Bobcats Set for Sunday Home Matinee with Hartford

Sunday, November 28

Hamden, Conn.

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Hartford

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Halee Smith and Makenzie Helms survey the floor

11/27/2021 10:37:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Quinnipiac Opens Three-Game Homestand With Hartford

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac vs. Hartford
Sunday, Nov. 28, 2021 | 1:00 PM
People's United Center | Hamden, Conn.
Game Notes: Quinnipiac | Hartford

Watch: ESPN3
Broadcasters: Steve Lennox (PxP), Billy Mecca (Color), Dianne Nolan (Sideline)
Live Statistics: Sidearm Stats
In-Game Updates: @QU_WBB

D1 Era vs. Hartford: 8-2
D1 Era (Home) vs. Hartford: 4-0
Last Meeting vs. Hartford: W, 87-50 (Dec. 29, 2019)

HAMDEN, Conn. – After a six-day hiatus, the Quinnipiac women's basketball team opens a three-game homestand, starting with a Sunday matinee with Hartford. Tip-off is set for 1 p.m. from the People's United Center on ESPN3.

THE MATCHUP: vs. HARTFORD

The Hawks come into the contest at 0-5, narrowly falling at home, 72-68, against Brown in their last time out this past Tuesday.
In its five games, Hartford is averaging 43.0 rebounds per contest.
Graduate student guard Jada Lucas leads the team in scoring with 10.8 points per game, while fellow graduate student guard Abby Streeter narrowly trails at 10.4 points per game.
Sunday will mark the 11th meeting between the Bobcats and Hawks, dating back to their first Div. I meeting in 2002.
Quinnipiac owns an 8-3 record against Hartford and have won the last five matchups dating back to 2013.
The Bobcats came away with an 87-50 victory over the Hawks on the road in their last contest on Dec. 29, 2019.
Shaq Edward led the way with 21 points in the victory.

LAST TIME OUT

The Bobcats offense never got it going, as the Quinnipiac women's basketball team fell on the road at George Washington 54-50 in its last time out this past Monday.
Junior forward Mikala Morris led the way with 12 points and 16 rebounds for her second double-double of the season.
Senior guard Mackenzie DeWees contributed 10 points, while fellow senior guard Rose Caverly added eight points and three assists in the loss.
The loss marked the first time Quinnipiac scored 50 or less points since scoring 48 against Fairfield on Feb. 17, 2019.

QUEEN OF THE RINGS

The 2021-22 season marks the 27th year at the helm of the Bobcats' program for Tricia Fabbri.
With 463 career victories, Fabbri stands alone as the all-time winningest coach in Quinnipiac women's basketball history.
Fabbri led the 2020-21 Bobcats to a 13-8 mark overall and an 11-5 MAAC record in conference play, notching the program's tenth-straight winning season under her guidance.
With the win over Fordham in 2020, Fabbri became the 111th coach in DI women's basketball history to reach 450 career wins and the 26th to do it at one prograFabbri's Bobcats reached the 20-win plateau in eight straight seasons (2011-2019)
She has led Quinnipiac to four conference titles in the last eight seasons and earned five consecutive MAAC Regular Season titles (2015-19).

MACK ATTACK

Through the first five games of the season, senior guard Mackenzie DeWees leads the team in points (15.8) and steals (4.4) per game.
DeWees' 22 total steals and 4.4 steals per game ranks second and fourth in the nation, respectively.
DeWees' has recorded five or more steals in three of five of Quinnipiac's contests to open the season.
The reigning MAAC Player of the Year, DeWees, tallied her first double-double of the season against CCSU on Nov. 13, registering 19 points and 11 boards in the win.

MORE MORRIS

Through the first five contests of the season, junior forward Mikala Morris is averaging 14.4 points and a team-best 9.8 rebounds per game.
She registered her first double-double of the season in the home-opener against No. 4 Indiana, posting 13 points and 10 rebounds.
She followed that with 12 points and 16 rebounds for her second double-double of the season
Her performance marked the first time a Quinnipiac player grabbed 15 or more rebounds in a game since Morris snagged 23 boards against Niagara on Feb. 26, 2021.

ROSE KNOWS

Senior guard Rose Caverly's 1.50 assist-to-turnover ratio ranks third in the MAAC.
She ranks second in the conference in three-point field goals made (10), three-point field goals per game (2.0) and three-point field goal percentage (0.400)
Caverly led the Bobcats in scoring in the season-opener at Fordham with 16 points on 4-for-6 shooting from beyond the arc.

NEAR UPSET

Despite leading for 28 minutes in the contest, the Bobcats fell just short of upsetting No. 4 Indiana , 67-59, in the home-opener on Nov. 20
Mackenzie DeWees registered 15 points, seven rebounds and three steals to lead the Bobcats, while junior forward Mikala Morris added 15 points and 10 rebounds for her first double-double of the season.
Indiana's 67 points was it's lowest total this season and the first time it was held below 70 points in a contest.
The Bobcats held the Hoosiers to 10 points in the first quarter, their lowest output in a quarter this season.

THAT 70s SHOW

Since the start of the 2014-15 campaign the Bobcats are 100-36 (.735) in games where they score at least 70 points.
During 2017-18 (20-0), 2016-17 (16-0), 2012-13 (18-0) and 2010-11 (8-0), the Bobcats compiled undefeated records in each respective season when reaching the 70-point scoring plateau.

JUST WIN BABY, WIN!!!!

The People's United Center, home of the Quinnipiac Bobcats, has long been one of the most difficult arenas to play at in the country. Since the 2012-13 season, Quinnipiac owns a record of 102-22 (.822) in games played at home.
In that same span, the Bobcats own a mark of 74-11 (.871) in conference play (NEC & MAAC) at home.
Quinnipiac owns an 83-35 (.703) mark since November 22, 2017.
Quinnipiac's extended home dominance is particularly impressive when looking at games against MAAC opponents, as the Bobcats stand with a mark of 65-11 (.855) at home in league games since joining the conference in 2013-14.
The Bobcats are 58-8 (.878) at the People's United Center in conference games since the start of the 2014-15 campaign.

CLOSING TIME

Quinnipiac has enjoyed a great deal of success over the past four seasons when building a first half lead. After starting 2016-17 with a mark of 2-0 when owning a halftime lead, the Bobcats saw one of their most impressive streaks in program history come to an end in a 71-68 loss at Temple.
The undefeated streak, which lasted over the course of three seasons, came to an end at 46 straight wins for the Bobcats when holding a halftime lead. Quinnipiac went undefeated in both 2014-15 (24-0) and 2015-16 (19-0) and for the first two games of 2016-17 before suffering the defeat.
Quinnipiac went undefeated in both 2014-15 (24-0) and 2015-16 (19-0) and for the first two games of 2016-17 before suffering the defeat.
Overall, the Bobcats own a mark of 124-10 (.925) since the start of 2014-15 in games in which Quinnipiac leads at the half.

WHAT'S THE WORD?

There has been a lot of buzz around the Quinnipiac women's basketball program leading into the 2021-22 season.

Women's Hoops Tabbed First in Preseason MAAC Poll

Facing lofty expectations, the Bobcats were selected No. 1 in the MAAC Preseason Coaches' Poll, earning 115 total votes and six first place votes.

ESPN: Women's college basketball 2021-22: Predictions for all 32 conferences

Elsewhere in Connecticut, ESPN.com unanimously predicted Quinnipiac to win the MAAC Championship to earn a berth in its sixth NCAA Tournament.

Women's Hoops Ranked No. 16 in Mid-Major Top-25

The Quinnipiac women's basketball team enters the 2021-22 season ranked No. 16 in the Women's Mid-Major Top 25 rankings, earning 292 points, as announced by the College Insider committee on Nov. 9.

ALL-MAAC HONORS

Quinnipiac women's basketball senior guard Mackenzie DeWees and junior forward Mikala Morris were both named to the Preseason All-MAAC First Team unanimously, while senior guard Rose Caverly earned preseason Third Team honors, as announced by the MAAC office during the 2021-22 Basketball Preseason Awards Show.

FRESH FACES

Makenzie Helms: Transferred to Quinnipiac after two seasons at Nebraska... Ranked by ESPN as the No. 27 Point Guard in the Nation in 2019... Averaged 26.5 points, 7.4 rebounds, 6.6 assists and 4.3 steals as a senior... 2019 Gatorade Connecticut High School Player of the Year... 2019 New Haven Register/GameTime Connecticut Player of the Year... 2019 USA Today Player of the Year... Two-time USA Today First Team All-Connecticut selection...
Grace LaBarge: Four year letter-winner at William Fremd High School... IBCA All-State selection in 2021... Earned All-Area and All-Conference honors as a senior... Led William Fremd to a State Championship in 2020...
Jackie Grisdale: Graduated as Poland's all-time leading scorer across boy's and girl's basketball 1,530 points... Own's school record for career three-point field goals (221), three-point field goals in a season (71) and three-point field goals in a single game (10)... Six-time All-Ohio First Team selection across numerous sports…
Reiven Douglas: Four year starter at Millbrook High School... Two-time All-Conference selection... First Team All-District honoree...
Rose Caso: Four year letter-winner at Suffield Academy... Averaged 16 points per game over four seasons...
Korin Mereste: Four year starter at Nauset Regional High School... Three-time Cape and Islands League All-Star selection... Played AAU for the Cape Cod Bulls...

THE 2020-21 SEASON

Quinnipiac went 13-8 overall and 11-5 in league play to earn the No. 2 seed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament.
The Bobcats clinched a first-round bye in the tournament for the eighth-straight season.
The Bobcats were upset by seventh-seeded Rider, 62-50, in the MAAC Quarterfinals to end the season.

NEXT TIME OUT

The Bobcats will be back in action on Wednesday, Dec. 1 when Quinnipiac continues its three-game homestand with a contest against neighboring rival Yale.
Tip-off from the People's United Center is set for 6 p.m. on ESPN3.

To stay up to date with all Quinnipiac women's basketball news, follow the program on Twitter/Instagram @QU_WBB or visit www.gobobcats.com/wbb.