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ST. BONAVENTURE -- The St. Bonaventure trio of Doris Ortega, CeCe Dixon and Alaina Walker each netted 15 points as the Bonnies dominated the second half against Canisius en route to a 66-44 women's basketball victory on Sunday afternoon at the Reilly Center.

With the game tied at 37, the Bonnies pulled away with a 23-4 run that started with under 11 minutes left to play.

The first half of this one was a game of runs as both teams seized control of the pace on multiple occasions. The Bonnies jumped out to a 7-1 lead by the 14:21 mark but that lead would not last. Canisius stormed out on a 13-0 run that put the Bonnies in the biggest hole they would be in all day, 14-7.

SBU responded with a 10-0 run of their own to re-claim the lead but only for a short while. Canisius closed the half on an 8-2 run to take a 22-19 lead into the locker room. This marked the first time since Dec. 17, 2005 that the Bonnies trailed the Golden Griffins at halftime. Canisius emerged with a 77-67 victory on that day.

CeCe Dixon led the Bonnies on the scoring front with seven while Walker added six. Ortega scored just four points but added seven rebounds. The Bonnies shot 24.1 percent in the first half. Only against West Virginia (22.0 percent) and Niagara (24.0 percent) have they shot a worse percentage in the first half.

The Bonnies struck first in the second half to cut the lead to one, 22-21 but Canisius responded, pushing their lead up to 28-23 thanks to some hot shooting from Ashley Wilkes. She would finish with a game-high 16 points to go with seven rebounds in 27 minutes.

The Brown and White battled back to tie the score at 32 thanks a triple from Emily Michael in the corner with 13:34 to play. Canisius built their lead back to four, 37-33, with 11:57 to go. It was at that moment that the Bonnies flipped the switch.

Dixon hit a jumper, then on the ensuing Griffs possession, Walker stole a pass and converted a lay-up in transition to tie the score 37-37. Dixon hit a three from the wing to make it 40-37 but Canisius answered driving lay-in by Jen Lennox to make it 40-39.

From there the Bonnies put this game away with a 26-5 run over the final 10:05 to secure their seventh consecutive victory over Canisius and their sixth straight season with perfect record against Big 4 opponents.  

Ortega, Dixon and Walker each scored a team-high 15 points to give the Bonnies multiple double-digit scorers for the eleventh time this season. Ortega nearly secured her sixth career double-double but came up one rebound short with nine. Walker added seven rebounds while Dixon added five.

The Bonnies defense held Canisius to just 28.0 percent shooting (14-50) in the win.

St. Bonaventure has a quick turnaround as they will welcome Kent State to the Reilly Center on Tuesday (Dec. 18) at 7:00 p.m.

GAME NOTES: Despite trailing at halftime, the Bonnies scored 47 points in the second half. SBU trailed each of their matchups with Big 4 teams this season at halftime. The Bonnies outscored Canisius 28-12 in the paint, 13-7 off turnovers, 14-11 in second chance points and trailed the Griffs 14-11 in bench points.