Warley Goes To Work In Win Over Canisius

Buffalo, NY - After pulling down a career-high and MAAC-best 19 rebounds last week against Rider, junior center Courtney Warley (West Chester, PA / Bishop Shanahan) decided to set another standard for herself Thursday night at Canisius: a career-high 23 points. Fueled by Warley's offense, the Jaspers earned a 63-56 MAAC road win over the Golden Griffins, sweeping the season series against Canisius. 

Manhattan improves to 11-14 overall this year and 8-8 in the MAAC, while Canisius falls to 3-21 an 2-13 in the conference.

Highlights:

• Warley added 12 rebounds to her night's performance, earning her sixth double-double of the season and her second in as many games. She now has 648 career rebounds, giving her sole possession of 11th place on the program's all-time list. 
• Warley's 17 first half points, including all 11 of Manhattan's points in the second quarter, forced Canisius to over-defend her, allowing the Jaspers to take advantage of offensive production from Julie Høier (Aabyhoej, Denmark / Marselisborg Gymnasium) in the second half of the game. Høier tied her career scoring-high with 16 points on 8-13 shooting for the night. She scored 10-straight points in the third quarter alone, keeping the Jaspers afloat in a down-to-the-wire battle.
• Emily LaPointe (Staten Island, NY / Staten Island Academy), who earned a career-high of her own (25) against Canisius in Draddy earlier this year, added 12 to the Jasper offense Thursday night, along with a team-high four assists and two steals.
• Manhattan held an 11-point lead over the Griffs at the end of the first quarter, shooting nearly 53 percent in the opening stanza. But Canisius quickly widdled that advantage down to one, kicking-off the second quarter with a 10-point run. 
• The Griffs overtook the lead halfway through the second, and extended it to three with 3:32 to play in the half. Warley then individually went on a 9-6 run of her own to pull Manhattan even with Canisius at the halftime break.
• The Jaspers never trailed again, as Høier went on a tear, scoring 14 of her 16 points in the second half. Warley pulled down seven rebounds in the second half, as well, including six of her 10 defensive boards. 
• Hitting just one three for the game, Manhattan scored 40 points in the paint, while allowing just 18 points in the key for the Griffs on the other end. 
• The Jaspers forced 18 turnovers from Canisius, scoring 14 points off TOs and earning seven steals as a team. 
• Pamela Miceus (Haverstraw, NY / North Rockland) tied both her season scoring-high (eight points) and her career blocks-high (four) in the game, adding three assists and two steals. Miceus now has 64 blocks for her career and is one away from tying for 12th place all-time. 
• With two assists in the game, Gabby Cajou (Stony Point, NY / North Rockland) surpassed Julie Brown (1982-84) to jump into 14th place on that all-time list. Cajou is now three assists away from 13th.

Up Next:
Manhattan remains in Western New York to take on Niagara at 1:00 pm on Saturday, February 22.