QU Women’s Basketball Falls at No. 9/8 Ohio State, 95-63

Friday, November 17

Columbus, OH / Value City Arena

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

0-3

Ohio State

3-1

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Quinnipiac	18	14	21	10	63
Ohio State	28	18	19	30	95

QU Women’s Basketball Falls at No. 9/8 Ohio State, 95-63

11/17/2017 9:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Three Bobcats Hit Double Figures in the Loss, Quinnipiac Trailed By Just 12 Entering the Fourth Quarter

By: QU Athletic Communications

COLUMBUS, Ohio – A third straight game to open the season against a high-major opponent for the Quinnipiac women's basketball team ended in defeat as the Bobcats dropped a 95-63 decision at the hands of No. 9/8 nationally-ranked Ohio State from the Value City Arena on Friday night. Aryn McClure (15 points, six rebounds, four assists), Jen Fay (15 points, nine rebounds) and Taylor Herd (career high 10 points) all hit double figures in scoring for the Bobcats who next host Northern Colorado on Wednesday for the 2017-18 home opener.

A deceptive score line, the Bobcats trailed by just 12 points on the road entering the fourth quarter before a 30-10 Buckeye blitz in the final stanza put the game well out of reach. Playing a Top 10 ranked program for just the fourth time in program history, Quinnipiac heads into their home opener against a 3-0 Northern Colorado team that already owns wins over nationally-ranked DePaul on the road and LSU this season.

SCORE
Ohio State 95 | Quinnipiac 63

LOCATION
Value City Arena | Columbus, Ohio

RECORDS
Ohio State (3-1) | Quinnipiac (0-3)

KEY MOMENTS

6:50, 1Q (12-6 QU): Taylor Herd (Quakertown, Pennsylvania) connected on back-to-back three-pointers, the first such makes from long range in her career, while Jaden Ward (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) connected on a layup as the Bobcats' second unit rattled off an 8-0 run and forced an early Ohio State timeout

8-2 QU run since the Bobcats went to the #GoldRush 12-6 Bobcats lead pic.twitter.com/bsbv970VbO
— QU Women's Basketball (@QU_WBB) November 18, 2017

6:33, 1Q (15-12 OSU): Following the 8-0 Quinnipiac run, the Buckeyes put together a 9-0 run of their own as Linnae Harper connected on a three-pointer and layup in transition to swing momentum back in favor of the home team
End 1Q (28-18 OSU): Ohio State went on an extended 11-2 run to end the opening frame and take a double digit lead
32-27, 7:08 2Q (32-27 OSU): Jen Fay (Lynbrook, New York) connected from deep to open the stanza while the Bobcat bench again came in and provided good minutes with a 6-2 run that lowered the deficit back down to five

Nice fake and make from Warfel...6-0 run since the #GoldRush enters. 32-27 OSU pic.twitter.com/PBoNB2FgYM
— QU Women's Basketball (@QU_WBB) November 18, 2017

Halftime (46-32 OSU): Another quarter-ending run created separation as the Buckeyes posted an 8-1 run over the final 1:47 of the second quarter to take the 14-point halftime lead
2:51, 3Q (65-46 OSU): Ohio State grabbed their biggest lead of the game up to this point as a 6-0 spurt started to put the game out of reach for the Bobcats
End 3Q (65-53 OSU): Despite the Buckeye surge, Quinnipiac responded with a quarter-ending 7-0 run of their own as Fay started the swing with a three-pointer while Aryn McClure (Springfield Gardens, New York) finished off the frame with the final four points

McClure doing her best LeBron James impression...gets this one to go to give her a team high 15pts for the game. 65-53 OSU at the end of 3Q (21-19 QU outscored OSU in 3Q) pic.twitter.com/uJRvJe9FPF
— QU Women's Basketball (@QU_WBB) November 18, 2017

4:09, 4Q (88-58): What was just a 12-point game suddenly turned into a 30-point margin as the Buckeyes opened the final period on a 23-5 run that put all hope of a Bobcat win out of reach

NOTES

Quinnipiac heads into their Wednesday showdown with Northern Colorado ending a six-game streak facing high-major opponents dating back to the 2017 NCAA Tournament
McClure recorded her second straight double-digit point outing as she went for 15 points, six rebounds, four assists, two blocks and one steal in a team-high 31 minutes
McClure ranks second on the team in scoring with 36 points (12 per game) through three games
Fay tied with McClure for the team-lead in points with 15 (5-12 FG, 4-10 3FG) on the day to go along with nine rebounds in 24 minutes
Fay leads the team in scoring (40 points, 13.3 per game) and three-point field goals (eight, 2.7 per game) after three games in 2017-18
Herd more than doubled her entire career scoring output heading into tonight's game as the sophomore went for 10 points in 13 minutes as she went 3-of-7 from the floor and 2-of-4 from three-point range
Herd recorded nine points in 13 games in her freshman season and didn't record a point in her first two appearances of this season
Herd was 0-for-4 from three for her career before going 2-of-4 from distance in tonight's game
Paula Strautmane (Riga, Latvia) finished with eight points and five rebounds while Sarah Shewan (Russell, Ontario) added five points and five rebounds
Playing a team that came in averaging 50+ rebounds per game, Quinnipiac managed 40 rebounds of their own and were outrebounded by just one (24-23) after the first half while finishing with just one less offensive rebound (17-16) for the game
For the third straight game to open the season, Quinnipiac won the turnover battle as the Bobcats finished with 14 while forcing the Buckeyes into 16
National Player of the Year frontrunner Kelsey Mitchell finished with a game-high 32 points (11-20 FG, 6-9 3FG) in 36 minutes for the Buckeyes
Ohio State came in averaging 13 three-point field goals per game and were held to just eight on the evening against the Bobcats

UPCOMING GAME
Quinnipiac hosts Northern Colorado on Wednesday, November 22 at 1:00 PM from the TD Bank Sports Center as the Bobcats will drop their 2017 MAAC Championship and 2017 Sweet 16 banners prior to the start of play. The Bobcats' tough 2017-18 non-conference schedule does not get any easier as Northern Colorado comes in having already defeated then-No. 20 DePaul on the road as well as LSU at home this season.