Merrimack Warriors vs. Niagara Purple Eagles

FINAL

Mar 1, 2026

Box Score

	1	2	T
MRMK	30	43	73
NIA	28	38	66

Game Recap

Shelton's 18 help Merrimack down Niagara 73-66. Ernest Shelton had 18 points in Merrimack's 73-66 victory against Niagara on Sunday.

Player Stats

MERRIMACK	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
20Todd Brogna	37	2-5	2-4	0-0	4	3	1	2	3	3	6
5Kevair Kennedy	38	6-11	0-2	4-5	5	7	0	1	3	1	16
3Ernest Shelton	31	5-13	4-10	4-4	2	2	0	0	1	4	18
4Tye Dorset	31	6-9	3-5	0-0	4	1	1	0	1	3	15
10Andrés Marrero	38	2-5	2-5	4-4	3	2	1	1	0	0	10
2Aliou Cisse	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
0Dylan Veillette	21	4-8	0-1	0-0	4	0	2	0	2	3	8
14Brandon Legris	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21Brendan Johnson	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1Jaylen Stinson	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

TOTAL	-	25-5347.2%	11-2740.7%	12-1392.3%	23	15	5	4	11	16	73

NIAGARA	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
0Justin Hawkins	21	5-9	0-0	8-9	6	4	2	0	2	3	18
32Will Shortt	21	2-5	0-0	0-0	1	2	0	1	2	1	4
11Vice Zanki	24	2-2	2-2	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	0	6
1Reggie Prudhomme	28	3-6	3-5	0-0	3	1	1	0	2	1	9
2Trenton Walters	19	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0
22Drew Larson	19	1-1	0-0	4-4	2	2	2	0	1	0	6
8Kabeya Tshibangu	9	3-3	0-0	1-2	2	0	0	0	0	1	7
15Brian Griffith	13	0-1	0-1	0-0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
9Gael Dalmau	9	0-2	0-2	0-0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0
10Landon Williams	15	1-4	1-4	0-0	1	1	0	1	2	5	3
12Josiah Sabino	22	4-9	1-2	4-4	3	1	2	1	0	4	13
TOTAL	-	21-4447.7%	7-1838.9%	17-1989.5%	25	14	8	3	13	16	66

Play-by-Play

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1st halfMRMKNIA

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by Merrimack.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by Niagara.
(19:43) Ernest Shelton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(19:38) Todd Brogna Offensive Rebound.
(19:34) Ernest Shelton misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(19:34) Will Shortt Block.
(19:23) Vice Zanki Defensive Rebound.
+2 (19:07) Justin Hawkins makes layup.
02
(19:07) Foul on Todd Brogna.
+1 (19:07) Justin Hawkins makes free throw 1 of 1.
03
+3 (18:57) Tye Dorset makes 24-foot three point jumper (Andrés Marrero assists).
33
+3 (18:35) Reggie Prudhomme makes 25-foot three point jumper (Justin Hawkins assists).
36
(18:11) Tye Dorset misses 5-foot jumper.
(18:09) Justin Hawkins Defensive Rebound.
(17:56) Foul on Tye Dorset.
+2 (17:40) Justin Hawkins makes layup.
38
(17:18) Kevair Kennedy bad pass turnover.
(17:18) Justin Hawkins Steal.
(17:03) Justin Hawkins misses layup.
(17:01) Tye Dorset Defensive Rebound.
(16:58) Foul on Trenton Walters.
+2 (16:42) Kevair Kennedy makes layup.
58
(16:35) Reggie Prudhomme misses layup.
(16:35) Todd Brogna Block.
(16:32) Todd Brogna Defensive Rebound.
(16:30) Ernest Shelton misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(16:26) Will Shortt Defensive Rebound.
+2 (16:05) Will Shortt makes layup (Justin Hawkins assists).
510
(15:48) Tye Dorset bad pass turnover.
(15:48) Reggie Prudhomme Steal.
+3 (15:29) Vice Zanki makes 23-foot three point jumper (Trenton Walters assists).
513
(15:08) Andrés Marrero misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(15:04) Reggie Prudhomme Defensive Rebound.
(14:45) Will Shortt misses layup.
(14:42) Ernest Shelton Defensive Rebound.
+3 (14:35) Todd Brogna makes 26-foot three point jumper (Ernest Shelton assists).
813
+3 (14:09) Reggie Prudhomme makes 24-foot three point jumper (Will Shortt assists).
816
+2 (13:50) Dylan Veillette makes layup (Kevair Kennedy assists).
1016
(13:36) Will Shortt misses layup.
(13:35) Justin Hawkins Offensive Rebound.
(13:35) Foul on Dylan Veillette.
(13:35) Justin Hawkins misses free throw 1 of 2.
(13:35) Niagara Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (13:35) Justin Hawkins makes free throw 2 of 2.
1017
(13:14) Ernest Shelton misses 8-foot jumper.
(13:12) Dylan Veillette Offensive Rebound.
+3 (13:06) Andrés Marrero makes 25-foot three point jumper (Tye Dorset assists).
1317
(12:45) Drew Larson bad pass turnover.
(12:25) Tye Dorset misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(12:21) Merrimack Offensive Rebound.
(12:16) Foul on Josiah Sabino.
+1 (12:16) Ernest Shelton makes free throw 1 of 2.
1417
+1 (12:16) Ernest Shelton makes free throw 2 of 2.
1517
(12:01) Landon Williams bad pass turnover.
(12:01) Dylan Veillette Steal.
+2 (11:57) Kevair Kennedy makes layup.
1717
(11:35) Foul on Tye Dorset.
+1 (11:35) Drew Larson makes free throw 1 of 2.
1718
+1 (11:35) Drew Larson makes free throw 2 of 2.
1719
(11:12) Dylan Veillette bad pass turnover.
(11:12) Trenton Walters Steal.
(11:01) Trenton Walters bad pass turnover.
+2 (10:46) Kevair Kennedy makes 13-foot jumper (Todd Brogna assists).
1919
(10:22) Will Shortt misses dunk.
(10:19) Justin Hawkins Offensive Rebound.
+3 (10:17) Josiah Sabino makes 23-foot three point jumper (Justin Hawkins assists).
1922
(9:59) Andrés Marrero misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(9:57) Brian Griffith Defensive Rebound.
(9:41) Trenton Walters misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(9:37) Todd Brogna Defensive Rebound.
(9:28) Foul on Justin Hawkins.
+3 (9:15) Ernest Shelton makes 29-foot three point jumper.
2222
(8:43) Reggie Prudhomme bad pass turnover.
(8:21) Kevair Kennedy misses 26-foot three point jumper.
(8:16) Dylan Veillette Offensive Rebound.
(8:10) Foul on Will Shortt.
+1 (8:10) Kevair Kennedy makes free throw 1 of 2.
2322
+1 (8:10) Kevair Kennedy makes free throw 2 of 2.
2422
(7:51) Foul on Ernest Shelton.
+1 (7:51) Josiah Sabino makes free throw 1 of 2.
2423
+1 (7:51) Josiah Sabino makes free throw 2 of 2.
2424
(7:31) Dylan Veillette misses layup.
(7:28) Josiah Sabino Defensive Rebound.
(7:18) Brian Griffith traveling turnover.
(7:04) Dylan Veillette misses layup.
(7:03) Kevair Kennedy Offensive Rebound.
(7:03) Foul on Reggie Prudhomme.
(6:45) Dylan Veillette misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(6:42) Gael Dalmau Defensive Rebound.
(6:30) Foul on Dylan Veillette.
(6:08) Justin Hawkins misses layup.
(6:08) Todd Brogna Block.
(6:04) Tye Dorset Defensive Rebound.
(6:01) Ernest Shelton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(5:59) Reggie Prudhomme Defensive Rebound.
(5:35) team turnover.
(5:23) Kevair Kennedy misses layup.
(5:21) Vice Zanki Defensive Rebound.
(5:07) Justin Hawkins bad pass turnover.
(5:07) Todd Brogna Steal.
+2 (4:51) Tye Dorset makes 3-foot dunk (Kevair Kennedy assists).
2624
+2 (4:27) Justin Hawkins makes layup.
2626
(4:08) Ernest Shelton misses alley oop dunk.
(4:03) Andrés Marrero Offensive Rebound.
(4:01) Ernest Shelton misses 22-foot three point jumper.
(3:58) Vice Zanki Defensive Rebound.
(3:30) team shot clock turnover .
(3:04) Todd Brogna bad pass turnover.
(2:35) Josiah Sabino misses 27-foot three point jumper.
(2:31) Dylan Veillette Defensive Rebound.
+2 (2:24) Dylan Veillette makes layup (Kevair Kennedy assists).
2826
+2 (2:08) Will Shortt makes layup (Drew Larson assists).
2828
(1:43) Ernest Shelton misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:39) Drew Larson Defensive Rebound.
(1:25) Gael Dalmau misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(1:22) Kevair Kennedy Defensive Rebound.
(1:11) Ernest Shelton bad pass turnover.
(0:48) Reggie Prudhomme misses 24-foot three point jumper.
(0:44) Dylan Veillette Defensive Rebound.
(0:36) Dylan Veillette misses layup.
(0:33) Reggie Prudhomme Defensive Rebound.
(0:14) Trenton Walters misses 25-foot three point jumper.
(0:10) Kevair Kennedy Defensive Rebound.
(0:05) Kevair Kennedy misses layup.
(0:00) Ernest Shelton Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:00) Ernest Shelton makes 0-foot tip in layup.
3028

2nd half

Team Stats

MRMK

NIA

73Points66

25-53(47.2%)Field Goal(%)21-44(47.7%)

11-27(40.7%)3-Point(%)7-18(38.9%)

12-13(92.3%)Free Throw(%)17-19(89.5%)

25(10)Rebounds(Offensive)27(8)

15Assists14

5Steals8

4Blocks3

11Turnovers16

16(1)Fouls(Technical)16(1)

21Largest Lead8

Game Details

Sunday, March 1, 2026 · 2:00 PM

Gallagher Center · Niagara Falls, NY

attendance: 890 (37.1%)

tv: ESPN+

spread: MRMK -7.5

over/under: 126.5