Iowa Uses Big Fourth Quarter to Outlast QU Women’s Basketball, 83-67, in First Round of Hawkeye Challenge

Friday, November 10

Iowa City, IA / Carver-Hawkeye Arena

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-1

Iowa

1-0

Quinnipiac

IOWA

Iowa Uses Big Fourth Quarter to Outlast QU Women’s Basketball, 83-67, in First Round of Hawkeye Challenge

11/10/2017 8:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Hawkeyes Ride 21-5 Run in Final 7:06 of Play to Run Away with the 16-Point Victory

By: QU Athletic Communications

IOWA CITY, Iowa – What was a back-and-forth battle through the first three quarters turned into an Iowa runaway in the fourth stanza as the Hawkeyes outscored the Bobcats 28-13 in the final quarter to defeat the Quinnipiac women's basketball team, 83-67, on Friday evening in the first round of the Hawkeye Challenge.

A tough loss in the season opener, Quinnipiac and Iowa were locked in a great seesawing affair that saw 15 lead changes for the first 32+ minutes until the Hawkeyes ran away with the 16-point win on the backs of a 21-5 run in the final 7:06 of play. Quinnipiac (0-1) will conclude play in the Hawkeye Challenge tomorrow at 2:00 PM (CT) in the consolation game against No. 16 nationally-ranked Missouri.

SCORE
Missouri 83 / Quinnipiac 67

LOCATION
Carver-Hawkeye Arena | Iowa City, Iowa (2017 Hawkeye Challenge)

RECORDS
Iowa 1-0 / Quinnipiac 0-1

KEY MOMENTS

5-0 QU (8:23, 1Q): Aryn McClure (Springfield Gardens, New York) knocked in a jumper and Jen Fay (Lynbrook, New York) canned a three-pointer that gave the Bobcats a quick five-point advantage

Jen Fay from DEEP! 5-0 Bobcats off to fast start pic.twitter.com/vOe6PxKcmc
— QU Womens Basketball (@QU_WBB) November 10, 2017

14-7 IOWA (3:56, 1Q): Iowa responded with a 14-2 run of their own after Quinnipiac went up 5-0 to start the game
19-17 IOWA (End 1Q): Trailing by as many as seven points in the first quarter, Fay and Vanessa Udoji (Randolph, Massachusetts) hit three-pointers down the stretch to cut the deficit to just two after 10 minutes of play
33-30 QU (1:58, 2Q): Neither team led by more than three points throughout the entire second quarter while Fay struck for five straight points that swung the lead back in the favor the Bobcats

Guess who...Fay drains her 4th triple of the 1H to give her a game high 18pts pic.twitter.com/Pra0NyYlOV
— QU Womens Basketball (@QU_WBB) November 10, 2017

38-36 IOWA (Halftime): Despite a combined 14 points from Fay and Udoji in the second quarter alone (27 combined points in first half), the Hawkeyes used a last-second Kathleen Doyle jumper to claim the halftime lead
48-47 IOWA (5:07, 3Q): Sarah Shewan (Russell, Ontario) snapped the Bobcats out of a three-minute scoreless streak, hitting her first of three triples to cut the Iowa lead down to one

Shewan left open in the corner and she nets her first pts of the game. 48-47 Iowa leads pic.twitter.com/HVh8oejhu6
— QU Womens Basketball (@QU_WBB) November 11, 2017

55-54 IOWA (End 3Q): McClure netted back-to-back jumpers that put the Bobcats ahead, 51-48, but Iowa closed on a 7-3 run to own a one-point advantage heading into the deciding frame
59:55 QU (9:31, 4Q): Udoji hit a triple and Fay knocked in a jumper within the first 30 seconds of the fourth quarter as the Bobcats held their largest lead of the second half

McClure to Fay! Bobcats back in the lead pic.twitter.com/5KPWVa3QOb
— QU Womens Basketball (@QU_WBB) November 11, 2017

69-62 IOWA (4:34, 4Q): The four-point lead quickly disappeared as Iowa began to take control of the game, riding a 14-3 run to take their largest lead since the midway point of the first quarter
83-67 (FINAL): Fay converted an and-one with 4:13 remaining to cut the deficit to four but Iowa was just too much down the stretch, finishing the game on a 21-5 run over the final 7:06 of play

NOTES

Fay was outstanding on the evening as she pumped in a game-high 23 points (8-13 FG, 4-6 3FG) with six rebounds, and four steals in 29 minutes for her fourth career 20-point effort
The 23-point night was just three of Fay's career high as she notched 18 of her game-high total in the first half alone
Udoji came through with a solid 12-point evening, nine of which were scored in the first half alone, as she went 5-for-10 from the floor while hitting 2-of-7 from three
The combination of Fay (23) and Udoji (12) went for 35 of the Bobcats' 67 total points while the pairing combined for an impressive 27 in the first half and 75 percent of the entire Quinnipiac output
Shewan connected on 3-of-9 of her three-point attempts to finish with nine points (all in the second half)
Playing a team-high 30 minutes, Carly Fabbri (Stratford, Connecticut) finished with eight points, five rebounds and six assists with no turnovers
McClure dealt with foul trouble throughout and recorded eight points in just 19 minutes as she fouled out late in the fourth quarter
Quinnipiac was outscored in the paint, 36-10, but owned a 19-10 edge in points-off-turnovers as the Bobcats committed just nine while forcing the Hawkeyes into 16
Iowa owned a 50-29 advantage (+21) in rebounding and hit 17 free throws compared to just five for the Bobcats
Quinnipiac attempted 40 three-pointers in the loss (23 in the second half), tied for the most the Bobcats have attempted in a single-game in program history
The Bobcats also attempted 40 three-pointers at Monmouth on March 1, 2015 in a 87-48 win

UPCOMING GAME
Quinnipiac heads into a big Saturday afternoon contest with No. 16 Missouri as the two sides will meet for the first time at 2:00 PM (CT). The Bobcats are 2-10 all-time against ranked opponents, having ended last season on a high note with the first two victories over ranked foes coming in the NCAA Tournament over then-No. 25 Marquette and No. 16 Miami.