Game No. 25
Canisius (11-13, 6-7 MAAC) at Saint Peter's (13-10, 8-5 MAAC)
Date: Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010
Time: Noon
Place: Yanitelli Center - Jersey City, N.J.
TV: MAAC-TV (MSG, FSC-Atlantic, MASN, ESPN Full Court)
Talent: Doug Sherman (p-x-p) and Rob Kennedy (color)
Audio: Golden Griffin Broadcast Network
Talent: Jay Moran (p-x-p) and Dave Schofield (color)
Internet Video: ESPN360.com

GRIFFS LOOK TO END SKID AT SAINT PETER'S

• The Canisius College men's basketball team returns to action today at Saint Peter's just  41 hours after playing at Niagara Friday night.
• The Golden Griffins are 11-13 overall and 6-7 in the MAAC after losing to the Purple Eagles by a score of 66-54 in the Gallagher Center.
• In its last three losses, Canisius is averaging 54 points per game while shooting 35.2 percent from the field, dating back to the home loss to Saint Peter's Jan. 24.

FAST BREAK POINTS

• Canisius has matched its win total for the entire 2008-09 season.
• The Griffs have equaled their conference win total for the previous two seasons combined.
• This will be the Griffs' third road game in the last seven days.
• This also marks the third-straight season the Griffs have played on Super Bowl Sunday.
• Since 1967, the Canisius men's basketball team has played on Super Bowl Sunday a total of seven previous times, with the team holding a 2-5 record in those contests.
• In five of the previous seven occasions where the Griffs have played on Super Bowl Sunday, the AFC team has gone on to win the big game.
• The Griffs will be without the services of freshman guard Alshwan Hymes, who underwent arthroscopic knee surgery Feb. 3. He will miss about two weeks.
• Senior guard Frank Turner became the school's all-time assists leader with his game-high eight helpers at Niagara Friday night.
• Turner comes into this afternoon's contest with 558 career assists, and his 5.2 helpers per game ranks third-best in the conference.
• His team-best eight assists Friday marked the 74th time in his career he's led the Blue and Gold in assists for a game.
• Junior forward Tomas Vazquez-Simmons had one blocked shot at Niagara Friday and now stands as Canisius all-time blocked shot leader with 184 career swats.
• Vazquez-Simmons recorded his second double-double of the season and the fourth of his career when he was credited with 10 points and 11 boards against the Purple Eagles Friday night.

ABOUT THE PEACOCKS

• Saint Peter's enters today's game with a 13-10 overall record and an 8-5 mark in MAAC play.
• The Peacocks fell to Fairfield Friday night by a score of 59-46.
• Saint Peter's is 6-4 at home this season and 4-2 in MAAC home contests.
• Saint Peter's ranks 14th in the nation in scoring defense (59.5 ppg) and seventh in the country in field goal percentage defense (37.4 percent).
• The Peacocks are averaging 61.4 points per game as a team, which ranks ninth in the MAAC. SPC has scored more than 65 points just eight times this year.
• Guard Wesley Jenkins leads Saint Peter's on offense with 13.8 points per game, which ranks 15th in the league.
• Nick Leon is chipping in 12.8 points per game. Jenkins and Leon have combined to hit 77 of Saint Peter's 111 3-point field goals this year.
• Forward Ryan Bacon is averaging 10.3 points and 9.2 rebounds per game. He is one of four players in the conference to average more than nine boards per outing this season.

CANISIUS - SAINT PETER'S SERIES

• This will be the 63rd all-time meeting between these two Jesuit schools, with Canisius holding a 35-27 lead in the series.
• Saint Peter's extended its winning streak to five straight over Canisius Jan. 24, with a 68-55 win in Buffalo
• The Griffs are 17-11 all-time against Saint Peter's in road games.
• Canisius won the first 12 games between these two schools through 1975 by an average margin of 11.5 points per game.