Marshal Filipowicz

Box Score

Manhattan MAN 11-14,8-8 MAAC

Canisius CAN 3-21,2-13 MAAC

Manhattan MAN

11-14,8-8 MAAC

Final

Feb. 20, 2020

Canisius CAN

3-21,2-13 MAAC

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Manhattan MAN	19	11	18	15	63
Canisius CAN	8	22	15	11	56

Game Recap: Women's Basketball | 2/20/2020 10:05:00 PM

Manhattan Outlasts Women's Basketball, 63-56

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Courtney Warley scored a game-high 23 points and grabbed nine rebounds to help Manhattan (11-14, 8-8 MAAC) hold on to a 63-56 win over Canisius in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's basketball action Thursday night in the Koessler Athletic Center in downtown Buffalo, N.Y.

Julie Høier added 16 points and seven boards in the Jaspers' winning effort, followed by 12 points and four assists from Emily LaPointe. Despite going 1-for-13 from 3-point range the Jaspers finished the contest 25-for-56 from the field, for a field goal percentage of 44.6 percent. Manhattan went 12-for-13 from the line and scored 40 points in the paint. The Jaspers won the rebound battle, 36-33.

The Blue and Gold (3-21, 2-13 MAAC) was led by seniors AJ Timbers and D'Jhai Patterson-Ricks who tallied 16 and 14 points, respectively. Timbers went 5-for-8 from 3-point range and Patterson-Ricks finished the game 6-for-18 from the field. Fellow senior, Anna Sweny scored eight points to go with 10 rebounds and two steals, while junior Danielle Sanderlin collected a game-high 11 rebounds. Canisius finished the game shooting 36.1 percent from the field, including a 38.5 percent mark from the perimeter.

Manhattan started the game with an 8-0 spurt before freshman Shaunae Brown connected on a 3-pointer from the wing to put the Griffs on the board. The Jaspers would go on to outscore Canisius 11-6 in the final 5:18 of the frame to take a 19-8 lead into the second quarter.

The Blue and Gold offense found its stride in the second frame, clawing it's way back into the game and erasing the 11-point Manhattan advantage. Canisius took its first lead of the contest at the 4:59 mark of the second quarter when Sweny drove past the Jasper defense and sunk the layup. The Griffs and Jaspers would go into halftime tied at 30 after Warley made two at the line before to end of the half.

Manhattan would regain control in the third quarter but Canisius would once again battle back, this time from six-down to tie the game at, 44-44, on a 3-pointer from Patterson-Ricks. Following the media timeout in the third quarter, Høier would connect on a pair of layups to give Manhattan a 48-45 lead heading into the final 10 minutes of the contest.

That three-point lead would grow to as much as nine points in the final stanza, helping the Jaspers hold on to win the game by a final score of, 63-56.

Head Coach Scott Hemer's Postgame Comments
"I was proud of the team tonight for the way they responded in the second quarter, I thought early (Manhattan) were able to take advantage of their size and do some different things that hurt us a little bit and it would have been easy for us to feel sorry for ourselves; but we responded big time in the second quarter to get back into the game and tie it up at halftime. I thought twice in the second half when Manhattan made runs we bounced back and found ways to be resilient."

"Although there were a lot of things that weren't perfect tonight, for 40-minutes they showed some character."

Game Notes
• Thursday marked the 64th meeting between Canisius and Manhattan. The Griffs fall to 35-29 in the all-time series.
• Timbers has now led the Griffs in scoring on two occasions this season while tallying more than 15 points in five different games.
• Sweny matched her career-high 10 rebounds. It was the third time in the Erie, Pa., products career that she recorded double-digit caroms.
• Patterson-Ricks reached double figures for the 20th time this season and 40th time as a Golden Griffin. The senior also had six assists, which matches her season-high that she set at Manhattan on Jan. 2.
• Sanderlin's 11 board performance was the eighth such game this season that the forward grabbed 10 or more rebounds. She now has 13 double-digit rebounding nights in her career.

Up Next
Canisius will complete its season series with Monmouth when it hosts the Hawks this Saturday at 2 p.m. The game will be broadcasted live on ESPN3. The Griffs defeated Monmouth earlier this season by a final score of, 71-62.

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