Saturday. Manhattan Cup championship. Canisius vs. St. Joe’s.
Canisius ensured a third edition of this season’s basketball rivalry by delivering an excellent winning performance over Bishop Timon-St. Jude, 65-53, Wednesday night in the Manhattan Cup semifinals at Canisius University.
The Cruaaders (21-4), the No. 2 large school in Western New York, will return to the Canisius University’s Koessler Athletic Center at 6 p.m. Saturday to play No. 1 St. Joe’s (21-3).
The final is expected to sell out. Presale tickets are $8 and available now via
chsaany.org/tickets
The final will be broadcast on WNYAthletics.
These excellent photos are by outstanding CHS Digital Media photographer Noah Morlock ’25 (morlockprod).
Coach Kyle Husband ‘96 and the Crusaders never trailed against No. 4 large school Timon as they advanced to their fourth straight Manhattan Cup title game and 14th in 17 seasons.
Patrick Cullinan ’25 had three three-pointers among his 21 points while Nick Purdie ’25 h...