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Women's Basketball 2/18/2008 12:00:00 AM Canisius College Athletics

Women's Basketball Loses at Iona

Box Score

NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. ? Iona made three 3-pointers in the final six minutes to hang on for a 77-66 victory over the Canisius College women's basketball team on Sunday from the Hynes Athletic Center. The Griffs have now dropped six straight.

Junior Amanda Cavo led Canisius (10-16, 5-10 MAAC) with 16 points while sophomore Brittan? Russell had 13 points, four rebounds, four assists and four steals. Sophomore Ellie Radke had 11 points and four rebounds in 23 minutes off the bench. Senior Mere Mullins had nine points in 21 minutes.

"We're gonna build off this game. We compted for 40 minutes in a great college basketball game," Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. "DeFalco hit some dagger 3-pointers and Lutz made one from another county.

"Obviously we're disappointed, but we showed ourselves today that if we bring that type of effort, we can play with one of the best teams in the conference on their home court."

In a physical game, the Griffs went up 6-2 early as Cavo scored all six of those points. Iona (16-10, 10-5) responded with an 8-1 run to take a three-point lead, getting 3-pointers from Lauren DeFalco and Thazina Cook during the run.

Iona pushed its lead to as much as eight in the first half, going ahead 35-27 after two free throws by Tiara Headen with 1:07 left in the half. Russell closed out the half with four points in the final 53 seconds to make it 35-31 at the intermission.

The Griffs opened the second half with a 7-2 run to re-take the lead on a 3-pointer by Cavo at 18:14. Canisius was ahead by as many as six after a layup by Brianna Lucas made it 44-38 with 15:42 left.

Iona then scored eight straight points to retake the lead at 46-44. The Gaels pushed it to a 10-point game on a jumper by Headen with
9:12 remaining to make the score 60-50.

The first of three important 3-pointers for the Gaels came from Catherine Lutz with 6:15 when the freshman nailed a 25-footer to make it 65-54.

Canisius then made its final run, scoring nine of the next 11 points to make the score 67-63 after two free throws by Micayla Drysdale with 2:23 remaining. DeFalco then made a 23-foot 3-pointer with 1:46 remaining to push the lead back to seven, but Radke responded with a 3-pointer of her own the next trip down the court to make it 70-66 with 1:30 left. The last of the 3-pointers came from DeFalco with 1:06 to make the score 73-66.

Headen led all players with 19 points while DeFalco had 18.

Cansius returns to the Koessler Athletic Center for its final homestand of the season, starting Friday night, when the Griffs host Rider. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

Game Notes: The Griffs extended their NCAA Division I record for consecutive games with a made 3-pointer to 416 games on a make by Cavo just over two minutes into the first half... The Griffs participated in their second “Think Pink” game of the season, having hosted one on Feb. 8, against Siena... The teams had seven jump balls in the opening 12 minutes... In the first half Canisius was in the bonus with 12:50 remaining but only had four free throws because of the penalty... Iona has won the last five in the series.

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Players Mentioned

#12 Amanda Cavo: G; 5' 9"; Junior

#23 Micayla Drysdale: G; 5' 9"; Freshman

#13 Brianna Lucas: G; 5' 8"; Sophomore

#32 Mere Mullins: F; 5' 11"; Senior

#35 Ellie Radke: F; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#1 Brittan? Russell: G; 5' 5"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#12 Amanda Cavo
: 5' 9"; Junior
: G

#23 Micayla Drysdale
: 5' 9"; Freshman
: G

#13 Brianna Lucas
: 5' 8"; Sophomore
: G

#32 Mere Mullins
: 5' 11"; Senior
: F

#35 Ellie Radke
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: F

#1 Brittan? Russell
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: G