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Tana Kopa drives to the basket in a home game against Brown on Nov. 23, 2024.
Anthony Militello
62
Winner Saint Peter's SP 6-7,1-4 MAAC
49
Canisius Canis 1-15,1-4 MAAC
Winner
Saint Peter's SP
6-7,1-4 MAAC
62
Final
49
Canisius Canis
1-15,1-4 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Saint Peter's SP 34 28 62
Canisius Canis 22 27 49

Game Recap: Men's Basketball |

Men’s Basketball Drops Home Game to Saint Peter’s

Saint Peter's scored 10 of the game's first 11 points and never looked back, as the visiting Peacocks scored a 62-49 win over Canisius Sunday afternoon in MAAC men's basketball action Sunday afternoon at the Koessler Athletic Center.
 
The win ended Saint Peter's two-game losing skid and improved the Peacocks to 6-7 overall and 1-4 in MAAC play, while the Golden Griffins fell to 1-15 overall and 1-4 in league action.
 
Four Canisius players recorded double-figures in the loss, led by senior Tana Kopa, who had a team-high 12 points on the power of four makes from 3-point land. Graduate student Jasman Sangha and junior Paul McMillan IV recorded 11 points in the losing cause for the Blue and Gold, while sophomore Dylan Godfrey added 10 points and six rebounds. For the game, Canisius shot 34.0 percent from the field, made 5-of-18 shots from 3-point land and hit on 10-of-15 tosses from the free-throw line, while posting just nine assists on 17-made field goals.
 
For Saint Peter's, Marcus Randolph scored a game-high 19 points in the win to lead three Peacocks in double-figure scoring on the day. Bryce Eaton chipped in 11 points, Mouhamed Sow was good for 10 points and Jaquel Morris posted six points and a game-high 12 rebounds, as Saint Peter's ended the day out-rebounding the Griffs by a 44-23 clip. Saint Peter's shot 42.0 percent from the floor in the victory, with 10 of the team's 21 made field goals coming from behind the 3-point arc.
 
Randolph scored six of Saint Peter's first 10 points in the opening 4:04 of the ball game to put the visiting team up 10-1. Canisius battled back and got within three points at 17-14 midway through the opening half, but Saint Peter's extended its cushion with a 7-0 run over the game's next 2:24 to take a 24-14 lead with 6:56 remaining before the halftime break. That 7-0 scoring spurt was capped by a 3-point field goal by Randolph, one of his four makes from long range on the day.
 
Trailing by a dozen at halftime, Canisius scored five-straight points to open the second half and cut the Peacocks' lead to seven with 19:01 left to play. Saint Peter's led 43-32 with 13:05 left on the clock before the Griffs scored six-straight points in the span of 29 seconds to trim that lead to 43-38 with 11:03 left in the game. That would end up being as close as the Blue and Gold would get, however, as Saint Peter's answered with 3-point makes on back-to-back possessions to drive the lead back to 11 at 49-38 with 10:02 left to play.
 
A pair of free-throw makes by Godfrey with 5:09 left in the ball game again put the Griffs down eight at 53-45, by Saint Peter's ended any Canisius hopes of a comeback on its next possession, as Morris grabbed one of his game-high 12 boards off the offensive glass and scored on a put-back to put the visiting team up 55-45 with 3:45 remaining.
 
HEAD COACH JIM CHRISTIAN'S POSTGAME COMMENTS
   
GAME NOTES
• Sunday marked the 92nd all-time meeting between the two Jesuit rivals. Canisius leads the all-time series 52-40, but Saint Peter's has won three straight in the series for the first time since the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons.
• After scoring 80-plus points in back-to-back games, Canisius failed to reach 50-points on the scoreboard in a MAAC game for the first time since Jan. 5, 2020, when the Griffs lost to Fairfield, 46-42.
• McMillan IV has now scored in double-figures in all 16 games this season. His four assists on the day give him 17 assists in the team's last five outings.
• Sangha extended his string of scoring in double figures to eight straight with his 11-point effort.
• Godfrey's team-high six rebounds is a new season high for the Newport Beach, Calif., native.
• Sophomore Anthony Benard recorded a career-high four steals in the contest.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius will return to the road for a pair of MAAC games next week, starting at Iona on Thursday, Jan. 16. Game time in New Rochelle, N.Y., is set for 7 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN+. The Griffs' radio call will be available through the Golden Griffin Broadcast Network on GoGriffs.com and the Varsity Network APP.
 
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