1905–1982) on May 23, 1982. Coach Gallagher guided the Purple Eagles men's team for 31 seasons (1931–1943, 1946–1965), leading the team to 25 winning seasons, including 11 ''Little Three'' championships and seven appearances in the National Invitation Tournament when the NIT was the premiere postseason tournament. At the time of his retirement, he was the 12th winningest coach in college basketball history. In 2014, the playing surface was named "Layden Court" in honor of former Purple Eagles coach Frank Layden and his wife, Barbara. Layden coached the Purple Eag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
