BUFFALO, N.Y. – Redshirt freshman guard Ella Wanzer scored a game-high and career-best 19 points and senior guard Denai Bowman finished with 16 points, leading Binghamton (4-1) to a 75-72 win over Canisius (1-3) in a non-conference women's basketball game on Sunday afternoon at the Koessler Athletic Center. With the victory, the Bearcats remain off to their best start since going 5-0 to begin the 2019-20 season.

Wanzer, who grew up in the Buffalo area and is a 2021 graduate of Amherst High School, went 7-for-12 from the field and 5-for-8 from beyond the three-point arc. In the process, she hit the most three-point field goals by a Binghamton player in a game so far this season.

Bowman, meanwhile, scored seven of her points in the decisive fourth quarter. She also recorded seven rebounds, four assists, four steals and a pair of blocks.

Also reaching double figures in scoring for Binghamton was senior forward Clare Traeger, who had 12 points and 10 rebounds, and sophomore forward Genevieve Coleman, who chipped in 10 points and tied a career high with nine rebounds. Traeger now has a team-best two double-doubles so far this season and is averaging a career-best 10.8 rebounds per game.

In a game that featured five ties and eight lead changes, the Bearcats were down 71-68 to Canisius with four minutes left in regulation. From there, however, freshman forward Camryn Fauria made a layup, trimming the deficit to 71-70 with 3:30 left to go.

Bowman gave the Bearcats the lead at 72-71 on a jumper with 2:53 left to go. She then went 1-for-2 at the free throw line with 1:57 remaining, padding the lead to 73-71.

Sisi Eleko converted a free throw to put Canisius within 73-72 at the 1:15 mark but teammate Vanessa Garrett missed two huge free throws with eight seconds left to go. Bowman grabbed the rebound off the second miss, was fouled and proceeded to hit both free throws with six seconds remaining.

Dani Haskell attempted a three pointer to tie the game at the buzzer but Bowman blocked the shot and Traeger grabbed the rebound to lock up the win.

"Our team really battled today," head coach Bethann Shapiro Ord said. "It's always tough to win on the road but we didn't panic when we fell behind and we made the defensive stops we needed to at the end of the game."

Fauria finished with eight points off the bench and added three rebounds and a pair of assists. Redshirt freshman guard Jadyn Weltz dished out a game-high six assists to go along with two points, five rebounds, a block and a pair of steals.

Eleko led Canisius with 17 points, followed by Brooklyn Thrash (16) and Haskell (13).

Binghamton shot 43.8 percent from the field (28-of-64) against Canisius and was 6-of-14 (42.9 percent) from three-point range.

The Bearcats now head to the Florida Atlantic Thanksgiving Tournament. Binghamton faces the host Owls on Friday at 4 p.m. and Butler the following day at 2 p.m.

NOTES: Binghamton is now averaging 68.8 points per game so far this season. The 75 points scored against Canisius marks its second-highest output of the year.