Brooklyn, N.Y. - Canisius senior guard Frank Turner scored a career-high 27 points, while teammates Greg Logins and Julius Coles added 13 and 11 points apiece in the Golden Griffins' 79-69 win over St. Francis (NY) in the Pope Center Saturday afternoon. The win is the first of the year for the Griffs, while the host Terriers slipped to 0-3 with the loss.

Turner scored his career-high 27 points after he went 9-for-11 from the field and 9-for-11 from the free-throw line in 36 minutes of action. Turner also added seven assists, six steals and four steals in the win, the team's first road win in the month of November since 2006-07 season.

Logins and Coles were forced to the bench early in the first half with foul trouble, but were able to overcome to finish with double-digit points in the scoring column. Junior Tomas Vazquez-Simmons came off the bench to pull down 10 rebounds to go with three blocks while freshmen Alshwan Hymes and Reggie Groves added seven and six points, respectively.

Canisius came out in the second half and locked down the Terrier offense, allowing the host squad to shoot 34.4 percent over the final 20 minutes, thanks in large part to a relentless amount of ball pressure that forced 19 St. Francis (NY) turnovers, 10 of those coming in the second stanza.

"It wasn't perfect, but the guys realized that the intensity from practice needs to carry over to the games and we did that today," head coach Tom Parrotta said. "They knew they had to bring that defensive attitude today to be successful, and we did a real good job of sticking to our principals as well."

The Blue and Gold broke the game open with an 8-3 run over a span of 3:13, with Turner scoring six of the Griffs' eight points during the stretch, as Canisius posted a 54-43 lead with 12:22 left on the clock. Canisius' margin hovered between 10-12 points for most of the second half, but down the stretch, the Terriers made a run and cut the score to 67-58 with 3:54 left in the contest. Canisius was able to keep the Terriers at bay down the stretch with quality free-throw shooting, knocking down 9-of-11 tosses from the charity stripe in the final 90 seconds of the game.

For St. Francis (NY), Ricky Cadell scored a team-high 22 points while teammate Akeem Bennett added 21 points and six boards in the loss.

The Griffs will return to action Tuesday, Nov. 24, when the team meets cross-town rival Buffalo in Alumni Arena. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m.

Game Notes:  The Griffs and Terriers met for the first time since Dec. 17, 1983... Canisius is now 6-3 all-time against St. Francis (NY)... Turner's previous career-high was 26, which he scored Feb. 1, 2008 against Fairfield at home... Turner now has 10-plus points in 21-straight games, a streak that covers the entire 2009 calendar year... Turner moved into 13th place on the school's all-time scoring list and he is now just three points shy of passing former Griff Ed Book for 12th all-time with 1,317 career points... Vazquez-Simmons moved to fourth on the school's all-time blocks list with 142... He's three blocks shy of passing former Canisius forward Darnell Wilson for third all-time... Logins added seven rebounds to his 13 points and needs two more boards for 400 in his career... Robert Goldsberry drew two charge calls in the win.