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Congratulations to Tre Paulfrey ‘26 on winning the @WNYAthletics Player of the Year and Justin Benning ‘26 on winning the @WNYAthletics 6th Man of the Year! Tonight was a great night for WNY Hoops - thank you to all of those involved! @centercourt42

Final Score: Nichols 48 - 50 St. Joe’s Justin Benning w/17 Tre Paulfrey w/15 Mitch Masiello w/ 8 Andrew Bebak w/6 Jonah Thompson w/2 @centercourt42 @wnyhoopmania @CoachesCorner23 @LafayetteY2K

You left Nichols Basketball better than you found it. Your legacy will continue. We love you and can’t wait to see what’s next. To our parents, families, alumni + fans - thank you! Your constant belief and support means the world to our program. We will be back - Go Big Green!

Heartbroken, but incredibly proud. We didn’t take care of business in the semifinal, but that does not take away from what this team accomplished. • 20-6 Record (best since ‘09-‘10) • 11-1 Home Record • Jim Kramer Classic Champions Thank you! And to our seniors……..

FINAL: Nichols 49, Timon 43 Trailing by 13 heading into the 4Q, the Vikings erase the deficit in 3 minutes and outscore Timon 30-11 over the last 8 minutes Tre Paulfrey scores 12 of his 23 points in the final frame. Once again, Justin Benning comes up huge with his 3-point shooting, smoothly sinking 4 triples in the comeback & netting 14 of his 16 pts in the quarter Jeson Huff finished with 16 pts to lead the Tigers Nichols advances to the Manhattan Cup Semifinals to face St. Joe's on Saturday night, 7:30 pm, at Canisius College

End 3Q: Nichols 69, Health Sciences 51 An impressive commitment to the 1-3-1 by the Vikings and patient screening & spacing offensively Tre Paulfrey scores a game-high 30 pts, Justin Benning with another 5 splash game scoring 15 pts and Mitch Masiello with 11 pts in the 2nd half in the win Nas Young led Health with 16 pts & Amir Moye finished with 13 pts

Final Score: Nichols 48 - 64 Canisius Tre Paulfrey w/ 17 Justin Benning w/14 @centercourt42 @wnyhoopmania @CoachesCorner23 @LafayetteY2K

Final Score: Nichols 61 - 64 St. Francis Tre Paulfrey w/ 24 Justin Benning w/21 @centercourt42 @wnyhoopmania @CoachesCorner23 @LafayetteY2K

FINAL: Canisius 64, Nichols 48 The Crusaders claim a big victory on senior night, sending the Vikings to 3rd place in the standings while remaining on top in the MMA Logan Feeney scores a team-high 13 pts, Jack Cullinan nets 12 pts, and TJ Askew & Elijah Jones add 10 pts in the win Tre Paulfrey led Nichols with a game-high 17 pts & Justin Benning finished with 14 pts St. Joe's visits Delaware Ave on Tuesday after a Saturday afternoon date with St. Mary's!

Final Score: Nichols 58 - 51 St. Joe’s Justin Benning w/17 Tre Paulfrey w/ 12 Mitch Masiello w/11 Great last game in Gerard for our seniors! @centercourt42 @wnyhoopmania @CoachesCorner23 @LafayetteY2K

FINAL: Nichols 58, St. Joe's 51 Tied at 49-49, Nichols closes the game with a 9-2 run to dish the Marauders their 2nd league loss of the season & knocking them out of 1st place Justin Benning cans 5 triples and scores a game-high 17 pts Tre Paulfrey finished with 12 pts and Jonah Thompson sank three 3-poiunters in the win Mitch Masiello punctuated the victory with a #BOOM in the final minute and scored 11 pts for the Vikings Gary Alexander scores 14 of his 17 pts in the 2nd half, while JJ Shanklin nets 14 pts in the game for St. Joe's

Point Totals: Nichols 58 Justin Benning 17 Tre Paulfrey 12 Mitch Masiello 11 Jonah Thompson 9 Andrew Bebak 5 Julen Fontaneda 2 Christian Archie 2 St. Joe's 51 Gary Alexander 17 JJ Shanklin 14 Liam Horan 10 Jahzi Lanzot 7 Luke Cloen 3

Final Score: Nichols 86 - 55 South Park Jonah Thompson w/ 21 Justin Benning w/14 Oakley Adams w/14 Mitch Masiello w/10 @centercourt42 @wnyhoopmania @CoachesCorner23 @LafayetteY2K

Tonight we honor these special young men as we host Park at 6pm. Please arrive by 5:30 to catch the senior ceremony - let’s go Vikings!

Final Score: Nichols 78 - 43 O’Hara Tre Paulfrey 16pts Justin Benning 11pts Andrew Bebak 10pts Christian Archie 10pts Mitch Masiello 9pts Drew Bennett 8pts Oakley Adams 5pts Matt Travers 5pts Julen Fontaneda 4pts @centercourt42 @wnyhoopmania @CoachesCorner23

Final Score: Nichols 97 - 45 Aquinas Tre Paulfrey leads all scorers w/30 Justin Benning w/19 Drew Bennett w/13 Mitch Masiello w/11 11 different Vikings get in the scorebook, great team win! @centercourt42

Final Score: Nichols 72 - 61 St. Francis Tre Paulfrey w/22 Mitch Masiello w/20 Christian Archie w/18 @centercourt42

Final Score: Nichols 62 - 48 St. Mary’s Tre Paulfrey w/21 Mitch Masiello w/17 Jonah Thompson w/12 Justin Benning w/10 @centercourt42 @wnyhoopmania @CoachesCorner23 @LafayetteY2K

Final Score: Canisius 69 - 45 Nichols Tre Paulfrey w/17, Justin Benning w/11

Final Score: Nichols 64 - 58 Clarence Heze Hall & Drew Bennett lead scoring w/ 14 per, Tre Paulfrey nets 12, Mitch Masiello & Justin Benning each score 10. Great bounce back TEAM W! @wnyhoopmania @WNYAthletics @WNYVarsityBBall @bufnewspreptalk @centercourt42 @CoachesCorner23