OLEAN — Owning a 47-25 edge in rebounding, making 80 percent of its free throws and going 8-for-14 from behind the arc, St. Bonaventure defeated the Canisius College women's basketball team 74-41 at the Reilly Center on Tuesday night. The Golden Griffins have dropped three straight and fall to 2-5 overall.

Freshman Jen Lennox led Canisius with eight points while junior Steph MacDonald had six points, nine rebounds and four assists. Freshman Jen Morabito had six points in a team-high 32 minutes while Courtney VandeBovenkamp and Melissa Gardner each had five points.

"For the third straight game, we're continuing to get outhustled and not guarding well enough defensively," Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. "We need to make a change in those aspects of our game to have a chance at winning a game."

Canisius took an early 4-0 lead on a baseline jumper Lennox and hook shot from freshman Jamie Ruttle. The Bonnies took the lead by scoring nine straight points, but Canisius would tie the game at 14-14 on a layup from Melissa Gardner. After a Ruttle jump shot made it 17-16 in favor of St. Bonaventure with 10:20 left, the Griffs would only make two field goals the rest of the half as the Bonnies opened up a 15-point halftime lead. St. Bonaventure went 13-for-14 in the first half from the free-throw line and also used three 3-pointers from Cara Gustafson to build the double-digit lead.

St. Bonaventure (6-3) extended its lead 49-30 early in the half as the Bonnies made four of their first five shots, including two three pointers from Jessica Jenkins. The Griffs would hold St. Bonaventure without a field goal for just over six minutes, but the Bonnies held Canisius to one field goal in the final 11 minutes of the game.

Megan Van Tatenhove led St. Bonaventure with 14 points as four Bonnies reached double figures on the night. Gustafson and Armelia Horton each had 11 points while Alaina Walker had 10 points and eight rebounds.

Canisius continues its four-game road stretch on Saturday, when the Golden Griffins play at Eastern Michigan University. Tipoff in Ypsilanti, Mich. is set for 4:30 p.m.