QU Women's Basketball Extends Win Streak to 15, Defeats Canisius 64-39

Friday, February 9

Hamden, Conn.

5:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

20-5, 14-0MAAC

Canisius

8-16, 6-7MAAC

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Canisius	8	8	13	10	39
Quinnipiac	9	15	19	21	64

QU Women's Basketball Extends Win Streak to 15, Defeats Canisius 64-39

2/9/2018 7:31:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. - Aryn McClure's game-high 15 points were enough to extend the Quinnipiac women's basketball teams' win-streak to 15 in a row, as the Bobcats defeated Canisius, 64-39, on Friday evening at the TD Bank Sports Center.

The win was the 399th of head coach Tricia Fabbri's career as the Bobcats move to 14-0 in MAAC play. Jen Fay fell just short of a double-double with nine points and nine rebounds, while Taylor Herd added nine points and four boards in the win.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 64 / Canisius 39
RECORDS
Quinnipiac (20-5) (14-0 MAAC) | Canisius (8-16) (6-7 MAAC)
LOCATION
TD Bank Sports Center / Hamden, Connecticut

BOBCATS STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: McClure 15, Herd 9, Fay 9
Rebounds: Fay 9, McClure 7, Strautmane 5, Ward 5, Warfel 5
Assists: Strautmane 5, Fabbri 5, McClure 3
Steals: Fabbri 2, Fay 2, McClure 2, Martin 2
Blocks: McClure 3, Strautmane 1, Warfel 1

NOTES

The victory is Quinnipiac's 15th in a row and 14th-straight in the MAAC this season.
The victory was the Bobcats' 11th home win of the season, Quinnipiac finished last season with 12 home victories.
The win was Quinnipiac's 20th of the season, making it seven consecutive seasons where the Bobcats have won at least 20 games.
The victory over Canisius was Quinnipiac's 24th-straight win against a MAAC opponent dating back to last season.
The win was head coach Tricia Fabbri's 399th of her career, putting her one shy of 400.
The Bobcats scored 26 points off 19 Canisius turnovers.
Aryn McClure (Springfield Gardens, New York) led the way with a game-high 15 points, seven rebounds and three blocks.
McClure's 15 points gives her 884 for her career, making her 116 points short of 1,000 for her career.
Jen Fay (Lynbrook, New York) narrowly fell short of a double-double, finishing with nine points and nine rebounds.
Taylor Herd (Quakertown, Pennsylvania) added nine points and four rebounds in the win.
Both teams started off slow from the field to open the game as the score was tied 2-2 five minutes into the first quarter.
By the end of the first quarter, Quinnipiac held a narrow 9-8 lead.
The Bobcats used the first four minutes of the second quarter to go on a 9-2 run to push its lead to 18-10 before Canisius called a timeout.
Quinnipiac's run reached 10-0 before Canisius scored on a layup with 3:22 remaining in the first half to stop the run.
Canisius' went 10:18 of game time without scoring on a field goal from the floor before a layup with 3:22 remaining in the first half ended the drought.
The Bobcats went into the half leading 24-16.
Quinnipiac held Canisius to 4-21 (19%) shooting in the first half.
After struggling to shoot the ball in the first half, the Bobcats came out on fire in the second half by going on a 9-1 run.
McClure scored six of Quinnipiac's nine points during the run.
McClure started the run with four straight points and closed the run with a mid-range jumper.
McClure scored nine of her 15 points in the third quarter.
After going into the fourth quarter with a 43-29 lead, the Bobcats opened the fourth quarter with a 9-2 run in the first 1:30 to force a Canisius timeout.
Herd and Carly Fabbri (Stratford, Connecticut) knocked down three-straight three-pointers, with Herd nailing two.
Quinnipiac's run reached as much as 13-2.
The Bobcats' largest lead of the game reached 25 after Fay scored on a layup to put Quinnipiac up 56-31 with 7:23 remaining in the fourth quarter.

UPCOMING GAME
Quinnipiac will look to move to 15-0 in MAAC play on Sunday, February 11, as the Bobcats will travel to Loudonville, New York to take on Siena at 5 p.m.