Game No. 13: Canisius College (6-6, 0-1 MAAC) at Marist College (6-6, 1-0 MAAC)
Date: Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012
Time: 7 p.m.
Site: McCann Arena (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.)
Video: GoRedFoxes.com/MAAC.TV
Audio: GoGriffs.com
         Mike Scott (p-x-p)

QUICK HITTERS

• The Canisius College women's basketball team concludes its conference-opening road trip at six-time defending league champion Marist College on Wednesday night.
• Canisius is playing Marist in the opening set of MAAC games for the third time in the last four years.
• Canisius and Marist have met in the MAAC Championship five times in the last eight years. The Golden Griffins (2005) are the only team besides Marist to win one of the last eight MAAC Championships.
• Canisius has handed Marist two of its four home conference losses during the last seven seasons, the only MAAC team to win twice in the McCann Arena during that span.
• Canisius leads the MAAC at 14.3 assists per game. The Griffs rank third in the country with an assist on 71.7 percent of their field goals. 
• Canisius has shot over 40 percent in each of the last four games, the longest streak since a stretch of six straight during the 2008-09 season.
• Sophomore Jamie Ruttle leads the team in scoring and rebounding, as the Burlington, Ontario native is averaging 14.5 points in the last six games.
• Junior Ashley Durham leads the MAAC in free-throw percentage (89.8) and has made 34 of her last 35 free throws. 
• Canisius sophomore Jen Morabito leads the MAAC in 3-point field goals made per game (2.4) and is second in the league in 3-point field goal percentage (42.6).
• In the last four games, Canisius is shooting 85.3 percent from the free-throw line and is shooting 78 percent from the free-throw line in the second half of games this season. The Griffs entered the week ranked 25th nationally in free-throw percentage.
• The 2011-12 Golden Griffin roster features zero seniors for the first time since the 2004-05 team. Every other roster in the MAAC features at least two seniors.

SCOUTING THE GRIFFS

• Sophomore Jamie Ruttle, the 2011 MAAC Rookie of the Year, leads Canisius in scoring (11.8) and rebounding (5.2). She has scored in double figures in five of the last six games and ranks seventh in the conference in field goal percentage and free-throw percentage.
• Sophomore Jen Morabito, a MAAC All-Rookie Team selection, has made 32 3-point field goals this season. Morabito has made three or more 3-pointers in six games and has scored in double figures a team-high eight times this season.
• Junior Allison Braun, the team's captain for the 2011-12 season, is shooting 50.0 percent from the field in the last nine games. Braun has at least five rebounds in six games and has at least one steal in 10 of the last 11 games.
• Junior Ashley Durham has 22 assists in the last four contests and is fifth in the MAAC in assists per game (4.0). Durham also ranks first in the conference in free-throw percentage (89.8) and has made 34 of her last 35 free throws.
• Freshman Kayla Hoohuli has 15 3-pointers in the last seven games (shooting 46.7 percent) after making three 3-pointers in the opening five games. Hoohuli has taken a team-high seven charges on the season and has started the last five games.
• Junior Ashley Wilkes has at least five rebounds in seven games this season and has recorded at least one steal in nine games. Wilkes leads the team with a 47.7 field goal percentage.
• Sophomore Courtney VandeBovenkamp has started each of the last four games, scoring a season-high 14 points against Albany and then setting a career-high with five blocks against Cornell.
• Sophomore Jen Lennox has scored six or more points in nine of the last 15 games. The 6-foot-3 forward has a block in 25 career games, including eight blocks in the last eight games.
• Junior Melissa Gardner has scored 15 points with 14 rebounds and three assists while shooting 9-for-11 from the free-throw line in the last eight games (61 total minutes). 
• Freshman Brooke Angelos is averaging 5.9 assists per 40 minutes.

MARIST SCOUT

• Marist is 6-6 on the season, after rallying from a double-digit second-half deficit to win 56-54 at Saint Peter's on Monday.
• Marist went 5-6 against a non-conference schedule featuring Villanova, Princeton, Auburn, St. Bonaventure and Kansas State.
• MAAC preseason Player of the Year Corielle Yarde leads Marist in scoring (14.8 points), rebounding (6.3) and assists (4.9). She also leads Marist with 16 blocks and 23 steals. 
• Senior Brandy Gang ranks second on the team at 10.4 points per game.
• Sophomore Leanne Ockenden leads the team with 21 made 3-pointers and is shooting 34.4 percent from behind the arc.
• Senior point guard Kristine Best, who started the first six games of the season, is out for the season with a knee injury.
• Marist is averaging 57.3 points per game. The Red Foxes are shooting 37.7 percent from the floor and 26.9 percent on 3-pointers. Marist has a -7.2 rebounding margin, a 63.6 defensive rebounding percentage and a 24.8 offensive rebounding percentage.
• Brian Giorgis is in his 10th season at Marist and has a 231-71 record. Giorgis has led the Red Foxes to eight straight MAAC regular-season titles and seven MAAC Championships.

SERIES HISTORY VS. MARIST

• Canisius and Marist are meeting for the 37th time, with the Red Foxes holding a 23-13 lead in the all-time series.
• Marist has won the last six meetings between the teams.
• The last Canisius win in the series came on Feb. 6, 2009, in a 68-60 win in front of a sold-out crowd at the McCann Center.
• Canisius and Marist have met in the postseason five times in the last eight MAAC Championships. Canisius defeated Marist 60-59 in the 2005 MAAC Championship in Buffalo, making the program's first appearance in the NCAA Tournament (Division I level).
• In the most recent meeting between the teams, Marist defeated Canisius 72-60 in the McCann Center (Feb. 14, 2011). Jamie Ruttle had a double-double with 12 points and 12 rebounds while Courtney VandeBovenkamp led Canisius with 14 points.