Women's Basketball Routs Monmouth, Advances to Sixth Straight MAAC Championship

Sunday, March 10

Albany, NY

11:00 AM

Quinnipiac University

24-6

Monmouth

14-16

Monmouth

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Gregory Fisher/Icon Sportswire

Women's Basketball Routs Monmouth, Advances to Sixth Straight MAAC Championship

3/10/2019 12:58:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

Bobcats Down Hawks by 38 Points, 80-42, Led by Martin's Game-High 17 Points

By: QU Athletic Communications

ALBANY, N.Y. – Four different Bobcats scored in double figures Sunday as the No. 1 seed Quinnipiac women's basketball team stormed past the No. 4 seed Monmouth Hawks, 80-42, and advanced to the team's sixth straight MAAC Championship game.

Quinnipiac's victory was its 51^st straight against MAAC opponents, tied with Duke's streak against ACC opponents from Feb. 22, 2001-Feb. 2, 2004 for the 10^th longest streak in NCAA history. Overall, Quinnipiac extended its season winning streak to 20 games, one of just two winning streaks of 20-plus games in the NCAA this season (Baylor, 21).

The Bobcats and Hawks traded baskets in the opening few minutes before Quinnipiac went on an 11-0 run in a span of 2:32 to take a 12-point lead and never looked back. Quinnipiac allowed just 10 points over the second and third quarters as the Bobcats outscored the Hawks, 35-10, to take a 62-21 lead into the final quarter of play.

Quinnipiac's 38-point win over Monmouth was its third largest postseason victory after a pair of 39-point wins, including most recently against Monmouth last season in the MAAC Quarterfinals on March 2, 2018.

Brittany Martin (Sicklerville, New Jersey) led all scorers with 17 points on Sunday followed by Paula Strautmane (Riga, Latvia) with 15 points, Taylor Herd (Quakertown, Pennsylvania) with 14 points and Jen Fay (Lynbrook, New York) with 11 points.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 80 // Monmouth 42

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (25-6) | Monmouth (14-17)

LOCATION
Times Union Center | Albany, N.Y.

BOBCATS STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: Martin (17)
Rebounds: Fay/Ward (6)
Assists: Fay (6)
Steals: Fay (5)
Blocks: Strautmane (3)

GAME SUMMARY

Quinnipiac used an 11-0 run to take a 12-point lead in the first five minutes of the game.
The Bobcats followed that run up with eight straight points in 51 seconds to take a 17-point lead at 25-8 before ending the quarter with a 16-point advantage over the Hawks
Strautmane led the Bobcats with 11 points in the first quarter on 5 for 5 shooting, including a 3-pointer
Quinnipiac extended its lead to seven points by halftime, highlighted by a 7-0 run to close out the first half with baskets from Martin, Fay and a late 3-pointer from Herd
The Bobcats held Monmouth off the board for the first 6:28 of the third quarter as the lead extended to 35 points, with an 11-0 run to open the quarter
Overall, Quinnipiac's run that broke the game open was an 18-0 run that spanned 8:22
Quinnipiac's lead increased to 41 points by the end of the third quarter as the Bobcats closed that quarter on an 8-0 run
Martin scored 12 of her 17 points in the second half, and tied Herd with a team-high five points each in the second

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Quinnipiac reached the MAAC Championship game for a sixth consecutive season and has made seven straight conference championship appearances dating back to the Bobcats final season in the Northeast Conference
Quinnipiac's conference championship game appearance is its ninth in program history, with Monday coming as its sixth since joining the MAAC for the 2013-14 season and three more appearances in the Northeast Conference
The Bobcats have won 25 games for a fifth consecutive season and have totaled 138 wins that span
Quinnipiac extended the nation's second longest winning streak to 20 games as well as extending its winning streak against MAAC opponents to 51 games, tied for the 10^th longest in NCAA history
The Bobcats 38-point win was its sixth 30-plus point win this season
Martin has scored in double-figures in five consecutive games and recorded double-figures for the 13^th time this season
Fay stuffed the stat sheet with 11 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals
Her five steals tied her career-high, which she most recently recorded at Canisius on Jan. 20
The Bobcats recorded 80 points in a game for the fourth time this season
Strautmane's seven field goals were tied for her second-most this season while her 15 points were her fourth-most in a game
10 different Bobcats recorded points Sunday in the winning effort
Quinnipiac forced 22 turnovers, its 17^th time this season forcing 20-plus turnovers
The Bobcats have won 54 consecutive games when scoring 70-plus points and are 85-3 since 2014-15 when recording 70 points
Aryn McClure (Springfield Gardens, New York) moved into a tie for fifth in program history with Samantha Guastella '15 with her 179^th career block
Herd reached double figures for the ninth time this season with her 14-point performance

UP NEXT

Quinnipiac advanced to the MAAC Championship game for the sixth consecutive season and will face No. 3 seed Marist in the championship game for the fourth time in the past six seasons
Monday's MAAC Championship is set for 2:30 p.m. at the Times Union Center with the game airing on ESPNU
Quinnipiac Athletics is offering a free fan bus that will depart from the People's United Center Monday at 11 a.m. for the championship game
Tickets are not included with the fan bus can be purchased online or at the Times Union Center box office
Fans interested in registering for the fan bus should CLICK HERE.