Rigoni Records Career-High 23 Points, Bobcats Earn First Win of 2018-19

Tuesday, November 20

Durham, NH

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

1-2

New Hampshire

2-3

Quinnipiac

New Hampshire

Rigoni Records Career-High 23 Points, Bobcats Earn First Win of 2018-19

11/20/2018 8:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Sports Information

DURHAM, N.H. – Jacob Rigoni (Adelaide, Australia) scored a career-high 23 points on Tuesday night at Lundholm Gymnasium, leading Quinnipiac men's basketball to its first win of the 2018-19 season over New Hampshire by the final score of 69-63.

Cameron Young (Los Angeles, California) added 17 points, while Kevin Marfo (Bergenfield, New Jersey) grabbed a career-high 14 rebounds in the win.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 69, New Hampshire 63

LOCATION
Lundholm Gymnasium | Durham, New Hampshire

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (1-2, 0-0 MAAC) | New Hampshire (2-3, 0-0 AE)

QUINNIPIAC STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: Jacob Rigoni 23, Cameron Young 17, Travis Atson 7
Rebounds: Kevin Marfo 14, Jacob Rigoni 9
Assists: Kevin Marfo 4, Aaron Robinson 3
Steals: Four tied w/ 1

NOTES

Jacob Rigoni (Adelaide, Australia) recorded 23 points and nine rebounds (both a career high), shooting 8-for-17 from the floor. The sophomore made four 3-pointers, and went 3-for-3 from the foul line.
Kevin Marfo's (Bergenfield, New Jersey) 14-rebound performance is also a career high. He added four points and four assists, and has now recorded 32 total rebounds over the Bobcats' first three games (10.7 rpg)
Cameron Young (Los Angeles, California) added 17 points on 5-of-13 shooting. The graduate student has recorded a team-high 17.3 points per game so far this year.
Freshman Tyree Pickron (Philadelphia, Pa.) recorded a career-high seven points, shooting 3-for-7 from the floor in 13 minutes.
Travis Atson (Brooklyn, NY) and Aaron Robinson (Takoma Park, Md.) both added seven points and five rebounds for the Bobcats in the victory.
The Bobcats drilled 12 3-pointers in the win, knocking down 10 shots from distance in just the first half.
Quinnipiac shot 10-of-21 from 3-point distance in the first 20 minutes. The last time the Bobcats nailed 10 3-pointers in a single half came on Dec. 4, 2017 at Columbia.
Quinnipiac went on a 22-3 run over 8:04 in the middle of the first half. The run started with a Cameron Young 3-pointer, and ended just over eight minutes later with an Aaron Robinson shot from distance.
The Bobcats shot 23-for-57 (40.4%) in total, outrebounding New Hampshire 50-33. The last time Quinnipiac recorded 50+ rebounds in a game came two years ago (Jan. 27, 2017, 51 rebounds at Monmouth).
Quinnipiac made a season-high 11 free throws in total.
The Bobcats assisted on nine baskets, also a season-high.