Falzon Scores Career-High 24 Points, Bobcats Fall at Monmouth

Sunday, February 23

West Long Branch, NJ / OCEANFIRST BANK CENTER

2:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

12-14,7-9MAAC

Monmouth

16-11,10-6MAAC

Quinnipiac

Monmouth

Aaron Falzon vs. Canisius (Feb. 21, 2020)

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Falzon Scores Career-High 24 Points, Bobcats Fall at Monmouth

2/23/2020 4:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

By: QU Athletic Communications

WEST LONG BRANCH – Quinnipiac men's basketball fell at Monmouth, 89-78, in MAAC play on Sunday afternoon at OceanFirst Bank Center.

Aaron Falzon scored a season-high 24 points in the loss, shooting 8-of-12 from the floor and 4-of-7 from three-point range. Rich Kelly added 20 points, four assists and three rebounds.

SCORE
Monmouth 89, Quinnipiac 78

LOCATION
West Long Branch, N.J. | OceanFirst Bank Center

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (12-14, 7-9 MAAC) | Monmouth (16-11, 10-6 MAAC)

QUINNIPIAC STATISTICAL LEADERS

Points: Aaron Falzon 24, Rich Kelly 20
Rebounds: Kevin Marfo 13, Aaron Falzon 6
Assists: Tyrese Williams 5, Rich Kelly 4
Steals: Aaron Falzon 2
Blocks: Seth Pinkney 4

NOTES

The Bobcats opened up the game hot from three-point range, hitting four of their first six shots from distance. Quinnipiac went on a 14-5 run over the first 5:07 to take a lead into the first media timeout.
Aaron Falzon now has 40 points over his last two games for the Bobcats, shooting 13-for-22 during that span. He's now averaging 7.5 points per game during his graduate season.
Junior Rich Kelly shot 6-of-10 from three-point distance, adding four assists and three rebounds in 33 minutes of playing time.
Redshirt junior Kevin Marfo added nine points and 13 rebounds over 22 minutes. The nation's leading rebounder now has 10+ boards in all but one game this year.
First-year guard Matt Balanc added eight points, and sophomore Tyrese Williams stuffed the stat sheet with seven points, five assists and four rebounds.
First-year big man Seth Pinkney had five points, five rebounds and four blocked shots. Pinkney's four blocks tie a season-best march, as he also blocked four shots vs. Niagara on Feb. 2, 2020.
QU shot 24-of-56 (42.9 percent) from the floor in total, knocking down 13 three-pointers on the day.
The Bobcats outrebounded Monmouth 41-29.
Quinnipiac is now 22-18 against Monmouth in QU's Division I era.

NEXT UP

The Bobcats next home game is on Wednesday, Feb. 26, hosting Siena at the People's United Center in Hamden.
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