QU Men's Basketball Has Near-Upset of Colorado Slip Away on Buzzer-Beater

Friday, November 17

Lynchburg, VA

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

1-2

University of Colorado

3-0

Team	1	2	F
Quinnipiac	29	40	69
Colorado	32	38	70

QU Men's Basketball Has Near-Upset of Colorado Slip Away on Buzzer-Beater

11/17/2017 8:51:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

LYNCHBURG, Va.. – The Quinnipiac men's basketball team nearly pulled a big upset on the opening day of the Paradise Jam, but fell at the buzzer as Colorado had the game-winning three-pointer from McKinley Wright bounce off the rim, up into the air and in on Friday evening at the Vines Center. Wright had 21 points, including two three-pointers in the final 16 seconds. Senior forward Cameron Young (Los Angeles, Calif.) had another huge day for the Bobcats with 26 points, 12 rebounds and five assists, all career highs.

SCORE
Colorado 70, Quinnipiac 69

LOCATION
Vines Center / Lynchburg, Va.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-2) / Colorado (3-0)

GAME NOTES

Quinnipiac led by 13 points at the final media timeout with 3:56 to play, but Colorado was able to chip away and lengthen the game by maximizing their possessions down the stretch to come back.
After Colorado cut it to five, Quinnipiac broke the press and Young fed the ball to Chaise Daniels (Meriden, Conn.)underneath for a three-point play to stretch the lead to eight at 66-58 with 1:33 left.
After Colorado made two straight baskets, Young hit two foul shots to restore a six-point lead with 54 seconds to play.
Namon Wright had a put back to cut the lead to four, and after a Quinnipiac turnover, McKinley Wright hit his first of two clutch threes to cut it to one with 16 seconds remaining.
Freshman guard Rich Kelly (Shelton, Conn.) leaked out and was fouled going to the rim, making one of two to push the lead to two. Graduate forward Alain Chigha (Yaounde, Cameroon) got the offensive rebound on the second miss, but was unable to convert on his chance at the line, before Wright came down and made the winning three-pointer.
Colorado made just four three-pointers in the entire game (4-20), but two of them came in the final 16 seconds.
Quinnipiac was playing its fourth-ever game against a Pac 12 opponent. The previous three were all against Oregon State, with the Bobcats going 1-2 in a three-game series.
Young started the second half with a four-point play to give Quinnipiac a 33-32 lead and had 14 second half points to help the Bobcats.
The Bobcats trailed just 32-29 at the break after junior guard Andrew Robinson (Takoma Park, Md.) and graduate guard Isaiah Washington (Williamsport, Pa.) knocked down threes on Quinnipiac's last two possessions.
Young had 12 points and six rebounds in the first half to help keep the Bobcats close while their offense struggled early (down 17-10 with 7:50 left in the half).
Quinnipiac shot just 24.2 percent in the first half (8-33) compared to 50 percent for Colorado (14-28), but trailed by only three, thanks to only three turnovers (compared to 11 for Colorado).

Coach Baker Dunleavy on the Game:
"Colorado did a great job with their length and athleticism and just being aggressive with good defense. There were some turnovers we wish we had back and some missed free throws we wish we had back. I'm proud of our guys. We got a young and generally pretty inexperienced team, so we just have to go through that together."

"It would be a shame if we didn't build on some of the positive things we did tonight, and let the loss take the air out of us. We'll watch a little bit of film from this game, but for the most part just move on to the next opponent."

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Points: Cameron Young 26, Isaiah Washington 16, Chaise Daniels 12
Rebounds: Cameron Young 12,
Assists: Cameron Young 5, Rich Kelly 5
Blocks: Chaise Daniels 1
Steals: Cameron Young, 2, Isaiah Washington 2

COLORADO STAT LEADERS
Points: McKinley Wright 21, Namon Wright 16
Rebounds: Tony Miller-Stewart 9
Assists: Lucas Siewert 3

UPCOMING GAMES
Quinnipiac will face the loser of tonight's game between Drake and Wake Forest tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. in the consolation bracket of the Paradise Jam. Houston and Liberty are in the other half of the consolations.