BUFFALO — The Canisius Golden Griffins play their final home game of the 2016 calendar year Monday when the team plays host to Albany.
The Griffs are coming off a 91-81 win over St. Francis Brooklyn Saturday. Canisius starts tonight’s game ranked third in the MAAC in scoring average at 77.1 points per game. The team ranks second in the league in field goal shooting percentage at 46.1 percent from the floor. Junior Kassius Robertson is tied for second in the MAAC in scoring average at 17.9 points per game. He had a game-high 27 points in the win Saturday, his fourth 20-plus point performance in the team’s last five games. Freshman guard Malik Johnson dished out a career-high eight assists in the win over St. Francis Brooklyn Saturday. Those eight assists are the most for a Canisius rookie since Frank Turner had 11 assists Feb. 13, 2007 against Niagara. Freshman guard Isaiah Reese scored a career-high 17 points in the win Saturday, his second-straight game with double-figures in the scoring column.
This will be the third all-time meeting between these two programs, with each school boasting a win in the previous two contests. Canisius defeated Albany 64-60 in the 2008 edition of the ESPN BracketBuster series. That game was played in the Koessler Athletic Center. The Great Danes scored a 28-point victory on Canisius’ return of the BracketBuster game during the 2008-09 campaign.
Canisius will meet cross-town rival Buffalo in the second game of the Big 4 Basketball Classic at KeyBank Center on Saturday. Tipoff between the Griffs and Bulls is set for 3:30 p.m.
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