Bobcats Aim for Third-Straight Win on Tuesday vs. Northeastern

Tuesday, December 7

Hamden, Conn.

6:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

Northeastern

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Bobcats Aim for Third-Straight Win on Tuesday vs. Northeastern

12/6/2021 12:49:00 PM | Women's Basketball

By: QU Athletic Communications

Quinnipiac vs. Northeastern
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021 | 6:00 PM
People's United Center | Hamden, Conn.
Game Notes: Quinnipiac | Northeastern

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

D1 Era vs. Northeastern: 4-2
D1 Era (Home) vs. Northeastern: 2-0
Last Meeting vs. Northeastern: W, 76-59 (Nov. 20, 2016)

HAMDEN, Conn. – After a six-day hiatus, the Quinnipiac women's basketball team looks to push its win streak to three games on Tuesday against Northeastern. Tip-off is set for 6 p.m. from the People's United Center on ESPN3.

THE MATCHUP: vs. NORTHEASTERN

The Huskies come into the contest at 6-2, defeating Hartford 73-53 on the road in their last time out on Sunday.
Northeastern comes into Hamden with a three-game win streak, with the average margin of victory being slightly over 11 points in those contests.
The Huskies are led by senior guard Kendall Currence, who's tops on the team in scoring with 14.1 points per game.• Tuesday will mark the seventh meeting between the Bobcats and Huskies, dating back to their first contest in 2000.
Quinnipiac owns an 4-2 record against Northeastern and has claimed victory in the last three matchups.
The Bobcats downed the Huskies 76-59 at home in their last contest on Nov. 20, 2016.
Quinnipiac had four players reach double-figure scoring, led by Adily Martucci's 15 points off the bench.

LAST TIME OUT

The Quinnipiac women's basketball team held Yale secured its second consecutive win this past Wednesday with a 61-59 win over Yale inside of the People's United Center.
Cur'Tiera Haywood scored a team-high 15 points, while Sajada Bonner added 14 points and three steals
The Bobcats held the Bulldogs to six points in the fourth quarter.

QUEEN OF THE RINGS

The 2021-22 season marks the 27th year at the helm of the Bobcats' program for Tricia Fabbri.
With 465 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 progra
Fabbri'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 seven games of the season, senior guard Mackenzie DeWees leads the team in points (13.7) and steals (4.0) per game.
DeWees' 28 total steals and 4.0 steals per game ranks seventh and sixth in the nation, respectively.
She has recorded five or more steals in three of Quinnipiac's seven contests to open the season.
A true two-way player, she ranks seventh in the MAAC in points per game (13.7) and fifth in field goal percentage (46.9%).
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 seven contests of the season, junior forward Mikala Morris is averaging 12.3 points and a team-best 9.3 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 in the contest.
She followed that with 12 points and 16 rebounds for her second double-double of the season in a road matchup with A-10 foe George Washington
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 ranks third in the conference in three-point field goals made (13) and three-point field goals per game (1.9).
She led the Bobcats in scoring in the season-opener at Fordham with 16 points on 4-for-6 shooting from beyond the arc.

HAYWOOD IS ALL GOOD

Junior forward Cur'Tiera Haywood is averaging 16.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game over her last two outings.
A native of Yukon, Okla., she has shot 12-for-14 (.857) from the field and 5-for-7 (.714) from beyond the arc in those contests.
Haywood scored a season-best 17 points against Hartford, going a perfect 7-for-7 from the field, including 3-for-3 from three.
She followed that performance with a game-high 15-point showing against Yale.
Haywood is averaging 7.7 points and 4.1 rebounds per game on the season

JADA, JADA BUCKET GETTER

Junior guard Sajada Bonner is averaging 16.0 points and 2.5 steals per game while shooting 11-for-13 (.846) from the field and 6-for-8 (.750) from beyond the arc over her last two appearances.
A native of Cliffwood, N.J., she scored a career-high 18 points off the bench, going 6-for-6 from the floor in a win over Hartford, adding two steals as well.
Bonner followed that performance with 14 points and three steals off the pine in a 61-59 victory over Yale.
On the season, she is averaging 6.9 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, while shooting .615 from the field and .500 from three.

RIGHT AT HOME

A native of East Haven, Conn., junior guard Makenzie Helms has found her footing with the Bobcats.
A transfer from Big Ten powerhouse Nebraska, Helms is averaging career-highs in points (7.0), rebounds (3.3), assists (2.2) and steals (1.0) per game in six appearances for the Bobcats.
The junior scored a career-high 10 points in the season-opener at Fordham on Nov. 9.
She grabbed a career-high seven rebounds against George Washington on Nov. 22.

HISTORIC OUTING

It was a total team effort as the Quinnipiac women's basketball team set a new Div. I program-record for points in a game in its 113-64 home victory over Hartford on Nov. 28.
The Bobcats reached 100 points for the first time since posting 109 points against Mount St. Mary's on Jan. 14, 2008.
Quinnipiac saw five players reach double-figure scoring in the victory.
Quinnipiac outscored Hartford by 49 points, marking the largest margin of victory in the program's Div. I era.
The Bobcats' 16 made three-pointers tied the program-record for most made three's in a contest and marked the most they made in a contest since nailing 15 in the upset over fourth-seeded Miami in the second round of the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

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 stands as its fourth-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 the opening quarter and second lowest in a frame this season.

THAT 70s SHOW

Since the start of the 2014-15 campaign the Bobcats are 101-36 (.737) 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 104-22 (.825) 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 85-35 (.708) 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 126-10 (.926) 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.
The Bobcats were ranked No. 23 (96 points) in the latest poll announced on Nov. 30

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 Saturday, Dec. 11, when Quinnipiac takes on Providence on the road in its non-conference finale
Tip-off from the Alumni Hall is set for 1 p.m. on ESPN+.

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