Men's Basketball 2/15/2007 12:00:00 AM Canisius College Athletics

Men's Basketball Travels to Coastal Carolina Saturday

Canisius College (11-15, 6-10 MAAC) vs. Coastal Carolina (14-12, 7-5 Big South)

Date: Feb. 17, 2007 Time: 2 p.m. Site: Kimbel Arena?Conway, S.C. (1,039 capacity) Nicknames: Canisius Golden Griffins, Coastal Carolina Chanticleers Audio: CJRN 710 AM, GoGriffs.com with Jay Moran calling the action, also broadcast live on GoGriffs.com Video: Webcast live on www.goccusports.com Web sites: Canisius (www.GoGriffs.com), Coastal Carolina (www.goccusports.com)

Today's Game

The Golden Griffins play their last non-conference game of the season as they take on Coastal Carolina as part of the O'Reilly ESPNU BracketBusters Series.
It's the first time Canisius and Coastal Carolina have met on the hardwood.
The Blue and Gold has lost five-straight games and is coming off an 89-88 overtime setback to Niagara at home Tuesday.
Canisius is 7-8 on the road and 4-2 in non-conference road games.
Coastal Carolina is 3-1 in its last four games, including a 77-76 victory at Liberty Monday on a Joshua Mack layup with 0.2 seconds left.
The Chanticleers are 11-2 at home, including 7-1 in home non-conference games.
This is Canisius' second appearance in the BracketBusters series. The Griffs defeated Youngstown State 75-68 at home last season and won the return game at Youngstown this year, 71-59.
Coastal Carolina will return a game at Canisius in 2007-08.
The Chanticleers are led by junior guard Jack Leasure, a native of Rochester, N.Y., and a product of McQuaid Jesuit, the alma mater of Canisius assistant coach Rob Norris.
Leasure was the Big South Player of the Year last season and averages 15.5 points and 3.6 assists a contest this season.
Coastal Carolina was predicted to finish second in the Big South Preseason Poll behind two-time defending champion Winthrop.
Lee Stringfellow, who played at Canisius from 1981-83 and averaged 11 points and 7.1 rebounds, played at Coastal Carolina in 1980-81 before transferring to Canisius.

Quick Hits

Senior Corey Herring has scored 25 points in each of the last two games. It's the fourth time he's scored 20 or more this season and 10th time in his career.
Herring needs 38 points to reach 800 for his collegiate career. He scored 174 points in two seasons at Baylor before transferring to Canisius.
Darnell Wilson has eight double-doubles this season and five in the last seven games.
Wilson is averaging 18.6 points and 9.3 rebounds in his last eight games.
Chuck Harris needs five assists to join Brian Smith (1984-88) and Craig Wise (1991-95) as the only Canisius players with over 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 300 assists.
Six-foot-3-inch guard Harris is the third player in school history listed at under 6-foot-4 to tally over 500 rebounds. Hank Nowak (1954-57), the school's all-time leading rebounder, and Brian Smith (1984-88) were both listed at 6-foot-3.
Frank Turner had 11 assists against Niagara Tuesday, the third time this season he's reached double figures in assists.
Turner also scored 22 points, giving him three double-doubles.
Canisius is 25-56 from 3-point range in the last two contests after going 17-for-74 in the previous four games (23 percent).
Frank Turner has played all 40 minutes in five of the last seven contests. He has played every minute in 10 games this season.
Canisius is averaging 12.8 turnovers in the last seven games (102 total). The Griffs have had 15 turnovers or less in the last three games.
Canisius is 8-6 when scoring 70 or more points and 9-2 when leading at the half. The Griffs are 2-11 when trailing at the break.
Both of the Griffs' wins against Iona are the only games this season Canisius has won when trailing at halftime.
The Griffs are 1-7 in live television games this season. Canisius has lost six games by four points or less.

Series History

This is the first meeting between Canisius and Coastal Carolina.
It's the fourth time the Griffs have played a current member of the Big South. Canisius owns a 2-1 record against Liberty.
The last meeting against the Flames was Nov. 27, 2003, when Liberty posted a 65-48 victory over Canisius in the Great Alaska Shootout.

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Players Mentioned

#14 Chuck Harris: G; 6' 3"; Senior

#2 Corey Herring: F/G; 6' 5"; Senior

#3 Frank Turner: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#1 Darnell Wilson: F; 6' 6"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#14 Chuck Harris
: 6' 3"; Senior
: G

#2 Corey Herring
: 6' 5"; Senior
: F/G

#3 Frank Turner
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#1 Darnell Wilson
: 6' 6"; Senior
: F