Stags at #1 Canisius on Jan.2 at 2 pm on ESPN3

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The #7 Stags (5-6)(0-2) travel to upstate New York to play at #1 Canisius (7-3)(2-0) on Saturday, January 2. The 2:00 pm game can be seen on ESPN3. ALL of the home Canisius Women's Basketball and Canisius Men's Basketball home games are streamed live and FREE on ESPN3. No $5.95 ppv single game charge or $44.95 season ppv charge through a Stags.TV package, just FREE for Canisius alumni and fans.

Canisius hosts A-10 St. Bonaventure (10-2) tonight at 7:00 pm on ESPN3:
espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2691870/st-bonaventure-vs-canisius

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THE CANISIUS (7-4)(2-0) SCOUTING REPORT: The Griffs are off to their best start in over 20 years, as the 7-4 record is the best winning percentage for Canisius since the 1994-95 season. If you’re looking for one main reason for their turnaround then it’s obvious you have to look at the 3-point shooting. As a team, the Griffs enter the game shooting 39 percent from behind the arc (11th best in the country). Four players shoot north of 40 percent from long range, and this even comes after a game where the Griffs shot just 29 percent from deep in their loss to St. Bonaventure. Number one on the list of sharpshooters has been Margaret Halfdanardottir (yes, one of the longest names in Division I), as she shoots 50 percent from deep (21-for-42). Tiahana Mills, the reigning MAAC Player of the Week, follows her with a 44 percent long range shooting percentage (14-for-32). The offense has been clicking on all cylinders as they assist on 68 percent of their baskets, with Tamara Miskovic leading with 4.0 per game.

FAIRFIELD - Canisius
Scoring: 630 - 676
Per Game: 57.3 - 61.5
Scoring Margin: -2.2 - +2.9
Scoring Defense: 59.5 - 58.6
Field Goals-Att: 234-604 - 257-606
Field Goal Pct.: .387 - .424
Field Goal Defense: .401 - .350
3-Pt FG-Att: 37-129 - 79-200
3-Pt FG Pct.: .287 - .395
3-Pt FG Per Game: 3.4 - 7.2
3-Pt FG Defense: .329 - .258
Free Throws: 125-177 - 83-122
FT Pct.: .706 - .680
FT Made Per Game: 11.4 - 7.5
Rebounds: 367 - 391
Rebounds Per Game: 33.4 - 35.5
Rebound Margin: -3.9 - -3.1
Assists: 146 - 175
Per Game: 13.3 - 15.9
Turnovers: 154 - 191
Per Game: 14.0 - 17.4
Margin: +1.6 - -2.0
Assist/TO Ratio: 0.9 - 0.9
Steals: 77 - 65
Per Game: 7.0 - 5.9
Blocks: 37 - 35
Per Game: 3.4 - 3.2
Win/Loss Streak: W1 - L1

Game Notes:
www.nmnathletics.com/pdf9/4304516.pdf

Canisius Roster:
www.gogriffs.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20500&SPID=12017&SPSID=97899&DB_OEM_ID=20500

ESPN3:
espn.go.com/watchespn/index/_/id/2729818/fairfield-vs-canisius-w-basketball

LiveStats:
www.gogriffs.com/liveStats/liveStats.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=20500

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Stags down 5-13 at the end of the First Quarter shooting only 7.1% (1/14).

Sam Cooper with all 5 points.

Canisius on an 11-0 run.

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Stags up 25-19 at the half shooting 34.6% FG (9/26) but 50% (5/10) from behind the arc.

Stags outscore Canisius 20-6 in the quarter. Canisius with a basket at the buzzer.

Canisius with 4/1 steal advantage. Stags with 18/12 rebound advantage

Sam Cooper with 8 points
Kristin Schatzlein with 8 points
Kristine Miller with 6 points
Casey Smith with 3 points
Lizzie Ball with no points but 4 boards and 3 assists
Kelsey Carey with no points but 4 boards and 2 fouls

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Stags up 38-33 at the end of the Third Quarter outscored 14/13 in the quarter.

Canisius with a 4-0 run to end the quarter.

Casey Smith with 9 points, 4 boards and 3 fouls.
Kelsey Carey with no points (0/4) but with 6 boards.

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Stags down 38-41 with 6:46 left in the game.

Canisius on an 8-0 run to start the final quarter, outscoring the Stags 12-0 since the end of the third quarter.

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Stags win 51-50 with Schatzlein's shot with 1.4 seconds left the game.

Casey Smith with 16 points
Kristin Schatzlein with 14 points
Sam Cooper with 14 points

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A slow start, a blown 9 point lead, a scoring drought but a hard fought come from behind win against a good team.

Stags now at (6-6)(1-2) and play at Niagara (2-10)(0-3) on Monday night looking to sweep the annual upstate NY bus trip.

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Kristin Schatzlein grabbed an offensive rebound in the lane and was able to connect on a runner with 1.4 seconds left to overturn a one-point deficit to give the Stags a 51-50 win.

http://instagram.com/p/BADQ7avC8Kt

“That’s exactly how we planned it,” Head Coach Joe Frager joked with a smile. “It wasn’t but to our credit, the kids did execute and Canisius guarded it. Schatz had a great rebound and put back…It looked like they had it for the first five or six minutes of the fourth quarter but this is a huge win for us.”.....

“They did find a way to win and that is what a basketball team has to do,” Frager said. “Kelsey had a massive game for us against Harvard and they did a really good job guarding her and other kids stepped up and that’s what you have to do.”....

Box Score:
www.fairfieldstags.com/fls/32500/Stats/WBB/2015-16/can0102.htm