Bobcats Take Fairfield's Best Punch, Earn Road Victory

Sunday, February 17

Fairfield, CT / Alumni Hall

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

19-6

Fairfield

8-17

Quinnipiac

Fairfield

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

Bobcats Take Fairfield's Best Punch, Earn Road Victory

2/17/2019 3:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Fourth Quarter Run Lifts Quinnipiac to Win

By: QU Athletic Communications

FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Quinnipiac women's basketball faced its toughest MAAC test to this point in the season, trailing by more than 12 minutes against Fairfield, but earned a 48-40 road win on Sunday afternoon.

The Bobcats outscored Fairfield 17-7 in the fourth quarter, including a 7-0 run to close it out.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 48 / Fairfield 40

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (19-6, 14-0 MAAC) | Fairfield (8-17, 5-9 MAAC)

LOCATION
Alumni Hall / Fairfield, Connecticut

BOBCATS STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: McClure/Fay (11)
Rebounds: Strautmane/Fay (8)
Assists: Strautmane/McClure (2)
Steals: Strautmane/Martin (5)
Blocks: Three players (1)

GAME SUMMARY

Much like this season's initial meeting, Fairfield gave its best effort from the opening tip, jumping out to an early 9-6 lead.
An 11-0 run, spanning the first and second quarters, lifted the Bobcats to an eight-point lead which was their largest advantage of the afternoon.
Fairfield responded with a run of their own, cutting the lead to two points in second quarter, and ultimately four at halftime.
The third quarter belonged to the Stags, who outscored the Bobcats, 13-7, in the frame. Lou Lopez-Senechal equaled Quinnipiac's point total with seven points in the quarter.
Quinnipiac owned the fourth quarter, scoring eight of the first nine points to open up a 39-34 lead at the game's final media timeout. Fairfield still would not go away, rattling off a quick 6-2 run to close within a point.
The Bobcats knocked down seven unanswered free throws and stood tall on the defensive end to earn the hard-fought victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

The defensive effort was the 13th time this season that Quinnipiac allowed less than 50 points in a game and the tenth in 14 MAAC contests.
Quinnipiac forced 22 turnovers on the day, marking the 16th opponent to commit more than 20 in a game.
The Bobcats improved to 99-4 when leading at halftime, dating back to the start of the 2014-15 season.
NEXT UP
The Bobcats head back to the Garden State to take on second-place Rider in a 7:00 p.m. start in Lawrenceville, N.J on Thursday evening. A win for the Bobcats would clinch the program's fifth-straight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference regular season championship.