Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Divisional Round
Two Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rivals meet on the court Sunday when the Canisius Golden Griffins (5-13, 3-6 MAAC) visit the Quinnipiac Bobcats 14-5, 5-3 MAAC), in Hamden, Connecticut at the M&T Bank Arena. Canisius was defeated by the Fairfield Stags 67-58 on Friday. The Golden Griffins have lost two of the last three. Quinnipiac defeated the Mount St Mary Mountaineers 58-51 on Friday. The Bobcats have won each of the last five. Youri Fritz is questionable on Sunday for Canisius while Frank Mitchell is out. Elijah Taylor is out for Quinnipiac.
Canisius is allowing an average of 72.9 (278th) points per game. The Golden Griffins are allowing a field goal shooting percentage of 46.5% (334th) and a three-point shooting percentage of 37.8% (348th). The Canisius offense cannot keep up with what its defense is allowing as the Golden Griffins are scoring an average of just 66.8 (246th) points per game. Canisius has a field goal shooting percentage of 40.2% (344th) and a three-point shooting percentage of 34.2% (178th).
Jordan Henderson is scoring an average of 13.4 points per game to lead Canisius. The guard is shooting only 39.1% overall and 34.1% from behind the line. Tahj Staveskie is the second leading scorer with an average of 11.9 points per game and is shooting even worse at 35.3% overall and just 29.0% from long range. Each of the top three scorers for Canisius are shooting less than 40%. Staveskie is the leader in assists with an average of 2.7 dishes per contest. On the boards, Canisius is averaging 35.0 rebounds per game led by Xzavier Long with an average of 5.9 boards per contest. Long is also the rim protector with an average of 0.6 blocked shots per game and Henderson is the leader in steals with an average of 1.1 per contest.