The all-time career scoring leader in Canisius basketball history, “Sugar” Ray Hall tallied 2,226 career points in 115 career games as a Golden Griffin from 1981-85. A Buffalo, N.Y., native, Hall averaged 16.5 points per game or better for his entire career, highlighted by his 20.9 points per game scoring average in 1984-85, and his 628 total points that season in 30 games ranks third on the school’s single season scoring list. During his time as a Griff, Hall helped the Blue and Gold to a combined record of 69-46 and in his senior season of 1984-85, the Griffs earned a berth into the NIT. Currently, Hall ranks among the top-10 in 10 different career statistical categories and in addition to being the program’s all-time leading scorer, he is the school’s career leader in career field goals made (812), career field goals attempted (1,646), career free-throws made (602) and career steals (219). A member of the Canisius Sports Hall of Fame, Hall was inducted into the Greater Buffalo Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. Drafted by the Utah Jazz in the fifth round of the 1985 NBA Draft, he played eight years of professional basketball after leaving Canisius with his degree in communications and sociology. He has also been voted to the All-Time Little Three Team and the Canisius College All-Century Team.