QU Women's Basketball Closes Buffalo Trip with 84-55 Win Over Niagara

Sunday, January 28

Niagara Falls, NY / Gallagher Center

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

17-5, 11-0MAAC

Niagara

8-13, 5-5MAAC

Quinnipiac

Niagara

QU Women's Basketball Closes Buffalo Trip with 84-55 Win Over Niagara

1/28/2018 4:23:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Bobcats Earn 12th-Straight Win

By: QU Athletic Communications

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. - Three players scored in double-figures as the Quinnipiac women's basketball team was able to defeat the Niagara Purple Eagles, 84-55, on Sunday afternoon at the Gallagher Center.

The win was Quinnipiac's 12th in a row as the Bobcats move to 11-0 in MAAC play with a win to close the upstate New York trip. Jen Fay led the way with 18 points and nine rebounds. Taylor Herd scored 13 points and Aryn McClure added 10 points and six assists.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 84 / Niagara 55
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (17-5) (11-0 MAAC) | Niagara (8-13) (5-5 MAAC)
LOCATION
Gallagher Center / Niagara Falls, New York

BOBCATS STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: Fay 18, Herd 13, McClure 10
Rebounds: Fay 9, Ward 8, Strautmane 4
Assists: Fabbri 6, McClure 6, Martin 4
Steals: Warfel 3, Fabbri 3, Fay 2, Herd 2
Blocks: Strautmane 3, Ward 1, Grant 1

NOTES

The victory is Quinnipiac's 12th in a row.
The victory was the Bobcats' eighth road win of the season, Quinnipiac finished last season with 11 road victories.
The victory over Niagara was Quinnipiac's 21st-straight win against a MAAC opponent dating back to last season.
With the win, the Bobcats remain the last team to stay unbeaten in MAAC play.
Of Quinnipiac's 31 field goals, 26 came off of assists (84%). That is the highest assist percentage in a game the Bobcats have had since dishing out 24 assists on 28 field goals (86%) in its 85-78 victory over Miami in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Mar. 20, 2017.
The Bobcats scored 41 points off 28 Niagara turnovers. That is the most since scoring 34 off 28 Siena turnovers on Jan. 30, 2015.
The two sides went back-and-forth for the first half of the first quarter.
After Niagara cut Quinnipiac's lead to 15-13 with 4:58 remaining in the first quarter, the Bobcats closed the period with a 13-2 run.
Five different Bobcat players scored on the run, with Strautmane leading the way with five points.
At the end of the first quarter, Quinnipiac held a 28-15 lead with Fay scoring 10 of her 18 points in the period.
The Bobcats kept pouring it on in the second period, outscoring the Purple Eagles 20-7 in the final 6:14 of the first half.
Seven different Quinnipiac players scored on the run.
Fay led the scoring on the 20-7 run with four points.
Fay's four points capped the run as she drilled a three-pointer while being fouled and knocked down the free-throw after.
Fay's free throw with three seconds left in the half put Quinnipiac up 26, its largest lead in the first half.
The Bobcats went into the half up 54-28 over the Purple Eagles.
Quinnipiac's 54 points at halftime were the most points its scored in a first half since it scored 58 points in the first two periods against Manhattan on 1/18/15.
The Bobcats went 11-16 (69%) from beyond the arc in the first half.
Quinnipiac recorded an assist on 16 of its 19 first-half field goals.
The Bobcats kept applying the pressure in the third quarter, going on a 10-0 run to push the lead to 71-34.
The run was capped by a Fabbri three-pointer, which put Quinnipiac up by 37, its largest lead of the game, with 1:52 remaining in the third quarter.

UPCOMING GAME
Quinnipiac will look to move to 12-0 in MAAC play on Friday, February 2, as the Bobcats will travel to take on in-state MAAC rival Fairfield at 7 p.m.