Jan. 14, 2011
Box Score
BUFFALO, N.Y. - For the seventh consecutive season, the Marist women's basketball team has put together a double-digit winning streak, a 10-game stretch, after a 59-40 road win over Canisius in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) contest at the Koessler Athletic Center on Friday morning. The Red Foxes equaled a season-low in points allowed with 40, and senior guard Erica Allenspach (Miamisburg, Ohio) led the team in scoring for the sixth time this season. She tallied 18 points and grabbed seven rebounds in the game.
Sophomore Kate Oliver (Sydney, Australia) added 12 points and also grabbed seven caroms, while junior guard Corielle Yarde (Reading, Pa.) added nine points and a game-high eight rebounds. Oliver added an assist, a block and three steals. Yarde was credited with three blocks. Allenspach shot 7-for-7 from the free throw line and helped the team shoot 14-for-15 from the charity stripe on the day.
After the teams matched each other with triples by Yarde and Jamie Ruttle to open the game, the Red Foxes sparked a brief 6-0 run to take a 9-3 lead. Yarde scored the first seven points of the game for Marist and first four of the run. The Marist spurt was capped on a jumper by Brandy Gang (Hartville, Ohio) in the paint.
Allenspach and Courtney VandeBovenkamp hit triples for their respective teams on consecutive possessions to make the score 12-8 in favor of the Red Foxes with 13:10 remaining in the opening stanza.
Over a span of 2:26 from 11:05 until the 8:39 mark, Canisius used a 9-0 run to take a 17-16 lead, its only advantage of the contest. The Red Foxes answered with a 9-3 run to close the first half over the final 7:13. The run was sparked by a pair of free throws by Élise Caron (Quebec, Canada). It continued with a layup by Gang, a triple by freshman Leanne Ockenden (Syracuse, N.Y.) and concluded with a pair of free throws by Allenspach. At halftime, Marist held a five-point lead, 25-20.
In the period, the Red Foxes grabbed 14 offensive rebounds, which generated 14 second chance points. The game was the fourth in a row where the Red Foxes allowed 20 points or less.
Marist (14-2, 5-0 MAAC) used an early 15-2 second half run over a span of 4:26 to take a 17-point lead, 40-23, with 14:15 remaining that put the game out of reach for Canisius (5-11, 1-4 MAAC). Allenspach scored six of her 13 second half points during the run and Oliver hit two jumpers. The run was capped by an Emma O'Connor (Lynbrook, N.Y.) right wing triple.
The Golden Griffins got as close as 12, 52-40 with 3:33 to play on a Micayla Drysdale three pointer. She tallied five points for Canisius, and Jamie Ruttle led the Golden Griffins with 10 points.
In the game, the Red Foxes grabbed a season-high 48 rebounds, including 20 on the offensive glass. Additionally, Marist held its opposition under 30 percent shooting from the floor for the sixth time this season and fourth consecutive game. Canisius shot 13-for-46 from the field, 28.3 percent. Canisius committed 19 turnovers which led to 23 Marist points off giveaways.
The Red Foxes wrap up their annual trip to Western New York on Sunday, Jan. 16. Marist will take on the Niagara Purple Eagles at the `Taps' Gallagher Center. Tip-off is slated for 2 p.m. The Red Foxes look to avenge a 69-59 loss when the teams met last season in Niagara University, N.Y.
Notes: For the seventh straight season the Red Foxes have put together a double-digit winning streak... Marist has won 10 in a row dating back to Dec. 4... Marist equaled its season-low in points allowed with 40... The Red Foxes shot 14-for-15 from the free throw line in the game... Allenspach, Oliver and Yarde combined for 22 of Marist's 48 rebounds... It was the sixth time this season the Red Foxes held their opposition below 30 percent shooting from the field... For the fourth straight game, the Red Foxes held their opponent to 20 points in the first half... Marist leads the all-time series with Canisius 22-13... The Red Foxes have defeated the Golden Griffins in the last five meetings... Marist is 11-4 against Canisius when the Red Foxes are the road team... The Red Foxes are 5-0 in road games this year.
