Getting 26 points and 15 rebounds from senior Kourtney Brown, scoring 42 points in the paint and holding the Canisius College women's basketball team to 31 percent from the field, the University at Buffalo defeated the Golden Griffins 79-50 in the Koessler Athletic Center on Wednesday night. The Golden Griffins fall to 2-3 on the season.

Freshman Jamie Ruttle led Canisius with nine points and eight rebounds in 25 minutes off the bench. Sophomore Ashley Durham had eight points and four assists while junior Steph MacDonald also had eight points.

"Buffalo played harder than us tonight and pretty much dominated the game," Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. "When we get back on our heels, we didn't play together as a unit. We struggled to run offense and didn't play solid defense."

Canisius took an early 7-6 lead on a 3-pointer from senior Micayla Drysdale. The Bulls then went on a 12-2 run during the next four and a half minutes to take an 18-9 lead. Buffalo extended its lead to as many as 12 points on a jumper from Kristen Sharkey to make the score 25-13. Canisius battled back to make it a two-point game at the half. The Griffs closed the half by scoring eight of the last nine points - including a 3-pointer from MacDonald and two layups from Ruttle to make it 30-28 at the half.

The Bulls scored the first five points of the second half to go up 35-28, but Canisius cut the lead to 36-33 on a layup from senior Caitlin Krull. The Bulls would score 11 straight points to break the game open as Canisius wouldn't get closer than 15 points the rest of the way.

Sharkey had 14 points in 14 minutes off the bench while Brittany Hedderson had 11 points and six rebounds. Ashley Zuber led all players with eight assists. Buffalo held a 50-38 edge in rebounding.

Canisius concludes its homestand on Saturday, when the Golden Griffins host Duquesne. Game time in the Koessler Athletic Center is set for 2 p.m.

Notes: Canisius extended its NCAA record of consecutive games with a 3-pointer to 490 games on a 3-pointer by Drysdale in the first half... The loss ended a seven-game winning streak for Canisius in the series... Drysdale played in her 100^th career game... Canisius shot a season-low 31.3 percent from the field... Buffalo shot 51.4 percent from the field in the second half... Krull set a career high with five points and played 17 minutes, the second-highest total of her career (21 vs. Siena on Jan. 31)... Freshman Jen Morabito played for the first time this season, scoring five points and shooting 1-for-3 from behind the arc in six minutes... The 28 points in the paint for Canisius were the most since the Griffs had 30 at Rider on Jan. 16... The 42 points in the paint scored by Buffalo were the most by a Canisius opponent since Notre Dame scored 50 on Nov. 27, 2007.