Canisius Golden Griffins at Iona Gaels
· NCAA Men's Basketball
78 - 86
English, Much lead Iona over Canisius 86-78
Iona (19-10, 16-4 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) entered the game having already secured the No. 2 seed into the conference tournament, and will play the winner of Thursday's Canisius-Niagara game in the quarterfinals on Friday night.
Kassius Robertson scored 24 points to lead the Golden Griffins (13-18, 8-12), who snapped a two-game win streak and enters the tournament as the seventh seed.
English was 8 of 18 from the floor and had seven assists. Much finished 7-of-10 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds.
Canisius had an 11-point lead with five minutes left before the break, and held the lead until English made a layup to put the Gaels up 53-52 with 13 minutes left.
The Golden Griffins stretched their lead back to five points before Iona used a 25-10 run and led 80-70 with 1:40 left.
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Recent Plays
| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 78 - 86 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Isaiah Williams Defensive Rebound. | 78 - 86 |
| 2nd 0:06 | Kassius Robertson missed Layup. | 78 - 86 |
| 2nd 0:14 | Aaron Rountree made Dunk. Assisted by A.J. English. | 78 - 86 |
| 2nd 0:19 | Canisius Timeout | 78 - 84 |
Statistics
 CAN |
 IONA |
|
|---|---|---|
| 27-67 | FG | 30-57 |
| 40 | Field Goal % | 53 |
| 15-35 | 3PT | 9-23 |
| 43 | Three Point % | 39 |
| 9-9 | FT | 17-20 |
| 100 | Free Throw % | 85 |
| 32 | Rebounds | 36 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 7 |
| 22 | Defensive Rebounds | 29 |
| 16 | Assists | 21 |
| 5 | Steals | 6 |
| 0 | Blocks | 5 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 10 | Total Turnovers | 11 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 13 | Points Off Turnovers | 13 |
| 2 | Fast Break Points | 19 |
| 20 | Points in Paint | 36 |
| 17 | Fouls | 15 |
| 11 | Largest Lead | 12 |
Game Information
Location: New Rochelle, NY
Attendance: 2,079 | Capacity:
2025-26 Metro Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimack | 17-3 | - | 23-11 |
| Saint Peter's | 14-6 | 3 | 17-12 |
| Siena | 13-7 | 4 | 23-12 |
| Marist | 12-8 | 5 | 19-12 |
| Quinnipiac | 12-8 | 5 | 19-13 |
| Fairfield | 11-9 | 6 | 21-13 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 11-9 | 6 | 15-17 |
| Iona | 10-10 | 7 | 18-14 |
| Sacred Heart | 9-11 | 8 | 14-19 |
| Manhattan | 8-12 | 9 | 12-20 |
| Canisius | 5-15 | 12 | 10-21 |
| Niagara | 5-15 | 12 | 8-22 |
| Rider | 3-17 | 14 | 4-25 |