POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. ­- A seven-minute scoreless drought spanning the first and second halves proved to be the difference as the Canisius College women's basketball team lost 72-60 at No. 24 Marist in the McCann Center on Monday night. The Golden Griffins fall to 8-17 overall and 4-10 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Freshman Jamie Ruttle had her first career double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Senior Micayla Drysdale had 13 points and five rebounds, shooting 3-for-6 from behind the arc. Freshman Courtney VandeBovenkamp led Canisius with 14 points and seven rebounds in 27 minutes off the bench.

"Marist has an ability to break games open quickly, and we saw that today. It takes 40 minutes to have a chance to defeat the top team in the conference," Canisius coach Terry Zeh said. "I'm proud of the way our team battled throughout the entire game, but it wasn't good enough."

Marist jumped out to a 22-12 lead midway through the first half after Leanne Ockenden's second 3-pointer of the half. Kate Oliver scored three of the Red Foxes' first four baskets and was one of three Red Foxes with six points in the first half. Canisius would work its way back into the game with a 12-3 run, including a stretch of five consecutive made shots. Freshman Jen Lennox made a couple of jumpers, and the Griffs got 3-pointers from VandeBovenkamp and Drysdale to get within one at 25-24. Another 3-pointer from VandeBovenkamp made it 29-27 in favor of Marist, but the Griffs wouldn't score during the final two and a half minutes. Canisius had turnovers on consecutive possessions with the deficit still at two points, and the Red Foxes scored the final six points of the half.

Marist extended its lead to 41-27 as the Griffs went without a basket for a combined span of nearly seven minutes. The Red Foxes would push their lead to as many as 15 points on two occasions. The Griffs battled back into the game, with a 3-pointer from sophomore Ashley Durham making the score 56-48. Canisius got a stop on the defensive end, and a 3-pointer from the corner from Steph MacDonald rattled in and out. The Griffs would get two more defensive stops, but Erica Allenspach jumped a passing lane and made a breakaway layup to push the Marist lead to 10 points. Canisius would cut the lead to single digits on two more occasions, but Corielle Yarde drained two 3-pointers, including a banked-in trey, to put the game away.

Allenspach led Marist (23-2, 14-0 MAAC) with 17 points to go along with seven assists and zero turnovers. Yarde had 12 points while Oliver had 11 and Brandy Gang scored 10 points.

Canisius starts its three-game homestand on Friday, when the Golden Griffins host Iona College. Game time in the Koessler Athletic Center is set for 7 p.m. and is a part of the WBCA Pink Zone initiative.

Notes: Canisius extended its NCAA record of consecutive games with a 3-pointer to 510 games on a 3-pointer by Drysdale early in the first half... Canisius played a ranked team for the seventh time in program history and for the first time in conference play... VandeBovenkamp scored in double figures for the third time this season and first time since scoring 19 against Bowling Green on Dec. 21... Drysdale is now averaging 11.5 points in the last four games... Marist has won the last six games between the teams and two of the last three in the McCann Center... Ruttle's double-double is also the first of the season by a Golden Griffin.