BUFFALO, NY – Monmouth led at the half and got a career-best 22 points from Austin Tilghman (Wilmington, DE/Archbishop Carroll) but fell at Canisius Sunday afternoon, 94-79. Canisius used a 16-3 run in the early stages of the second half to take the lead for good, snapping a three-game MU winning streak in the series.

Trailing by four early in the second half, the home team went on a 16-3 push capped by Jermaine Crumpton's three to lead by nine, 59-50. The lead remained between nine and 11 for the bulk of the period, with the Hawks briefly cutting it to seven at 10:17. After Diago Quinn (New York, NY/Lake Forest Academy) laid one in to make it an eight-point deficit, Canisius went on an 11-0 run to lead by their largest margin of 19, capped by a corner three from Jonathan Sanks. MU trimmed it back to nine at 3:08 but would come no closer.

Monmouth jumped to an early lead on Canisius, going up 22-11 after Louie Pillari (Tinton Falls, NJ/Christian Brothers Academy) converted a three-point play and hit a three with George Papas (Jersey City, NJ/Union Catholic) nailing a triple in between. The lead grew to as many as 13 when Tilghman found a wide-open lane to lay one in, making it 27-14 at 9:36. Canisius battled back thanks to a 12-3 run after Monmouth led by 11 to trim the lead down to two, the halftime margin.

NOTES AND QUOTES

"Give a lot of credit to Coach Witherspoon and Canisius. We were not a very disciplined basketball team and I think that changed the game. We were disciplined for about 17 minutes, but at this time we can't sustain our discipline for 40 minutes and it keeps killing us." –King Rice

-Austin Tilghman topped his career high with 22 points.
-Tilghman also notched a career-best in field goals made with eight.
-Louie Pillari scored 18 points, shooting six-of-seven and working into double digits for the second straight game.
-There were 53 fouls called in the game, and a combined 72 foul shots taken.
-Diago Quinn netted 15 points, his third straight game in double figures.
-The loss snapped a three-game winning streak for Monmouth over Canisius.
-MU dropped both games of the Western New York road trip for the first time ever.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-The Hawks drop to 1-4 in the MAAC, while Canisius improves to 5-1.
-Monmouth outshot Canisius 47.2% to 44.4%.
-The Hawks outscored Canisius in the paint, 30-18.
-MU was ahead of Canisius on the run 18-7 and off turnovers, 26-18.
-Jermaine Crumpton was the game-high scorer with 23 points, leading five Golden Griffins in double figures.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth returns home on Friday night to take on Iona at 7:00 p.m. on ESPN3.