2018–19 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team

2018–19 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball
2018–19 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball
Conference	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Record	15–17 (11–7 MAAC)
Head coach	Reggie Witherspoon (3rd season);
Assistant coaches	Chris Hawkins; Eddie Shannon; Thurman Schaetzle;
Home arena	Koessler Athletic Center
	Seasons ← 2017–18 2019–20 →

2018–19 MAAC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Iona †	12	–	6	.667	17	–	16	.515
Canisius	11	–	7	.611	15	–	17	.469
Quinnipiac	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
Rider	11	–	7	.611	16	–	15	.516
Siena	11	–	7	.611	17	–	16	.515
Monmouth	10	–	8	.556	14	–	21	.400
Manhattan	8	–	10	.444	11	–	21	.344
Marist	7	–	11	.389	12	–	19	.387
Saint Peter's	6	–	12	.333	10	–	22	.313
Fairfield	6	–	12	.333	9	–	22	.290
Niagara	6	–	12	.333	13	–	19	.406

† 2019 MAAC tournament winner

The 2018–19 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team represented Canisius College in the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They played their home games at the Koessler Athletic Center in Buffalo, New York as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and were led by 3rd-year head coach Reggie Witherspoon. They finished the 2018–19 season 15–17 overall, 11–7 in MAAC play to finish in a four-way tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the 2019 MAAC tournament, they defeated No. 7 seed Manhattan in the quarterfinals 69–65^OT before falling to No. 6 seed Monmouth 59–73 in the semifinals.^[1]

Previous season[edit]

The Golden Griffins finished the 2017–18 season 21–11, 15–3 in MAAC play to finish in a share for the MAAC regular season title with Rider. It was their first conference regular season title since 1994. As the No. 2 seed at the MAAC tournament, they were upset by in the quarterfinals by No. 7 seed Quinnipiac. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost in the first round to Jacksonville State.

Roster[edit]

2018–19 Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	Malik Johnson	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Jr	Blue Ridge School	Richmond, VA
G	3	Jordan Henderson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Indiana Elite Prep	Cincinnati, OH
F	4	Jalanni White	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Notre Dame	New Haven, CT
G	5	Sam Rautins	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Athlete Institute	Syracuse, NY
G	10	Jonathan Sanks	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Spartanburg Methodist College	Warner Robins, GA
F	11	Marcale Lotts	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Sr	Jacksonville College	New Orleans, LA
G	13	Isaiah Reese (S)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	DME Academy	Miami, FL
G	15	Takal Molson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	TAAG Academy	Buffalo, NY
G	20	Gianni Ford	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Blinn College	Brooklyn, NY
F	21	Scott Hitchon	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Thornlea Secondary School	Whitby, ON
F	22	Jibreel Faulkner	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	San Jacinto College	Washington, D.C.
F	23	Dantai St. Louis	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jr	Orangeville Prep	Brampton, ON
C	24	Ivan Hadžic	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Fr	Southwest Christian (AR)	Šabac, Serbia
G	25	Shaquille Evans	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Sr	Atlanta Metro State	Nassau, Bahamas

Head coach

Reggie Witherspoon (Wheeling)

Assistant coach(es)

Chris Hawkins (Radford)
Eddie Shannon (Florida)
Thurman Schaetzle (Canisius)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 21, 2018

Schedule and results[edit]

^[2]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-Conference Regular season
November 13, 2018* 7:00 pm, Patriot League Network		at Bucknell	W 82–73	1–0	Sojka Pavilion (2,237) Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
November 17, 2018* 3:30 pm, ESPN3		Albany	L 66–75	1–1	Koessler Athletic Center (1,540) Buffalo, New York
November 19, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra		at No. 14 Florida State AdvoCare Invitational campus game	L 61–93	1–2	Donald L. Tucker Center (7,457) Tallahassee, Florida
November 22, 2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. Villanova AdvoCare Invitational quarterfinals	L 56–83	1–3	HP Field House (2,964) Lake Buena Vista, Florida
November 23, 2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN3		vs. Memphis AdvoCare Invitational	L 63–71	1–4	HP Field House (2,672) Lake Buena Vista, Florida
November 25, 2018* 10:30 am, ESPNU		vs. UAB AdvoCare Invitational	L 58–68	1–5	HP Field House (3,127) Lake Buena Vista, Florida
November 28, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at St. Bonaventure	L 55–70	1–6	Reilly Center (3,685) Olean, New York
December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Robert Morris	W 68–62	2–6	Koessler Athletic Center (884) Buffalo, New York
December 16, 2018* 2:00 pm, Phoenix All-Access		at Elon	W 92–91	3–6	Schar Center (1,497) Elon, North Carolina
December 20, 2018* 2:00 pm, Patriot League Network		at Holy Cross	L 63–65	3–7	Hart Center (681) Worcester, Massachusetts
December 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		No. 21 Buffalo	L 72–87	3–8	Koessler Athletic Center (2,196) Buffalo, New York
MAAC regular season
January 3, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Marist	W 75–72	4–8 (1–0)	McCann Arena (1022) Poughkeepsie, New York
January 5, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Siena	W 70–66	5–8 (2–0)	Times Union Center (6,432) Albany, New York
January 8, 2019* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Brown	L 90–97	5–9	Koessler Athletic Center (801) Buffalo, New York
January 11, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Rider	L 73–82	5–10 (2–1)	Koessler Athletic Center (873) Buffalo, New York
January 13, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Iona	L 70–88	5–11 (2–2)	Koessler Athletic Center (1,086) Buffalo, New York
January 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Quinnipiac	W 65–63	6–11 (3–2)	People's United Center (792) Hamden, Connecticut
January 19, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at Fairfield	W 73–69	7–11 (4–2)	Alumni Hall (1,281) Fairfield, Connecticut
January 24, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Monmouth	W 80–66	8–11 (5–2)	Koessler Athletic Center (1,221) Buffalo, New York
January 30, 2019 7:00 pm, MAAC.TV		at Niagara Battle of the Bridge	L 70–78	8–12 (5–3)	Gallagher Center (1,660) Lewiston, New York
February 1, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Quinnipiac	W 75–70	9–12 (6–3)	Koessler Athletic Center (802) Buffalo, New York
February 4, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Marist	L 71–78 ^OT	9–13 (6–4)	Koessler Athletic Center (943) Buffalo, New York
February 8, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Rider	W 81–80	10–13 (7–4)	Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, New Jersey
February 10, 2019 1:00 pm, MAAC.TV		at Saint Peter's	W 64–60	11–13 (8–4)	Yanitelli Center (595) Jersey City, New Jersey
February 15, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Fairfield	W 72–68	12–13 (9–4)	Koessler Athletic Center (1,039) Buffalo, New York
February 17, 2019 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Manhattan	L 65–70	12–14 (9–5)	Koessler Athletic Center (1,058) Buffalo, New York
February 22, 2019 7:00 pm, ESPNU		at Monmouth	W 60–59	13–14 (10–5)	OceanFirst Bank Center (2,625) West Long Branch, New Jersey
February 24, 2019 1:00 pm, ESPN+		at Iona	L 80–87	13–15 (10–6)	Hynes Athletic Center (2,288) New Rochelle, New York
February 27, 2019 7:30 pm, ESPN3		Niagara Battle of the Bridge	L 84–86	13–16 (10–7)	Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York
March 1, 2019 9:00 pm, ESPNU		Siena	W 68–62	14–16 (11–7)	Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, New York
MAAC tournament
March 8, 2019 9:30 pm, ESPN3	(2)	vs. (7) Manhattan Quarterfinals	W 69–65 ^OT	15-16	Times Union Center Albany, New York
March 10, 2019 8:30 pm, ESPNU	(2)	vs. (6) Monmouth Semifinals	L 59–73	15–17	Times Union Center (4,918) Albany, New York
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

References[edit]

^ "Quinn lifts Monmouth past Canisius 73-59 in MAAC tourney". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
^ "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". GoGriffs.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.

[1] "Quinn lifts Monmouth past Canisius 73-59 in MAAC tourney". CBSSports.com. Retrieved March 26, 2019.

[2] "2018-19 Men's Basketball Schedule". GoGriffs.com. Retrieved December 21, 2018.

[1]

[2]

v t e Canisius Golden Griffins men's basketball
Venues	Broadway Auditorium (1936–1939) Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (1940–1995) Marine Midland Arena (1996–1998) Koessler Center (1999–present)
Rivalries	Niagara
Culture & lore	Petey "Canisius, Blue and Gold"
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25