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Tihann Fulton celebrates a basket with the Canisius bench on Jan. 4, 2024
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49
Mount St. Mary's MSM 3-9,0-3 MAAC
62
Winner Canisius Canis 8-4,3-0 MAAC
Mount St. Mary's MSM
3-9,0-3 MAAC
49
Final
62
Canisius Canis
8-4,3-0 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Mount St. Mary's MSM 17 9 11 12 49
Canisius Canis 9 25 12 16 62

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball Stymies Mount St. Mary's on Kid's Day

Before a capacity crowd of 2,196 fans, Canisius defeated Mount St. Mary's, 62-49, on Independent Health Kid's Day during Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball action Thursday at the Koessler Athletic Center.
 
Sophomore Sisi Eleko who posted her MAAC-leading eighth double-double this season with 22 points and 11 rebounds to pace the Golden Griffins (8-4, 3-0 MAAC), who have won six of their last seven games,. Junior Athina Lexa chipped in nine points for the Blue and Gold while senior Mackenzie Amalia dished out a team-leading five assists in the winning effort.
 
Isabella Hunt tallied her own double-double for the Mountaineers (3-9, 0-3 MAAC) with 10 points and 12 rebounds while Jada Lee notched 17 points. Giana Hoddinott totaled a game-high two steals in the losing effort.
 
Down at 17-9 at the start of the second quarter, the Griffs offense took off in the second stanza with an 11-2 run across the first 4:32 of the frame to take their first lead of the game, 20-19, with 5:31 to play.
   
Canisius continued to click on the offensive end as it ended the frame with a 10-0 spurt across the final 3:41 to enter the locker room ahead, 34-26.
 
The Mount attempted to cut into the Griffs lead at the beginning of the third quarter, but an 8-0 spurt in the middle part of the frame, capped by an Eleko layup, would see Canisius extend its lead to 46-33 with 2:06 to play.
 
Mount St. Mary's continued to chip away, using two late layups in the third quarter to start a 12-4 sequence to get them to within five, 50-45, with 5:14 to play in the fourth quarter.
 
The Blue and Gold stymied the Mount comeback effort on their next trip down the floor as a Lexa layup ignited a game-sealing 12-4 run for the Griffs that spanned the rest of the game to secure the victory.
   
POSTGAME COMMENTS    
GAME NOTES
• This is the first time since the 2014-15 season that Canisius has begun MAAC play at 3-0.
• Canisius is now 3-6 overall and 3-1 at home against Mount St. Mary's. It also is the first time since the 2008 and 2009 seasons that the Griffs and Mount played one another in consecutive seasons. This is the Griffs first win over the Mount since a 77-62 victory on Dec. 30, 2008.
• The Griffs are now 3-0 this season when playing before noon and are 7-3 in their last 10 home kid's day games.
• Canisius shot 3-of-13 (.231) from deep, compared to just 1-of-20 (.050) from the Mount.
• Every player who checked into today's game for Canisius made at least one basket. 
• After attempting no free-throws in their last game against Akron (Dec. 30), the Griffs attempted 18 free-throws in the win today, making 13.
• Eleko made 10 field goals for the first time since Nov. 11 against Saint Francis (Pa.).
• Graduate student Tihanna Fulton equaled her season-high in scoring with six points. She last met the mark at Marist (Dec. 18).
• Canisius won its first game of the calendar year since it opened 2019 with a 47-44 win over Manhattan on Jan. 3, 2019. The game also served as the programs kid's day game that season. 
 
UP NEXT
Canisius closes its season long three-game homestand with a 1 p.m. tip-off against Fairfield on Jan. 6. The game will be available to watch on ESPN+.
 
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