Saint Peter's Defends Home Court, Defeats QU Men's Basketball 84-58

Sunday, January 7

Jersey City, NJ

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

5-11, 2-2MAAC

Saint Peter's University

8-7, 2-2MAAC

Quinnipiac

Saint Peter's

Saint Peter's Defends Home Court, Defeats QU Men's Basketball 84-58

1/7/2018 4:02:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – The Saint Peter's men's basketball team jumped out to a quick double-figure lead at 16-6 and never looked back as it captured an 84-58 win over Quinnipiac on Sunday afternoon at the Yanitelli Center. Cameron Young (Los Angeles, Calif.) had 16 of his team-high 18 points in the first half for the Bobcats, while Nick Griffin led all scorers for Saint Peter's with 22.

SCORE
Saint Peter's 84, Quinnipiac 58

LOCATION
Yanitelli Center / Jersey City, N.J.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac 5-11, 2-2 MAAC // Saint Peter's 8-7, 2-2 MAAC

GAME NOTES

Saint Peter's led by 15 at the break and the Bobcats were never able to dent the margin in the second half.
Senior guard Cameron Young hit his second three-pointer in the early going cut Saint Peter's lead to 7-6, but the Peacocks used a 9-0 run to push it to double figures for the first time at 16-6
A Young basket had the Bobcats within 26-15, but Saint Peter's used a quick 8-0 run out of a media timeout to take its largest lead of the half at 34-15.
Freshman Jacob Rigoni (Adelaide, Australia) had four points in the final minutes of the first half on a three-pointer and a foul shot, but the Peacocks were able to take a 43-28 lead into the break.
Young finished with 18 points after scoring 16 in the first half, while senior forward Chaise Daniels (Meriden, Conn.) had 16 off the bench.
Quinnipiac was held to just 29.1 percent (16-55), including 9-34 from three-point territory.
Saint Peter's finished last year as the champions of the CollegeInsider.com Invitational Tournament (CIT), but graduated four starters off that team.

QUINNIPIAC STAT LEADERS
Points: Cameron Young 18, Chaise Daniels 16
Rebounds: Chaise Daniels 5, Abdulai Bundu 5
Assists: Rich Kelly 5

SAINT PETER'S STAT LEADERS
Points: Nick Griffin 22, Nnamdi Enechionyia 15, Elijah Gonzalez 15, Samuel Idowu 10
Rebounds: Elijah Gonzalez 5, Dahvaunte Turner 5
Assists: Elijah Gonzalez 9

UPCOMING GAMES
Quinnipiac will return home on Wednesday night to take on Marist for a 7 p.m. contest.