Martin's Career-High Lifts Bobcats Over Manhattan

Thursday, February 28

Hamden, CT

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

22-6

Manhattan

10-18

Manhattan

Quinnipiac

2/28/2019 10:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

20-point night for Brittany Martin leads to 17-point win

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – In the final home game of the 2018-19 regular season, Quinnipiac senior Brittany Martin scored a career-high 20 points and redshirt senior Jen Fay recorded a double-double to lead the Bobcats women's basketball team to a 59-42 victory over Manhattan on Thursday night.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 59 / Manhattan 42

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (22-6, 17-0 MAAC) | Manhattan (10-18, 8-9 MAAC)

LOCATION
People's United Center / Hamden, Conn.

BOBCATS STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: Martin (20)
Rebounds: Fay (10)
Assists: McClure (4)
Steals: McClure (3)
Blocks: Strautmane (3)

GAME SUMMARY

The Jaspers hung with the Bobcats in the game's opening quarter, trailing just 16-11 after the first 10 minutes of play. Manhattan committed just one turnover in the quarter, but the Bobcats still led by as many as eight points in the frame.
Fay opened the second quarter with a three-pointer, only to see Manhattan rattle off five points to cut the lead to three. It was at that point that the Bobcats would spark their first large run of the game to separate themselves from the Jaspers. Quinnipiac scored nine points in a row and 12-of-14 in the last 4:19 of the half to take a 31-18 lead into the halftime break. Martin had two three-pointers in the final two minutes to spark the rally.
The third quarter was a stalemate, as each team tallied 13 points and shot a combined 9-for-28 from the floor.
Manhattan opened the fourth quarter on a mini 6-2 run to cut the Quinnipiac lead to nine points, but it was a close as things would be for the rest of the night. The Bobcats saw five players score in a 13-5 game-ending run over the final 7:22 of regulation.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Fay earned her third double-double of the season with a 10-point, 12-rebound performance.
Edel Thornton's streak of five consecutive games without committing a single turnover ended in tonight's game. The senior has 20 assists and one turnover in her last six games and leads all MAAC players in assist-to-turnover ratio in conference games.
Paula Strautmane recorded three more blocks, running her streak to 16-straight games with at least one block. The senior filled the scoresheet with nine points, six rebounds, three blocks, two steals, and an assist.
The Bobcats improve to 12-1 all-time against Manhattan after going 2-0 against the Jaspers this season.
Quinnipiac remains unbeaten in MAAC play, running the overall conference winning streak to 48 games, the 13th-longest in Division I history.
Quinnipiac's 17-game win streak is the second-longest active streak in the nation, only one game behind #1 Baylor.

NEXT UP

The Bobcats will play their final regular-season contest on Saturday afternoon in Loudonville, New York against the Siena Saints. The 2018-19 finale will tip-off at 2:00 p.m. as Quinnipiac looks to complete its second-straight undefeated conference slate.