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Giana Hernandez-Boulden fights to pull the ball away from a Colgate player on Nov. 22, 2022
Colgate University Athletic Department
64
Winner Canisius Canis 2-3,0-0 MAAC
58
Colgate Colg 3-2,0-0 Patriot
Winner
Canisius Canis
2-3,0-0 MAAC
64
Final
58
Colgate Colg
3-2,0-0 Patriot
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Canisius Canis 19 11 16 18 64
Colgate Colg 8 19 16 15 58

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball Downs Colgate in Wire-to-Wire Victory

Junior guard Dani Haskell poured in a season-high 20 points and freshman forward Sisi Eleko chipped in 12 as Canisius defeated Colgate, 64-58, in collegiate women's basketball action Tuesday at Cotterill Court in Hamilton, N.Y.
 
Leading the charge offensively for the Golden Griffins (2-3) was Haskell, who notched ten of her 20 points in the first quarter, while Eleko made her first six shots of the contest on her way to double figures for the third time in her young career. On the glass, guards Vannessa Garrelts and Athina Lexa each were tied for the team lead in rebounds with seven. Garrelts was also distributing the ball as well, totaling six assists in the contest to match her career high in that category. 
 
Taylor Golembiewski had a team-best 18 points for the Raiders (3-2) with her teammate Morgan McMahon right behind with 16. Tiasia McMillian collected six rebounds during the contest. As a team, Colgate only shot 18-of-52 (.346) from the floor, including a 5-of-18 (.278) from beyond the arc.
 
The Griffs had their best quarter of the season in first, limiting Colgate to just eight points as they raced out to a 19-8 advantage. Canisius opened the game riding an 8-0 run, with four different members of the Blue and Gold registering a basket. Ahead 17-8 with only 2.9 seconds left in the quarter, Haskell corralled up a loose ball off the inbound and floated a shot into the hoop, giving the Griffs a ten-point edge heading into the second quarter.
 
The Raiders opened the second quarter on a 13-2 run to tie the game 21-all. Each side would continue exchange baskets until the end of the quarter with Lexa finding a small pocket of space at the free-throw line to bury a jumper as time expired to give Canisius as 30-27 lead at the half.
 
Out of the break, Canisius and Colgate would go basket-for-basket in the first few minutes before consecutive baskets by Eleko gave Canisius a 40-34 cushion halfway through the quarter. Even with a late 9-4 run by the Raiders, Canisius used a late bucket by freshman forward Chloe Chard Peloquin to carry a slim 46-43 lead entering the fourth quarter.
 
The teams traded baskets early in the fourth quarter before a layup by Sisko ignited a 7-3 stretch that gave Canisius an eight-point cushion, 60-52, with just over four minutes remaining. 
 
The Raiders were able to answer, using six unanswered points to cut the Griffs lead to two with 1:47 to go in regulation. The teams traded empty possessions over the next 90 seconds before Lexa received a pass from sophomore guard Elia Paez and converted on a backdoor layup to expand the Canisius lead to 62-58 with 15 seconds to play. Two late makes from the charity stripe, courtesy of Chard Peloquin, locked up the Griffs' six-point victory.
 
Head Coach Sahar Nuesseibeh's Postgame Comments  
Game Notes
• This was the 40th all-time meeting between Canisius and Colgate. The Griffs victory on Tuesday was the in Hamilton for Canisius since Nov. 20, 2010, when the Griffs won, 70-65.
• Canisius limited Colgate to just eight points in the first quarter, the lowest number of points allowed by the Griffs in a single quarter this season.
• Garrelts is the first player to have six assists in a game since Haskell had six against Monmouth on March 8, 2022.  
• Haskell finished with 20 points in a contest for the first time this season. This was her tenth consecutive contest with 10-or-more points dating back to last season.
• Canisius led the entire game, going wire-to-wire en route to the victory over Colgate.
• Both Garrelts and Lexa tied their career-highs in rebounds with seven in the contest. 

Up Next
The Blue and Gold head to Moon Township, Pa., to take on Robert Morris on Nov. 26. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. with the game streaming on ESPN+.
 
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