QU Women's Basketball Season Ends with 71-46 Loss at No. 1 UConn in NCAA Second Round

Monday, March 19

Storrs, CT / Gampel Pavilion

6:30 PM

Quinnipiac University

28-6

Connecticut

34-0

Team	1	2	3	4	F
Quinnipiac	9	9	13	15	46
UConn	19	14	21	17	71

QU Women's Basketball Season Ends with 71-46 Loss at No. 1 UConn in NCAA Second Round

3/19/2018 8:24:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

STORRS, Conn. - The Quinnipiac women's basketball team stayed within striking distance of No. 1 Connecticut for most of the first half, but eventually the Huskies were able to stretch their lead out and take a 71-46 win over the Bobcats on Monday evening in the second round of the NCAA Tournament at Gampel Pavilion.

Quinnipiac effectively slowed the game down in the first half, milking the shot clock and turning the ball over only three times in the first 20 minutes, while not allowing the Huskies, who scored 140 points in their opening round win over Saint Francis (Pa.), to get any fast break points. The Bobcats were down 19-9 after the first quarter and had it within 24-16 at the media timeout at the 4:45 mark of the second quarter, before the Huskies stretched their lead to 33-18 at the break.

The loss snaps a school-record 23-game winning streak for the Bobcats, and finishes their season at 28-6. Quinnipiac defeated Miami in Saturday's opening round, giving it three NCAA Tournament wins in the last two seasons, and the Bobcats will have all of their rotation players back again next year, other than starting point guard Carly Fabbri, to try to get back to the NCAA Tournament for a third straight season.

Junior forward Jen Fay led the Bobcats with 12 points, while UConn junior forward Napheesa Collier finished with a game-high 23 points.

SCORE
No. 1 UConn 71 / No. 9 Quinnipiac 46
RECORDS
UConn (34-0) | Quinnipiac (28-6)
LOCATION
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion / Storrs, Conn.

BOBCATS STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: Fay 12, Strautmane 9, McClure 6, Thornton 6
Rebounds: Strautmane 4, McClure 3, Warfel 3
Assists: Fabbri 4, Warfel 2, Three tied with one
Steals: Fabbri 2, Thornton 2, Three tied with one
Blocks: Thornton 1

NOTES

With the loss against UConn, Quinnipiac's season ends in the second round of the tournament.
The loss makes it the second season in a row where the Bobcats were eliminated by a No. 1 seed, as Quinnipiac fell to the eventual National Champion South Carolina Gamecocks in the Sweet 16 last season.
Quinnipiac's season ends after winning three tournament games in the past two seasons.
The loss snaps Quinnipiac's program-record of 23 wins as this is the Bobcats' first loss since Dec. 18, 2017, where the Bobcats lost to Michigan State on the road.
Quinnipiac finishes its season with a 28-6 record, making it the seventh season in a row the Bobcats have won at least 20 games.
The Bobcats are one of 19 teams in the nation to win at least 20 games a season since 2011.
Of those 19 teams, the Bobcats have the 10th best winning percentage, boasting a 186-52 (.781) record during that span.
Jen Fay was the only Quinnipiac player to score in double digits with 12 points.
Paula Strautmane finished with nine points and four rebounds.
After the Huskies opened the game with a 2-0 lead, Jen Fay came down and scored the first basket of the game on a mid-range jumper to tie the game at 2-2 50 seconds into the game.
After UConn went on a 9-0 run, Edel Thornton snapped it after she cut for a backdoor layup after Fay found her with the bounce pass.
After a hard-fought first quarter, the Bobcats went into the second quarter trailing 19-9.
Quinnipiac outscored UConn 7-5 in the first 5:28 of the second quarter, cutting the deficit to 24-16.
The Bobcats went into the half trailing the Huskies 33-18.
33 points is the lowest amount of points the Huskies have scored in a first half all season.
Fay led all Quinnipiac players with six points at the half, Paula Strautmane added five points and three rebounds and Edel Thornton contributed four points.
Quinnipiac outscored UConn 9-8 in the first 4:58 of the second half.
The Huskies outscored the Bobcats 13-4 the rest of the third quarter to take a 54-31 lead into the fourth quarter.
The Bobcats were only outscored 17-15 in the fourth quarter.
The Bobcats will lose only one player from its main rotation, senior Carly Fabbri.
Fabbri finishes her career with 760 career points and 327 career assists.
Fabbri finished the regular season with a 2.96 assist-to-turnover ratio, which led the MAAC and ranked 11th in the nation.
Fabbri concluded her senior season being named to the All-MAAC Third Team.
Fabbri was part of three MAAC Tournament Championship teams and graduates having been part of four MAAC Regular Season Champion teams.
Fabbri was part of 114 wins, making her the all-time winningest player in program history.
The 2018 senior class' 114 wins makes it the most wins for the program in a four year stretch.
Outside of Fabbri, Quinnipiac returns all of the players from its rotation including Fay and Aryn McClure who were both named to the All-MAAC First Team.