SCOUTING THE GRIFFS
• Hinriksdottir continues to be the team's most productive point producer, as she is averaging 12.8 points per game and 5.4 rebounds per contest.
• Margret Halfdanardottir is next on the scoring list, posting 8.5 points per game, while Maria Welch is also hovering around the double-digit plateau, averaging 8.2. 
• Canisius is averaging 54.7 points per game and is allowing 66.6 for a -11.9 scoring margin.
• The team is shooting 36.0 percent from the field, while opponents are limited to 38.6.
• As a team the Griffs have averaged 37.0 boards per game and opponents are taking down 41.1.
• The Griffs are averaging 17.9 turnovers per contest, while opponents are giving it away 12.8 times per game. 

MANHATTAN SCOUT
• Manhattan comes into the contest with a 4-9 record, and a 1-1 MAAC mark.
• The Jaspers' lone MAAC win came against Saint Peter's to open the conference slate, while the team fell against Quinnipic on Dec. 31. 
• The Jaspers have two players averaging double-figures with sophomore Kayla Grimme pacing the team with 15.6 points per game, while Amani Tatum is averaging 12.2 points per contest.
• Grimme also leads the team in rebounds with 7.5 boards per game.
• Tatum paces the team in assists, posting a mark of 4.3 helpers per contest.
• As a team the Jaspers are averaging 60.1 points per contest, while opponents are scoring at 65.3 point per game clip.
• Manhattan has gone toe-to-toe with opponents in the battle for the glass, taking down 34.1 rebounds per game, while opponents are coming down with 34.3 boards per contest.
• The Jaspers also have done a decent job protecting the basketball holding a -0.8 turnover margin, giving it away 15.8 while opponents are turning it over 15.1 times per game.

SERIES HISTORY VS. MANHATTAN
• The Griffs come into this contest holding a 33-27 lead over the Jaspers in the all-time series history. 
• Home court has been an advantage for both teams as the Griffs lead at the KAC, 21-7 while the Jaspers hold a 16-11 lead at Draddy Gymnasium. 
• In tournament play, Manhattan has gotten the best of the Blue and Gold, holding a 4-1 lead, with the only recent MAAC game coming in 2005, as a Zeh-led squad won 60-54.
• In the last 10 games against Manhattan, the Blue and Gold hold a 6-4 advantage and ride high on a three-game winning streak dating back to Feb. 19, 2016. 
• The team has also won five of the last six contests against the Jaspers. 

GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES
• As Canisius continues its search for its full-time point guard and tinkers with its lineup, one player has come to the forefront but for a different reason than might think.
• Sophomore Anna Sweny has pushed her way into the lineup, not necessarily for her offensive prowess but because of her tenacious defense.
• The 5-foot-6 point guard, tied for the shortest player on the team with freshman Olivia Vernon, however is third on the team in rebounding, averaging 4.6 rebounds per game. 
• Against Oakland she tallied a career-best 10, and followed that effort up with six against Miami.
• So far this season, she has tallied five-or-more rebounds sevn times from the guard position. 
• She has also averaged 5.6 rebounds over her last eight games, the most of any Golden Griffin in that span.
• She has led the team in rebounding from the point guard position, four times this season. 

THE THREE AMIGOS
• Canisius offense has been led by three players for a majority of the season with Sara Hinriksdottir, Margret Halfdanardottir and Maria Welch, all ranking in the top three on the team in offense.
• Between last year and this year, one of the trio of Hinriksdottir, Halfdanardottir or Welch, has led the team in points in a game in 39 of  the last 44 contests. 
• That means 88 percent of the time through the last 44 games, that one of the trio has been the leading scorer for the Griffs.