Tricia Fabbri Earns Career Win No. 400 in QU Women's Basketball's 83-72 Win Over Siena

Sunday, February 11

Loudonville, NY / Alumni Rec Center

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

21-5, 15-0

Siena

13-12, 8-6

Quinnipiac

Siena College

Tricia Fabbri Earns Career Win No. 400 in QU Women's Basketball's 83-72 Win Over Siena

2/11/2018 5:13:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

LOUDONVILLE, New York - Quinnipiac head coach Tricia Fabbri earned her 400th career win as the women's basketball team was able to use a second-half comeback to defeat the Siena Saints, 83-72, Sunday afternoon at the Alumni Recreation Center.

The win makes Fabbri the first female head coach in Quinnipiac Athletics history to win 400 games. The victory was the 16th straight for the Bobcats, improving their MAAC record to 15-0. Aryn McClure led the way for Quinnipiac with 23 points and three assists, while Jen Fay added 21 points, five rebounds and four assists in the win.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 83 / Siena 72
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (21-5) (15-0 MAAC) | Siena (13-12) (8-6 MAAC)
LOCATION
Alumni Recreation Center / Loudonville, New York

BOBCATS STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: McClure 23, Fay 21,Thornton 10
Rebounds: Strautmane 7, Fay 5, Three tied with 3
Assists: Fabbri 6, Fay 4, Three tied at 3
Steals: Strautmane 4, Herd 3, Thornton 1, Martin 1
Blocks: Strautmane 2, Warfel 2, Fay 1

NOTES

The victory is Quinnipiac's 16th in a row and 15th-straight in the MAAC this season.
The victory was the Bobcats' 10th road win of the season, Quinnipiac finished last season with 11 road victories.
The win was over Siena was the 400th of head coach Tricia Fabbri's career.
Fabbri is the all-time winningest coach in program history.
Fabbri is the first female head coach in Quinnipiac Athletics history to reach 400 career wins.
Fabbri is the fifth coach in Quinnipiac Athletics history to reach 400 wins.
Fabbri's 400 career wins places her fifth all-time in QU Athletics history behind Dan "Skip" Gooley (531), Rand Pecknold (481), Mike Quitko (481) and Burt Kahn (459).
The win was Quinnipiac's 21st of the season.The Bobcats have won at least 20 games in seven consecutive seasons.
The victory over Siena was Quinnipiac's 25th-straight win against a MAAC opponent dating back to last season.
The 25 straight wins against MAAC opponents equals its previous longest streak against conference opponents.
Quinnipiac's previous 25-game win streak against MAAC opponents was snapped last season against Monmouth on Jan. 19, 2017.
Aryn McClure (Springfield Gardens, New York) led the way with a game-high 23 points and three assists.
Jen Fay (Lynbrook, New York) scored 21 points in the win and added five rebounds and four assists.
Edel Thornton (Gurranabraher, Ireland) scored all 10 of her points in the fourth quarter.
After Quinnipiac took a 5-0 lead to open the game, Siena responded with a 19-1 run.
After falling behind 19-6, the Bobcats closed the first quarter with a 10-3 run to cut the deficit to 22-16 heading into the second quarter.
Fay stopped the Siena run with jumper from mid-range to bring the score to 19-8.
McClure helped bridge the gap by knocking down a three-pointer in back-to-back possessions.
Quinnipiac outscored Siena 22-21 in the second quarter and went into the half trailing 43-38.
Fay scored seven of her nine first-half points in the second quarter, while McClure scored five of her 11 first-half points in the second quarter.
The Bobcats opened the second half with new life by going on a 14-4 run top begin the third quarter.
Four different Bobcats scored on the run, with McClure's five points leading the charge.
McClure started the run with five quick points to tie the game at 43-43 with 8:56 remaining in the third.
Carly Fabbri (Stratford, Connecticut) gave Quinnipiac its first lead of the game since the first quarter after scoring with 7:56 remaining in the third to give the Bobcats a 45-43 lead.
Fay and McClure scored seven points apiece in the third quarter to give Quinnipiac a 59-56 lead heading into the fourth.
The Bobcats kept their foot on the gas in the fourth quarter, opening the frame with a 12-5 run in the first 4:20 of the quarter to take a 71-61 lead.
After Siena scored to cut the Quinnipiac lead to 69-61 with 6:24 remaining in the fourth, Thornton went on to score the next 10 points for the Bobcats in 3:05 of game time.
During that span, Thornton outscored Siena 10-5 to essentially put the game out of reach for the Saints.

UPCOMING GAME
Quinnipiac will look to move to 16-0 in MAAC play on Sunday, February 18, as the Bobcats will travel to Poughkeepsie, New York to take on Marist at 2 p.m.