AMHERST, N.Y. - The University at Buffalo used a 14-2 run spanning the end of the first half and beginning of the second half to take control en route to defeating the Canisius College men's basketball team 94-59 at Alumni Arena on Tuesday night. Canisius falls to 1-3 on the season.

Junior Gaby Belardo led Canisius with 14 points while sophomore Reggie Groves had 11 points, as the duo combined to make five 3-pointers on the night. Junior Harold Washington scored 10 points, all coming in the second half while junior Alshawn Hymes chipped in 10 points as well.

"I thought once we got down, it seemed like we were running in mud," Canisius head coach Tom Parrotta said. "We need to get back to the drawing board and get consistent performances from guys that are on the floor for a majority of the minutes. It starts with me. We have to work harder and we need to use this as a learning experience. I give a lot of credit to UB tonight because they came in and put it to us pretty good."

Canisius built an early 15-10 lead after an 8-2 run that featured a banked 3-pointer from the right wing by Groves and five straight points from Belardo. The Bulls responded with 11 straight points, holding Canisius without a basket for three and a half minutes until a putback from freshman Josiah Heath cut the Buffalo cushion to 21-17.

After a baseline jumper from Heath knocked the Buffalo lead to 27-22, the Bulls got two free throws and a dunk from Mitchell Watt to go up 31-22. A jumper from Groves trimmed the Buffalo lead back to seven, but another basket from Watt let the host Bulls regain a nine-point lead. Canisius then used a jumper from Belardo and 3-pointer from Groves to make it 33-29 with 2:34 left in the half. Buffalo would hold Canisius without a basket for the rest of the half and sent the teams into the locker room with Buffalo holding a 39-29 advantage.

Buffalo (3-1) carried that run to the second half, jumping out to a 45-31 margin on the 3-pointer from the right wing from Zach Filzen. Out of a timeout, Canisius attempted to pick up the tempo and got five quick points - a 3-pointer from Belardo and a jumper from Washington - to cut the Buffalo lead to 45-36.

Buffalo pushed its hold back into double digits and used a layup from Tony Watson put the Bulls up 53-39. Canisius then got a jumper from Hymes, another 3-pointer from Belardo and a layup from freshman Franklin Milian to get the lead back down to nine, 55-46, with 12:27 left. Canisius could never get the lead under nine points as Buffalo went on a 7-0 run - including a 3-pointer from Filzen and dunk from Watt - to go up 62-46 midway through the second half and break the game open.

Five Buffalo players reached double figures, led by 19 points from Filzen. Watt had 16 points and four blocks while Titus Robinson and Watson each scored 13 points. Buffalo shot 52.5 percent from the field and 25-for-31 from the free-throw line while holding a 43-25 edge on the boards.

Canisius returns to the court on Friday, Dec. 2, when the Golden Griffins host Iona in the home opener and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener. Tipoff in the Koeslser Athletic Center is set for 7 p.m. on Pack the KAC night.

Game Notes:  Washington is the first Canisius player since Darrell Barley and Micheal Meeks in 1992-93 to score double figures in each of their first four games as Golden Griffins... Heath made his first collegiate start... Groves made the third start of his career and first since Dec. 6, 2009, against Manhattan... Groves has scored in double figures in back-to-back games for the second time in his career (Nov. 20 and 23, 2010, also the third and fourth games of the season)... Buffalo has won seven of the last eight meetings between the schools... Canisius now holds a 29-15 advantage in the all-time series with the Bulls... Tuesday's game was just the third time in the last 13 meetings the final margin was more than six points... Canisius failed to score 70 points for the first time this season.