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Sisi Eleko fights for a basket against Iona on Feb. 4, 2023
Jacob LaPrairie
68
Winner Iona Iona 17-5,12-1 MAAC
58
Canisius Canis 6-15,3-9 MAAC
Winner
Iona Iona
17-5,12-1 MAAC
68
Final
58
Canisius Canis
6-15,3-9 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Iona Iona 24 13 12 19 68
Canisius Canis 21 9 10 18 58

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2/9/2023 | 11 A.M.

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Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Women's Basketball Defeated by Iona

The visiting Iona Gaels stretched their win streak to 11 straight with a 68-58 victory over Canisius in MAAC women's basketball action Saturday afternoon at the Koessler Athletic Center. Iona improved to 17-5 overall and 12-1 in league play with the victory, while the Golden Griffins slipped to 6-15 overall and 3-9 in the MAAC with the loss.

Iona guard Juana Camilion scored a game-high 22 points in the win for Iona. She also grabbed eight rebounds to go with three steals, two assists and two blocked shots in the winning effort, while guard Kate Mager chipped in 17 points, highlighted by five makes from 3-point land. Thoranna Hodge-Carr posted 10 points and seven boards for the Gaels, who shot 46.8 percent from the field and 55.6 percent (10-for-18) from 3-point land.
 
Canisius graduate student Vannessa Garrelts led four Griffs in double-figures with her team-high 14 points. She also grabbed six rebounds and posted two steals. Junior Dani Haskell was good for 12 points, five rebounds and three steals, while Giana Hernandez-Boulden posted 10 points and a game-high four steals. Athina Lexa chipped in 10 points and grabbed six boards for the Blue and Gold in the losing effort, as the Griffs ended the day by shooting 34.4 percent from the field and 27.3 percent (6-for-22) from behind the 3-point arc.

In the opening quarter, Iona led by as many as six points late in the frame, but the Griffs were able to cut that lead in half to 24-21 after 10:00 of play thanks to a 3-pointer by Garrelts with less than five seconds left on the clock. The Gaels used a 9-3 run to start the second quarter to take a 33-24 lead with 5:03 left before halftime, but the Griffs answered with a run of their own, scoring the game's next six points to make the score 33-30 in favor of Iona. That would be as close as the Griffs would get for the rest of the opening half, however, as Iona scored the final four points of the opening 20:00 to take a 37-30 lead into the locker room at intermission.
   
Haskell scored the first five points of the second half with a 3-pointer and a fast break-layup to get the Blue and Gold within two points at 37-35, but Iona again answered with a 7-3 scoring spurt that made the score 44-38 in favor of the visitors with 6:42 left in the third quarter. Camilion scored five of the Gaels' seven points in that stretch, and later in the frame, a trey by Camilion with 1:25 left in the stanza allowed the Gaels' lead to balloon to 10 points at 49-39.
 
A 3-pointer from Mager to start the fourth quarter kick started a 9-0 run over the first 4:35 of the final frame to give the Gaels their largest lead at 58-40. Despite making just three field goals in the final quarter, Iona was able to seal the win by going 12-for-18 from the free-throw line in the game's closing 10 minutes.
   
Game Notes:
• Saturday's game was the 67th all-time meeting between the two schools. Iona leads the series 39-28.
• Hernandez-Boulden tied her career high in points with 10. She previously had 10 points earlier this season against Marist on Dec. 19. Her four steals on the day also set a new career high.
• Freshman forward Chloe Chard Peloquin appeared in her first game since Jan. 1 at Siena. In 18 minutes of action, she notched two points to go with a rebound and an assist.
• Sophomore guard Cheyenne Stubbs played in 35 minutes during the contest, one shy of her career-high 36 that she played against Niagara on Jan. 9, 2022.
• At halftime, the Canisius women's basketball program recognized nearly 30 alumnae who were in attendance for "Alumni Weekend".
 
Up Next:
Canisius' next two games will be on the road, starting Feb. 9, when the Griffs travel to play at Quinnipiac Game time is set for 11 a.m., and the contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.

For the most up-to-date information on Canisius women's basketball, follow @GriffsWBB on Twitter and Instagram.
 
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Players Mentioned

Giana Hernandez-Boulden

#10 Giana Hernandez-Boulden

G
6' 1"
Junior
Athina Lexa

#5 Athina Lexa

G
5' 9"
Sophomore
Cheyenne Stubbs

#24 Cheyenne Stubbs

G
5' 5"
Sophomore
Dani Haskell

#22 Dani Haskell

G
5' 6"
Junior
Chloe Chard Peloquin

#34 Chloe Chard Peloquin

F
6' 3"
Freshman
Vannessa Garrelts

#4 Vannessa Garrelts

G
5' 4"
Graduate Student

Players Mentioned

Giana Hernandez-Boulden

#10 Giana Hernandez-Boulden

6' 1"
Junior
G
Athina Lexa

#5 Athina Lexa

5' 9"
Sophomore
G
Cheyenne Stubbs

#24 Cheyenne Stubbs

5' 5"
Sophomore
G
Dani Haskell

#22 Dani Haskell

5' 6"
Junior
G
Chloe Chard Peloquin

#34 Chloe Chard Peloquin

6' 3"
Freshman
F
Vannessa Garrelts

#4 Vannessa Garrelts

5' 4"
Graduate Student
G