RIVERDALE, N.Y. - Manhattan College shot 63 percent in the opening 20 minutes and forced 29 turnovers defeating the Canisius College women's basketball team 73-51 in the Draddy Gymnasium on Friday. The Golden Griffins fall to 8-8 overall and 2-3 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Freshman Kayla Hoohuli led Canisius with 13 points, going 4-for-6 on 3-pointers. Sophomore Jamie Ruttle and junior Ashley Wilkes each had nine points while junior Melissa Gardner had five rebounds in 16 minutes off the bench.

"We continue to struggle with coming out with an intensity necessary to win conference games," Canisius Terry Zeh said. "Give Manhattan credit, they got open looks and made their shots, but we didn't come out with the energy required to even have a chance at winning a road MAAC game."

Manhattan (9-8, 3-2 MAAC) came out and made six of its first seven shots, to jump out to a 15-4 lead just over four minutes into the game. The Jaspers stayed hot for the first half of the opening 20 minutes, also draining six of their first seven 3-pointers. Manhattan shot 63 percent in the first half, including 7-for-10 from behind the arc, and built a 45-24 halftime lead. Manhattan extended its lead to start the second half as Schyanne Halfkenny scored the opening nine points of the half for the Jaspers, with her last basket giving Manhattan a 54-24 lead.

Halfkenny led all players with 22 points, including 4-for-5 shooting on 3-pointers. Manhattan shot 54.3 percent for the game and 10-for-18 from behind the arc.

Canisius wraps up its weekend road trip on Sunday, when the Golden Griffins face Fairfield University. Game time at Alumni Hall is set for 1 p.m.

Notes: Canisius lost at Manhattan for the third consecutive season and lost to the Japsers for the fifth time overall... The game had a 11 a.m. tipoff and was part of the Kid's Day Out campaign with the MAAC... Canisius dropped its fifth consecutive MAAC road game... The 45 first-half points were the most allowed by the Griffs in the first half of a MAAC game since Marist scored 55 on Feb. 10, 2008... The 29 turnovers for Canisius were a season high and the most since they had 37 at Eastern Michigan on Dec. 11, 2010... Canisius shot 40 percent for the eighth consecutive game, matching the longest stretch in the program's Division I history.