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Marshal Filipowicz
46
Vermont UVM 4-7
67
Winner Canisius CAN 2-9
Vermont UVM
4-7
46
Final
67
Canisius CAN
2-9
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Vermont UVM 16 8 11 11 46
Canisius CAN 14 18 14 21 67

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball Rolls Past Vermont, 67-46

Game Recap
Canisius closed out conference play with a, 67-46, victory over Vermont, Friday afternoon. Sophomore Danielle Sanderlin scored a game-high 17 points for the Golden Griffins in her first game since Nov. 13, at St. Bonaventure. Canisius improves to 2-9 on the season, while Vermont falls to 4-7.
 
Canisius had three players put up double-digits in the scoring column, led by Sanderlin's 17 points on 7-of-8 shooting. Junior Anna Sweny and senior Sara Hinriksdottir scored 11 and 10 points, respectively. Hinriksdottir grabbed a game-high nine caroms, followed by Sanderlin with six and Sweny with five. Senior Maria Welch and sophomore Anndea Zeigler added seven points each for the Blue and Gold. As a team, Canisius shot 38.5 percent from the floor (25-65), and 38.9 percent from the perimeter (7-18). The Griffs out-rebounded the Catamounts, 38-32, and forced 22 turnovers.
 
Vermont had two players record 10 or more points in the game, led by junior Hanna Crymble, with 12 points, as well as senior Candice Wright, who tallied 11 points, eight blocks and six rebounds for the Catamounts. For the game, Vermont hit on 36.4 percent of its field goal attempts and just 11.1 percent of its 3-point shots.
 
Canisius took the lead, 21-18, after Sweny made her first 3-point field goal of the game with 6:54 on the clock. From there, the Griffs closed the half on a 14-6 run. During that run, Sweny tacked on another 3-pointer to help the Griffs build a 32-24 lead heading into the intermission.
 
In the second half, Canisius continued to heat up on the offensive end, building its lead to, 44-33, after an 8-3 run that was capped off by a Hinriksdottir jumper just outside the paint. In the final frame, Vermont would get as close as nine, 46-37, after freshman Asha Scott finished on a fast-break layup with 9:23 remaining. The Griffs would score the games next seven points to take a commanding 55-38 lead. Canisius iced the game on back-to-back 3-pointers from senior Zhane Irby and freshman Jillian Licurgo.
  
Head Coach Scott Hemer's Postgame Comment
"I thought we had good energy for 40 minutes and I thought the team did a nice job executing the game plan. There were some things we thought we could take advantage of with them, and that we had to be careful of on the defensive side because of our lack of size. I thought both ways, offensively and defensively we did a great job with the game plan to get the win."
 
Game Notes
• Friday afternoon's game against Vermont was the sixth all-time meeting between the two schools. Canisius has now won two of the last three and is 2-4 overall.
• The 21-point victory was the Griffs first 20-point win over a non-conference opponent since Nov. 25, 2015, when Canisius beat Binghamton, 80-50.
• Canisius' 28 points off turnovers is the most this season.
• With her fifth rebound in the game Hinriksdottir recorded her 500th career board. The Keflavik, Iceland, product now sits 21st all-time with 504.
• Sweny's 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting set a new career-high for the Erie, Pa., native.
• Licurgo's 3-pointer in the final minute of the game was her first of her career.

Up Next
Canisius will take a break for the Holiday's before returning for its first MAAC game of the 2018-19 season on Jan. 3, against Manhattan. The game is the Griffs annual Kids Day game, presented by Independent Health, with tip set for 11 a.m. on ESPN3.
 
 
 
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