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Hall posts program’s first 40-point game in 29 years, T’Wolves win fourth straight in regular season home finale Sunday
Posted: Feb 16, 2026

Hall posts program’s first 40-point game in 29 years, T’Wolves win fourth straight in regular season home finale Sunday

*** PHOTO COURTESY OF GEOFF SCHNEIDER (GMSPHOTOWNY) ***

 

For the second time in eight days, Azriel Hall posted a new career-high in scoring as she continues to add to SUNY Niagara's record books.

The Lockport native scored a career-high 40 points as the Thunderwolves defeated Lakeland CC, 100-59, Sunday in Sanborn. This marked SUNY Niagara's fourth straight win and its first meeting with the Lakers since an 84-56 win on Jan. 12 in Ohio. 

Entering the day after posting a then personal best of 30 points in SUNY Niagara's last outing, a 98-63 win over Jamestown CC on Feb. 7, Hall reached the 40-point mark after shooting 13-of-17 from the field, including two 3-pointers. Hall also finished with seven rebounds and two assists in 35 minutes of play.

Currently ninth among all NJCAA Division II players with her team-high 20.1 points per game, Hall is now the first SUNY Niagara women's basketball player to record a 40-point game since 1998 graduate Michelle Milleville did in a 72-46 win versus Niagara College (Ont.) on Dec. 15, 1997. Hall's 40 points also surpassed Gabrielle McDuffie's 39-point game against Jamestown CC on March 19, 2021, which was the most by a Thunderwolf in the last 10 seasons (since 2016-17). 

Sunday also marked the final regular-season home game for SUNY Niagara's three sophomores, Ava Bull, Isabella Karabetsos and Atarah Walker. Once again, the trio contributed at both ends of the floor.

Karabetsos scored 10 points and recorded a career-high 13 assists in 25 minutes of action. The sophomore from Brampton, Ont. also tied her season-high of six steals, one shy of her career-high seven, which she posted in a 100-54 win versus Corning CC on Dec. 4, 2024.

Fresh off recording her 14th career double-double versus Jamestown CC on Feb. 7, Walker finished with eight points on 4-of-6 shooting and had a game-high 12 rebounds against the Lakers. Bull finished with six points, seven rebounds and three steals. 

Anna Astre and Allison Milleville scored 13 points apiece. Milleville also had eight rebounds in 24 minutes off the bench and Astre had five rebounds and three assists. 

Shania Beylo had seven points, six rebounds and four assists in 18 minutes off the bench. Alana Rivers had three points and a career-high 10 rebounds in 16 minutes of action. 

SUNY Niagara shot 36-of-71 (50.7%) from the field, went 8-of-22 (36.4) from the 3-point line and converted 20 of 28 attempts at the free-throw line (71.4%). The Thunderwolves also recorded 26 assists – their second-most in a game this season — and 13 steals. 

SUNY Niagara is now 15-8 on the season and has won nine of its last 13 games since a 90-30 win versus Villa Maria College on Nov. 23. Also 7-2 since the start of the calendar year, the Thunderwolves have posted 10-win campaigns in 13 of the last 14 seasons (since 2012-13). 

 

NOTES:

 

  • SUNY Niagara continues to find success at home and is 6-2 in Sanborn this season. Over the last 10 seasons (since 2016-17), the Thunderwolves are 95-9 in Niagara County and have won 56 of 60 home games since the 2021-22 campaign. SUNY Niagara has won at least 10 home contests in each of the last four years and five times overall in the 10-season span. 

 

  • In 23 career games, Hall has recorded 462 points (team-high 20.1) and 119 rebounds (5.2) in 29.1 minutes per contest. Hall joins 2020 graduate Paige Emborsky as the only SUNY Niagara women's basketball players to score at least 400 points in their first season over the last 10 seasons (since 2016-17). Emborsky, who later finished at NCAA Division I Abilene University and NCAA Division II Daemen University, scored 530 points as a freshman in 2018-19 and finished with 1,011 points in her two-year Thunderwolves career, which ranks third all-time behind 2023 graduate Alaina Forbes (1,032) and 1998 graduate Michelle Milleville (1,029).    

 

  • Along with extending her streak of double-digit scoring to 23 games, Hall converted at least 10 shots in a game for the fifth time this season (10 vs Corning Dec. 3, 11 vs Herkimer College Jan. 6, 10 at Jamestown CC, Jan. 28, vs Jamestown CC Feb. 7). Hall also posted at least five rebounds in a game for the 17th time this season (SUNY Niagara is 12-5) and multiple 3-pointers in a game for the ninth time (SUNY Niagara is 9-0).

 

  • Sunday's 13-assist outing was only the ninth time in Karabetsos' career that she recorded at least 10 assists in a game and the fourth time this season. Karabetsos' previous career-high was 12 in SUNY Niagara's 101-37 win versus Erie CC on Feb. 22, 2025. Karabetsos has also recorded double-digit points in 10 of SUNY Niagara's last 11 games (31 career) since a 12-point performance in a 75-47 loss versus Schoolcraft College on Dec. 14.

 

  • Now with 141 assists, Karbetsos is tied for seventh among all NJCAA Division II players. Waubonsee CC's Niallie Evans and Pima CC's Melicia Nelson are tied for the lead with 179. SUNY Niagara is 12-4 this season and 31-5 over the last two seasons when Karabetsos recorded at least five assists in a game.

 

  • A sophomore guard from Brampton, Ontario, Karabetsos has recorded 585 points and 335 assists in 55 career games. Karabetsos joins 2023 graduate Aichata Ballo as the only SUNY Niagara women's basketball players with at least 500 career points and 300 assists in a career over the last 10 seasons (since 2016-17). Ballo recorded 809 points and 389 assists in 81 career games from 2020-2023. 

 

  • In 51 career games, Walker has now recorded 451 points and 461 rebounds with the Thunderwolves. Sunday marked her 21st career game with at least 10 rebounds, 14 of which came in a double-double performance. The former Niagara Falls High School star is tied for 55th in rebounds per game among all NJCAA Division II players (team-high 9.3). 

 

  • Bull recorded at least five rebounds in a game for the 20th time this season (47 career). After 55 career games, Bull has posted 430 points and 433 rebounds with SUNY Niagara. The sophomore and Burlington, Ontario native is averaging 7.2 points and 7.7 rebounds in 24.9 minutes per contest this season.

 

  • Astre recorded her 14th double-digit game of the season with her 13 points and her 12th in her last 14 outings. The freshman from The Bronx, NY scored a season-high 22 points in SUNY Niagara's 69-61 win versus Montgomery College (MD) on Jan. 18 and is averaging 11.6 points and 4.7 rebounds in 20.8 minutes per contest and has made 16 starts.  

 

  • Milleville's 13 points in 24 minutes off the bench were her highest scoring output since her 14-point effort in a 106-101 double overtime versus Beaver County CC on Nov. 22. Milleville's scoring season-high remains 16 versus WVU Potomac State College on Nov. 7. Previously a two-time Section VI and one-time regional champion at Starpoint High School, Milleville is averaging 5.2 points and 4.1 rebounds in 23 appearances (7 starts).

 

  • In 18 minutes off the bench, Beylo recorded a career-high of six rebounds and tied her career-high of four assists for the fifth time this season. This was also her sixth game with at least three assists. Previously a Section IV Class AA runner-up with Binghamton High School last year, Beylo is averaging 7.1 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 21.6 minutes per contest with SUNY Niagara.

 

  • SUNY Niagara is 5-1 when it scores at least 100 points in a contest this season. The lone loss came in a 106-101 double overtime defeat against Beaver County CC on Nov. 22. SUNY Niagara posted its season-high in scoring in a 112-48 finish against Lackawanna College on Nov. 1.

 

  • With 26 against Lakeland CC Sunday, SUNY Niagara is now 13-1 when it has at least 15 assists and 7-0 with at least 20 this season. The Thunderwolves' season-high in this category remains 27 from a 100-65 win at WVU Potomac State College on Nov. 7. 

 

  • At 50.3% (36-of-71), SUNY Niagara has shot at least 50% in each of its last three games and is 4-0 this season when it hits the mark. The Thunderwolves shot a season-best 55.1% (38-of-69) in their 98-63 win versus Jamestown CC on Feb. 7.  The blue-and-gold has shot at least 40% in a game 15 times this season and in eight of their last 10 contests.

 

  • Sunday marked the 42nd win with sophomores Isabella Karabetsos, Atarah Walker and Ava Bull on SUNY Niagara's active roster (42-13 overall). Last season, SUNY Niagara finished 27-5, won a seventh consecutive NJCAA Region III Div. II championship and appeared at the NJCAA national tournament for the fifth time in program history. 



SUNY Niagara concludes its regular season and WNYAC slate at Monroe CC at 1 p.m. Feb. 21 in Troy. SUNY Niagara won the first meeting, 90-69, on Feb. 4 in Sanborn, and are currently 3-0 in the division.