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Players on the bench react to a made 3-pointer against Iona on March 5, 2022
Lindy Feider
62
Iona Iona 10-15,8-12 MAAC
71
Winner Canisius Canis 5-24,3-17 MAAC
Iona Iona
10-15,8-12 MAAC
62
Final
71
Canisius Canis
5-24,3-17 MAAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Iona Iona 11 12 20 19 62
Canisius Canis 22 10 9 30 71

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women’s Basketball Uses 30-Point Fourth Quarter to Defeat Iona

A 30-point fourth quarter propelled Canisius to a 71-62 victory over Iona in the Golden Griffins' regular season finale Saturday afternoon on Senior Day at the Koessler Athletic Center.
 
Sophomore Dani Haskell scored a team-high 21 points for Canisius (5-24, 3-17). Junior Shaunae Brown added 14 points and freshman Athina Lexa chipped in 11.
 
Juana Camilion netted a career-high 30 points for the Gaels (10-15, 8-12).
 
GAME RECAP
Canisius shot a blistering 70 percent from the floor in the opening quarter, making seven of its 10 shot attempts.
 
The Griffs opened the contest on a 10-2 run before jumping out to an 11-point lead before the end of the quarter.
 
Iona honed in on the Griffs offense in the second quarter, limiting the team to 3-of-12 shooting from the field in the period and holding the team scoreless for more than five minutes. A 7-0 Iona run trimmed the Canisius lead, 28-23, before the Griffs netted the final four points of the half to take a nine-point lead into the locker room, 32-23.
 
A 10-0 Iona run punctuated the Gaels' third quarter in which they outscored Canisius, 20-9, putting the visitors ahead, 43-41. The final three points of the quarter for the Griffs came on a 3-pointer by Brown that was banked in just before the buzzer sounded.
 
The Gaels opened its largest lead of the contest on two occasions in the final quarter of play, netting a pair of shots inside the paint. Canisius responded with a five quick points in 39 seconds to retake the lead, 48-47. The lead change was the first of five in the final 10-minute period of regulation.
 
Of Canisius' 30 points in the fourth quarter, 18 came in the final 4:18 – with 12 coming from the free-throw line.
 
Head Coach Sahar Nusseibeh's Postgame Comments
"I am thrilled for our three seniors – Erika Joseph, Kayla Jackson and Ella Väätänen – to have them leave here with a win, to end their career at the KAC with a win. You couldn't ask for anything better as a coach. Those three have given so much to this program. Erika has been here for four years. For Ella and Kayla, this is their second, but the time here doesn't matter. What they poured in while they've been here has been invaluable and they've elevated our program in the best way this year. We are so happy that we could secure a win in their last time at the Koessler.
 
"[Dani Haskell] has grown so much throughout the season and we're proud of Dani. She is someone who we put a lot on her and she takes it in stride and she's extremely coachable. There's a lot of mutual respect between Dani and our staff.
 
"This is the start of momentum for us. We talked about March and anything can happen. That's the mentality we're bringing. If we do everything we need to do, and we put in the work for every game coming up in Atlantic City, we're going to be in a great position to have an opportunity to win. We come to work every single day, but to finish the regular season with a win is beautiful momentum going into Atlantic City."
 
GAME NOTES
• Saturday was the 65th all-time meeting between Iona and Canisius. With the victory, the Griffs have now won four of the last seven against the Gaels and have a 28-37 record over their Empire State foe.
• With its eight 3-pointers on Saturday, Canisius has now made 234 shots from beyond the arc this season. That total still ranks as the second-most in program history, trailing the 252 made by the 2008-09 squad.
• Canisius' 30-point fourth quarter marked the first time the team has scored 30 points in a quarter since the NCAA reverted to the four-quarter format before the 2015-16 season.
• After scoring 20 points at Niagara last Saturday and with her 21-point performance against Iona, Haskell is the first Canisius player to record a 20-point performance in consecutive games since D'Jhai Patterson-Ricks during the 2019-20 season.
• Haskell has scored 408 points this season, which now ranks as the fourth-most by a sophomore in the school's Division I era, surpassing Brittané Russell (391 in 2007-08). Sara Hinriksdóttir has the third-highest total (453 in 2016-17).
• With her 21 points, Haskell scored a double-digit point total in all 14 games played at the Koessler Athletic Center this season. She amassed 229 points in the 14 contests, leading to a 16.4 points-per-game average, which is the fourth-highest over the last 20 years.
• Kayla Jackson hauled in 12 rebounds on Saturday. It is the third time this year Jackson has had 10-plus rebounds in consecutive games. She is also the first Canisius player since freshman Rhay Porter in January to record consecutive double-digit rebounding efforts.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius will be the No. 11 seed at the MAAC Women's Basketball Championships in Atlantic City, N.J. The Griffs will play the No. 6 seed Monmouth in a First Round matchup at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 8. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+.
 
For complete coverage of Canisius women's basketball, please follow the Griffs on social media at @GriffsWBB on Instagram and Twitter.
 
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