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MEN’S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES 2019-20 SCHEDULE >> CANISIUS (2-2) AT UIC (2-4) Nov. 26, 2019 • 8:00 PM • Chicago, Ill. • Credit Union 1 Arena DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT Canisius Golden Griffins Video: ........................................... ESPN+ Nov. 9 at Brown L, 75-68 Head Coach: Reggie Witherspoon ............ Jonathan Hood and Chris Bleck Nov. 13 at Albany L, 83-57 Record at Canisius: 56-47 (4th Season) NOV. 16 BUCKNELL W, 83-81 Overall: 255-275 (18th Season) Radio: ................... WECK Radio Buffalo NOV. 23 ST. BONAVENTURE (1) W, 61-57 ................................................. Andy Helwig Nov. 26 at UIC (2) TONIGHT GAME 5 UIC Flames All-Time Series: ............ First Meeting Head Coach: Steve McClain Dec. 1 vs. Mercer (2) # 12 p.m. All-Time at UIC: ............ First Meeting Record at UIC: 60-80 (5th Season) Dec. 2 vs. Hofstra/Holy Cross (2) # TBA Last Meeting: ................................... N/A Overall: 217-195 (14th Season) Dec. 4 at FAU (2) 7 p.m. Active Streak: ................ First Meeting DEC. 14 HOLY CROSS 2 P.M. Dec. 18 at Buffalo 7 p.m. Dec. 23 at Siena * 6 p.m. Dec. 30 at Pittsburgh 12 p.m. CANISIUS LOOKS TO KEEP WINNING WAYS GOING IN CHICAGO JAN. 3 MANHATTAN * 7 P.M. 4Coming off a 61-57 win over long-time rival St. Bonaventure on Saturday, the Canisius JAN. 5 FAIRFIELD * 2 P.M. men’s basketball team travels to play at UIC in Chicago, Ill., tonight. Jan. 10 at Monmouth * 7 p.m. 4Tonight’s game marks the Golden Griffins’ first contest in the Boca Raton Beach Jan. 12 at Saint Peter’s * 1 p.m. Classic. This is the first of Canisius’ two on-campus games in this event (will also play JAN. 17 SIENA * 7 P.M. at FAU Dec. 4) and the Blue and Gold will play two bracket games in Boca Raton, Fla., JAN. 19 RIDER * 2 P.M. starting Sunday, Dec. 1. Jan. 24 at Iona * 7 p.m. 4The Golden Griffins’ win over St. Bonaventure on Saturday was the team’s second Jan. 26 at Fairfield * 2 p.m. straight. Canisius comes into tonight’s game with the chance to finish the month of JAN. 31 QUINNIPIAC * 7 P.M. November with a winning record for the first time since 2012-13. FEB. 2 MARIST * 2 P.M. Feb. 7 at Rider * 7 p.m. FASTBREAK POINTS Feb. 12 at Niagara * 7 p.m. 4Canisius is playing its first game in the city of Chicago since Nov. 17, 2009, when the FEB. 14 MONMOUTH * 7 P.M. Blue and Gold opened the 2009-10 campaign with a road loss at Loyola University Feb. 21 at Quinnipiac * 7:30 p.m. Chicago. Feb. 23 at Manhattan * 2 p.m. 4The 61 points scored by the Griffs in the victory over St. Bonaventure on Saturday FEB. 27 IONA * 7 P.M. mark the fewest points scored by the team in a win under fourth-year head coach FEB. 29 SAINT PETER’S * 2 P.M. Reggie Witherspoon. 4The win over St. Bonaventure at KeyBank Center on Saturday also improved the Mar. 4 at Marist * 7 p.m. program to 29-19 all-time in the downtown Buffalo facility. MAR. 6 NIAGARA * 7 P.M. 4Freshman forward Jacco Fritz was honored as the MAAC Rookie of the Week on Monday afternoon after he recorded his first career double-double with 12 points 2020 MAAC Championship and 10 rebounds in his first career start. Mar. 10-14 at Atlantic City, N.J. TBA 4Fritz, who was honored as the MAAC’s Rookie of the Week Nov. 18 as well, is just the third Canisius freshman since 2006-07 to earn multiple conference rookie of the week honors in his first year with the program. SCHEDULE NOTES: 4Senior Malik Johnson scored a game-high 15 points for the Griffs in the win over St. 1 - game at KeyBank Center (Buffalo, N.Y.) Bonaventure. Johnson starts this game as the MAAC’s leader in scoring average at 2 - Boca Raton Beach Classic # - played in Boca Raton, Fla. 18.8 points per outing. * - MAAC game 4Johnson leads the MAAC and ranks 16th nationally with his 3.0 steals per game. CANISIUS’ PROBABLE STARTERS FOLLOW THE GRIFFS # PLAYER PPG. RPG. APG. SPG. BPG. 1 Malik Johnson (5-10, 165, G, Sr.) 18.8 6.0 4.3 3.0 0.0 GoGriffs.com Leads the MAAC in scoring average... Also leads the MAAC with 3.0 steals per game. 3 Jordan Henderson (6-5, 180, G, So.) 10.0 1.7 3.0 1.3 0.0 @Griffs_MBB Career-high 17 points vs. Bucknell Nov. 16... Matched career-high w/ four rebs vs. Bona. 11 Armon Harried (6-4, 185, G, Fr.) 4.8 1.8 0.5 0.5 0.0 Griffs_MBB Has started all four games to date... Scored nine points in the win over St. Bonaventure. 10 Jacco Fritz (6-10, 190, F, Fr.) 9.0 6.5 2.3 0.8 0.3 MBB CONTACT: Matt Reitnour (Associate Athletic Director - Communications) Two-time MAAC Rookie of the Week... Ranks 34th nationally w/ his 3.8 offensive rebs/gm. Email: [email protected] | Cell: (716) 316-7362 @MReitnour82 | @Griffs_MBB | @GoGriffs 23 Dantai St. Louis (6-8, 235, F, Sr.) 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 Has started each of the last two games... Scored four points vs. Bucknell Nov. 16. CANISIUS BASKETBALL AKRUM AHEMED MALIK JOHNSON COREY BROWN JORDAN HENDERSON JALANNI WHITE SAM RAUTINS 0 G, Fr., 6-5, 185 1 G, Sr., 5-10, 165 2 F, Sr., 6-8, 225 3 G, So., 6-5, 180 4 F, Jr., 6-8, 215 5 G, So., 6-4, 190 Hackensack, N.J. Richmond, Va. Hollywood, Fla. Cincinnati, Ohio New Haven, Conn. Syracuse, N.Y. JACCO FRITZ ARMON HARRIED MAJESTY BRANDON SCOTT HITCHON MALEK GREEN DANTAI ST. LOUIS 10 F, Fr., 6-10, 200 11 G, Fr., 6-4, 185 15 G, Jr., 6-0, 185 21 F, Jr., 6-8, 215 22 F, Jr., 6-7, 215 23 F, Sr., 6-8, 235 Tiel, Netherlands Baltimore, Md. Bronx, N.Y. Whitby, Ontario Cincinnati, Ohio Brampton, Ontario IVAN HADŽIĆ REGGIE WITHERSPOON CHRIS HAWKINS THURMAN SCHAETZLE CALVIN CAGE JAKE KROLL 24 C, So., 6-9, 240 Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Academics/DOBO Šabac, Serbia 4th Season at Canisius 4th Season at Canisius 2nd Season at Canisius 1st Season at Canisius 4th Season at Canisius NUMERCIAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown Last School CANISIUS PRONUNCIATIONS 0 Akrum Ahemed Fr. G 6-5 185 Hackensack, N.J. Scotland Campus 0 Akrum ahh-MED 1 Malik Johnson Sr. G 5-10 165 Richmond, Va. Blue Ridge School 4 jah-LON-ee White 2 Corey Brown Sr. F 6-8 225 Hollywood, Fla. Northern Arizona 10 yach-OH Fritz 3 Jordan Henderson So. G 6-5 180 Cincinnati, Ohio Indiana Elite Prep 11 Armon ha-REED 4 Jalanni White Jr. F 6-8 215 New Haven, Conn. Notre Dame-West Haven 23 don-TAY St. Louis (like the city) 5 Sam Rautins So. G 6-4 190 Syracuse, N.Y. Athlete Institute Prep 24 E-von HA-zhich 10 Jacco Fritz Fr. F 6-10 200 Tiel, Netherlands DME Academy (Fla.) 11 Armon Harried Fr. G 6-4 185 Baltimore, Md. Lake Clifton Thurman SHAT-zull 15 Majesty Brandon Jr. G 6-0 165 Bronx, N.Y. Monroe Community College 21 Scott Hitchon Jr. F 6-8 215 Whitby, Ontario Thornlea Secondary 22 Malek Green + Jr. F 6-7 215 Cincinnati, Ohio Morehead State 23 Dantai St. Louis Sr. F 6-8 235 Brampton, Ontario Orangeville Prep 24 Ivan Hadžić So. C 6-9 240 Šabac, Serbia Southwest Christian (Ark.) + - will redshirt in 2019-20 Head Coach: Reggie Witherspoon (4th); Assistant Coaches: Chris Hawkins (4th), Thurman Schaetzle (2nd), Calvin Cage (1st); Basketball Academic and Operations: Jake Kroll (4th); Athletic Performance: Mike Guzda (3rd); Athletic Trainer: Tyler LaMonica (2nd); Graduate Assistant: Caleb Gilbride (2nd); Student Managers: Austin Buschang (4th); Quinn Imiola (3rd); Shane Hurd (1st); Luca Militelo (1st) GAME NOTES SERIES HISTORY VS. UIC LAST TIME OUT CANISIUS 61, ST. BONAVENTURE 57 • Nov. 23 | KeyBank Center | Buffalo, N.Y. All-Time Series ...................................... First Meeting 4Canisius scored its second-straight win by defeating long-time rival St. Bonaventure 61-57 Nov. At Canisius .......................................................... N/A 23 at KeyBank Center in downtown Buffalo. At UIC ..................................................................... N/A 4The Golden Griffins used a 10-0 run in the closing 3:42 of the first half to take a 35-27 lead into At Neutral Site ................................................... N/A Postseason .......................................................... N/A the halftime break. The Bonnies got within two points late, but Canisius senior Malik Johnson made five free-throws in the final 31 seconds of the game to seal the win for the Griffs. Current Streak ...................................... First Meeting 4Johnson led Canisius with 15 points, his third game with 10-plus points in the scoring column Last 5 Games ........................................................... N/A this season, while freshman Jacco Fritz posted his first career double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Overtime Games .................................. First Meeting 4Seven of Fritz’s 10 rebounds came off the offensive glass in the win over the Bonnies as Canisius Five-Point Games ................................ First Meeting outscored St. Bonaventure 16-7 in second-chance points. For the game, Canisius out-rebounded St. Bonaventure 40-24. Canisius Most Points ............................................... First Meeting 4Both teams wore special throwback uniforms for the game on Saturday as Canisius celebrated Largest Victory .......................................................... N/A its 150th anniversary of the College, St.