Perhaps the Canisius seniors feel their career’s slowly coming to an end. Or maybe, they’re just finally learning to play without Frank Turner.
Whatever it is, the Golden Griffins (12-11, 6-7 MAAC) are winners of four of their last five and playing their best basketball of the season. Even with one of the distinguished five seniors — all of which are working on their masters’ degrees — Rob Goldsberry out due to concussion-like syndrome he received during the Niagara game two weekends ago, the Griffs put on a marvelous defensive display against Marist and St. Peter’s last weekend.
They crunched Marist 75-60 Friday, which included the Griffs forcing 15 turnovers. Then, they beat the second-place Peacocks 59-45 with a defensive effort that saw Canisius hold St. Peter’s to a ridiculous 22.4 shooting percentage from the floor.
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Former Canisius College basketball player Frank Turner (Atlantic City, N.J.) has signed a professional contract to join Eiffel Towers Den Bosch, a professional team that plays in Holland in the Holland-Eredivisie. Turner signed a one-year deal with the team that finished third in the league’s standings last season.
“From an individual standpoint, Frank has accomplished many things in a relatively short amount of time,” Canisius head coach Tom Parrotta said. “He has earned two college degrees, he has his name splashed throughout the program’s record book and he has become the example for every student-athlete that comes to Canisius College from here on out. It is very simple – get a great education, play your heart out on the basketball court and be a solid individual off the court. Frank accomplished all three of these things and then some. I’m extremely proud that Frank has realized his dream of playing professional basketball and I feel he will do very well at the next level. I am very anxious to follow his pro career.”
Former Canisius Star Turner Signs Pro Deal in Holland – continue reading…
Canisius College graduate Frank Turner was recently named to the I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team, as announced late last week by the I-AAA ADA. Turner, who was selected as an honorable mention award winner, is one of 11 men from across the country to be honored for this accolade.
The 2007 MAAC Co-Rookie of the Year, Turner closed out his career in Blue and Gold ranked in the top-10 in 12 different statistical categories at the College, and he goes down in the school’s record books ranked first in career games played (125), career minutes (4,567) and career assists (616), while ranking fourth in career points (1,769) and third in career steals (193). He wrapped up the 2009-10 season ranked sixth in the MAAC in scoring average (16.2 points per game), second in assists per game (5.7 per contest) and first in steals per game with 2.1 swipes per outing. A three-time All-MAAC selection, he was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team after his senior campaign and he was also honored as a member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I All-District I Second Team in mid-March.
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Fans of Frank Turner were disappointed to not see him on the floor Friday night when the Buffalo Stampede played Quebec at the Koessler Athletic Center, the site of many great games by Turner as the point guard at Canisius College.
I spoke with Stampede representative Richard Anselmo. He told me that Turner missed the game because he had his Canisius senior banquet.
Turner has played in three games with the Stampede since joining the team on March 12. He’s averaged 19 points and seven assists in those games, all Buffalo losses.
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Canisius College senior Frank Turner has been named to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Division I All-District I Second Team for the 2009-10 season, the NABC announced today. The NABC recognizes the nation’s best men’s collegiate basketball student-athletes, and honorees are selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC.
The 240 honored student-athletes from 24 districts are eligible for the State Farm Division I All-America teams, to be announced Saturday, April 3, at 11 a.m. at Bracket Town in the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis, Ind., during the NABC Convention and NCAA Final Four.
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First, let’s dole out some credit. The Buffalo Stampede have had a miserable season but it didn’t stop them Thursday night from playing interstate rival Rochester tough. But when the final horn sounded moral victories couldn’t take the place of yet another defeat. Rochester outscored Buffalo 41-26 in the final period to erase a four point deficit and send the Stampede to a 120-109 loss.
Buffalo fell to 3-13 on the season while the Razorsharks improved to 12-3.
Rochester defeated Buffalo all four times the teams met this season.
Late Collapse Sends Stampede to 8th Straight Loss – continue reading…
In an effort to sell more tickets for their next home game Thursday at Canisius College, the Buffalo Stampede are rolling out an irresistible price tag on tickets.
Stampede owner Vincent Lesh reports that thanks to sponsor Joe Galvin from Home Restoration Painting, tickets for Thursday’s 7:30pm game against defending league champion Rochester will cost just two dollars for general admission seating instead of the regular seven.
According to Lesh, for every ticket sold Galvin will pay the difference to the team.
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Canisius College senior guard Frank Turner was named to the All-MAAC Third Team, the conference office announced today. This marks the second-straight year he has been voted to the league’s third team by the conference’s 10 coaches.
Turner averaged a team-best 16.5 points per game, which ranks fourth in the MAAC. Turner closed out the regular season ranked among the top-10 in seven different statistical categories, and he is currently one of three players in the nation to average more than 15 points, five rebounds and five assists per game, joining Ohio State’s Evan Turner and Loyola Marymount’s Vernon Teel. The school’s all-time leader in career games played with 123, Turner has recorded four double-doubles in the Griffs’ last six contests after he was credited with 16 points and 10 assists at Rider Feb. 28.
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Canisius senior Frank Turner scored a team-high 23 points, highlighted by his runner in the lane with 1.2 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, but it was not enough to help the Golden Griffins get over the top as the Blue and Gold fell to Saint Peter’s 73-72 in overtime in the Yanitelli Center on Sunday. The loss is Canisius’ third straight and drops the team to 11-14 overall and 6-8 in the MAAC, while the Peacocks improved to 14-10 overall and 9-5 in conference play.
Canisius was down 58-49 with 3:01 left on the clock after Saint Peter’s guard Wesley Jenkins went 1-for-2 from the free-throw line. From there, Canisius would outscore Saint Peter’s by a 13-4 count that sent the game into an extra session. Julius Coles drilled a 3-pointer from the corner with 13 seconds left to cut the Peacocks’ lead to 62-60, and after Saint Peter’s missed a pair of free throws with nine ticks left in regulation time, Turner took the ball the length of the court and laid one over the front iron to knot the score at 62-62, sending the game into overtime.
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Canisius junior Julius Coles scored 18 points, teammate Elton Frazier added 17 and the Golden Griffins locked down New Orleans to just 30.4 percent from the field in a 63-48 win on the final day of the Southern Miss Christmas Classic in Gulfport, Miss. The win is Canisius’ second straight and improved the team to 6-6 on the year, while the Privateers dropped their sixth straight to fall to 5-8.
The 48 points allowed by Canisius are the fewest in a game since Feb. 8, 1997, when the Blue and Gold defeated Fairfield 91-45 in Buffalo. New Orleans shot just 30.4 percent from the field and turned the ball over 19 times, while the Griffs closed out their southern swing by shooting a season-high 51.1 percent from the floor and out rebounding New Orleans by a 34-26 count.
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In the second double overtime game of the day at the A.J. Palumbo Center, the Canisius College men’s basketball team lost 86-77 to Duquesne on Wednesday evening. Canisius falls to 4-5 on the season and has lost three straight games.
Senior Frank Turner led the Griffs with 23 points to go along with eight rebounds. Juniors Julius Coles and Greg Logins each had 15 points and nine rebounds while junior Tomas Vazquez-Simmons had seven points, nine rebounds and two blocks.
Duquesne (8-3) forced overtime as Canisius couldn’t hold onto a 67-63 lead, going 2-for-6 from the free-throw line in the final minute of regulation. B.J. Monteiro split two free throws and after two missed free throws from freshman Alshwan Hymes, Damian Saunders made a layup to make the score 67-66. After Logins split two free throws, Monteiro scored a layup with six seconds left to tie the game at 68-68. A desperation 3-pointer from Turner hit off the backboard at the buzzer.
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Canisius senior Frank Turner scored a team-high 20 points, while juniors Julius Coles and Greg Logins added 18 and 12 points to the winning effort as the Golden Griffins defeated Loyola 70-65 Friday night in the MAAC opener for both teams. The win improves Canisius to 4-2 overall and 1-0 in the MAAC for the first time since the 2002-03 season, while the Greyhounds slipped to 4-3 on the year and 0-1 in league play.
Turner, who scored in double figures for the 25th-straight game, ended the night by going 5-for-12 from the field, 1-for-2 from 3-point range and 9-for-10 from the foul line to lead the Blue and Gold. Coles was 6-for-10 from the floor and 5-for-6 from the line, while Logins posted his 12 points to go along with nine rebounds. Fellow junior Tomas Vazquez-Simmons came off the bench and added nine points and nine rebounds for Canisius, which shot 44.2 percent from the field and 70.4 percent from the charity stripe in the victory.
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