Sunday, November 27
Orlando, FL
11:00 AM
Quinnipiac University
vs
Indiana State University
QU Men's Basketball Closes Out AdvoCare Invitational Sunday Against Indiana State
11/26/2016 9:32:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (0-4) vs.
Indiana State Sycamores (2-3)
Date: Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 (11 a.m.)
Location: AdvoCare Invitational | HP Field House (Orlando, Fla.)
All-Time Series vs. Indiana State: First meeting
TV: ESPNU
ADVOCARE RECAPS
Quinnipiac has battled two major programs on the first two days of the AdvoCare Invitational and exceeded expectations. The Bobcats gave No. 11 Gonzaga a good battle for much of the game before the Bulldogs eventually pulled away for an 82-62 win. Quinnipiac was within 26-25 with under five minutes to go in the half, but Gonzaga used an 11-0 run to take a 37-29 lead into the break. Quinnipiac opened the second half with a three-pointer to close to within 37-32, but Gonzaga hit threes on its next two possessions to restore a double-digit lead. The second round game with Seton Hall was even closer, as the Bobcats jumped out to a 20-10 lead, and then used a 13-0 run in the second half to close to within two points at 62-60 with just under 10 minutes left. Seton Hall then inched its lead out to double digits with the help of a four-point play (a basket and an intentional foul) and three foul shots after being fouled in the act of shooting a three to take a 90-79 win.
IT STARTED WITH A STRONG SHOWING AT ADVOCARE
Freshman guard Peter Kiss showed potential in his first two games against Vermont and Columbia, averaging 7.0 points, but has had a major breakthrough at the AdvoCare Invitational. Kiss scored a personal best 18 points in a loss to No. 11 Gonzaga on Thursday, shooting 8-13 from the floor. His season high lasted for all of one day, as he eclipsed that total with 19 points against Seton Hall on Friday. Kiss shot 7-11 from the floor against the Pirates, including a perfect 4-4 from three, tying for the fifth-best single-game performance in Quinnipiac's Division I history (current teammate Daniel Harris was 5-5 in a game last year). Kiss had 13 of his 19 points in the second half, making all five of his shots from the floor after intermission.
PROMISING START FOR NEW FACES
Quinnipiac has four new guards in the rotation this season, and all four of them have shown promise in the early part of the year. Junior guard Reggie Oliver led the team in scoring on opening day against Vermont with 15 points, knocking down four three-pointers on the day (shooting 4-8 from beyond the arc). Junior guard Phil Winston had seven assists and two turnovers in 20 minutes, showing the ability to run the offense effectively. Freshman guard Mikey Dixon led the Bobcats with 17 points in Monday's loss to Columbia, shooting 4-6 from three, while freshman guard Peter Kiss has had a head-turning performance at the AdvoCare Invitational (see above note).
DANIELS PICKS UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF
Junior forward Chaise Daniels overcame an injury that kept him out of action for a month and closed out his sophomore season by scoring in double figures in each of his last seven games, staring with a new career high 28 points on 11-17 shooting in a double-overtime defeat to Fairfield on Feb. 13 and ended it with 10 points in the MAAC Tournament against Rider. After reaching doubles in the first two games this year, his streak ended at nine after tallying a respectable nine points and 10 rebounds against No. 11 Gonzaga. He then followed that up with 14 points and 11 rebounds against Seton Hall, his second career double-double.
BUNDU BREAK THROUGH
Current sophomore forward Abdulai Bundu earned MAAC and ECAC Division I Rookie of the Week honors on Jan. 4 last season after a break through week. Bundu averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds in two games, including a 23-point, 15-rebound effort at Maine on Dec. 29. After averaging only 4.4 rebounds over the first 10 games, Bundu moved up to sixth in the MAAC in rebounding (6.6 rpg) by averaging almost eight boards in the final 20 games. He pulled down over half of his rebounds last year on the offensive end of the floor (105 of 198), which ranked him in first in the MAAC in offensive rebounding (3.5 pg) and 25th nationally, despite only playing 23.2 mpg. He had six offensive rebounds (out of nine total) in a loss to Columbia and has once again tallied over half of his rebounds on the offense end so far this year (10 of 17).
HARRIS THREE-FOR-ALL
Senior guard Daniel Harris had some big performances from behind the arc in his first season with the Bobcats last year, shooting 6-9 in a win over Niagara on Jan. 30 and 5-5 in a Feb. 13 defeat at Manhattan. His 5-5 effort tied for the second-best in Quinnipiac's Division I history (since 1998-99) and is the best in Head Coach Tom Moore's nine seasons at the helm, while his six three-pointers in one game was the highest total for any Bobcat in 2015-16. Harris had two or more three pointers in 23 of 30 games in 2015-16 and ranked third in the MAAC in three-point percentage (40.7) and eighth in three-pointers made (2.3). He has made at least two three-pointers in all four games this season, shooting 44 percent from beyond the arc, and has now had multiple threes in 27 of 34 games as a Bobcat.
Quinnipiac Top 5 Single-Game 3-pt Pct. (DI Era)
6-6 Rashaun Banjo vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 2/4/02
5-5 Daniel Harris vs. Manhattan, 2/11/16
5-5 Jared Grasso vs. UMBC, 2/3/00
5-5 Kason Mims vs. Monmouth, 2/7/04
4-4 Five players (inc. Peter Kiss v Seton Hall - 11/25/16)
REBOUNDING DOMINANCE
Quinnipiac finished the 2015-16 season leading the nation in offensive rebounding, the fifth time in the last six years it has led the nation in that category. The Bobcats actually have a streak of six straight seasons leading the nation in at least one rebounding category. In 2014-15, Quinnipiac ranked second in offensive rebounds (16.4) to West Virginia, but still led the nation in total rebounds (45.4), defensive rebounds (29.0) and rebounding margin (12.4). In 2013-14, the Bobcats led the nation in rebounding margin (11.8), offensive rebounds (16.7), defensive rebounds (28.7) and total rebounds (45.4), becoming the only team to finish first in all four categories since Quinnipiac joined the Division I ranks (1998-99).
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS
With Tom Moore at the helm, Quinnipiac has outrebounded its opponent in 243 of 285 games (85.3 percent). In 107 of those 285 games, QU has posted a plus-10 or better rebounding margin, as well as 30 games with plus-20 or better. The Bobcats have an 84-23 (.785) mark when holding a plus-10 edge under Moore, and 22-8 (.733) with plus-20. Remarkably, Quinnipiac has held a +10 margin or better on the boards 107 times in the last 10 years, and suffered a -10 margin or worse only five times in that same span (including Vermont and Gonzaga this season). Quinnipiac is now 112-11-4 in the rebounding department in the 127 games since the start of 2012-13, including two entire seasons without being outrebounded once (2012-13, 2014-15).
BOARD SCORES
In the first eight full seasons since Tom Moore took over, the Bobcats improved their rebounding margin, from 5.0 per game in his first season in 2007-08 to a nation's best 12.4 in 2014-15 (see chart below). The aggregate total over the Moore Era years sees Quinnipiac outrebounding its opponents by a spread of 2,449 (11,965-9,516). To put that total in perspective, if all of the Bobcats vacated the floor against Indiana State, and the Sycamores did a tip drill on the glass and recorded exactly one rebound per second, Quinnipiac's rebounding margin under Moore would not level off at zero until the first minute of overtime.
MILESTONE YEARS FOR MOORE
Head Coach Tom Moore is in a pair of milestone seasons in his coaching career - his 10th as the head coach at Quinnipiac and his 30th in collegiate coaching (as both an assistant and a head coach). He currently has been a part of 593 wins, seven shy of 600, and 492 at the Division I level, seven away from 500.
SMITH THIRD ON QU BLOCKS CHART
Senior forward Donovan Smith had 53 blocks in 2015-16 (1.8 per game, ranking him second in the MAAC), which is third on the single-season blocks mark at Quinnipiac during its Division I era (since 1998-99). Ousmane Drame has the top two totals (88 as a senior in 2014-15, 64 as a junior in 2013-14), while C.J. Vick is now fourth with 43 (2002-03). Junior Chaise Daniels finished with 39 (fifth place), ranking him fourth in the MAAC.
Quinnipiac Division I Single-Season Blocks Leaders
88 Ousmane Drame, 2014-15
64 Ousmane Drame, 2013-14
53 Donovan Smith, 2015-16
43 C.J. Vick 2002-03
39 Chaise Daniels, 2015-16
CAN WE POOL OUR POINTS?
The TD Bank Sports Center has banners listing all of the 1000-point scorers in Quinnipiac basketball history, but nobody on the 2016-17 team entered the year even a third of the way there. Collectively, the Bobcats now have 1,444 points, enough to make the banner, but the closest individual is Chaise Daniels with 369, still needing 631. A year ago, the Bobcats started the season with only 602 points on the entire roster, making this year's roster slightly more experienced than the 2015-16 squad.
QU Career Scoring Leaders
369 Chaise Daniels
354 Daniel Harris
247 Abdulai Bundu
227 Donovan Smith
63 Andrew Robinson
51 Peter Kiss
49 Reggie Oliver
40 Alain Chigha
29 Mikey Dixon
10 Phil Winston
3 Aaron Robinson
2 Greg Tarca
1144 Total
BALANCED SCORING
Quinnipiac had five players score in double figures in its loss to Columbia on Nov. 21, something that happened only once all of last season (in an overtime loss at Maine). The Bobcats come into the Indiana State game with four players averaging within a single point of the scoring lead, with freshman guard Peter Kiss leading the way at 12.8 ppg. He is followed closely by senior guard Daniel Harris (12.3 ppg) and junior guard Reggie Oliver (12.3 ppg), while junior forward Chaise Daniels averages 12.0 ppg.
THREE-FENSE
One area that the Bobcats showed significant improvement in 2015-16 was defending the three-point line. Opponents shot just 31.0 percent from beyond the arc (174-562), which led the MAAC and ranked 19th nationally at the end of the year, In 2014-15, opponents shot 35.1 pct from three, ranking QU eighth in the MAAC. So far this year, opponents are shooting that same 31.0 percent through four games.
IT PAYS TO GET DEFENSIVE
Over the past seven seasons, Quinnipiac has a strong record of 76-32 (.704) when keeping its opponent to 40 percent or less from the field. The Bobcats were 9-7 when holding opponents below 40 in 2015-16, accounting for all nine of the team's wins.
NEXT UP
The Bobcats will be back in action for a big home game on Thursday, meeting preseason MAAC favorite Monmouth for a 7 p.m. contest at the TD Bank Sports Center. For ticket information, contact the TD Bank Sports Center Box Office at 203-582-3905 or visit online at QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
Indiana State Sycamores (2-3)
Date: Sunday, Nov. 27, 2016 (11 a.m.)
Location: AdvoCare Invitational | HP Field House (Orlando, Fla.)
All-Time Series vs. Indiana State: First meeting
TV: ESPNU
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ADVOCARE RECAPS
Quinnipiac has battled two major programs on the first two days of the AdvoCare Invitational and exceeded expectations. The Bobcats gave No. 11 Gonzaga a good battle for much of the game before the Bulldogs eventually pulled away for an 82-62 win. Quinnipiac was within 26-25 with under five minutes to go in the half, but Gonzaga used an 11-0 run to take a 37-29 lead into the break. Quinnipiac opened the second half with a three-pointer to close to within 37-32, but Gonzaga hit threes on its next two possessions to restore a double-digit lead. The second round game with Seton Hall was even closer, as the Bobcats jumped out to a 20-10 lead, and then used a 13-0 run in the second half to close to within two points at 62-60 with just under 10 minutes left. Seton Hall then inched its lead out to double digits with the help of a four-point play (a basket and an intentional foul) and three foul shots after being fouled in the act of shooting a three to take a 90-79 win.
IT STARTED WITH A STRONG SHOWING AT ADVOCARE
Freshman guard Peter Kiss showed potential in his first two games against Vermont and Columbia, averaging 7.0 points, but has had a major breakthrough at the AdvoCare Invitational. Kiss scored a personal best 18 points in a loss to No. 11 Gonzaga on Thursday, shooting 8-13 from the floor. His season high lasted for all of one day, as he eclipsed that total with 19 points against Seton Hall on Friday. Kiss shot 7-11 from the floor against the Pirates, including a perfect 4-4 from three, tying for the fifth-best single-game performance in Quinnipiac's Division I history (current teammate Daniel Harris was 5-5 in a game last year). Kiss had 13 of his 19 points in the second half, making all five of his shots from the floor after intermission.
PROMISING START FOR NEW FACES
Quinnipiac has four new guards in the rotation this season, and all four of them have shown promise in the early part of the year. Junior guard Reggie Oliver led the team in scoring on opening day against Vermont with 15 points, knocking down four three-pointers on the day (shooting 4-8 from beyond the arc). Junior guard Phil Winston had seven assists and two turnovers in 20 minutes, showing the ability to run the offense effectively. Freshman guard Mikey Dixon led the Bobcats with 17 points in Monday's loss to Columbia, shooting 4-6 from three, while freshman guard Peter Kiss has had a head-turning performance at the AdvoCare Invitational (see above note).
DANIELS PICKS UP WHERE HE LEFT OFF
Junior forward Chaise Daniels overcame an injury that kept him out of action for a month and closed out his sophomore season by scoring in double figures in each of his last seven games, staring with a new career high 28 points on 11-17 shooting in a double-overtime defeat to Fairfield on Feb. 13 and ended it with 10 points in the MAAC Tournament against Rider. After reaching doubles in the first two games this year, his streak ended at nine after tallying a respectable nine points and 10 rebounds against No. 11 Gonzaga. He then followed that up with 14 points and 11 rebounds against Seton Hall, his second career double-double.
BUNDU BREAK THROUGH
Current sophomore forward Abdulai Bundu earned MAAC and ECAC Division I Rookie of the Week honors on Jan. 4 last season after a break through week. Bundu averaged 19 points and 12 rebounds in two games, including a 23-point, 15-rebound effort at Maine on Dec. 29. After averaging only 4.4 rebounds over the first 10 games, Bundu moved up to sixth in the MAAC in rebounding (6.6 rpg) by averaging almost eight boards in the final 20 games. He pulled down over half of his rebounds last year on the offensive end of the floor (105 of 198), which ranked him in first in the MAAC in offensive rebounding (3.5 pg) and 25th nationally, despite only playing 23.2 mpg. He had six offensive rebounds (out of nine total) in a loss to Columbia and has once again tallied over half of his rebounds on the offense end so far this year (10 of 17).
HARRIS THREE-FOR-ALL
Senior guard Daniel Harris had some big performances from behind the arc in his first season with the Bobcats last year, shooting 6-9 in a win over Niagara on Jan. 30 and 5-5 in a Feb. 13 defeat at Manhattan. His 5-5 effort tied for the second-best in Quinnipiac's Division I history (since 1998-99) and is the best in Head Coach Tom Moore's nine seasons at the helm, while his six three-pointers in one game was the highest total for any Bobcat in 2015-16. Harris had two or more three pointers in 23 of 30 games in 2015-16 and ranked third in the MAAC in three-point percentage (40.7) and eighth in three-pointers made (2.3). He has made at least two three-pointers in all four games this season, shooting 44 percent from beyond the arc, and has now had multiple threes in 27 of 34 games as a Bobcat.
Quinnipiac Top 5 Single-Game 3-pt Pct. (DI Era)
6-6 Rashaun Banjo vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 2/4/02
5-5 Daniel Harris vs. Manhattan, 2/11/16
5-5 Jared Grasso vs. UMBC, 2/3/00
5-5 Kason Mims vs. Monmouth, 2/7/04
4-4 Five players (inc. Peter Kiss v Seton Hall - 11/25/16)
REBOUNDING DOMINANCE
Quinnipiac finished the 2015-16 season leading the nation in offensive rebounding, the fifth time in the last six years it has led the nation in that category. The Bobcats actually have a streak of six straight seasons leading the nation in at least one rebounding category. In 2014-15, Quinnipiac ranked second in offensive rebounds (16.4) to West Virginia, but still led the nation in total rebounds (45.4), defensive rebounds (29.0) and rebounding margin (12.4). In 2013-14, the Bobcats led the nation in rebounding margin (11.8), offensive rebounds (16.7), defensive rebounds (28.7) and total rebounds (45.4), becoming the only team to finish first in all four categories since Quinnipiac joined the Division I ranks (1998-99).
CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS
With Tom Moore at the helm, Quinnipiac has outrebounded its opponent in 243 of 285 games (85.3 percent). In 107 of those 285 games, QU has posted a plus-10 or better rebounding margin, as well as 30 games with plus-20 or better. The Bobcats have an 84-23 (.785) mark when holding a plus-10 edge under Moore, and 22-8 (.733) with plus-20. Remarkably, Quinnipiac has held a +10 margin or better on the boards 107 times in the last 10 years, and suffered a -10 margin or worse only five times in that same span (including Vermont and Gonzaga this season). Quinnipiac is now 112-11-4 in the rebounding department in the 127 games since the start of 2012-13, including two entire seasons without being outrebounded once (2012-13, 2014-15).
BOARD SCORES
In the first eight full seasons since Tom Moore took over, the Bobcats improved their rebounding margin, from 5.0 per game in his first season in 2007-08 to a nation's best 12.4 in 2014-15 (see chart below). The aggregate total over the Moore Era years sees Quinnipiac outrebounding its opponents by a spread of 2,449 (11,965-9,516). To put that total in perspective, if all of the Bobcats vacated the floor against Indiana State, and the Sycamores did a tip drill on the glass and recorded exactly one rebound per second, Quinnipiac's rebounding margin under Moore would not level off at zero until the first minute of overtime.
MILESTONE YEARS FOR MOORE
Head Coach Tom Moore is in a pair of milestone seasons in his coaching career - his 10th as the head coach at Quinnipiac and his 30th in collegiate coaching (as both an assistant and a head coach). He currently has been a part of 593 wins, seven shy of 600, and 492 at the Division I level, seven away from 500.
SMITH THIRD ON QU BLOCKS CHART
Senior forward Donovan Smith had 53 blocks in 2015-16 (1.8 per game, ranking him second in the MAAC), which is third on the single-season blocks mark at Quinnipiac during its Division I era (since 1998-99). Ousmane Drame has the top two totals (88 as a senior in 2014-15, 64 as a junior in 2013-14), while C.J. Vick is now fourth with 43 (2002-03). Junior Chaise Daniels finished with 39 (fifth place), ranking him fourth in the MAAC.
Quinnipiac Division I Single-Season Blocks Leaders
88 Ousmane Drame, 2014-15
64 Ousmane Drame, 2013-14
53 Donovan Smith, 2015-16
43 C.J. Vick 2002-03
39 Chaise Daniels, 2015-16
CAN WE POOL OUR POINTS?
The TD Bank Sports Center has banners listing all of the 1000-point scorers in Quinnipiac basketball history, but nobody on the 2016-17 team entered the year even a third of the way there. Collectively, the Bobcats now have 1,444 points, enough to make the banner, but the closest individual is Chaise Daniels with 369, still needing 631. A year ago, the Bobcats started the season with only 602 points on the entire roster, making this year's roster slightly more experienced than the 2015-16 squad.
QU Career Scoring Leaders
369 Chaise Daniels
354 Daniel Harris
247 Abdulai Bundu
227 Donovan Smith
63 Andrew Robinson
51 Peter Kiss
49 Reggie Oliver
40 Alain Chigha
29 Mikey Dixon
10 Phil Winston
3 Aaron Robinson
2 Greg Tarca
1144 Total
BALANCED SCORING
Quinnipiac had five players score in double figures in its loss to Columbia on Nov. 21, something that happened only once all of last season (in an overtime loss at Maine). The Bobcats come into the Indiana State game with four players averaging within a single point of the scoring lead, with freshman guard Peter Kiss leading the way at 12.8 ppg. He is followed closely by senior guard Daniel Harris (12.3 ppg) and junior guard Reggie Oliver (12.3 ppg), while junior forward Chaise Daniels averages 12.0 ppg.
THREE-FENSE
One area that the Bobcats showed significant improvement in 2015-16 was defending the three-point line. Opponents shot just 31.0 percent from beyond the arc (174-562), which led the MAAC and ranked 19th nationally at the end of the year, In 2014-15, opponents shot 35.1 pct from three, ranking QU eighth in the MAAC. So far this year, opponents are shooting that same 31.0 percent through four games.
IT PAYS TO GET DEFENSIVE
Over the past seven seasons, Quinnipiac has a strong record of 76-32 (.704) when keeping its opponent to 40 percent or less from the field. The Bobcats were 9-7 when holding opponents below 40 in 2015-16, accounting for all nine of the team's wins.
NEXT UP
The Bobcats will be back in action for a big home game on Thursday, meeting preseason MAAC favorite Monmouth for a 7 p.m. contest at the TD Bank Sports Center. For ticket information, contact the TD Bank Sports Center Box Office at 203-582-3905 or visit online at QuinnipiacBobcats.com.
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