Panther’s Toothsayer: Canisius Golden Griffins
- Tyler
- 2 days ago
- 4 min read
📍 Series & Setting
High Point and Canisius have met only once, a 78–70 Panther win in 2023 — and they enter Monday’s matchup carrying wildly different trajectories.
Canisius, the only Griffins in the D1 ranks, arrives from Buffalo at 2–2, picked last in the MAAC (13th of 13), but carrying something they didn’t have a year ago: actual depth and athleticism. Jim Christian rebuilt the roster with 7 transfers and 4 freshmen, moving away from last season’s historically thin rotation.
High Point is 3–1, but the last outing was a harsh reality check: a 91–74 loss at UAB, a game many circled as HPU’s toughest non-conference test — but not one that was expected to unravel the way it did. For a Blazer team that struggled early, HPU’s performance was flat, sloppy, and uncharacteristically disconnected.
The good news?