Five Things to Know: Women’s Basketball to Renew Rivalry with St. Bonaventure

Game No. 3
Canisius (0-2) at St. Bonaventure (2-1)
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 17
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Olean, N.Y. | Reilly Center
Broadcast: ESPN+
Talent: Ryan Bowlin (play-by-play) and Erik Stauderman (analyst)
Live Stats: Via GoBonnies.com
Twitter: @GriffsWBB | #Griffs | #MAACHoops
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FIVE THINGS TO KNOW

1. Opening Tip
Canisius concludes its three-game Empire State road trip Wednesday with a meeting against Big Four rival St. Bonaventure. Tipoff from the Reilly Center in Olean is scheduled for 6 p.m.

2. Series History
Canisius and St. Bonaventure are meeting for the 53rd time this evening, the most games against any non-conference opponent.

St. Bonaventure has a slight 27-25 advantage in the series, despite Canisius having won three of the last four contests.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the two schools did not play during the 2020-21 season, snapping a 16-year streak of playing each other. It was the first time the two schools did not play since the 2003-04 season.

3. Two Years to the Day…
Two years ago, in the last meeting between the two Western New York rivals, Canisius rallied from an 11-point deficit with 4:49 remaining to defeat the Bonnies, 84-82, at the Koessler Athletic Center.

Then-senior D'Jhai Patterson-Ricks poured in a career-high 27 points to lead the Griffs to their comeback victory.

Patterson-Ricks stole the ball from St. Bonaventure with 16 seconds remaining, running down the floor and netting the game-winning layup. Canisius then forced a three-pointer that the Bonnies missed which resulted in a Tiana Pugh free throw to close out the contest.

4. Haskell's Career Day
Sophomore guard Dani Haskell scored a career-high 25 points in Saturday's loss at Binghamton. The 25 points scored is tied for the most points scored by a player in the MAAC this season, tying Marist's Kiara Fisher.

Haskell's 25-point performance was Canisius' first such game since Danielle Sanderlin netted 30 points in Feb. 2020 against Saint Peter's.

Should Haskell eclipse the 20-point threshold Wednesday, she would be the first player to record back-to-back 20-point games for the Griffs since D'Jhai Patterson-Ricks (1/18/20 at Quinnipiac — 23; 1/23/20 at Rider — 25).

No Canisius player has scored 25-plus points in back-to-back games since Jénel Stevens logged three consecutive 25-plus-point games (1/19/03 vs. Iona — 25; 1/21/03 at Niagara — 36; 1/24/03 at Marist — 25).

5. We've Been Everywhere
Wednesday concludes the Griffs' seven-game road trip, which began after the team's pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season ended on a four-game road swing.

Canisius' seven consecutive games away from the Koessler Athletic Center is tied for the ninth-longest road trip in program history. It is the longest streak of consecutive games away from home since playing eight straight road or neutral site contests spanning the 2008-09 (last three games) and 2009-10 (first five games) campaigns.

The team's home opener this Saturday (Nov. 20) will be the first home game in nearly a full calendar year (349 days), since hosting crosstown rival Buffalo on Dec. 6, 2020 to open the 2020-21 season. It will also mark the first game Canisius will play in front of fans at the Koessler Athletic Center in 623 days (March 7, 2020 vs. Quinnipiac).

For complete coverage of Canisius women's basketball, follow the Griffs on social media at @GriffsWBB on Instagram and Twitter.

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Players Mentioned

#14 Dani Haskell: G; 5' 6"; Sophomore

Players Mentioned

#14 Dani Haskell
: 5' 6"; Sophomore
: G

Players Mentioned

#14 Dani Haskell

Players Mentioned

#14 Dani Haskell