QU Men's Basketball Falls On Road To League-Leading Rider

Friday, January 12

Lawrenceville, NJ

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

6-12, 3-3MAAC

Rider University

11-6, 4-1MAAC

Quinnipiac

Rider University

QU Men's Basketball Falls On Road To League-Leading Rider

1/12/2018 9:04:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – The Rider men's basketball team broke open a big first-half lead and went on to capture a 78-60 win over Quinnipiac on Friday evening at Alumni Gymnasium. Senior guard Cameron Young (Los Angeles, Calif.) led the Bobcats with 19 points and nine rebounds.

SCORE
Rider 78, Quinnipiac 60

LOCATION
Alumni Gymnasium / Lawrenceville, N.J.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac 6-12, 3-3 MAAC // Rider 11-6, 4-1 MAAC

GAME NOTES

Rider maintained its share of first place in the MAAC with the win, improving to 4-1, including four straight wins since dropping its conference opener.
Rider used two runs in the first half to take a 39-20 lead at the break. The first was a 7-0 run to take its first double-digit lead at 19-8, the second was a 12-2 run to end the half to turn a 27-18 lead into a 39-20 advantage at halftime.
Senior guard Cameron Young (Los Angeles, Calif.) got off to a quick start with seven points in the first five minutes, but picked up his second foul and cooled off after going to the bench.
Quinnipiac got as close as 15 in the second half on a three-pointer from Andrew Robinson (Takoma Park, Md.), but Rider was able to answer with a 6-0 run.
Senior Greg Tarca (Montgomery, N.J.), a former walk-on, had the final four points for the Bobcats playing in front of some hometown fans, setting a new career high.
Freshman Jacob Rigoni (Adelaide, Australia) had 14 points, including 6-6 shooting from the line, while Isaiah Washington (Williamsport, Pa.) added 13..
Quinnipiac was at a slight scheduling disadvantage heading in, playing its fourth game in seven days, capturing an overtime win at home over Marist on Wednesday. Rider, meanwhile, had been off since a win on Sunday.

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Points: Cameron Young 19, Jacob Rigoni 14, Isaiah Washington 13
Rebounds: Cameron Young 9, Isaiah Washington 6, Jacob Rigoni 6
Assists: Rich Kelly 2, Cameron Young 2

RIDER STAT LEADERS
Points: Frederick Scott 15, Stevie Jordan 13
Rebounds: Dimencio Vaughn 9, Tyere Marshall 9
Assists: Anthony Durham 7, Stevie Jordan 7

UPCOMING GAMES
Quinnipiac will return home on Thursday night to take on Niagara at 7 p.m. at the TD Bank Sports Center.