Young Scores 24 Points, Bobcats Fall at Rider

Saturday, January 5

Lawrenceville, NJ

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

6-7

Rider

7-7

Quinnipiac

Rider

1/5/2019 9:14:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Sports Information

LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. – Quinnipiac men's basketball fell in a close battle vs. Rider, 72-67, on Saturday night in conference play at Alumni Gymnasium.

Cameron Young (Los Angeles, Calif.) led the way with 24 points and nine rebounds. He shot 8-for-14 from the floor. There were 10 lead changes in total, and the score was tied on 14 separate occasions.

SCORE
Rider 72, Quinnipiac 67

LOCATION
Alumni Gym | Lawrenceville, N.J.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (6-7, 1-1 MAAC) | Rider (7-7, 2-0 MAAC)

QUINNIPIAC STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: Cameron Young 24, Jacob Rigoni 14, Rich Kelly 12
Rebounds: Cameron Young 9, Travis Atson 5
Assists: Rich Kelly 5, Aaron Robinson 2
Steals: Cameron Young 2, Rich Kelly 2
Blocks: Abdulai Bundu 3, Jacob Rigoni 2

NOTES

The Bobcats shot 22-for-57 (38.6%) from the floor in total, knocking down 12 3-point attempts for the second straight game. Quinnipiac has six straight games with 10+ 3-pointers made.
QU shot 13-for-28 from the floor in the first half, going 8-of-16 from distance.
Cameron Young shot 8-for-13 from the floor, going 5-of-9 from 3-point distance. The graduate student scored 14 points in the first half, then 10 in the second period. Young has recorded 10+ points in 13 games for the Bobcats.
Rich Kelly had 12 points and a team-high six assists, shooting 3-of-8 from the field. Seven of Kelly's 12 points came in the second half of action.
Jacob Rigoni added 14 points, knocking down three shots from behind the arc.
Rider out-rebounded the Bobcats 42-33 in total, outscoring the Bobcats 15-9 on second-chance attempts.
Quinnipiac shot 11-of-16 from the line, while the Broncs shot 16-of-23 from the charity stripe.

MILESTONES

Cameron Young now has 863 career points, just 137 away from 1,000.
Abdulai Bundu surpassed 600 career points, stretching his total too 602.
Rich Kelly has 192 career assists, just eight away from 200.

UPCOMING GAME

Quinnipiac returns home next week, hosting Monmouth on Thursday, Jan. 10 in the Bobcats' first MAAC game of the year at the People's United Center in Hamden. To purchase tickets to Quinnipiac men's basketball home contests, CLICK HERE.