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AJ Timbers shoots a three pointer vs. Saint Peter's at the KAC on Jan. 25, 2020
Marshal Filipowicz
86
Winner Saint Peter's SPU 5-12,2-6 MAAC
68
Canisius CAN 2-15,1-7 MAAC
Winner
Saint Peter's SPU
5-12,2-6 MAAC
86
Final
68
Canisius CAN
2-15,1-7 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Saint Peter's SPU 24 23 24 15 86
Canisius CAN 16 12 26 14 68

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Peacocks Hot Shooting Leads to Win Over Women's Basketball

Game Recap
Saint Peter's (5-12, 2-6 MAAC) matched a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference record with 16 made 3-pointers en route to an 86-68 win over Canisius Saturday afternoon in women's basketball action in the Koessler Athletic Center in downtown Buffalo. 
 
Kendrea Williams made six of her 10 3-point attempts to score a game-high 22 points, followed by Gabrielle Harris, who finished with 20 points off the bench in the win. Taiah Thompson added 13 points, five assists and seven rebounds for the Peacocks. Saint Peter's finished the contest shooting 51.6 percent from the floor, including a 57.1 percent mark from the perimeter. The visitors scored 34 points off of 26 Canisius turnovers and had 35 points from their reserves. 
 
Canisius (2-15, 1-7 MAAC) had four players reach double figures, led by redshirt-senior AJ Timbers who finished the game with 15 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Senior Anna Sweny matched her career-high 12 points with four 3-pointers, followed by fellow upperclassman Tiana Pugh who added 11 points and nine rebounds in the loss. Senior D'Jhai Patterson-Ricks reached the double-digit mark with 10 made free throws. As a team, the Golden Griffins shot 39.2 percent from the field and 42.1 percent from 3-point land. 
 
Saint Peter's took control of the game at the 3:22 mark of the first quarter when a jumper in the lane from Wil'lisha Jackson gave the Peacocks an 12-11 lead. From there, Saint Peter's would go on to outscore Canisius 35-17 in the remainder of the first half curtsey of 11 made 3-point field goals in the first 20 minutes of action to give the visiting team a 47-28 advantage at the break.
 
The Blue and Gold would adjust in the third quarter, shrinking the Peacocks lead to as low as 13-points, 61-48, following two made free throws by Patterson-Ricks at the 2:03 mark. The Griffs remained 13-points shy of tying Saint Peter's with just two minutes gone in the fourth and final quarter when the Peacocks scored seven unanswered points to go up by 20, 80-60. The two teams would trade baskets in the final four minutes of action, bringing the game to its 86-68 final. 
 
Head Coach Scott Hemer's Postgame Comments
"You cannot pick and choose when you want to play and unfortunately, we choose, in the first half to go through the motions. In the second half, we did better on both ends of the floor but it was too little too late."

"When you come out and you're not paying attention to details, and not focused on what the game plan is, if you flat out aren't showing any love for playing a sport it's reflected by turning the ball over 26 times." 
 
Game Notes
• Saturday's loss ends Canisius 13-game win streak over Saint Peter's and moves the Blue and Gold to 33-32 all-time against the Peacocks. 
• Saint Peter's 16 made 3-pointers matches a Koessler Athletic Center women's basketball record that was set by Marist on Feb. 10, 2008.
• Canisius outrebounded the Peacocks, 40-23 and went 20-for-22 at the line. 
• Sweny connected on a career-high four 3-pointers.
• Timbers finished with 15 points for the third time in the last five games. The Philadelphia, Pa., product has now scored 10 or more points nine times as a Golden Griffin.
 
Up Next
It is a quick turnaround for the women's basketball program as they head north the take on "Battle of the Bridge" rival Niagara Monday at 7 p.m. The game can be streamed live on ESPN3.
  
 
 
 
 
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