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Corniya Clay holds ball vs Eastern Michigan inside the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, N.Y.
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73
Winner Siena Siena 4-7,2-0 MAAC
56
Canisius Canis 2-9,0-2 MAAC
Winner
Siena Siena
4-7,2-0 MAAC
73
Final
56
Canisius Canis
2-9,0-2 MAAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Siena Siena 12 23 17 21 73
Canisius Canis 14 15 19 8 56

Game Recap: Women's Basketball |

Fourth Quarter Surge Pushes Siena Past Women's Basketball

Siena used a 19-3 run in the fourth quarter to pull away and earn a 73-56 victory over Canisius in MAAC women's basketball action Sunday afternoon at the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, N.Y.

Siena's Nicole Melious led all scorers with 19 points as the Saints improved to 4-7 overall and 2-0 in conference action with their fourth consecutive win. The Golden Griffins fell to 2-9 overall and 0-2 in league action with the loss.

Melious was one of three Siena players to record double-digits in the scoring column in the victory after she went 9-for-18 from field and 1-for-6 from 3-point land. Francesca Schiro added 14 points, while teammate Genevive Wedemeyer chipped in 10 points, five rebounds, two assists and two steals. As a team, Siena shot just 37.5 percent (30-for-80) from the field and 19.2 percent (5-for-26) from 3-point range, but the Saints were able to turn 24 offensive rebounds into 22 second-chance points.

Canisius was led by junior Shariah Gailes, who scored a team-high 15 points to go along with six rebounds and an assist. Senior Franka Wittenberg was good for 10 points and eight rebounds, while sophomore Irene Rey Pineda scored nine points while recording three assists and a pair of steals. Sophomore Yasmine Djibril pulled down eight rebounds in the losing cause, as the Griffs were out-rebounded by Siena by a 42-39 clip for the contest.

Djibril scored five points in the first quarter to give the Griffs to a 14-12 advantage after 10:00 of play. In the second quarter, Melious scored 10 points for Siena to help send the visiting Saints into the locker room up 35-29.

Siena led by as many as eight points midway through the third frame, but five-straight points from sophomore Corniya Clay cut the Saints' cushion to 45-42 with 2:58 left in the quarter. A pair of free-throws by Gailes with 25 seconds left in the third put Canisius down 52-48 at the end of the third quarter.

A free-throw make by Clay just 13 seconds into the fourth quarter had the Griffs down 52-49, but from there, Siena took over, scoring 16-straight points to push its advantage to 16 points at 65-49 with 5:05 left in the contest.

GAME NOTES
• Canisius and Siena met for the 86th time in program history on Sunday.
• The Griffs took 29 free-throws on Sunday, the most in any game this season. Canisius ended the day with 20 makes on those 29 attempts.
• Gailes has scored 10-or more points in three of the team's last four games, and dating back to last season, she has scored in double-figures in three of the team's last four MAAC regular-season games.
• Wittenburg has scored 10 points in three-straight games. In that stretch, she is also averaging 9.0 rebounds per game.
• Clay's 3-point field goal in the third quarter gives her a 3-point make in four-straight games.
• Djibril has five-or more rebounds in seven-straight games against MAAC opponents, dating back to last season.

UP NEXT
Canisius returns to action on New Year's Day when they face the two-time defending MAAC champion Fairfield. Game time inside Leo D. Mahoney Arena in Fairfield, Conn., is slated for 2 p.m. The contest will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
 
Tickets for all Canisius home women's basketball games, are available to be purchased online by CLICKING HERE. Tickets can also be purchased by phone by calling (716) 888-TIXX or in person at the Canisius ticket office, located in the Koessler Athletic Center lobby, during normal business hours and 90 minutes before tip-off on game day.

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