Women's Basketball 2/13/2011 9:00:00 PM Canisius College Athletics

Women's Basketball Concludes Road Stretch At No. 25/24 Marist

Game No. 25: Canisius College (8-16, 4-9 MAAC) at Marist College (22-2, 13-0 MAAC)
Date: Monday, February 14, 2011
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Site: McCann Center — Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Video Broadcast: GoRedFoxes.com
Audio Broadcast: GoGriffs.com
Talent: Mike Scott (p-x-p)

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The Canisius College women's basketball team concludes its four-game road stretch at five-time defending league champion Marist on Monday night.
Canisius is playing a ranked team for the seventh time in program history and for the first time in conference play. It's the first matchup against a ranked team since Nov. 27, 2007, at No. 22 Notre Dame. Canisius has lost each of the previous six games.
Marist and Canisius are playing for the 11th time in the last four seasons, having met in the postseason each of the last three seasons.
In the last seven years, Canisius is the only team other than Marist to win the league's postseason tournament.
Canisius has the top two and four freshmen in the top 13 scoring in the league (Jamie Ruttle leads MAAC freshmen at 9.4) and three of the top five in rebounding.
In conference play, Ruttle is 15th in the MAAC in scoring (10.5). The next-highest ranking MAAC freshman in scoring in conference play is 25th.
Jen Morabito leads MAAC freshmen in 3-point field goals made (37) and is the eighth freshman in program history to make 30 or more 3-pointers in her freshman season.
Senior Micayla Drysdale is the MAAC's active leader in 3-point field goals (175) and is second in program history in 3-point field goal percentage (37.4).
Canisius has won two of its last three road games for the first time this season.
Canisius has held its opponent to 56 points or fewer in four of the last five games.
Monday's game is the second of three straight Canisius games that are part of the WBCA Pink Zone's initiative. The WBCA Pink Zone, in its fourth year, initiative is a global, unified effort for the WBCA's nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities and beyond.
Canisius holds the NCAA Division I record for consecutive games with a made 3-pointer, having made a 3-pointer in 509 consecutive games.

SCOUTING THE GRIFFS

Senior Micayla Drysdale ranks second in the Canisius career record books in 3-point field goal percentage at 37.4 percent. Drysdale has made two or more 3-pointers in 53 games in her career.
The Binbrook, Ontario native ranks fifth in program history with 175 career 3-point field goals and is also the MAAC's active leader in the category.
Drysdale has a 1.29 assist-turnover ratio in 67 career MAAC games.
In conference play, freshman Jamie Ruttle, a two-time MAAC Rookie of the Week, is tied for 15th in the MAAC in scoring (10.5) and has scored eight points in 12 of the last 14 games.
On the season, Ruttle is first among MAAC freshmen in scoring (9.4) and is tied for second in rebounding (4.8), averaging 6.1 rebounds in the last seven games.
Junior Steph MacDonald is shooting 47.6 percent on two-point shots in MAAC play this season and 53.5 percent inside the arc in her career against conference opponents.
MacDonald has at least one steal in 18 games, three or more assists in eight games, seven or more rebounds in eight games and 37 offensive rebounds in the last 15 games.
Freshman Jen Morabito, a two-time MAAC Rookie of the Week, ranks second among MAAC freshmen in scoring at 8.8 points per game and is first in 3-pointers made (38).
Morabito is fourth in the conference in 3-point field goal percentage (37.6), making at least one 3-pointer in 18 of 20 games and multiple 3-pointers in 10 games overall.
Morabito is averaging 12.4 points in her 10 starts, scoring double figures six times.
Sophomore Melissa Gardner has made nine starts on the season and is averaging 9.2 rebounds per 40 minutes.
Gardner is tied for 11th in the MAAC in blocked shots per game (0.8).
Sophomore Ashley Durham leads the Griffs in scoring (9.6), ranking 17th in the conference.
Durham is tied for sixth in assists per game (2.7) and has at least one steal in eight of the last 11 games (including seven steals in the last two games) and at least four rebounds in nine of the last 11 games.
Freshman Courtney VandeBovenkamp, a two-time MAAC Rookie of the Week, has five or more rebounds in 12 games on the season and is averaging 5.4 rebounds in the last 16 games.
In MAAC play, VandeBovenkamp ranks second among MAAC freshmen in rebounding (5.2).
Freshman Jen Lennox, one of two Griffs (along with MacDonald) to play in all 24 games this season, has six or more rebounds in four games.
Lennox is second among MAAC freshmen in blocks (21) and had a season-high four on Saturday.
Sophomore Allison Braun has appeared in 22 games, making three starts. Braun has committed one turnover in her last 70 minutes played.
Senior Tauralee Tenn is averaging 11.7 minutes in her last 10 appearances after averaging 7.1 minutes in her first seven appearances.
Senior Caitlin Krull is averaging 9.4 rebounds per 40 minutes.

MARIST SCOUT

Marist enters Monday's game with a 22-2 record, having won 18 straight games.
The Red Foxes have won 18 of their last 19 home games and haven't allowed more than 52 points in the last 12 games overall.
Senior Erica Allenspach leads the team and is tied for fourth in the conference at 13.2 points per game. Allenspach is also second in the MAAC in field goal percentage (49.5) and sixth in assists per game (2.7).
Junior Corielle Yarde is eighth in the MAAC in scoring (12.3) and leads the team in rebounding (5.2)
Ten Marist players average double-digit minutes while the Red Foxes have used the same starting lineup the entire season.
Marist ranked first in the country in fewest turnovers per game (10.9), fourth in scoring defense and 11th in free-throw percentage.
Marist leads the conference in 11 statistical categories, including defensive rebounding percentage (72.4), but ranks ninth in offensive rebounding percentage (29.9).
Brian Giorgis is in his ninth season at Marist and has a 216-64 career record. The Red Foxes have won six MAAC Championships and have won at least a share of seven-straight regular-season titles.

SERIES HISTORY VS. MARIST

Canisius and Marist are meeting for the 36th time overall, with the Red Foxes leading the series 22-13.
Marist has won 13 of the last 14 meetings between the teams.
Marist has won four of the last six years between the teams in Poughkeepsie, with the last Canisius win coming in a 68-60 win on Feb. 6, 2009, in front of a sold-out McCann Center.
Canisius and Marist have met in the postseason in three straight years and in five of the last seven years. The last Canisius postseason win came on March 6, 2005, a 60-59 win in the MAAC Championship game. Marist has eliminated Canisius in each of the last three years.

RECAP OF LAST MEETINGS

Marist held a 48-30 rebounding advantage, including 20 offensive rebounds, to defeat the Canisius College women's basketball team 59-40 in the Koessler Athletic Center on Kid's Day on Jan. 14.
In last year's meeting in the Poughkeepsie, Marist scored the final 13 points of the first half to break the game open en route to the 73-37 win.

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Players Mentioned

#15 Allison Braun: G; 5' 10"; Sophomore

#23 Micayla Drysdale: G; 5' 9"; Senior

#22 Ashley Durham: G; 5' 5"; Sophomore

#20 Melissa Gardner: F; 6' 0"; Sophomore

#24 Caitlin Krull: F; 6' 0"; Senior

#32 Jen Lennox: F; 6' 3"; Freshman

#5 Steph MacDonald: G; 5' 10"; Junior

#3 Jen Morabito: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#25 Jamie Ruttle: F; 6' 3"; Freshman

#11 Tauralee Tenn: G; 5' 9"; Senior

#33 Courtney VandeBovenkamp: F; 6' 1"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

#15 Allison Braun
: 5' 10"; Sophomore
: G

#23 Micayla Drysdale
: 5' 9"; Senior
: G

#22 Ashley Durham
: 5' 5"; Sophomore
: G

#20 Melissa Gardner
: 6' 0"; Sophomore
: F

#24 Caitlin Krull
: 6' 0"; Senior
: F

#32 Jen Lennox
: 6' 3"; Freshman
: F

#5 Steph MacDonald
: 5' 10"; Junior
: G

#3 Jen Morabito
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#25 Jamie Ruttle
: 6' 3"; Freshman
: F

#11 Tauralee Tenn
: 5' 9"; Senior
: G

#33 Courtney VandeBovenkamp
: 6' 1"; Freshman
: F