Niagara Basketball Team Stranded on Bus for 26 Hours

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A snowstorm that dumped four feet of snow on upstate New York stranded the Niagra women's basketball team. This photo of the New York State Thruway near Buffalo comes via @foxandfriends on Twitter.
A snowstorm that dumped four feet of snow on upstate New York stranded the Niagra women's basketball team. This photo of the New York State Thruway near Buffalo comes via @foxandfriends on Twitter.

A rough night on the court turned into an even rougher 26 hours for the Niagara University women's basketball team.

The story begins Monday night when the Purple Eagles left Pittsburgh around 10 p.m. after losing to Pitt. What should have been about a four-hour bus ride back to Niagara's campus just north of Buffalo, New York turned into a nightmare thanks to the massive snowstorm that crippled the Great Lakes region this week. According to NBC News, the storm has dumped about five feet of snow near Buffalo and has been blamed for five deaths.

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