QU Women's Basketball Closes Regular Season With 77-57 Win Over Monmouth on Senior Day

Sunday, February 25

Hamden, Conn.

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

24-5 (18-0MAAC)

Monmouth

9-20 (7-11MAAC)

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Monmouth	19	9	17	12	57
Quinnipiac	21	14	28	14	77

QU Women's Basketball Closes Regular Season With 77-57 Win Over Monmouth on Senior Day

2/25/2018 5:29:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. - The Quinnipiac women's basketball team finished the MAAC regular season undefeated with an 18-0 record after defeating the Monmouth Hawks 77-55, Sunday, Feb. 25. The Bobcats have finished the regular season undefeated in conference play for the third time in program history and third time in six seasons.

The win came on the Senior Day for Quinnipiac's three seniors, Carly Fabbri (Stratford, Connecticut), Sarah Shewan (Russell, Ontario) and Brittany Johnson (Pickerington, Ohio) who were honored prior to the game. Fabbri went on to score a game-high 21 points in what was her final regular season home game at the TD Bank Sports Center.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 77 / Monmouth 57
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (24-5) (18-0 MAAC) | Monmouth (9-20) (7-11 MAAC)
LOCATION
TD Bank Sports Center / Hamden, Conn.

BOBCATS STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: Fabbri 21, Fay 15, McClure 13, Strautmane 11
Rebounds: Fay 8, Warfel 8, McClure 6, Strautmane 5
Assists: McClure 6, Fay 6, Fabbri 4
Steals: McClure 3, Thornton 2, Martin 2
Blocks: Strautmane 4, McClure 3, Ward 1

NOTES

The victory is Quinnipiac's 19th in a row and 18th-straight in the MAAC this season.
The Bobcats' 19-game win streak is tied for fifth longest in the nation with Belmont.
Quinnipiac's 19 wins puts the Bobcats three wins away from tying its program record 22 consecutive wins, which was set during the 2012-13 season.
With the victory today, Quinnipiac finishes the regular-season undefeated with an 18-0 conference record.
The Bobcats have finished the regular season undefeated in conference play for the third time in program history and third time in six seasons.
The victory was the Bobcats' 12th home win of the season, tying last season's home win total.
The win was Quinnipiac's 24th of the season.The Bobcats have won at least 20 games in seven consecutive seasons.
The victory over Monmouth was Quinnipiac's 28th-straight win against a MAAC opponent dating back to last season.
The 28 consecutive conference wins is Quinnipiac's longest win streak against MAAC opponents since joining the conference prior to the 2013-14 season.
Senior guard Carly Fabbri (Stratford, Connecticut) scored a game-high 21 points and dished out four assists in what was the final home game at the TD Bank Sports Center of her career.
Jen Fay (Lynbrook, New York) added 15 points, grabbed a game-high eight rebounds and tied her career-high of six assists.
Paige Warfel (Chester Springs, Pennsylvania) also grabbed a game-high eight.
Aryn McClure contributed 13 points, six rebounds and six assists in the win.
Paula Strautmane (Riga, Latvia) scored 11 points, grabbed five rebounds, dished out three assists, blocked four shots and recorded three steals.
After a back-and-forth first quarter, Quinnipiac held a narrow 21-19 lead over Monmouth.
The Bobcats opened the second quarter with a quick 7-2 run in the first 3:10 of the period to take a 28-21 lead.
Monmouth responded with a 7-0 run of its own to tie the contest at 28-28 with 4:35 remaining in the half.
Quinnipiac closed the final 2:10 of the first half with a 7-0 run.
The run was started with an Edel Thornton (Gurranabraher, Ireland) three-pointer and was capped with a Strautmane layup with a minute left to put the Bobcats up 35-28 going into the half.
At halftime, Fabbri led the way with 11 points and two assists.
After Monmouth cut Quinnipiac's lead to 41-36 with 8:07 remaining in the third quarter, the Bobcats ran off a 20-5 run to take a 61-41 lead with 2:55 remaining in the quarter.
During the 20-5 run, Quinnipiac went 7-10 from the field including 4-5 from beyond the three-point line.
Four-different players scored for Quinnipiac during the run with Fay and Strautmane combining to score 16 of the 20 points for the Bobcats.
Quinnipiac's largest lead of the game reached 22 after Jaden Ward (Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin) nailed a jumper to put the Bobcats up 77-55 with 3:20 remaining in the fourth.

UPCOMING GAME
Since Quinnipiac clinched the MAAC regular-season championship, it will have a first-round bye in the MAAC Tournament. The Bobcats will open up MAAC Tournament play in the Quarterfinals on Friday, March 2nd at 1 p.m. at the Times Union Center in Albany, New York. The Bobcats will take on the winner of the matchup between the eighth-seeded Canisius Golden Griffins and ninth-seeded Monmouth Hawks.